
Jeffrey Lynn
Biography
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Jeffrey Lynn (born Ragnar Godfrey Lind; February 16, 1909 – November 24, 1995) was an American stage-screen actor and film producer who worked primarily through the Golden Age of Hollywood establishing himself as one of the premier talents of his time. Throughout his acting career, both on stage and in film, he was typecast as "the attractive, reliable love interest of the heroine," or "the tall, stalwart hero."
Born and raised in Massachusetts, he attended Bates College, before working as a teacher. He was tapped to act in his first film in 1938, which convinced him to move to Hollywood, California. His second film–Four Daughters (1938)–propelled him into national fame sparking three sequels: Daughters Courageous (1939), Four Wives (1939) and Four Mothers (1941) with Lynn reprising his role in each of them. He was at the center of the Gone with the Wind (1939) screening controversy; he was noted as the top contender to play Ashley Wilkes, however, the directer eventually chose Leslie Howard instead. Lynn was asked to join James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart in The Roaring Twenties (1939), a gangster noir that garnered him critical praise. His success continued with such films as The Fighting 69th (1940) in which he portrayed poet-soldier Joyce Kilmer opposite Cagney, It All Came True (1940), All This and Heaven Too (1940) and Million Dollar Baby (1941).
His movie career was put on hold for World War II draft, where he received a Bronze Star for his service as a in Italy and Austria as a combat intelligence captain. He returned to the screen in 1948 and was in the notably successful, A Letter to Three Wives (1949), which went on to be nominated of best picture in the 1950 prime time Academy Awards. A year later he joined that cast of Home Town Story (1951) billed alongside Marilyn Monroe. His later film career credits include: BUtterfield 8 (1960) along with Elizabeth Taylor and Laurence Harvey, and Tony Rome (1967) with Frank Sinatra.
Lynn also began to act on Broadway and was featured in such plays as Any Wednesday (1966) and Dinner at Eight (1967). Later on in his career he found mixed critical success television starring in hit shows such as Robert Montgomery Presents, Your Show of Shows, My Son Jeep (with young Martin Huston), and Lux Video Theatre.
He died in November 1995 in Burbank, California from natural causes and was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills. Actor Jeffrey Lynn "Jeff" Goldblum is named in honor of Jeffrey Lynn.
Acting (37 movies)

BUtterfield 8
1960

Tony Rome
1967

Main Street to Broadway
1953

Home Town Story
1951

Strange Bargain
1949

All This, and Heaven Too
1940

The Roaring Twenties
1939

A Letter to Three Wives
1949

It All Came True
1940

Four Daughters
1938

The Fighting 69th
1940

Whiplash
1948

For the Love of Mary
1948

Million Dollar Baby
1941

Underground
1941

Espionage Agent
1939

Four Wives
1939

Out Where the Stars Begin
1938

Daughters Courageous
1939

Four Mothers
1941

Flight from Destiny
1941

The Spiral Staircase
1961

Black Bart
1948

Lost Lagoon
1957

My Love Came Back
1940

When Were You Born
1938

Yes, My Darling Daughter
1939

Money and the Woman
1940

Doorway to Suspicion
1954

Up Front
1951

Law of the Tropics
1941

A Child Is Born
1939

Captain China
1950

Cowboy from Brooklyn
1938

The Body Disappears
1941

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988

Breakdowns of 1942
1942
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