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==Life and career== |
==Life and career== |
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Born in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York]], Thor began his career as a stage actor.<ref name="Variety"/> He made his Broadway debut in 1934 at the [[Richard Rodgers Theatre|46th Street Theatre]] in [[Emmet Lavery]]'s ''The First Legion''. He appeared in numerous Broadway plays through 1946, including [[Anton Chekhov]]'s ''[[A Marriage Proposal|The Marriage Proposal]]''<ref name="Variety"/> |
Born in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York (state)|New York]], Thor began his career as a stage actor.<ref name="Variety"/> He made his Broadway debut in 1934 at the [[Richard Rodgers Theatre|46th Street Theatre]] in [[Emmet Lavery]]'s ''The First Legion''. He appeared in numerous Broadway plays through 1946, including [[Anton Chekhov]]'s ''[[A Marriage Proposal|The Marriage Proposal]]'',<ref name="Variety"/> [[William Saroyan]]'s ''Get Away Old Man'',<ref name="Variety"/> [[Joseph A. Fields]] and [[Jerome Chodorov]]'s ''[[My Sister Eileen (play)|My Sister Eileen]]'',<ref name="LA"/> [[Clifford Odets]]'s ''[[Golden Boy (play)|Golden Boy]]'',<ref name="LA"/> and [[Leonid Andreyev]]'s ''[[He Who Gets Slapped]]'' to name a few.<ref name="LA">{{cite news|url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:8lEJXOoGcIIJ:https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-08-21-mn-25873-story.html+&cd=5&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=safari|title=Jerome Thor; Star of 1950s TV Series|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=August 21, 1993}}</ref> |
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Thor transitioned into working as a television actor in the late 1940s and early 1950s with guest roles on several American television [[anthology series]], including ''[[Suspense (American TV series)|Suspense]]'' and ''[[Studio One (American TV series)|Studio One]]''.<ref name="LA"/> His break through role was as Robert Cannon in the 1950s TV series ''[[Foreign Intrigue]]'' in which he popularized the image of the trench coat wearing detective.<ref name="LA"/><ref name="Variety"/> Filmed in Europe, the syndicated mystery program ran from 1951 through 1955.<ref name="LA"/> The trench coat he wore for the series is part of the permanent collection of the [[Smithsonian Institute]].<ref name="Variety"/> He portrayed the recurring character of Art Delgado in ''[[Hill Street Blues]]'' in the early 1980s. Shore also periodically worked as a film actor, appearing in ''[[Riot in Juvenile Prison]]'', ''[[55 Days at Peking]]'', ''[[Love and Bullets (1979 film)|Love and Bullets]]'', ''[[St. Ives (1976 film)|St. Ives]]'', ''[[House of the Black Death]]'', and ''[[10 to Midnight]]''.<ref name="LA"/> |
Thor transitioned into working as a television actor in the late 1940s and early 1950s with guest roles on several American television [[anthology series]], including ''[[Suspense (American TV series)|Suspense]]'' and ''[[Studio One (American TV series)|Studio One]]''.<ref name="LA"/> His break through role was as Robert Cannon in the 1950s TV series ''[[Foreign Intrigue]]'' in which he popularized the image of the trench coat wearing detective.<ref name="LA"/><ref name="Variety"/> Filmed in Europe, the syndicated mystery program ran from 1951 through 1955.<ref name="LA"/> The trench coat he wore for the series is part of the permanent collection of the [[Smithsonian Institute]].<ref name="Variety"/> He portrayed the recurring character of Art Delgado in ''[[Hill Street Blues]]'' in the early 1980s. Shore also periodically worked as a film actor, appearing in ''[[Riot in Juvenile Prison]]'', ''[[55 Days at Peking]]'', ''[[Love and Bullets (1979 film)|Love and Bullets]]'', ''[[St. Ives (1976 film)|St. Ives]]'', ''[[House of the Black Death]]'', and ''[[10 to Midnight]]''.<ref name="LA"/> |
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Jerome Thor (5 January 1915, Brooklyn — 12 August 1993, Westwood, California) was an American actor of the stage and screen. He is best known for his work in Broadway plays from 1935 through 1946, and on American television during the 1950s. He starred as Robert Cannon in Foreign Intrigue; a role which popularized the trench coat wearing detective in public consciousness.[1] His costume is part of the collection at the Smithsonian Institute.[1]
Life and career
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Thor began his career as a stage actor.[1] He made his Broadway debut in 1934 at the 46th Street Theatre in Emmet Lavery's The First Legion. He appeared in numerous Broadway plays through 1946, including Anton Chekhov's The Marriage Proposal,[1] William Saroyan's Get Away Old Man,[1] Joseph A. Fields and Jerome Chodorov's My Sister Eileen,[2] Clifford Odets's Golden Boy,[2] and Leonid Andreyev's He Who Gets Slapped to name a few.[2]
Thor transitioned into working as a television actor in the late 1940s and early 1950s with guest roles on several American television anthology series, including Suspense and Studio One.[2] His break through role was as Robert Cannon in the 1950s TV series Foreign Intrigue in which he popularized the image of the trench coat wearing detective.[2][1] Filmed in Europe, the syndicated mystery program ran from 1951 through 1955.[2] The trench coat he wore for the series is part of the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institute.[1] He portrayed the recurring character of Art Delgado in Hill Street Blues in the early 1980s. Shore also periodically worked as a film actor, appearing in Riot in Juvenile Prison, 55 Days at Peking, Love and Bullets, St. Ives, House of the Black Death, and 10 to Midnight.[2]
Thor died of a heart attack in Westwood, California on August 12, 1993 at the age of 69.[2][1]