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Edwards was signed by Columbia in 1955, a period which he now calls “my low point. I had very little to do, and I just got by.” Then came the break in ty. When the show was dropped, Edwards was convinced that the movie people would be lining up at his door. He waited for the right roles, but all that was offered were roles he considered “beneath” him. Unable to get choice film roles, Vince turned to the night-club circuit as a singer. He even got rid of the moody scowl, his “Ben Casey”trademark. “That was last year’s bag,” he confesses. It took more than « year to land a role in an important movie, “The Devil’s Brigade.” Butfinally a real break came, producer Irwin Allen signed him to play Charles Hood, a Bogart-type character, in Columbia’s “Hammerhead.” Vince is the only “name” Vince began his acting career in a strange way. On a summer vacation from college (he attended on an athletic scholarship), he in the cast. He is more relaxed—even smiling. He feels that the Charles Hood role will do for him what James Bond did for Sean Connery and what Matt Helm did for Dean Martin. Dean is Vince's idol. “I met my second wife (actress da Foster) at Dean’s home.” tain resort. Part of the job called for him to help in the presentation of the dinner show. The acting bug bit him. After a stint at the University of Hawaii, Vince enrolled at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. “In those days,” he says, “I wore the dirtiest T-shirt of all the dirty T-shirt actors. A gimmick? No, it was ail I could afford.” His first show-business job came in the Broadway musical, “High Button Shoes.” Movie producer Hal Wallis saw him and hired him. Edwards now admits that he | ! was hired not so much forhisact- ly above “B” quality. worked as a lifeguard at a moun- _\weemod 10 Save Air Force Livos — Now They Cen Seve You Money A SET OF JETFIRE FUEL IGNITERS TODA : 31 Hanse Ave., Freaport, N.Y. 11520 &. GUARANTEED to But went downhill, and the show was cancelled. Almost overnight, the muscular, 36-year-old actor, all but dropped from sight. Why? The answer is complex. First, most actors who make it big on tv rarely establish themselves in movies. Second, many top producers refuse to consider tv actors on the same level with movie actors. “When the series went off the air, I did receive some movie offers,” Vince admits. “Butall in inexpensive films.” Edwards yeels he deserved a better break from producers since, before going into tv, he had made a number of movies, most slight- NARROW SPARK Ph become eroded, wear out or require adjusting. And Vince Edwards—the new James Bond? ‘6 Family Weekly, January 28, 1968 (Vince’s first marriage to actress Kathy Kersh ended in divorce.) Vince is modeling his career after Dean’s, too. He hopes to continue the night-club tours while making movies and to step up guest shots on tv variety shows. His first commitment after “Hammerhead” is a guest appearance on Martin’s show. Whatever happened to Vince Edwards? He has been away for a while—buthe’s back now. —PEERJ. OPPENHEIMER |