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that we had a father.

I kept saying Charlie probably

wasn't that bad after all.

And my mother said, oh, really?

Then I think you should go

to New York and see him.

And when I was on libery in

New York, I had his address,

and I knocked on the door.

And this woman says, yes'?

And I said, is

Charles Kelm here?

And she said, no.

And beyond her I could see

a fgure sitting in a chair.

And I said to her, well, would

you tell him that his son

came by to say hello?

And she said, yes.

And she slammed the

door in my face.

I knew that that was my

father sitting in that chair.

And I could tell that he

didn't want to see me.

I was devastated.

And I just walked in

the snow for hours.

The Coast Guard found out I was

under age and discharged me.

And then when they

discharged me,

I went back down to Los Angeles.

I worked as a delivery man.

I worked wrapping presents

at Brothers

in Hollywood.

I worked at the Orange Julius

stand on Hollywood Boulevard.

I did an awful lot of jobs.

My brother was the one who

introduced me to horses.

I wanted to do whatever

my brother did.

And then my brother went on,

of course, to other things,

but I stayed with the horses.

I loved being around the horses

when they were in their stalls.

I loved the smell of them.

I loved working around them.

I loved riding.

And I got a job mucking

out and being at the barn.

When the horse

came into my life,

they totally consumed my life.

One weekend at the

barn, Dick Clayton

came out, who was an

actor at the time,

with an actress by

the name of Ann Blyth.

And they were doing

a photo layout

for one of the movie magazines.

Well, I was fascinated, so I

just stood there and watched.

And then Ann left, and I got

to talking to Dick afterwards,

and we became friendly.

Dick never came on to me

like a lot of people did.

I never felt a hidden

agenda from Dick Clayton

because I just felt so

comforable with him.

I never had a man in

my life like that.

And he was the one

who frst planted

the seed for me-- how would

you feel about being an actor'?

And I thought, oh, wow,

that'd be terrifc.

I did star thinking about it.

But I didn't know what

to do, where to begin,

how to get stared

in the business.

Henry Wilson was an agent

for a lot of young actors.

Henry had a stable of

stars- Guy Madison,

Rory Calhoun, Rock Hudson.

Henry Wilson was

a big-deal agent.

And it seemed like every actor

he touched became a big star.

And he had a cerain

style of client,

and he was the one who

would take the pretty boys

and make stars out of them.

Dick Clayton said I want

you to me Henry Wilson.

You know, he doesn't have

the most sterling reputation.

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