Hayden Rorke is an American television actor familiar to anyone who follows series television. He came to the screen later than most, at 33. There are 70 entries on the credit list. 'I Dream of Jeannie' is the series audiences place him in, as Alfred Bellows. 'All That Heaven Allows' is another credit on the record.
Hayden Rorke
Actor · Since 1951
76 years (Oct 23, 1910 – Aug 19, 1987)Brooklyn, USABrooklyn, New York, USA
48 Movies · 22 Series
Hayden Rorke is an American television actor familiar to anyone who follows series television. He came to the screen later than most, at 33. There are 70 entries on the credit list. 'I Dream of Jeannie' is the series audiences place him in, as Alfred Bellows. 'All That Heaven Allows' is another credit on the record.
Hayden Rorke (October 23, 1910 – August 19, 1987) was an American actor best known for playing Dr. Bellows on I Dream of Jeannie.
Rorke was born in New York City as the son of screen and stage actress Margaret Rorke. He began his stage career in the 1930s with the Hampden Theatrical Company. During World War II, he enlisted in the army, where he made his uncredited film debut in This is the Army.
After the war, he left the army and worked in small parts on Broadway, returning to Hollywood in 1949 for more small and uncredited role in Lust for Gold, Kim, The Magnificent Yankee and An American in Paris.