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Hayden Rorke
American actor (1910–87)
William Henry Rorke (October 23, 1910 – August 19, 1987), known professionally as Hayden Rorke, was an American actor best known for playing Colonel Alfred E.
Bellows on the 1960s American sitcom I Dream of Jeannie.
Early life
Rorke was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1910.[1] He was the son of screen and stage actress Margaret Hayden Rorke,[note 1][1] and he took his stage name from her maiden name.[2]
Rorke attended Brooklyn Preparatory School, a Jesuit school, where he served as president of the Dramatics Society and the Student Government, and was a member of the Omega Gamma Delta Fraternity.
He continued his education at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts[3] and began his stage career in the 1930s with the Hampden Theatrical Company. During World War II, he enlisted in the United States Army, where he made his film debut in the musical This Is the Army starring Ronald Reag