Don Oreck
Don Oreck | |
|---|---|
| Born | Donald Allen Oreck August 31, 1930 Los Angeles, California, US |
| Died | March 5, 2006 (aged 75) Los Angeles, California, US |
| Resting place | Hollywood Forever Cemetery |
| Occupation | Film, television actor |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Ann Powell
(m. 1958; div. 1971) |
| Children | 2 |
Don Oreck (Donald Allen Oreck: August 31, 1930 — March 5, 2006) was an American actor who, between 1955 and 1961, played supporting roles in numerous television series and made uncredited appearances in a few feature films.
A native of Los Angeles, California, Oreck became a member of the Los Angeles Police Department following a stint in the United States Army. While continuing his service with law enforcement, he began taking small acting assignments, which gradually increased in importance until, in the late 1950s, he could be spotted in various installments of television programs.
In 1959, Oreck and his wife invested in the film You Hurt, I Cry. He also acted in the film, and she was the producing coordinator.[1] Also in 1959, Oreck portrayed the lead in the episode "Gringo Pete" of Rex Allen's syndicated western series, Frontier Doctor.
Personal life[]
In 1955, Oreck married 20-year-old Joanna Moore who, after their divorce in 1957, became a well-known movie and TV actress who later married Ryan O'Neal. His second marriage, to Tulsa-born Mary Ann Powell (born August 19, 1930), lasted from 1958 to 1971 and produced two children, Kevin Robert and Elizabeth Diane.[2]
Don Oreck died in Los Angeles at the age of seventy-five of a degenerative brain disease.[citation needed]
Selected filmography[]
- 1951 short film Santa and the Fairy Snow Queen
- 1955 film Target Zero
- 1956 episode of Studio 57
- 1956 episode of The West Point Story
- 1958 episode of State Trooper
- 1959 episode of M Squad
- 1958 episode of Sea Hunt
- 1959 episode of Men into Space
- 1960 episode of Checkmate
- 1961 episode of Bonanza
References[]
- ^ Johnson, Erskine (January 21, 1959). "Hollywood Today!". The Plain Speaker. Pennsylvania, Hazleton. Newspaper Enterprise Association. p. 13. Retrieved June 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Obituary: Donald Allen Oreck". Los Angeles Times. 2006-03-08. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
External links[]
- 1930 births
- 2006 deaths
- American male film actors
- American male television actors
- Deaths from neurodegenerative disease
- Neurological disease deaths in California
- Male actors from Los Angeles
- Burials at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
- United States Army soldiers
- American police officers
- 20th-century American male actors