Name	Lanny Rees (Lanny Eliot Rees)
Age	75
Date of Birth	December 14, 1933
Birthplace	Veradale, Washington
Star Sign	Sagittarius
Occupation	Actor
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Trivia and Quotes

Quotes

I really liked making movies. I was impressed by them, but I never liked watching myself on the screen . . . Then several years ago, I guess I gained some objectivity and began to like seeing my movies and that little guy up there that I once was.

Career

Trivia

(June 2008) Attended his very first film fest circuit, the Memphis Film Festival.

Joined the U.S. Army in 1954 and subsequently worked for North American Rocketdyne, a manufacturer of rocket engines, and General Dynamics Astronautics Division, which installed Atlas missiles. He was also a mechanic and shop foreman in later years.

Has four sons and a daughter by his first wife.

Second wife Natalie Monte was a one-time band vocalist. He met her while working at the Spokane Civic Theatre in Washington.

Spotted by an RKO talent agent while performing in his school`s annual talent show in Los Angeles.

According to an in-depth article on Lanny in the Winter 2008-2009 issue of "Films of the Golden Age" by Ken Dennis, Lanny got blood poisoning after a blister on his foot from roller skating became infected. This happened during the shooting of his first-released picture, the Roy Rogers/Dale Evans western film Home in Oklahoma (1946).

Learned tap dancing as a child and entertained WWII troops at camp shows.

Youngest of eight children born to Arthur Edward Rees, a mechanic, and Mildred (Hooper) Rees.

Bedimpled child actor of the late `40s known for his crying on cue in post-WWII pictures.

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