Profile via TMDB · Courtesy of TMDB
John Derek
Sign in to saveAmerican actor, director and photographer (1926-1998)
OverviewAI-generated
John Derek, born Derek Sullivan Harris on 12 August 1926 in Hollywood, was an American actor, director, screenwriter and photographer who worked from 1943 to 1990, often within the Western genre. He was married four times, to Pati Behrs, Ursula Andress, Linda Evans and Bo Derek, and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Derek was also nominated for, and received, Golden Raspberry Awards for Worst Director and Worst Screenplay. He died of cardiovascular disease on 22 May 1998 in Santa Maria.
Synthesized by Vinony from 32 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Vinony collections. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 58
Top works
- Spanked College Student!
- Compilation of John Derek Spanking Stories
- Asking for It!
- Professor Spanks
- Babysitting Dan!
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
John Derek (1926-1998) was an American actor, filmmaker, and photographer most famous for the women to whom he was married; namely Bo Derek, Linda Evans, Ursula Andress, and Pati Behrs.
Known for
- The Making of The Ten Commandments — Self (archive footage)2003
- Playboy Video Magazine, Volume 11982
- Once Before I Die — Bailey1966
- Nightmare in the Sun — Hitchhiker1965
- Frontier Circus1961
- Frontier Circus — Ben Travis1961
- Exodus — Taha1960
- Prisoner of the Volga — Alexej Orloff1959
- High Hell — Craig Rhodes1958
- The Flesh Is Weak — Tony Giani1957
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- Derek Delevan Harris , ( 1926-08-12 ) August 12, 1926, Los Angeles , California , U.S.
- Died
- May 22, 1998 (1998-05-22) (aged 71), Santa Maria, California , U.S.
- Occupations
- Actor filmmaker photographer
- Years active
- 1943–1990
- Children
- 2, including Sean Catherine Derek
- Father
- Lawson Harris
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Hollywood
- Place of death
- Santa Maria
- Spouse
- Ursula Andress
- Father
- Lawson Harris
- Occupation
- film producer
- Genre
- Western
- Image
- John Derek - still.jpg
Show 12 more facts
- date of birth
- 1926-08-12
- date of death
- 1998-05-22
- Commons category
- John Derek
- Commons gallery
- John Derek
- cause of death
- cardiovascular disease
- related category
- Category:Films directed by John Derek
- start of work period
- 1943-00-00
- end of work period
- 1990-00-00
- nominated for
- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay
- name in native language
- John Derek
- birth name
- Derek Sullivan Harris
- manner of death
- natural causes
Sources (11)
via Wikidata · CC0
~11 min read
Encyclopedic overview
John Derek (born Derek Delevan Harris; August 12, 1926 – May 22, 1998) was an American actor, filmmaker and photographer. He appeared in such films as Knock on Any Door, All the King's Men (both 1949), Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950), and The Ten Commandments (1956). He was also known for launching the career of his fourth wife, Bo Derek.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “John Derek” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.