- Born
- Died
- Birth nameDouglas Osborne McClure
- Nickname
- Dougie
- Height6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
- Douglas Osborne McClure was born on May 11, 1935 in Glendale, California. Educated at UCLA, this blond leading man long made a career of apparent agelessness. He played one young sidekick after another through numerous movies and one television series after another, playing 20ish roles into his late 40s. Although he made more than 500 appearances in his career (counting television episodes separately), he is undoubtedly best remembered as Trampas in the series The Virginian (1962) and Backtrack! (1969). McClure was fighting cancer the last couple of years before his death; despite this, he continued working, appearing in Maverick (1994) as one of the gamblers, as well as in Riders in the Storm (1995) and episodes of Burke's Law (1994) and Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1993) which did not appear until after his death. Doug McClure died at age 59 of lung cancer on February 5, 1995.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Kat Parsons <[email protected]>
- SpousesDiane Furnberg(August 27, 1979 - February 5, 1995) (his death)Diane Soldani(July 11, 1970 - August 24, 1979) (divorced, 1 child)Helen Crane(October 30, 1965 - 1968) (divorced)BarBara Luna(December 17, 1961 - 1963) (divorced)Faye Brash(September 28, 1957 - May 9, 1961) (divorced, 1 child)
- ChildrenValerie Diane McClure
- ParentsDonald Reed McClureClara Clapp
- RelativesKayla Arendts(Grandchild)
- Along with Troy Donahue, he was the inspiration for the character Troy McClure on The Simpsons (1989).
- He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 7065 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on November 16, 1994.
- Played the Errol Flynn role in a remake of Against All Flags (1952) titled The King's Pirate (1967). Coincidentally, both men died prematurely: Flynn at age 50 and McClure at age 59.
- He reportedly enjoyed the character Troy McClure on The Simpsons (1989), for whom he served as the main inspiration alongside Troy Donahue, and his children would affectionately address him by the character's name behind his back.
- Following his death, he was interred at Woodland Memorial Cemetery in Santa Monica, California. He passed away on February 5, 1995, three months away from what would have been his 60th birthday on May 11.
- Watching The Sound of Music (1965) is like being beaten to death by a Hallmark card.
- I had this feeling everybody thought I was dead. I didn't quit. I did some films and theater in London. I went to New York. But I had been on television so much, people thought [if I wasn't on television] I wasn't around.
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