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Hollywood stalwart Bruce Cabot's main claim to fame, other than rescuing 'Fay Wray' . A freelancer, he appeared in movies at many studios before leaving Hollywood for military service. Cabot worked for Army intelligence overseas during World War II; after the war, he continued to work steadily, with and without his friend and frequent co-star, the Duke. Bruce Cabot died in 1972 of lung and throat cancer. He was 68 years old.
Most remembered as Fay Wray s savior from the hairy clutches of King Kong .
Interred at Carlsbad Cemetery, Carlsbad, New Mexico, Division A, Block 48, Space 5.
Was part of a group of actors that John Wayne regularly used in his films.
Finished his career in the films of his friend and drinking companion John Wayne.
Tested for the role of the Ringo Kid in Stagecoach .
A source (Book "Star Stats: Whos Whose in Hollywood" by Kenneth S. Marx. Price, Stern, Sloan Publishers, Inc., Los Angeles, 1979, ISBN 0-8431-0498-8) says that he was first married to Grace Mary Mather Smith, an actress, and they had a daughter born in 1929, Jennifer De Bujac. They were divorced some time in or before 1933. It is possible that Grace Mary Mather Smith is Grace Smith , an actress who did a few films in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
Dolores del Rio introduced him to David O. Selznick while he was manager of the Embassy Roof Club.
