Don Castle
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Don Castle American film actor of the 1930s and 1940s. Castle started his acting career as a stage actor, then moved to films. The actor, who resembled Clark Gable , became close friends with The Guilty co-star Bonita Granville
and her husband Jack Wrather
who was a successful businessman and film producer. The relationship eventually led the actor to become a television producer for Wrather's Lassie
television program. After a traffic accident in 1966, Don Castle died of a medication overdose, aged 48.
Bonita Granville
Bonita Granville was an American film actress and television producer.-Early life:Born in Chicago, Illinois, Granville was the daughter of stage actors, and made her film debut at the age of nine in Westward Passage...
and her husband Jack Wrather
Jack Wrather
John Devereaux "Jack" Wrather, Jr. , was a petroleum millionaire who became a television producer and later diversified by investing in broadcast stations and resort properties...
who was a successful businessman and film producer. The relationship eventually led the actor to become a television producer for Wrather's Lassie
Lassie (1954 TV series)
Lassie is an American television series that follows the adventures of a female Rough Collie named Lassie and her companions, human and animal. The show was the creation of producer Robert Maxwell and animal trainer Rudd Weatherwax and was televised from September 12, 1954, to March 24, 1973...
television program. After a traffic accident in 1966, Don Castle died of a medication overdose, aged 48.