Movie Star Mystery Photo

Posted on September 11, 2009 by lmharnisch

Sept. 7, 2009, Mystery Photo
 Los Angeles Times file photo

Oct. 23, 1954: Lance Fuller (1928 – 2001) in a publicity shot from Universal.

April 27, 1958, God's Little Acre Update: The cool cat is Lance Fuller. Please congratulate Dewey Webb, Michael Christian, Richard Heft and Stacia for identifying him! 

At right, a review of "God's Little Acre," which featured him.

Don't you Fedora Lounge folks love this guy?

Just
a reminder on how this works: I post the mystery photo on Monday and
reveal the answer on Friday … or on Saturday if I have a hard time
picking only five pictures; sometimes it's difficult to choose. To keep
the mystery photo from getting lost in the other entries, I move it
from Monday to Tuesday to Wednesday, etc., adding a photo every day.

I
have to approve all comments, so if your guess is posted immediately,
that means you're wrong. (And if a wrong guess has already been
submitted by someone else, there's no point in submitting it again.)

If
you're right, you will have to wait until Friday. There's no need to
submit your guess five times. Once is enough. The only prize is
bragging rights. 

The answer to last week's mystery star: Renzo Cesana!

Sept. 8, 2009, Mystery Photo

Los Angeles Times file photo

Update: Lance Fuller in a photo published June 9, 1955.

Here's another picture of our mystery guest!

Sept. 9, 2009, Mystery Photo

Los Angeles Times file photo

Feb. 4, 1955: According to the caption information, film exhibitor Joy Houck, left, of New Orleans, on behalf of Louisiana-Mississippi theater owners, presents plaques to Dorothy Malone and Lance Fuller as "the most promising star personalities of 1955." Malone's latest picture is Roger Corman's production "Five Guns West." Fuller recently completed "Kentucky Rifle."

Here's our mystery guest with some mystery companions. Please congratulate Mike Hawks for identifying him!

Sept. 10, 2009, Mystery Photo

Los Angeles Times file photo

June 6, 1958:  Robert Ryan as Ty Ty and Lance Fuller as his son in "God's Little Acre. Tina Louise was cropped out of the published version.

Here's our mystery guest with some mystery companions. Please congratulate Rinky Dink for identifying one of yesterday's mystery companions!

 
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36 Responses to Movie Star Mystery Photo

  1. Flo Myers's avatar Flo Myers says:
    September 7, 2009 at 10:01 am

    Tony Martin

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  2. rick's avatar rick says:
    September 7, 2009 at 10:03 am

    Michael Callan

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  3. william's avatar william says:
    September 7, 2009 at 10:49 am

    Vittorio Gassman

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  5. Amy's avatar Amy says:
    September 7, 2009 at 11:14 am

    My guess is Rory Calhoun.

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  6. Nancy Price's avatar Nancy Price says:
    September 7, 2009 at 1:04 pm

    James Stacy

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  7. Paul Cardinal's avatar Paul Cardinal says:
    September 7, 2009 at 1:06 pm

    Robert Loggia

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  8. Lee Rivas's avatar Lee Rivas says:
    September 7, 2009 at 1:47 pm

    Joey Forman??

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  9. Arye Michael Bender's avatar Arye Michael Bender says:
    September 8, 2009 at 9:01 am

    If Tony Curtis and Duke Hazlett combined their genes in the swinging sixties, we’d have today’s subject. Have absolutely no idea of who he is.

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  10. Carmen's avatar Carmen says:
    September 8, 2009 at 9:11 am

    Jay Lawrence

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  11. Carol Gwenn's avatar Carol Gwenn says:
    September 8, 2009 at 9:26 am

    Looks like an insanely young Richard Burton.

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  12. Barry O'Brien's avatar Barry O'Brien says:
    September 8, 2009 at 10:16 am

    Obvious toupee so imagine him with half a head of hair.

