John Archer Birthday, Real Name, Age, Weight, Height, Family, Facts, Death Cause, Contact Details, Girlfriend(s), Bio & More

The real name of John Archer is Ralph Bowman. He was an American actor and was born on May 8, 1915, in Osceola, Nebraska, U.S. When he was five, his family shifted to California. He completed his studies at Hollywood High School and studied cinematography at the University of Southern California. He was married to actress Marjorie Lord in 1941 with whom he had two children. They got separated in 1953 after that he married Ann Leddy in 1956 and also had two children with her. He died of the lung cancer at the age of 84 in Redmond, Washington on December 3, 1999.

Radio
He had worked as a radio announcer for one year starting from 1944 and starred the role of Lamont Cranston in The Shadow.
Stage His work on the stage includes The Odds on Mrs. Oakley in1944, One-man Show in 1945, A Place of Our Own in 1945, The Day Before Spring in 1945-1946, This Time Tomorrow in 1947, Strange Bedfellows in 1948, and Captain Brassbound's Conversion in 1950-1951.
Films
He had work in a number of films like Hello, Frisco, Hello, Guadalcanal Diary, White Heat, Destination Moon, Rock Around the Clock, Ten Thousand Bedrooms, Decision at Sundown, Blue Hawaii, and How to Frame a Figg.
Television
In television, he had worked in the last episode which was telecast on March 11, 1955, of Jim Davis' show Stories of the Century in the role of L.H. Musgrove. Some of his television series are Rescue 8, Science Fiction Theater, Armstrong Circle Theatre, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater, and The Millionaire, The Loretta Young Show, Private Secretary, The Bob Cummings Show, Mackenzie's Raiders, This Man Dawson, The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet, The Californians, Sea Hunt, Maverick, The Twilight Zone, The Tall Man, Surfside 6, 77 Sunset Strip, Wagon Train, Hawaiian Eye, McHale's Navy, Bonanza, Mannix, and The Name of the Game. He played the character of Joe Holman in the episode "Phantom Trail" of the western series Colt .45. Five times, he guest appeared on Perry Mason. In "The Case of the Sleepwalker's Niece" he was Frank Maddox in 1957. His role was of murder victim Maj. Frank Lessing in "The Case of the Sardonic Sergeant" in 1958. His role was a murderer in "The Case of the Lucky Legs" in 1959 and the name of his character was J.R. Bradbury. He guest appeared seven times on Lassie and six times on Bonanza. In 1962, he was Matt Grundy in the episode "The Confederate Express" of Laramie.