Dick Foran Autographed Hand Signed 7X9 and 49 similar items

Rare Dick Foran (June 18, 1910- August 10, 1979) autographed vintage 1941 single weight photo 7'' x 9 '' photo from the 1941 film Keep 'Em Flying with Abbott and Costello hand signed and inscribed To my friend Mary with my best Sincerely Dick Foran. The photo is in good condition with three spots of paper loss on the right side border and at the bottom left border. The photo will come in a clear hard top load for display. Dick Foran was an American actor, known for his performances in western musicals and for playing supporting roles in dramatic pictures. His handsome appearance and good-natured personality made him a natural choice for the supporting cast. He first appeared as a singing cowboy in his first starring role, in Moonlight on the Prairie (1935). Other singing cowboy features included Song of the Saddle (1936), Guns of the Pecos (1937), Empty Holsters (1937), and Cowboy from Brooklyn (1938). In 1938 when Foran moved to Universal Studios, where he acted in many different genres of film from horror to comedies with Abbott and Costello such as Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942). In 1942, Foran starred as Lon Prentice in a 68-minute war support film, Private Buckaroo. Foran starred in The Petrified Forest (1936), The Sisters (1938), Rangers of Fortune (1940), The Mummy's Hand (1940), and Keep 'Em Flying (1941). One of his last film roles was a small one in Donovan's Reef (1963), starring his longtime friend John Wayne. His final film appearance was as the prospector "Old Timer" in the sentimental film Brighty of the Grand Canyon (1967) with Joseph Cotton, Pat Conway, and Karl Swenson. Mary Jessma Wilson had a radio show and interviewed Hollywood stars of the times. Part of her collection is in the Smithsonian. Buy with confidence we have been selling in-person autographs since 1992. Vintage Hollywood