Promotional photo for actor Bruce Cabot

Bruce Cabot (April 20, 1904 – May 3, 1972) was an American film actor. He is best known as Jack Driscoll in King Kong Image File history File linksMetadata Cabot_Bruce. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Cabot_Bruce. ... April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (111th in leap years). ... Year 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ... May 3 is the 123rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (124th in leap years). ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Jack, as portrayed by Adrien Brody in the 2005 version Jack Driscoll is a fictional character in the 1933 film King Kong and its 2005 remake. ... This is about the original movie and novel. ...

Born Etienne Pelissier Jacques de Bujac in Carlsbad, New Mexico to French Colonel Etienne de Bujac and Julia Armandine Graves, who died shortly after giving birth to him. Cabot made his film debut in 1931 and during the course of his career appeared in almost one hundred features. He met John Wayne on the set of Angel and the Badman (1947) and the two hit it of and became drinking buddies and later in his carear Cabot became first choice for roles in John Wayne Movies. The eleven films in which they appeared together include The Comancheros (1961), McLintock! (1963), The Green Berets (1968), The Undefeated (1969) and Chisum (1970). Location in the state of New Mexico. ... See also: 1930 in film 1931 1932 in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events Top grossing films Frankenstein, starring Boris Karloff Ingagi, starring Sir Hubert Winstead Mata Hari, starring Greta Garbo and Lionel Barrymore City Lights staring Charles Chaplin Academy Awards Best Picture: Cimarron - MGM Best Actor... Angel and the Badman is a 1947 Western film that was directed by James Edward Grant. ... // Events May 22 - Great Expectations is premiered in New York. ... The Comancheros is a 1961 western film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring John Wayne and Stuart Whitman. ... See also: 1960 in film 1961 1962 in film 1960s in film years in film film Events Last Year at Marienbad (Lannée dernière à Marienbad) released Top grossing films North America The Guns of Navarone Exodus The Parent Trap The Absent-Minded Professor The Alamo Swiss Family Robinson... McLintock! is a 1963 comedy Western starring John Wayne and Maureen OHara, and loosely based on Shakespeares The Taming of the Shrew. ... // Events January 28 - Filming begins on Dr. Strangelove. ... The Green Berets is the title of a 1968 film starring John Wayne and featuring George Takei, David Janssen, Jim Hutton, and Aldo Ray. ... // October 30 - The film The Lion in Winter, starring Katharine Hepburn, debuts. ... // Events Cannes Film Festival opens, but closes in support of a French general strike without awarding any prizes. ... Chisum is a 1970 western movie directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and starring John Wayne and Forrest Tucker. ... // Events February 11 - The film The Magic Christian, starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr premieres in New York City. ...

Cabot's final film appearance was in Diamonds Are Forever (1971). Diamonds Are Forever is the seventh film in the EON Productions James Bond series. ... See also: 1970 in film 1971 1972 in film 1970s in film years in film film // Events February 8 - Bob Dylans hour long documentary film, Eat the Document, premieres at New Yorks Academy of Music. ...

He was married twice, to the actresses Adrienne Ames and Francesca De Scaffa. He died in Woodland Hills, California from lung cancer and throat cancer. Adrienne Ames (August 3, 1907 _ May 31 - American film actress. ... Woodland Hills is a community within the City of Los Angeles. ... Lung cancer is a cancer of the lungs characterized by the presence of malignant tumours. ... Throat cancer is a common way of referring to some head and neck cancers, usually squamous cell carcinomas. ...

Trivia

• The character of "Bruce Baxter" in the 2005 remake of King Kong was based on Cabot.

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External links

• Bruce Cabot at the Internet Movie Database
• Bruce Cabot's Gravesite