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Brett Halsey (born Charles Oliver Hand on June 20, 1933, in Santa Ana, California) is an American film actor, sometimes credited as Montgomery Ford. He had a prolific career in B pictures and in European-made feature films. He originated the role of John Abbott on the soap opera ''The Young and the Restless'', a role he filled only from May 1980 to March 1981, when he was replaced by Jerry Douglas.〔(New York Times )〕 Halsey is a great-nephew of the United States Navy Admiral William F. Halsey, Jr., aka Bull Halsey, commander of the Pacific Allied naval forces during WWII. Universal Pictures selected Brett Halsey's acting name from the admiral.〔Weaver, Tom. "Brett Halsey Interview", ''Eye on Science Fiction: 20 Interviews with Classic SF and Horror Filmmakers'', McFarland, 2007.〕 ==Career== Interested in acting since he was a child, young Brett was employed as a page at CBS Television studios, where he met Jack Benny and Benny's wife, Mary Livingstone, who presented him to the head of Universal Pictures, who placed him in a school with other aspiring actors for the studio.〔(Profile ), Lex-barker.com; accessed March 6, 2015.〕 Halsey appeared as Swift Otter, a Cheyenne Indian in the 1956 episodes "The Spirit of Hidden Valley" and "The Gentle Warrior" of the CBS western series, ''Brave Eagle'', starring Keith Larsen as a young Indian chief.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Brett Halsey )〕 In 1958, Halsey guest-starred several times as Lieutenant Summers in Richard Carlson's syndicated western series, ''Mackenzie's Raiders'', a fictional account of cavalry Colonel Ranald S. Mackenzie, set at Fort Clark, Texas. That same year, Halsey had the lead role of a life-saving sailor in an episode of another syndicated series, ''Highway Patrol''. He also appeared in ''Harbor Command'', a military drama about the United States Coast Guard. He appeared as Robert Finchley in the 1958 ''Perry Mason'' episode, "The Case of the Cautious Coquette", and starred in the Roger Corman teen flick ''The Cry Baby Killer''. In 1959, he had a co-starring role in the science-fiction film ''The Atomic Submarine''. Halsey appeared in the episode "Thin Ice" in 1959 of ''Five Fingers''. From 1961–1962, Halsey starred with Barry Coe, Gary Lockwood, and Gigi Perreau in the ABC adventure television series ''Follow the Sun'', a story of two free-lance magazine writers living in Honolulu, Hawaii. In 1961, Halsey won the Golden Globe Award for "New Star of the Year". His ''Follow the Sun'' co-star, Barry Coe, had won the same honor in 1960. The award was discontinued in 1983. Halsey played supporting and co-starring roles in Hollywood, having appeared in such films as ''Return of the Fly'' (1959) and ''Twice-Told Tales '' (1963), and ''Return to Peyton Place'' (1961). By the early 1960s, he relocated to Italy where he found himself in demand in adventurous films such as ''Seven Swords for the King'' or ', being often cast a swashbuckling hero. He also appeared in a few Spaghetti Westerns and Eurospy films. He returned to the United States in the early 1970s and worked in film and television. He appeared in the soap operas ''General Hospital'' and ''Love Is a Many Splendored Thing'', and films such as ''Where Does It Hurt?'' (1972) with Peter Sellers. He had supporting roles in higher-profile films such as ''Ratboy'' (1986) and ''The Godfather Part III'' (1990). He appeared as the captain of a luxury space liner in the ''Buck Rogers in the 25th Century'' episode "Cruise Ship to the Stars". Halsey worked with Italian horror director Lucio Fulci on ''The Devil's Honey'' (1986), ''Touch of Death'' (1988),〔(New York Times )〕 ''A Cat in the Brain'' (1990) and ''Demonia'' (1990). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brett Halsey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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