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Actor and singer. As an actor, he worked mostly in television, appearing in single episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Combat! and Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. amongst others during the 1960s. Lauren's most notable film is The Crawling Hand (1963) which achieved latter-day notoriety when it was featured on Mystery Science Theater 3000 .
Rod Lauren. Actor: The Crawling Hand. Rod Lauren was born Roger Lawrence Strunk in Fresno, California, on March 26, 1939. He moved with his parents to Tracy, California, when he was three.
Nov 7, 2018 · Nida then went on to marry Rod Lauren Strunk in 1979. Rod was an American singer and actor. THE DEATH OF NIDA. On November 7, 2001, the Philippines was jolted with the report that the veteran actress was found dead in the backseat of her car on the 6th floor parking lot of Atlanta Centre.
Roger – or, rather, Rod Lauren – wasn’t chosen to replace Elvis as an imitator. While Elvis could growl or croon, sing it loud and rough or soft and sweet, Rod hewed closer to Johnny Mathis in style, with a smooth, melodic vocal range that worked best on soft, romantic tunes or light, poppy numbers.
We can't be exactly sure of when Rod Lauren (or Roger Strunk) made his debut on radio or television. For radio, the closest stations to his Tracy hometown were in nearby Stockton, whose KJOY (1280 on the AM dial) broadcast a daily "Tracy Time" program hosted by Gene Schuppan each afternoon from two to three…
Pop music in the 1950s had a shaky future. RCA Victor was looking for someone new, someone they could turn into a star. That someone new was Rod Lauren, a young man with a good voice, good looks – a good kid with a good chance to be a big success.
Jun 15, 2019 · In 1959, Rod Lauren signed a record contract with RCA Victor imprint, launching his debut single “If I Had a Girl.” On the Billboard Hot 100, “If I Had a Girl” made to the Top 40...
May 7, 2024 · This is the story of Rod Lauren, and of Roger Strunk. Rod Lauren, from a feature article in the October 1960 edition of TV-Radio Mirror. By the time Roger Strunk turned thirty, the life that had been planned for him as Rod Lauren had begun to fade.
Jul 11, 2007 · Singer and actor Rod Lauren remains best remembered for his 1960 pop hit "If I Had a Girl." Born Roger Lawrence Strunk in Fresno, CA, on March 20, 1940, he grew up in nearby Tracy, playing trombone in…. Read Full Biography.
actor. 67 years biography, photo, best movies and TV shows, news, birthday and age, Date of Death. «The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made» (2004), «Once Before I Die» (1966), «The 26th Cavalry» (1965), «Gomer Pyle: USMC» (1964 – 1969), «Law of the Lawless» (1964)...
