John Archer

John Archer was born on May 08, 1915 in USA. John Archer's big-screen debut came with Flaming Frontiers directed by Alan James in 1938, strarring Tom Grant (as Ralph Bowman). John Archer is known for Command & Conquer: Red Alert directed by Joseph D. Kucan, Arthur Roberts stars as General Gunter von Esling and Barry Kramer as General Nikos Stavros. The upcoming new movie John Archer plays is Command & Conquer: Red Alert which will be released on Nov 22, 1996.

Born Ralph Bowman, the future film and TV star moved to California with his family when he was five; he attended Hollywood High and the University of Southern California. He first set his sights on a job behind the camera, taking a cinematography course at USC, but then couldn't even land an entry-level position. He later drifted into acting, on stage at the Ben Bard Playhouse and in serials at Universal and Republic. He then entered a radio contest, "Jesse Lasky's Gateway to Hollywood", where aspiring actors competed for a studio contract. The top prize, an RKO contract made out in the name of "John Archer", was won by Bowman after 13 weeks of competition (edging out Hugh Beaumont for the prize and the "Archer" name). The actor quips, "I went from being a Bowman to an Archer!" He has four children, two by wife number one Marjorie Lord (one of whom is Anne Archer) and two by his second wife Ann Leddy (whom he married in 1956).