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Larry Parks Net Worth
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Larry Parks net worth is $18 Million
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Larry Parks (December 13, 1914 – April 13, 1975) was an American stage and movie actor. His career arced from bit-player and supporting roles to top billing before his career was virtually ended when he admitted to having once been a member of a Communist party cell, which led to his blacklisting by all Hollywood studios. His best known role was Al Jolson, whom he portrayed in two films, The Jolson Story (1946), and Jolson Sings Again (1949).
Full Name
Larry Parks
Net Worth
$18 Million
Date Of Birth
December 13, 1914
Died
April 13, 1975, Studio City, California, United States
Place Of Birth
Olathe, Kansas, USA
Height
5' 10" (1.78 m)
Occupation
Actor, Singer
Profession
Actor
Education
Joliet Central High School, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Nationality
American
Spouse
Betty Garrett
Children
Andrew Parks, Garrett Parks
Nicknames
Larry Parks, Parks, Larry
IMDB
Nominations
Academy Award for Best Actor
Movies
The Jolson Story, Jolson Sings Again, Freud: The Secret Passion, Down to Earth, Love Is Better Than Ever, The Swordsman, Emergency Wedding, The Gallant Blade, Reveille with Beverly, Tiger by the Tail, Counter-Attack, Hey, Rookie, The Deerslayer, Submarine Raider, Honolulu Lu, Is Everybody Happy?, Th...
Star Sign
Sagittarius
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Quote
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[on the changes in racial representation in the movies since the forties]'The Jolson Story' was made innocently enough, without any desire to offend. I think if you start suppressing old films for reasons like this, you're cutting off your own past. I thought Bill Cosby's special on the TV was wonderful, the one tracing the rise and fall of Negro stereotypes in movies. I think that sort of approach to Hollywood's past is the wise one, instead of trying to ignore it or forget it.
2
[on 'the Jolson Story'] In the beginning Jolson wanted to play himself. Well, that's understandable, but he was too old. He was sixty-eight. So then he wanted James Cagney for the role, but he had just finished playing George M. Cohan. Jolson was never too happy with me. And I had another problem. All of Jolson's movies were for Warner Brothers and we were making 'The Jolson Story' at Columbia. So Harry Cohn, the studio boss, asked Jack Warner if we could borrow the Jolson films so I could study them. And Warner, in a heartwarming display of reciprocity, said no. So I had to do Jolson without seeing him.
3
I remember the one time Jolson visited the set, I was doing a number. And he said, kid, you're moving around too much. So he did the song. And he did everything except bang from the rafters. He had pre-recorded all the songs before the script was ready, and sang every one as if he were going to drop dead at the end of it. Well, that was Jolson. He always sang like that, which was why people loved him. But it was difficult from an actor's point-of-view. In one scene I was supposed to be singing as loudly as I could one second and then collapse in the middle of the song. How do you taper off at the top of your lungs?
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[to the House Un-American Activities Committee, 1951] I would prefer, if you would allow me, not to mention other people's names. Don't present me with the choice of either being in contempt of this Committee and going to jail or forcing me to really crawl through the mud to be an informer.
The only actor and movie name among the original 19 people accused by the House Un-American Activities Committee of being Communists.
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After his film career was destroyed, he found intermittent work on stage in such plays as "The Teahouse of the August Moon," "Any Wednesday" and "The Tunnel of Love." He and his wife also worked up nightclub singing/comedy acts along with appearing in legit plays. Although Parks never quite shook off the blacklist incident, he won a role in John Huston's Freud (1962).
His movie career ended in 1951 when he was the first actor to admit that he had belonged to a Communist cell from 1941 to 1945 and was subsequently blacklisted.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Freud
1962
Dr. Joseph Breuer
Dr. Kildare
1962
TV Series
Dr. Steven Waller
The Untouchables
1961
TV Series
George 'Blackie' Dallas
Suspicion
1958
TV Series
Dr. Milt Krop
The Ford Television Theatre
1954-1957
TV Series
Jeff Penland / Hal Venner / Michael Craig / ...
Cross-Up
1955
John Desmond
Love Is Better Than Ever
1952
Jud Parker
Emergency Wedding
1950
Peter Judson Kirk Jr.
