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Hayden Rorke

Acting

Born October 23, 1910 · Brooklyn, New York, USA

Died August 19, 1987

Biography

Hayden Rorke (October 23, 1910 – August 19, 1987) was an American actor best known for playing Dr. Bellows on I Dream of Jeannie. Rorke was born in New York City as the son of screen and stage actress Margaret Rorke. He began his stage career in the 1930s with the Hampden Theatrical Company. During World War II, he enlisted in the army, where he made his uncredited film debut in This is the Army. After the war, he left the army and worked in small parts on Broadway, returning to Hollywood in 1949 for more small and uncredited role in Lust for Gold, Kim, The Magnificent Yankee and An American in Paris.

Filmography48 titles

The Twilight Zone

1959as Sykes

I Love Lucy

1951as Mr. O'Brien

I Dream of Jeannie

1965as Alfred Bellows

Perry Mason

1957as Walter Caffrey

The Andy Griffith Show

1960as A.J. Considine

All That Heaven Allows

1955as Dr. Hennessy

Pocketful of Miracles

1961as Police Captain Moore

The Thrill of It All

1963as Billings

Pillow Talk

1959as Mr. Conrad

Wonder Woman

1975as Professor Otis Warren

An American in Paris

1951as Tommy Baldwin (uncredited)

The Legend of Lizzie Borden

1975as Julien Ralph

The Beverly Hillbillies

1962as Wilkins

The Robe

1953as Bidder at slave auction (uncredited)

Mannix

1967

Spencer's Mountain

1963as Colonel Coleman

Lucky Me

1954as Tommy Arthur

Four Star Playhouse

1952as Doctor

Here's Lucy

1968as Judge

Thriller

1960as Dr. Frank

Wild Stallion

1952as Maj. Cullen

Midnight Lace

1960as Dr. Garver

Peter Gunn

1958

Tip on a Dead Jockey

1957as J.R. Nichols

The Eternal Sea

1955as Capt. William Buracker

Adventures of Superman

1952

The Donna Reed Show

1958

Father's Little Dividend

1951as Andrew Nordell

When Worlds Collide

1951as Dr. Emery Bronson

The Love Boat

1977as Mr. Humbertson

Youngblood Hawke

1964as Mr. Givney

Above and Beyond

1953as Dr. Ramsey

Cheyenne

1955

Drum Beat

1954as President Ulysses S. Grant

Lust for Gold

1949as Floyd Buckley

I Dream of Jeannie... Fifteen Years Later

1985as Dr. Alfred E. Bellows

Petticoat Junction

1963as H.J. Grant

Confidentially Connie

1953as Prof. Simmons

Skirts Ahoy!

1952as Doctor

This Is the Army

1943as Soldier / Stage Manager (uncredited)

The Unsinkable Molly Brown

1964as Malcolm Broderick

Back Street

1961as Charley Claypole

The Barefoot Executive

1971as Clifford

Parrish

1961as Tom Weldon

Mr. & Mrs. North

1952

South Sea Woman

1953as Prosecution Lt. Fears

Cavalcade of America

Project Moon Base

1953as Gen. 'Pappy' Greene