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3 unusual facts about Judd Holdren


Judd Holdren

He was born near Villisca, Iowa, the fifth of 10 children in a farming family, and showed early interest in an acting career.

However, he got lead roles in Purple Heart Diary (1951) co-starring Frances Langford, and Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere (1951) the serial version of the adventures of Captain Video, becoming the third actor (after Richard Coogan and Al Hodge) to assume the role of the heroic Captain.

His last significant film appearances were in very minor roles in features such as Jeanne Eagels (1957), Ice Palace (1960), and The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960).


Lady in the Iron Mask

Alan Hale, Jr. portrays Porthos, Judd Holdren plays Aramis, and Steve Brodie appears as Athos in this Three Musketeers adventure film, a reworking of Douglas Fairbanks' 1929 screen epic The Iron Mask, an adaptation of the last section of the novel The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas, père, which is itself based on the French legend of The Man in the Iron Mask.


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