Calvert worked as a bartender at the famed Sunset Boulevard nightclub, Ciro's, taking his professional last name from the brand name of Calvert whiskey. His real last name was Stevens. Calvert was the stand-in for actor Robert Lowery. Lowery helped get Calvert into the Screen Actors Guild. In 1948, Calvert bought the ape suits belonging to ...
March 5, 1991, Los Angeles, California, United States
Place Of Birth
Peoria, Illinois, USA
Profession
Actor
Movies
Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla
Star Sign
Cancer
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Fact
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Calvert owned two gorilla suits. Occasionally both would be needed for the same movie, such as The Bride and the Beast (1958). In cases like that, he would sub-contract the second ape-suit part to friend Bobby Small, a stuntman and circus clown.