A Tribute to Jeffrey Hunter

"Luck is just when preparedness meets opportunity"
         ..... Roman philosopher and orator Seneca (55 BC-39 AD)

"Without sounding smug, I've always felt that you have to be well prepared when old man opportunity comes knocking. I always wanted to be an actor, and so I did everything possible to prepare myself for my career."
         ..... Jeffrey Hunter

"Be natural, sincere and honest on and off screen and stage or radio. A good acting job must come from the mind and heart." ... Advice for aspiring actors.
         ..... Jeffrey Hunter

"He was the finest, most decent man I've ever known."
         ..... Longtime friend Lee Riordan

"Despite his looks and talent, there was nothing of the snob about Hank. His voice was quiet and gentle and his manners came right out of the Civil War South."
         ..... Friend Don Kreger

Welcome!

Jeffrey Hunter, born Hank McKinnies, was a fine actor. His career spanned a wide range of roles: from a college frat-boy in Take Care of My Little Girl to a cavalry officer with a conscience in Custer of the West; from a brilliant scientist who drives himself insane in Brainstorm to a high-tech spy in Dimension 5; from a dashing prince of Baghdad in Princess of the Nile to real-life World War II heroes, in Hell to Eternity and The Longest Day, as well as fictional heroes, in Sailor of the King and In Love and War; from cowboys in the Old West - in Gun for a Coward and several other films - to Indian warriors in White Feather and Seven Cities of Gold. He acted opposite some of the greatest screen actors of his day, including John Wayne (in The Searchers) and Spencer Tracy (in The Last Hurrah). He also performed in many 1950's radio dramas and made numerous appearances on television series, especially during the 1960's - including a role as a serial killer (!) on the very first episode of the popular series The FBI. He also starred as a frontier lawyer in his own series, Temple Houston, on NBC-TV during the 1963-64 season. Perhaps his most unforgettable role was as Jesus Christ in the film King of Kings, though many fans first discovered Jeffrey Hunter as the iconic first captain of the starship USS Enterprise - Christopher Pike, in the early days of Star Trek.

This website is dedicated with love and gratitude to Jeffrey Hunter, whose work as an actor, and whose untimely death in 1969, touched the lives of so many.


	With Siobhan McKenna in King of Kings (1961)

Website News and Updates:
5/6/2012	A new Spanish article from 1964, with English translation, has just been added! It's a charming interview. Link to Spanish version with photos is here. Link to English translation is here. Thanks yet again to our friend Eva for her invaluable translation assistance!
5/5/2012	Added some new videos! Visit the Video Clips page to see the entire TV program from 1956, "The 20th-Century Fox Hour: The Empty Room" at the top of the scrolling list on the right. Scroll down past the movies to see the screen test for "In Love and War" (1958). Also, added one new image to the "In Love and War" (1958) page, here. Enjoy!
5/2/2012	Added 3 new images....a nice Fotogramas cover from 1964, here; a photo of Jeff and Margaret O'Brien from the Climax! episode "South of the Sun"(1955), here; and a fun behind-the-scenes photo of Jeff with Rita Moreno, on location for "Seven Cities of Gold"(1955), here.
4/3/2012	Just in time for Easter - Louella Parsons interviews Jeff, briefly, about "King of Kings", here. Happy Easter, everyone!
1/27/2012	Added two new photos, one for Death Valley Days on the Television page, and one with Peggy King on the Black and White Photos page. Enjoy!
12/27/2011	Happy Holidays, everyone! Added two new images to Temple Houston page, and four to the Cover Photos page.
10/24/2011	Added two new images to The Last Hurrah (1958) page, and three new photos to the Brainstorm (1965) page.
July 2011	The book "Jeffrey Hunter and Temple Houston: A Story of Network Television", written by our friend Glenn Mosley, is available for sale at amazon.com and many other fine booksellers.

With Dan Dailey in Call Me Mister (1951)

With Natalie Wood and John Wayne in The Searchers (1956)

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A Tribute to Jeffrey Hunter (1926-1969)

A Tribute to Jeffrey Hunter
(1926-1969)