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Acting

Don Haggerty

Born
Jul 3, 1914 · Aged 74
Died
Aug 19, 1988
Place of birth
Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
Gender
Male
Movie credits
96
TV credits
66
Also known as (1)
  • Donald Francis Haggerty

Biography

Don Haggerty (b. July 3, 1914, Poughkeepsie, New York – d. August 19, 1988, Cocoa Beach, Florida) was an American film actor appearing in films in the 1940s and 1950s.  Before entering films in 1947, Haggerty was a Brown University athlete and served in the US military. Usually cast as tough policemen or cowboys, he appeared in a number of memorable films including Sands of Iwo Jima (1949), The Asphalt Jungle (1951), Angels in the Outfield (1951) and The Narrow Margin. The B-movie actor continued to appear in films until the early 1980s. In the 1955-1956 season, he appeared as the outlaw Sam…