Who is it? | Actor, Soundtrack |
Birth Day | June 12, 1914 |
Birth Place | Syracuse, New York, United States |
Age | 106 YEARS OLD |
Died On | December 20, 1975(1975-12-20) (aged 61)\nDuarte, California, U.S. |
Birth Sign | Cancer |
Cause of death | heart congestion |
Resting place | Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1937–1971 |
Spouse(s) | Rena Morgan (1945-1975; his death) 1 child |
A graduate of Nottingham High School, Lundigan studied law at Syracuse University, earning money as a radio announcer at WFBL. He graduated and passed the bar examination before events changed his career path. A Universal Pictures production chief heard Lundigan's voice, met him, arranged a screen test and signed him to a motion picture contract in 1937.
Lundigan was host for Climax! and Shower of Stars. From September 30, 1959, to September 7, 1960, Lundigan portrayed Col. Edward McCauley in the CBS television series, Men into Space.
In 1963 and 1964, Lundigan joined fellow actors Walter Brennan, Chill Wills, and Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., in making appearances on behalf of U.S. Senator Barry M. Goldwater, the Republican nominee in the campaign against U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Lundigan died of apparent heart failure on December 20, 1975, at Hope Medical Center in Duarte, California. He was survived by his wife and daughter.