| Larry Parks  AKA Samuel Klusman Parks
Born: 13-Dec-1914
Birthplace: Olathe, KS
Died: 13-Apr-1975
Location of death: Studio City, CA
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Remains: Cremated
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Named names before HUAC "I would prefer, if you would allow me, not to mention other people's names. Don't present me with the choice of either being in contempt of this Committee and going to jail or forcing me to really crawl through the mud to be an informer." Though Parks named names to avoid being blacklisted, a fact leaked to the press, the tactic failed -- he remained blacklisted.
Mother: (maiden name of Klusman)
Wife: Betty Garrett (actress, b. 23-May-1919, m. 1944, until his death, two sons)
Son: Garrett Parks (composer, with Garrett)
Son: Andrew Lawrence Parks (actor, b. 1-Mar-1951, with Garrett)
High School: Joliet Township High School, Joliet, IL (1932)
University: University of Illinois
Communist Party USA 1941-45, admitted before HUAC in 1951
Hollywood Blacklist
Irish Ancestry
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Freud (12-Dec-1962)
Jolson Sings Again (10-Aug-1949)
Down to Earth (21-Aug-1947)
The Jolson Story (10-Oct-1946)
Renegades (13-Jun-1946)
Counter-Atttack (26-Apr-1945)
Reveille with Beverly (4-Feb-1943)
The Boogie Man Will Get You (22-Oct-1942)
Alias Boston Blackie (2-Apr-1942)
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