Don Stroud
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Don Stroud (born 1 September 1943) is an American actor who appeared in many films in the 1960s, '70s and '80s.
He co-starred with Clint Eastwood in two films, Coogan's Bluff in 1968 and Joe Kidd in 1972. He also co-starred in The Buddy Holly Story (1978), and played a James Bond villain in the 1989 film Licence to Kill. He also played Captain Pat Chambers in the television series Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer.
Stroud is the son of vaudevillien Clarence Stroud, of the Stroud Twins, and singer Ann McCormack, who toured the world with Frank Sinatra. He grew up on the beaches of Hawaii, where he was discovered by actor Troy Donahue when he was filming the television series Hawaiian Eye. Soon after this Stroud relocated to Hollywood and has appeared in over 100 movies and 175 television shows to date. In 1973 he was paid $10,000 to appear as a nude centerfold in Playgirl Magazine's November issue.
Stroud claims to have had an affair with Shelley Winters while filming Bloody Mama (1970).
