Richard Long

His son Carey passed away in 2008. He inherited his dad's heart problems. He outlived his dad by three years, age wise. He was 50 years old at the time of his death.

In make-up for his last film Death Cruise (1974), he ran into Ricardo Montalban, who knew him but who didn't recognize him and treated him like a stranger. Long kept up the charade until he finally confessed who he really was.

Had cardiac problems throughout his adult life and had suffered a heart attack in 1961.

When his Rex Randolph character from Bourbon Street Beat was shifted to 77 Sunset Strip in 1960, it marked the first time a character from one series was moved to another already established series.

Father of three children with Mara Corday: Carey Long (1957-2008), Gregory (b. 1960) and Valerie Long (b. 1958).

David Janssen, a friend since both were under contract with Universal-International in the early 1950s, was his neighbor in 1958. Both died in their late 40s from heart attacks.

Entering films straight out of high school, Richard Long's good looks served him well and got him a contract at Universal Pictures. Making his debut as Claudette Colbert's son in Tomorrow Is Forever (1946), Long played juvenile leads in many Universal productions (he was one of the sons in the "Ma and Pa Kettle" series), and gradually worked his way into leading parts in second features.