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Actor Keith Andes takes his own life

Keith Andes had, I recall, only one British film credit, co-starring with
Hazel Court in 'Model For Murder' 1959 (d. Terry Bishop) which I recall
seeing as the 'B' film supporting the Arthur Askey comedy 'Make Mine a
Million' .......

From: Chicago Sun Times :
http://www.suntimes.com/output/peopl...-xandes28.html

November 28, 2005

LOS ANGELES -- Keith Andes, Marilyn Monroe's leading man in the 1952 film
''Clash by Night,'' was found dead Nov. 11. He was 85.

Andes had suffered from bladder cancer and other ailments. He was found dead
in his Santa Clarita home, said longtime friend Marshall LaPlante. The Los
Angeles County coroner's office ruled the death a suicide.

The actor, known for a comforting baritone, appeared in about 20 movies,
including playing one of the brothers in ''The Farmer's Daughter'' (1947)
and Gen. George C. Marshall in ''Tora! Tora! Tora!'' (1970).

On television, he was an amateur sleuth on ''Glynis,'' a 1963 CBS sitcom in
which Glynis Johns played his wife. He had guest appearances on more than 40
shows, many of them westerns.

He earned the Theatre World Award for the outstanding breakout performance
of 1947 in ''The Chocolate Soldier'' and later starred in ''Kiss Me Kate.''