Bruce Dern
Birth name	Bruce MacLeish Dern
Born	June 4, 1936 (1936-06-04) (age 71) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Spouse(s)	Marie Dean Diane Ladd (1960-1969) Andrea Beckett (1969-present)

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Biography

Early life

Dern was born in Chicago, Illinois to John Dern and Jean (MacLeish).^[1] His paternal grandfather was George Dern, a former Utah governor and Secretary of War and his uncle was poet Archibald MacLeish. His godfather was well-known politician Adlai Stevenson and his godmother was Eleanor Roosevelt. Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ... George Henry Dern (born 1872) was an American politician, and the 54th War Secretary. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... The Secretary of War was a member of the United States Presidents Cabinet, beginning with George Washingtons administration. ... Archibald MacLeish Archibald MacLeish (May 7, 1892 – April 20, 1982) was an American poet, writer and the Librarian of Congress. ... A godparent, in many denominations of Christianity, is someone who sponsors a childs baptism. ... Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (February 5, 1900 – July 14, 1965) was an American politician, noted for intellectual demeanor and advocacy of liberal causes in the Democratic party. ... Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (October 11, 1884 – November 7, 1962) was an American political leader who used her stature as First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945 to promote her husbands (Franklin D. Roosevelts) New Deal, as well as civil rights. ...

Career

One of Dern's first film roles was in the Sydney Pollack picture They Shoot Horses, Don't They? in 1969. He played the enemy and killer of John Wayne's character in The Cowboys, and starred along with Jack Nicholson in The King of Marvin Gardens. Dern is generally regarded as a character actor, and has a reputation of playing unstable and villainous characters. His best-known role may be that of Freeman Lowell, the caretaker of Earth's last forests in Silent Running (1972), but other memorable roles include Tom Buchanan in Robert Redford's The Great Gatsby and Capt. Bob Hyde in Coming Home, for which he received an Academy Award nomination. Sydney Pollack (born July 1, 1934 in Lafayette, Indiana) is an American actor, producer, and director. ... They Shoot Horses, Dont They? is a 1969 film which tells the story of several contestants in a Depression-era dance marathon. ... // Cannes Film Festival opens, but closes in support of a French general strike without awarding any prizes. ... John Wayne (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979) was an iconic, Academy Award-winning, American film actor. ... The Cowboys is a 1972 western starring John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne, Slim Pickens, A. Martinez and Bruce Dern. ... Nicholson as Wilbur Force in The Little Shop of Horrors (1960). ... The King of Marvin Gardens is an American crime-drama film in 1972 . ... A character actor is an actor, especially in motion pictures, who predominantly performs in similar roles throughout the course of a career. ... For other uses, see Silent Running (disambiguation). ... // Top grossing films The Godfather Fiddler on the Roof Diamonds Are Forever Whats Up, Doc?, starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan ONeal Dirty Harry The Last Picture Show A Clockwork Orange Cabaret, starring Liza Minnelli The Hospital Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex Academy Awards Best Picture... Robert Redford (born Charles Robert Redford, Jr. ... The Great Gatsby is a 1974 film made by Newdon Productions and Paramount Pictures. ... Coming Home is a 1978 film which tells the story of a handicapped Vietnam War veterans difficulty in re-entering civilian life after his return from the war. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ...

His most recent effort is the independent movie The Astronaut Farmer and a supporting role on the HBO's series, Big Love. It has been suggested that Independents be merged into this article or section. ... The Astronaut Farmer is a 2007 drama film directed by Michael Polish and starring Billy Bob Thornton. ... Big Love is an HBO television drama about a Utah Fundamentalist Mormon family that practices plural marriage, a type of polygamy that is no longer officially endorsed by the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). ...

Quotes

• "I'm only too proud to say that I've NEVER had ANY discipline problems with Laura (Dern, his daughter and fellow actress). In fact, I never needed to lay a hand on her, because Diane (Ladd, his wife and another fellow actress) was so much better with that stuff than I was."
• "I'm the only bad guy to ever kill John Wayne."

(This statement, however, is not true. Wayne's charactor was killed by the bartender in The Shootist and by Japanese snipers in Sands of Iwo Jima and The Fighting Seabees. The bartender and Dern are the only ones to be seen killing Wayne on film. Wayne's charactors also died twice by drowning in Wake of the Red Witch and Reap the Wild Wind and once by suicide after being stabbed in The Alamo.) Laura Elizabeth Dern (born February 10, 1967 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress. ... Diane Ladd (b. ... The Shootist is a novel written by Glendon Swarthout, published in 1975. ... Sands of Iwo Jima is a 1949 war film which follows a group of Marines from training to the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II. It stars John Wayne, John Agar, Adele Mara and Forrest Tucker. ... The Fighting Seabees is a 1944 film starring John Wayne and Susan Hayward. ... Wake of the Red Witch is a 1948 film starring John Wayne and Gail Russell. ... Reap the Wild Wind is a serialized story written by Thelma Strabel in 1940 for The Saturday Evening Post. ... The Alamo was released in 1960 by United Artists, starring John Wayne as Davy Crockett, Richard Widmark as Jim Bowie and Laurence Harvey as William B. Travis, and featuring Frankie Avalon, Chill Wills, Patrick Wayne, Linda Cristal, Joseph Calleia as Juan Seguin, Ruben Padilla as Santa Anna, Richard Boone as...

Filmography

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References

External links

• Bruce Dern at the Internet Movie Database
• Bruce Dern at the Notable Names Database