American Actor, best remembered for roles in films such as Spartacus, Paths of Glory, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Tough Guys, Champion, The Big Sky, Detective Story, The Bad and the Beautiful and Ace in the Hole. In his book 'Life could be Verse' he mentioned his height, claiming to be "five feet eleven inches". Kirk, President Reagan I didn't realise how bowlegged I used to be. Maybe I'd been in too many Westerns. The knee operation not only straightened my legs, it also added two inches to my height. I needed them because I'd lost three inches as a result of my back operation after the helicopter crash. Peter [son] is the tallest in the family, six foot two, and handsome, with curly hair. I once told him, “When I was starting out, I wanted to he six two instead of five eleven. I wanted to have curly hair, not straight hair. Why didn’t you become an actor?”

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