Jeffrey Hunter was an American film and television actor. His most famous roles are as John Wayne's character's sidekick in The Searchers, as Jesus Christ in the film King of Kings, and as Capt. Christopher Pike in the original pilot episode of Star Trek. Hunter was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and after 1930 reared in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he graduated from Whitefish Bay High School. He began acting in local theater and radio in his early teens. He served stateside in the United States Navy, in World War II, then from 1946-1949 studied theatre at Northwestern University in... Evanston, Illinois alongside Charlton Heston. In 1950, while a graduate student in radio at the University of California, Los Angeles and appearing in a college play, he was spotted by talent scouts and offered a two-year motion picture contract by 20th Century-Fox that was eventually extended to 1959. He made his Hollywood debut in Fourteen Hours, had star billing by Red Skies of Montana , and first billing in Sailor of the King .
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| Birthdate: | November 25, 1926 |
| Birthplace: | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Date of death: | May 27, 1969 |
| Education: | Whitefish Bay High School, Northwestern University |
| Also known as: | Henry Herman McKinnies, Jr., Henry Herman McKinnies Jr. |