From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jeffrey Lynn (born Ragnar Godfrey Lind; February 16, 1909 – November 24, 1995) was an American stage-screen actor and film producer who worked primarily through the Golden Age of Hollywood establishing himself as one of the premier talents of his time. Throughout his acting career, both on stage and in film, he was typecast as "the attractive, reliable love interest of the heroine," or "the tall, stalwart hero." Born and raised in Massachusetts, he attended Bates College, before working as a teacher. He was tapped to act in his first film in 1938, which convinced him to move to Hollywood, California. His second film–Four Daughters (1938)–propelled him into national fame sparking three sequels: Daughters Courageous (1939), Four Wives (1939) and Four Mothers (1941) with Lynn reprising his role in each of them. He was at the center of the Gone with the Wind (1939) screening controversy; he was noted as the top contender to play Ashley Wilkes, however, the directer eventually chose Leslie Howard instead. Lynn was asked to join James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart in The Roaring Twenties (1939), a gangster noir that garnered him critical praise. His success continued with such films as The Fighting 69th (1940) in which he portrayed poet-soldier Joyce Kilmer opposite Cagney, It All Came True (1940), All This and Heaven Too (1940) and Million Dollar Baby (1941). His movie career was put on hold for World War II draft, where he received a Bronze Star for his service as a in Italy and Austria as a combat intelligence captain. He returned to the screen in 1948 and was in the notably successful, A Letter to Three Wives (1949), which went on to be nominated of best picture in the 1950 prime time Academy Awards. A year later he joined that cast of Home Town Story (1951) billed alongside Marilyn Monroe. His later film career credits include: BUtterfield 8 (1960) along with Elizabeth Taylor and Laurence Harvey, and Tony Rome (1967) with Frank Sinatra. Lynn also began to act on Broadway and was featured in such plays as Any Wednesday (1966) and Dinner at Eight (1967). Later on in his career he found mixed critical success television starring in hit shows such as Robert Montgomery Presents, Your Show of Shows, My Son Jeep (with young Martin Huston), and Lux Video Theatre. He died in November 1995 in Burbank, California from natural causes and was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills. Actor Jeffrey Lynn "Jeff" Goldblum is named in honor of Jeffrey Lynn.

Filmography

• Midnight Caller — Ambrose McGee
• Murder, She Wrote — Sam Wilson
• Simon & Simon
• Knots Landing — Mr. Ahern
• Ironside
• 1967Tony Rome — Adam Boyd
• 1961The Spiral Staircase — Doctor Parry
• 1960BUtterfield 8 — Bingham Smith
• 1957Lost Lagoon — Charlie Walker, Additional Dialogue
• 1954Doorway to Suspicion — Paul Stapleton
• 1951Home Town Story — Blake Washburn
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
• Tales of Tomorrow
• 1951Up Front — Capt. Ralph Johnson
• 1950Captain China — Capt. George Brendensen
• Lux Video Theatre — Seth Warner, Ralph Caswell, Tom
• 1950Miracle in the Rain — Art Hugenon
• Robert Montgomery Presents
• Your Show of Shows
• 1949A Letter to Three Wives — Bradford 'Brad' Bishop
• Lights Out
• 1949Strange Bargain — Sam Wilson
• Suspense — John Bantreagh, Don Ashley
• 1948Black Bart — Lance Hardeen
• 1948For the Love of Mary — Phillip Manning
• Studio One — Art Hugenon
• The Philco Television Playhouse
• 1948Whiplash — Dr. Arnold Vincent
• 1941Flight from Destiny — Michael Farroway
• 1941Four Mothers — Felix Deitz
• 1941Law of the Tropics — Jim Conwoy
• 1941Million Dollar Baby — James Amory
• 1941The Body Disappears — Peter DeHaven
• 1941Underground — Kurt Franken
• 1940All This, and Heaven Too — Henry Martyn Field
• 1940It All Came True — Tommy Taylor
• 1940Money and the Woman — Dave Bennett
• 1940My Love Came Back — Tony Baldwin
• 1940The Fighting 69th — Joyce Kilmer
• 1939A Child is Born — Jed Sutton
• 1939Daughters Courageous — John S. 'Johnny' Heming
• 1939Espionage Agent — Lowell Warrington
• 1939Four Wives — Felix Dietz
• 1939The Roaring Twenties — Lloyd Hart
• 1939Yes, My Darling Daughter — Douglas Hall
• 1938Cowboy from Brooklyn — Chronicle Reporter
• 1938Four Daughters — Felix Deitz
• 1938Out Where the Stars Begin — Makeup Artist
• 1938When Were You Born — Davis

Appearances as themselves (5)

• 1988The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind — Self (archive footage)
• Star Stage — Self - Host
• 1953Main Street to Broadway — Self (uncredited)
• What's My Line? — Self
• 1942Breakdowns of 1942 — Self