John Florea

John "Johnny" Florea (born in Alliance, Ohio on May 28, 1916 ; died in Las Vegas on August 25, 2000) was a television director and a photographer.[1]

Career

He initially became known as a photographer for Life (magazine). He did pictures of actresses, such as Jane Russell, but World War II led to his doing notable work photographing soldiers in the war.[2] A picture of his of an emaciated American POW was widely ran throughout the US.[3] In television he was known for directing episodes of Sea Hunt, The Virginian[4] CHiPs,[5] and others. He also did some film directing such as the paranormal thriller Invisible Strangler.[6]

Personal life

From 1955 to 1958 he was married to actress Marjie Millar.[7] He also had a turbulent marriage to a woman named Shirley who sued him for violating her privacy and allegedly stabbed him.[8][9] His last marriage was to Ruth Johnson and ended with his death.

References

  1. ↑ "Obituary for John Florea in the Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. 2000-09-01. Retrieved 2013-11-11.
  2. ↑ "Daily News of Los Angeles of December 7, 1995". Nl.newsbank.com. Retrieved 2013-11-11.
  3. ↑ "Remembering to Forget by Barbie Zelizer, pg 34". Books.google.com. Retrieved 2013-11-11.
  4. ↑ "A History of Television's The Virginian, 1962-1971 by Paul Green". Books.google.com. Retrieved 2013-11-11.
  5. ↑ "Metacritic profile". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2013-11-11.
  6. ↑ "The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film edited by R. G. Young, pgs 313-314". Books.google.com. Retrieved 2013-11-11.
  7. ↑ "The Evening Independent of August 29, 1958". News.google.com. Retrieved 2013-11-11.
  8. ↑ "Los Angeles Times archive for June 17, 1975". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. 1975-06-17. Retrieved 2013-11-11.
  9. ↑ "Times-Union of July 9, 1975". News.google.com. 1975-07-09. Retrieved 2013-11-11.