Jolson Sings Again
1949
Al Jolson / Larry Parks
The Gallant Blade
1948
Lt. David Picard
The Swordsman
1948
Alexander MacArden - aka Donald Frazer
Down to Earth
1947
Danny Miller
The Jolson Story
1946
Al Jolson
Renegades
1946
Ben Dembrow / Ben Taylor
Counter-Attack
1945
Kirichenko
She's a Sweetheart
1944
Rocky Hill
Sergeant Mike
1944
Pvt. Tom Allen
Stars on Parade
1944
Danny Davis
The Black Parachute
1944
Michael Lindley
Jam Session
1944
Superba Pictures Actor (uncredited)
Hey, Rookie
1944
Jim Leighter
The Racket Man
1944
Larry Lake
The Deerslayer
1943
Jingo-Good
Is Everybody Happy?
1943
Jerry Stewart
Destroyer
1943
Ens. Johnson (uncredited)
First Comes Courage
1943
Capt. Langdon (uncredited)
Redhead from Manhattan
1943
Flirt (uncredited)
Reveille with Beverly
1943
Eddie Ross
Power of the Press
1943
Jerry Purvis (uncredited)
You Were Never Lovelier
1942
Tony - Lita's Boyfriend (uncredited)
The Boogie Man Will Get You
1942
Bill Layden
A Man's World
1942
Chick O'Driscoll
Atlantic Convoy
1942
Gregory
Flight Lieutenant
1942
Cadet Sandy Roth (uncredited)
They All Kissed the Bride
1942
Joe Krim (uncredited)
Submarine Raider
1942
Sparksie
Hello, Annapolis
1942
Paul Herbert
Alias Boston Blackie
1942
Joe Trilby
North of the Rockies
1942
Jim Bailey
Canal Zone
1942
Recruit Kincaid
Blondie Goes to College
1942
Rusty Bryant
Harvard, Here I Come!
1941
Eddie Spellman
Honolulu Lu
1941
Sailor (uncredited)
Sing for Your Supper
1941
Mickey (uncredited)
Three Girls About Town
1941
Reporter (uncredited)
You Belong to Me
1941
Blemish (uncredited)
Harmon of Michigan
1941
Harvey
Mystery Ship
1941
Tommy Baker
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Dancing with the Stars
2009
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
2004
writer: "Bread & Butter"
Simon Birch
1998
writer: "Bread and Butter"
Tohuwabohu
1994
TV Series writer - 1 episode
9½ Weeks
1986
writer: "Bread and Butter"
Shindig!
1964-1965
TV Series writer - 3 episodes
Hollywood a Go Go
1965
TV Series writer - 3 episodes
Coronation Street
1964
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Jolson Sings Again
1949
performer: "Carolina in the Morning", "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody", "Is It True What They Say About Dixie?", "For Me and My Gal", "Back in Your Own Backyard", "I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover", "When the Red, Red, Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along", "Give My Regards to Broadway", "Chinatown, My Chinatown", "I'm Just Wild About Harry", "Baby Face", "I Only Have Eyes for You", "Toot, Toot, Tootsie Goo' Bye!", "California, Here I Come", "You Made Me Love You I Didn't Want to Do
Down to Earth
1947
performer: "This Can't Be Legal", "They Can't Convince Me"
The Jolson Story
1946
performer: "Ma Blushin' Rosie", "I Want a Girl Just Like the Girl That Married Dear Old Dad", "My Mammy", "I'm Sitting on Top of the World", "You Made Me Love You I Didn't Want to Do It", "Swanee", "The Spaniard That Blighted My Life", "April Showers", "California, Here I Come", "Liza All the Clouds'll Roll Away", "About a Quarter to Nine", "The Anniversary Song", "Waiting for the Robert E. Lee" - uncredited
Hey, Rookie
1944
performer: "You're Good for My Morale"
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hollywood and the Stars
1963
TV Series
Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium
1957
TV Series
Himself
The Arthur Murray Party
1957
TV Series
Himself
Her Husband's Affairs
1947
Himself / Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
Archive Footage
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1947
Oscar
Academy Awards, USA
Best Actor in a Leading Role
The Jolson Story (1946)
Known for movies
The Jolson Story (1946) as Al Jolson
Jolson Sings Again (1949) as Al Jolson / Larry Parks