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  13. Gregory Moore's avatar Gregory Moore says:
    September 8, 2009 at 12:57 pm

    Edward G. Robinson, Jr.?

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  14. Victor Huntrods Brown, from across the pond in England's avatar Victor Huntrods Brown, from across the pond in England says:
    September 8, 2009 at 1:16 pm

    This looks very much like Henry Brandon.

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  15. Laura Aikens Goeller's avatar Laura Aikens Goeller says:
    September 8, 2009 at 1:46 pm

    Michael Callan

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  16. Victor Huntrods Brown, from across the pond in England's avatar Victor Huntrods Brown, from across the pond in England says:
    September 8, 2009 at 3:51 pm

    I’m guessing this is Henry Brandon. Posted this before but wondering if it didn’t get through.

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  17. Barbara Klein's avatar Barbara Klein says:
    September 8, 2009 at 7:08 pm

    Ed O’Ross

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  19. Victor Huntrods Brown, from across the pond in England's avatar Victor Huntrods Brown, from across the pond in England says:
    September 9, 2009 at 5:21 am

    A quick guess before the next photo appears. With no great confidence I suggest it could be….Ben Cooper.

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  20. Mike Hawks's avatar Mike Hawks says:
    September 9, 2009 at 7:30 am

    The man is Lance Fuller.

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  21. Karen's avatar Karen says:
    September 9, 2009 at 9:19 am

    Richard S. Castellano

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  22. Unknown's avatar zabadu says:
    September 9, 2009 at 9:27 am

    Jacques Bergerac?

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  23. Cold in PHX's avatar Cold in PHX says:
    September 9, 2009 at 9:32 am

    Here’s a wild guess: Ray Price.

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  24. Rinky Dink's avatar Rinky Dink says:
    September 10, 2009 at 7:34 am

    Is the lady Dorothy Malone?

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  26. Carmen's avatar Carmen says:
    September 10, 2009 at 10:00 am

    Hi Larry! At least I know the latest companions – Tina Loouise and Paul Kelly. But the mystery guy looks like all the guesses so far! Take Care!!!

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  27. Mary Mallory's avatar Mary Mallory says:
    September 10, 2009 at 10:25 am

    William Reynolds. The woman in yesterday’s photo was Dorothy Malone around the time of Written on the Wind.

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  28. Michael Christian's avatar Michael Christian says:
    September 10, 2009 at 10:25 am

    Lance Fuller

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  29. Richard Heft's avatar Richard Heft says:
    September 10, 2009 at 1:43 pm

    Lance Fuller, seen with Robert Ryan and Tina Louise in a still from GOD’S LITTLE ACRE.

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  30. Rinky Dink's avatar Rinky Dink says:
    September 10, 2009 at 5:22 pm

    Is today’s lady Lee Remick?

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  31. Megan's avatar Megan says:
    September 10, 2009 at 9:29 pm

    Well, my mom, Lee, identified Dorothy Malone, but I could not figure out why our mystery star and she were getting a plaque.

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  32. Stacia's avatar Stacia says:
    September 10, 2009 at 10:51 pm

    Hey, I think I got it – Lance Fuller, and this is a still from “God’s Little Acre” with Tina Louise and Robert Ryan.

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  33. Mary Mallory's avatar Mary Mallory says:
    September 10, 2009 at 11:18 pm

    Is the older gentleman with him Robert Ryan?

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  34. Mary Mallory's avatar Mary Mallory says:
    September 10, 2009 at 11:19 pm

    This isn’t George Nader is it?

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  35. Rinky Dink's avatar Rinky Dink says:
    September 11, 2009 at 7:26 am

    Is Thursday’s lady Elizabeth Montgomery?

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  36. Stacia's avatar Stacia says:
    September 12, 2009 at 4:09 am

    I’m embarrassed it took me so long to get it. Fuller is in 2 of my favorite B movies, “The She-Creature” and “This Island Earth”.

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