John Dierkes
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 10, 1905
- Died
- January 8, 1975 (aged 69)
- Birthplace
- Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Biography
Dierkes was born on February 10, 1905 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He attended Brown University and subsequently went to work as an economist for the United States Department of State. In 1941 he joined the Red Cross and served in the Britain duringWorld War II. There he met director John Huston who recommended that he try Hollywood after the war. Instead, Dierkes went to work for the U.S. Treasury Department which coincidentally sent him to Hollywood to function as technical advisor for the film To the Ends of the Earth (1948). Because of his appearance and very tall frame (6 feet, 6 inches), Dierkes enjoyed a long career as a character actor, often portraying villains or soldiers. In the 1953 film Shane, Dierkes portrays villain Morgan Ryker, who is the last man shot by the title character, Shane, in the final bar room shootout. One of his more memorable scenes is in the 1960 film, The Alamo. Dierkes portrays a Tennessean named Jocko, who is torn between leaving before the attack to care for his blind wife, or staying to support the Texans' cause. Understanding that if Jocko stays to fight she will likely be widowed, Jocko's wife coaxes him to stay and defend the fort, despite her disability. Dierkes died in 1975 of emphesyma and was survived by his wife Cynthia, two sons, and two daughters.
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Filmography
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
Movie · as Jocko Robertson
Creepy Classics
Movie · as Roderick Craven - (archive footage)
Rage
Movie · as Bill Parker
The Omega Man
Movie · as Family Member
The Haunted Palace
Movie · as Benjamin West / Jacob West
The Raven
Movie · as Roderick Craven
Johnny Cool
Movie · as Cripple
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
Movie · as Preacher (uncredited)
The Premature Burial
Movie · as Sweeny
Convicts 4
Movie · as Cell Block Guard (uncredited)
The Comancheros
Movie · as Ranger Bill Larsen (uncredited)
One-Eyed Jacks
Movie · as Chet
The Alamo
Movie · as Jocko Robertson
The Slowest Gun in the West
Movie · as 'Wild Bill' Monks
The Aquanauts
TV · as Inspector Crail · 1 ep
The Hanging Tree
Movie · as Society Red
The Oregon Trail
Movie · as Gabe Hastings
Rawhide
TV · as Private, Martinson · 1 ep
The Buccaneer
Movie · as Deacon
The Left Handed Gun
Movie · as Alexander McSween
Touch of Evil
Movie · as Policeman (uncredited)
Blood Arrow
Movie · as Ez
Peter Gunn
TV · 1 ep
Wanted: Dead or Alive
TV · as Charlie · 1 ep
The Rifleman
TV · as Nel Svenson · 2 eps
Valerie
Movie · as Bartender
The Buckskin Lady
Movie · as Swanson
Daughter of Dr. Jekyll
Movie · as Jacob
Death in Small Doses
Movie
Duel at Apache Wells
Movie · as Bill Sowers
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
Movie · as Texas Storekeeper (uncredited)
The Halliday Brand
Movie · as Reverend
Down Liberty Road
Movie · as Soldier (Uncredited)
Tales of Wells Fargo
TV · as Scanlon · 1 ep
The Fastest Gun Alive
Movie · as Cross Creek Townsman (uncredited)
Friendly Persuasion
Movie · as Farmer (uncredited)
Jubal
Movie · as Carson - Horgan Rider
Telephone Time
TV · 1 ep
State Trooper
TV · 1 ep
The Vanishing American
Movie · as Freil
Betrayed Women
Movie · as Cletus Ballard
Not as a Stranger
Movie · as Bursar
Gunsmoke
TV · as Rydell, Ace, Indian, Dahoma · 1 ep
Hell's Outpost
Movie · as Swede - the Cook (uncredited)
The Naked Jungle
Movie · as Gruber
The Raid
Movie · as Cpl. Fred Deane
The Desperado
Movie · as Police Sergeant
Adventures Of The Falcon
TV · 1 ep
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Movie · as Batley
Shane
Movie · as Morgan Ryker
The Moonlighter
Movie · as Sheriff Daws
The Vanquished
Movie · as General Morris
Gun Fury
Movie
Les Miserables
Movie · as Bosun (uncredited)
The Thing from Another World
Movie · as Dr. Chapman
The Red Badge of Courage
Movie · as Jim Conklin - the Tall Soldier
Silver City
Movie · as Arnie
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · as Joe Bronson, Dr. Belvedere · 1 ep
Three Husbands
Movie · as Night Court Judge (uncredited)
Lux Video Theatre
TV · as Jeb Bricker · 1 ep
Macbeth
Movie · as Ross