Monte Rawlins
Monte Rawlins | |
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| Born | Dean Calvin Spencer February 21, 1907 Film actor |
Monte Rawlins, born Dean Calvin Spencer (February 21, 1907 – July 13, 1988), also called Monte "Alamo" Rawlins, was a short-lived
B-rated
"Masked Phantom" role was his only starring role.
In the late 1930s,
pilot, starring in an air show. He first worked doing aerial stunt work for films, and played two small bit roles in films, and was noticed by Columbia and approached for his own series. The series, titled Adventures of the Masked Phantom, opened in 1939, with Rawlins in the lead role.[1]
The series was to have a trio that travels, rescuing people as they go, overcoming troubles and dangers that they encounter along the way. Reviews were not bad, but indicated that veteran actors George Douglas, and Curley Dresden had saved the series. Rawlins' reviews were horrible—it would be his last acting role.
At the beginning of
Disney. He retired from both Disney and the Marine Reserves, moving to Hawaii
, where he later died of natural causes in 1988.
References
- ^ Monte "Alamo" Rawlins at b-westerns.com
External links
- Monte Rawlins at IMDb
- Monte Rawlins at AllMovie
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