Actor
John Dierkes
Biography

Dierkes was born on February 10, 1905 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He attended Brown University and subsequently went to work as an economist for the United States Department of State. In 1941 he joined the Red Cross and served in the Britain duringWorld War II. There he met director John Huston who recommended that he try Hollywood after the war. Instead, Dierkes went to work for the U.S. Treasury Department which coincidentally sent him to Hollywood to function as technical advisor for the film To the ...

Known For
Acting
1992 -- John Wayne's 'The Alamo' | Jocko Robertson
1987 -- Creepy Classics | Roderick Craven - (archive footage)
1972 -- Rage | Bill Parker
1971 -- The Omega Man | Family Member
1963 -- Johnny Cool | Cripple
1963 -- The Haunted Palace | Benjamin West / Jacob West
1963 -- X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes | Preacher (uncredited)
1963 -- The Raven | Roderick Craven
1962 -- Convicts 4 | Cell Block Guard (uncredited)
1962 -- The Premature Burial | Sweeny
1961 -- The Comancheros | Ranger Bill Larsen (uncredited)
1961 -- One-Eyed Jacks | Chet
1960 -- The Alamo | Jocko Robertson
1960 -- The Slowest Gun in the West | 'Wild Bill' Monks
1959 -- The Oregon Trail | Gabe Hastings
1959 -- The Hanging Tree | Society Red
1958 -- The Buccaneer | Deacon
1958 -- The Left Handed Gun | McSween
1958 -- Blood Arrow | Ez
1958 -- Touch of Evil | Policeman (uncredited)
1957 -- Death in Small Doses |
1957 -- Valerie | Bartender
1957 -- The Buckskin Lady | Swanson
1957 -- Daughter of Dr. Jekyll | Jacob
1957 -- The Guns of Fort Petticoat | Texas Storekeeper (uncredited)
1957 -- Duel at Apache Wells | Bill Sowers
1956 -- Friendly Persuasion | Farmer (uncredited)
1956 -- The Fastest Gun Alive | Cross Creek Townsman (uncredited)
1956 -- Jubal | Carson - Horgan Rider
1955 -- The Vanishing American | Freil
1955 -- Betrayed Women | Cletus Ballard
1955 -- Not as a Stranger | Bursar
1954 -- Hell's Outpost | Swede - the Cook (uncredited)
1954 -- The Raid | Cpl. Fred Deane
1954 -- The Desperado | Police Sergeant
1954 -- The Naked Jungle | Gruber
1953 -- The Moonlighter | Sheriff Daws
1953 -- Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Batley
1953 -- The Vanquished | General Morris
1953 -- Shane | Morgan Ryker
1952 -- Les Miserables | Bosun (uncredited)
1951 -- Silver City | Arnie
1951 -- The Red Badge of Courage | Jim Conklin - the Tall Soldier
1951 -- The Thing from Another World | Dr. Chapman
1950 -- Three Husbands | Night Court Judge (uncredited)
1948 -- Macbeth | Ross
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