Lexbarkerbiography
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Lex Barker
Where all roads came to an end - Lexington Avenue in New York
Barker's cinematic intermezzo in Germany would last over six years when finally the cinema crisis and the hope for a comeback in his motherland encouraged him to go back to America. But there, too, the business had totally changed. When, after an extensive run-up phase, Lex Barker finally appeared on the TV screens again, he had not long left until all roads ended for him in the streets of New York.
Today, Lex Barker is a fixture in movie history. To many he might have been a one-dimensional fighting-for-a-good-course cinematic hero but he won millions of hearts and in this light, the roles he played can't have been all wrong. He will always be fondly remembered. On the few occasions when extremely good-looking Lex Barker had a chance of showing his better acting skills, he delivered fine mastery. In 1971, for example, he co-starred Robert Wagner and Janet Leigh playing a former cowboy star in a wheelchair
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Tribute to Lex Barker
This is just a short review of Lex' life which had ups and downs like his career. Who wants to know more should read these great biographies written bygd Reiner Boller and Arild Rafalzik. At the time they are available only in German. Maybe one day there are enough demands for English versions ... Additionally I recommend Manfred Christ's filmography
- 1919
- Lex Barker is born on 8th May as Alexander Crichlow Barker Jr. in Rye, New York, USA. He is a direct descendant of the founder of Rhode Island, Roger Williams, and of Sir 'William Henry Crichlow', historical governor-general of Barbados. He excells in football and track at Fessenden School and Phillips-Exeter Academy. He attends Princeton but leaves to become an actor.
- 1939
- Lex has a small part in an Off Broadway production of "The Merry Wives of Windsor". The same year he meets his first wife, Constance Thurlow. He tries small roles in theatre without success followed by one further theat
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Lex Barker
Hollywood actress Arlene Dahl was once Lex Barker's second wife. Aged 96, she has now died in New York City.
Her trademark was her titian-red hair and in the early nineteen-fifties she was considered one of the most attractive Hollywood actresses. She starred in the 1952 Western movie "Ambush" with Robert Taylor as well as in the swashbuckler movies "Caribbean" (1952, with John Payne), "Jamaica Run" (1953, with Ray Milland) and "Bengal Brigade" (1954, with Rock Hudson). She also played in the Jules Verne movie adaptation of "Journey to the Center of the Earth" (1959, with James Mason).
Arlene Dahl was one of those old-school actresses of the motion picture city, her image immaculate, her look fashionable and elegant. Her on-screen appearances stand for perfect Hollywood entertainment — but also for typecast roles. One of the few parts not complying with this predefined image was in Alan Dwan's "Slightly Scarlet" from 1956, where she played a malicious ex-convi