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Troy Donahue (* 27. Januar 1936 in New York als Merle Johnson Jr.; † 2. September 2001 in Santa Monica, Kalifornien) war ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler. Den Höhepunkt seiner Karriere erreichte er als beliebter Teenager- Star von den späten 1950er- bis Mitte der 1960er-Jahre.
Troy Donahue (born Merle Johnson Jr., January 27, 1936 – September 2, 2001) was an American film and television actor, best known for his role as Johnny Hunter in the film A Summer Place. He was a popular sex symbol in the 1950s and 1960s.
Troy Donahue was a journalism student at Columbia University when he began playing in stock productions. He made his film debut in Man Afraid (1957) and in 1959 signed as a contract player with Warner Bros., which promoted him to stardom with A Summer Place (1959) that year.
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- New York City, New York, USA
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- Santa Monica, California, USA
Troy Donahue was a journalism student at Columbia University when he began playing in stock productions. He made his film debut in Man Afraid (1957) and in 1959 signed as a contract player with Warner Bros., which promoted him to stardom with A Summer Place (1959) that year.
- Actor, Soundtrack
- September 2, 2001
- January 27, 1936
3. Sept. 2001 · Troy Donahue, a blond-haired, blue-eyed actor who achieved teen heartthrob status in the 1950s and 60s, died Sunday in a California hospital.
3. Sept. 2001 · Troy Donahue, a blond, blue-eyed film heartthrob of the 1950's and 60's, died here today. He was 65 and lived in Santa Monica, Calif. The cause was a heart attack, said a...
2. Sept. 2001 · Actor. Married in 1966; divorced in 1968. The status as a teen idol of this blond, blue-eyed heartthrob leading man of the 1960s lasted longer than the memory of many of his films.