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George Dolenz (originally George Dolentz, born Jure Dolenc) (5 January 1908 – 8 February 1963) was an American film actor born in Trieste (then part of Austria-Hungary, now in Italy), in the city's Slovene community. After appearing in small parts in minor movies, Dolenz became leading man under contract to RKO Pictures under Howard Hughes, but soon returned to smaller parts for other studios, including MGM's The Last Time I Saw Paris as the husband of Donna Reed's character. He appeared in the 1956 ITC Entertainment series The Count of Monte Cristo as the title character. On April 21,... MORE

George Dolenz (originally George Dolentz, born Jure Dolenc) (5 January 1908 – 8 February 1963) was an American film actor born in Trieste (then part of Austria-Hungary, now in Italy), in the city's Slovene community. After appearing in small parts in minor movies, Dolenz became leading man under contract to RKO Pictures under Howard Hughes, but soon returned to smaller parts for other studios, including MGM's The Last Time I Saw Paris as the husband of Donna Reed's character. He appeared in the 1956 ITC Entertainment series The Count of Monte Cristo as the title character. On April 21, 1958, Dolenz played Count Peter Von Gilsa in the episode "The Outlander" of the NBC western television series The Restless Gun. Gloria Talbott plays Sophie Wilmer, a young woman who inherits her father's saloon and hotel in Prairie City, Kansas, a town temporarily under the control of unruly former Confederates from Texas. Dolenz's character is Sophie's romantic interest and a former soldier from Europe who speaks out against the former Confederates, led by a former army officer. John Payne's character, Vint Bonner, arrives in town to guarantee the peace. Bonner's concluding narration notes that LESS