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<blockquote data-quote="Karin Schill" data-source="post: 84391">Okay so next up is a star that I think most of us recognize:[ATTACH=full]6432[/ATTACH]Howard Keel was an American actor and singer. He was born on April 13th, 1919 in Gillespie, Illinois, USA. He was named Harry Clifford Keel. He had an older brother. His father was a coal miner who died when Howard was 11. After that the family relocated to California where he graduated from Fallbrook High School. His career in showbiz took off in the 1940s when he was staring in a number of Broadway musicals. In 1947 he went to England where he performed in the London’s West End. He also made his film debut in a British movie. In 1948 Hollywood discovered him and wanted him for Annie Get Your Gun (1950). He was then signed to a five year movie contract by MGM.&nbsp;&nbsp; After that he returned to the stage and his career sort of fizzled out a bit until he made a comeback in the 1980s playing Clayton Farlow on Dallas.Howard Keel died on November 7th, 2004 in Palm Desert, California, USA at the age of 85. During his career he starred in about 30 movies. But which one is your favorite?Totals: Sunday </blockquote>

[QUOTE="Karin Schill, post: 84391"] Okay so next up is [B]a star[/B] that I think most of us recognize: [ATTACH=full]6432[/ATTACH] [B]Howard Keel[/B] was an American actor and singer. He was born on April 13th, 1919 in Gillespie, Illinois, USA. He was named Harry Clifford Keel. He had an older brother. His father was a coal miner who died when Howard was 11. After that the family relocated to California where he graduated from Fallbrook High School. His career in showbiz took off in the 1940s when he was staring in a number of Broadway musicals. In 1947 he went to England where he performed in the London’s West End. He also made his film debut in a British movie. In 1948 Hollywood discovered him and wanted him for [I]Annie Get Your Gun (1950)[/I]. He was then signed to a five year movie contract by MGM. After that he returned to the stage and his career sort of fizzled out a bit until he made a comeback in the 1980s playing Clayton Farlow on [I]Dallas.[/I] Howard Keel died on November 7th, 2004 in Palm Desert, California, USA at the age of 85. During his career he starred in about 30 movies. But which one is your favorite? [B]Totals: Sunday [/B] [/QUOTE]

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