Marian McCargo

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Marian McCargo Bell
Marian McCargo in The Undefeated.jpg
Marian McCargo in 1969
Born
Marian McCargo

(1932-03-18)March 18, 1932
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedApril 7, 2004(2004-04-07) (aged 72)
Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Other namesMarian Moses
Alma materWest Hills College, Boston
OccupationActress, tennis player
Years active1963-2004
Spouse(s)
Richard Cantrell Moses Sr.
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(m. 1951; div. 1963)​
(4 children)
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(m. 1970; her death 2004)​

Marian McCargo Bell (March 18, 1932[a] – April 7, 2004) was an American actress and champion tennis player who later found success in film and television roles. She was sometimes credited as Marian Moses.[1]

Early life & education[]

Born in Pittsburgh,[citation needed] McCargo graduated from Miss Porter's School in Farmington, Connecticut,[2] and attended Boston's West Hills College. In 1951, she married Richard Cantrell Moses, who later became an advertising executive in Los Angeles. They had four sons: actors Rick and William R. Moses, director Harry Moses, and Graham Moses. They were divorced in 1963.

Acting career[]

McCargo first entered acting as a supporting player on such popular television shows as Perry Mason (in 1964 she played murder victim Sibyll Pollard in "The Case of the Latent Lover"; and in 1965 she played defendant Louise Selff in "The Case of the Wrathful Wraith".) Her other television show appearances included: Hawaii Five-O, Hogan's Heroes, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Mannix, Gomer Pyle, USMC, and The Man from U.N.C.L.E..[3]

McCargo made her feature film debut in the crime comedy Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round[4] in 1966, which was also the debut film of Harrison Ford. Subsequent film roles included: Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell in 1968 (playing opposite Peter Lawford, Gina Lollobrigida, Shelley Winters, Telly Savalas, and Phil Silvers); The Undefeated in 1969 (with John Wayne and Rock Hudson); and Doctors' Wives in 1971. McCargo also became known for her television role as Harriet Roberts on the nighttime soap, Falcon Crest.[3]

Political wife[]

McCargo's husband,
Congressman Alphonzo Bell

In 1970, McCargo married U.S. Congressman Alphonzo E. Bell Jr. of California, a widower with three sons of his own. They had met while she was starring with John Wayne in The Undefeated, Wayne being a close personal friend of Bell's. She then retired from acting to become a political wife.[5]

Using the married name Marian McCargo Bell, she was active politically during his eight-term congressional career and campaigned for her husband, including during his unsuccessful bid for the U.S. Senate in 1976.[citation needed]

Death[]

McCargo died of pancreatic cancer in 2004, in Santa Monica, California,[5] just eighteen days before her husband Alphonzo.

Notes[]

  1. ^ Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3rd edition, gives her date of birth as February 19, 1932.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Wilson, Scott (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. (2 volume set). McFarland. p. 493. ISBN 9781476625997. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  2. ^ Cain, Scott (February 7, 1971). "Osborne's 40 and Glad of It". The Atlanta Constitution. Georgia, Atlanta. p. 4 F. Retrieved September 22, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Marian McCargo - IMDb - Filmography Retrieved 2015-07-09
  4. ^ "Enroute (sic) to Rome". Pasadena Independent. California, Pasadena. August 30, 1967. p. 9. Retrieved 15 January 2017 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Bell, Alphonzo - The Bel Air Kid, Trafford Publishing, 2002; ISBN 978-1-55369-378-9

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