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American actor, director and photographer (1926-1998)

Person · Open Library

Works
58

Top works

  • Spanked College Student!
  • Compilation of John Derek Spanking Stories
  • Asking for It!
  • Professor Spanks
  • Babysitting Dan!

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Film & TV

Acting

John Derek (1926-1998) was an American actor, filmmaker, and photographer most famous for the women to whom he was married; namely Bo Derek, Linda Evans, Ursula Andress, and Pati Behrs.

Known for

  • The Making of The Ten Commandments — Self (archive footage)2003
  • Playboy Video Magazine, Volume 11982
  • Once Before I Die — Bailey1966
  • Nightmare in the Sun — Hitchhiker1965
  • Frontier Circus1961
  • Frontier Circus — Ben Travis1961
  • Exodus — Taha1960
  • Prisoner of the Volga — Alexej Orloff1959
  • High Hell — Craig Rhodes1958
  • The Flesh Is Weak — Tony Giani1957

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Active from
1958-04-25

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
481
Total plays
10,446

Tags

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple

    · 1996 · cited 204,214x

  2. Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold

    · 2021 · cited 43,472x

  3. Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology

    · 2000 · cited 36,863x

  4. Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment

    · 2007 · cited 35,503x

  5. The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)

    · 1992 · cited 29,113x

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Key facts

Born
Derek Delevan Harris , ( 1926-08-12 ) August 12, 1926, Los Angeles , California , U.S.
Died
May 22, 1998 (1998-05-22) (aged 71), Santa Maria, California , U.S.
Occupations
Actor filmmaker photographer
Years active
1943–1990
Children
2, including Sean Catherine Derek
Father
Lawson Harris

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

John Derek (born Derek Delevan Harris; August 12, 1926 – May 22, 1998) was an American actor, filmmaker and photographer. He appeared in such films as Knock on Any Door, All the King's Men (both 1949), Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950), and The Ten Commandments (1956). He was also known for launching the career of his fourth wife, Bo Derek.

Early life

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “John Derek” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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