Johnny Sands (born Elbert Harp Jr., April 29, 1928 – December 30, 2003) was an American film and television actor. He worked in over a dozen films, and on television, before he retired from show business in 1971. He then worked as a real estate agent in Hawaii, until retiring in 1991.
Early years
Sands was born in
Lorenzo, Texas
Lorenzo is a city in Crosby County, Texas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 1,147, down from 1,372 in 2000. It is part of the Lubbock Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
Lorenzo is located in western Crosby Co ...
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[ When he was 13, he went to Hollywood to work as an usher in a theater.][
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Career
Discovered by a talent scout on his way to the beach, he chose his professional name for his love of sand and surf.[
Sands' screen debut was in '']Affairs of Geraldine
''Affairs of Geraldine'' is a 1946 American comedy film directed by George Blair and written by John K. Butler. The film stars Jane Withers, Jimmy Lydon, Raymond Walburn, Donald Meek, Charles Quigley and Grant Withers. The film was released on ...
'' (1946).[ He is perhaps best remembered for his role in '']The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
''The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer'' (released as ''Bachelor Knight'' in the United Kingdom) is a 1947 American screwball romantic comedy-drama film directed by Irving Reis and written by Sidney Sheldon. The film stars Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, a ...
'' (1947), with Shirley Temple
Shirley Temple Black (born Shirley Jane Temple;While Temple occasionally used "Jane" as a middle name, her birth certificate reads "Shirley Temple". Her birth certificate was altered to prolong her babyhood shortly after she signed with Fox in ...
, Cary Grant
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and Myrna Loy
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, as Shirley Temple's boyfriend, Jerry White;Aladdin and His Lamp
''Aladdin and His Lamp'' is a 1952 film directed by Lew Landers and starring Johnny Sands and Patricia Medina.
Plot
A poor young man finds a lamp with a genie trapped inside. The genie promises to grant the man three wishes if he frees him fro ...
'' (1952).
He also appeared in ''The Stranger'' (1946), with Orson Welles
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, Loretta Young
Loretta Young (born Gretchen Young; January 6, 1913 – August 12, 2000) was an American actress. Starting as a child, she had a long and varied career in film from 1917 to 1953. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the fil ...
, and Edward G. Robinson; and, ''Till the End of Time'' (1946), with Guy Madison
Guy Madison (born Robert Ozell Moseley; January 19, 1922 – February 6, 1996) was an American film, television, and radio actor. He is best known for playing Wild Bill Hickok in the Western television series ''The Adventures of Wild Bill Hicko ...
, Robert Mitchum
Robert Charles Durman Mitchum (August 6, 1917 – July 1, 1997) was an American actor. He rose to prominence with an Academy Award nomination for the Best Supporting Actor for ''The Story of G.I. Joe'' (1945), followed by his starring in ...
and Dorothy McGuire
Dorothy Hackett McGuire (June 14, 1916 – September 13, 2001) was an American actress. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for ''Gentleman's Agreement'' (1947) and won the National Board of Review Award for Best Actre ...
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A popular actor who worked in over a dozen films, as well as television shows such as ''Perry Mason'', with Raymond Burr
Raymond William Stacy Burr (May 21, 1917September 12, 1993) was a Canadian actor known for his lengthy Hollywood film career and his title roles in television dramas ''Perry Mason'' and '' Ironside''.
Burr's early acting career included roles ...
, he continued to receive fan mail for the rest of his life.
Sands eventually left acting and moved to Hawaii, launching a career in real estate.[
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Personal life
Sands was married twice, first to Sue Allen in 1947, but it lasted only six months.[
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Death
Sands died on December 30, 2003, at his home in Ainaloa, Hawaii.
Filmography
References
External links
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Johnny Sands, Filmography
at TCM
Johnny Sands; Began Career as Usher, Obituaries, January 14, 2004
at Los Angeles Times
The ''Los Angeles Times'' (abbreviated as ''LA Times'') is a daily newspaper that started publishing in Los Angeles in 1881. Based in the LA-adjacent suburb of El Segundo since 2018, it is the sixth-largest newspaper by circulation in the Un ...
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1928 births
2003 deaths
American male film actors
American male television actors
People from Crosby County, Texas
Male actors from Texas
21st-century American male actors
20th-century American male actors