John Derek

Known for Acting

8/12/1926

Hollywood, California, USA

Biography

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 (41 credits)

8.0

Movie

The Making of The Ten Commandments

2003

Go behind the scenes of the beloved biblical epic The Ten Commandments, starring Charlton Heston as Moses and directed by legendary filmmaker Cecil B. DeMille, who also introduces this documentary. Visit the sets in Egypt, where the Old Testament scenes were acted out, and watch newsreel footage of the gala Hollywood premiere. Also included is a compilation of clips from biblical films called "Hollywood Looks at the Bible."

2.0

Movie

Playboy Video Magazine, Volume 1

1982

Playboy Video Magazine was literally a video version of the publication. It included candid celebrity interviews, video editorials, the trademark playmate pictorials, interwoven with commercial parodies and short comedy sketches. The series also covered trends in media; sex, politics, culture, and pop culture.

3.0

Movie

Once Before I Die

1966

Stranded behind enemy lines when the Japanese attack the Philippines in late 1941, Lt. Bailey must lead a group of soldiers and their families to safety and the streets of Manila. During the perilous trek, Alex befriends a virginal young soldier whose only desire is to have sex once before he dies.

2.5

Movie

Nightmare in the Sun

1965

A hitchhiker sleeps with a rancher's wife and is hunted by the sheriff for her murder.

4.7

Frontier Circus

1961

Frontier Circus is an American Western television series about a traveling circus roaming the American West in the 1880s. Filmed by Revue Productions, the program aired on the CBS from October 5, 1961, until September 6, 1962.

6.7

Movie

Exodus

1960

Ari Ben Canaan, a passionate member of the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah, attempts to transport 600 Jewish refugees on a dangerous voyage from Cyprus to Palestine on a ship named the Exodus. He faces obstruction from British forces, who will not grant the ship passage to its destination.

5.3

Movie

Prisoner of the Volga

1959

A vicious play of intrigue, about love, desire and betrayal, in the dress of the military at the Cossacks around 1890.

Movie

High Hell

1958

Tempers and sexual jealousies flare when five men and a woman share a mountain cabin while mining for gold.

6.0

Movie

Pirate of the Half Moon

1957

Gianna Maria Canale as the Duchess who is offered a banquet and requests for a hard-boiled egg. The stingy Spanish lord, who used his last gunpowder to fire a salute to the noble lady and thus has no more when a bunch of pirates, led by Nadir, launches an attack against his castle. Nadir is the dashing fiery hero.

5.0

Movie

Omar Khayyam

1957

Omar Khayyam was one of the greatest Persian poets. He was also a brilliant mathematician. Though his quatrains were written in the 11th century, they are still popular the world over. The details of his life are unknown, so this movie invents a biography for him and includes in it his real achievements - the invention of a new calendar and the penning of those epigrammatic poems. This film has him romancing a sultan's bride and foiling the assassin sect's plot to kill the sultan's son.

5.8

Movie

The Flesh Is Weak

1957

Giani is a pimp who preys on the naïve, ‘just off the bus’ young women who come to post-war London for fortune.

5.4

Movie

Fury at Showdown

1957

After serving a year for a killing in self-defense, gunfighter Brock Mitchell tries to help his younger brother save his ranch but a crooked lawyer has other ideas.