--- name: "Hayden Rorke" canonical: "https://film.one/person/hayden-rorke" fi1m_id: "hayden-rorke" imdb_id: "nm0740718" tmdb_id: 40623 wikidata_id: "Q1285368" roles: ["Actor"] born: "23 October 1910" died: "19 August 1987" reviewed_on_fi1m: 3 average_fi1m_score: 85 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-25T07:31:08.282818+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Hayden Rorke ## Identity Hayden Rorke - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/hayden-rorke - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** hayden-rorke - **IMDb ID:** nm0740718 - **TMDB ID:** 40623 - **Wikidata ID:** Q1285368 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayden_Rorke, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1285368, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0740718/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/40623 Actor. Born 23 October 1910 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Died 19 August 1987. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 23 October 1910, Brooklyn, New York, USA - **Died:** 19 August 1987 - **Active:** 1955–1975 - **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 acting, 1 other - **Average Fi1m score:** 85, as actor, over 2 titles - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayden_Rorke, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1285368, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0740718/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/40623 ## Biography Hayden Rorke was an American actor. He was born William Henry Rorke on 23 October 1910 in Brooklyn, New York, and died on 19 August 1987. He trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and began his stage career in the 1930s with the Hampden Theatrical Company, appearing in several Broadway productions. During the Second World War he served in the US Army and made his film debut, uncredited, in This Is the Army (1943). After the war he returned to Broadway before moving to Hollywood in 1949, where he took small and uncredited parts in films including An American in Paris (1951). He appeared as Dr. Hennessy in All That Heaven Allows (1955) and as Julien Ralph in the television film The Legend of Lizzie Borden (1975). Rorke is best known for his recurring role as Dr. Alfred Bellows in the television series I Dream of Jeannie (1965–1970). He also appeared in episodes of The Twilight Zone, I Love Lucy, Perry Mason and The Love Boat, and in films such as Pillow Talk (1959) and When Worlds Collide (1951). *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, catalog.afi.com, rottentomatoes.com.* ## On Fi1m (3) ### Performed in (2) — the average rests on these - *The Twilight Zone* (1959), Fi1m 84, as Sykes — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md) - *All That Heaven Allows* (1955), Fi1m 86, as Dr. Hennessy — [page](https://film.one/film/all-that-heaven-allows.md) ### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited - *The Robe* (1953), Fi1m 48, as Bidder at slave auction (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-robe.md) ## Complete filmography (96) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *I Dream of Jeannie... Fifteen Years Later* (1985), as Dr. Alfred E. Bellows - *Suddenly, Love* (1978), as Mr. Webster - *The Love Boat* (1977), series, as Mr. Humbertson - *Once an Eagle* (1976), series, as Paul Sinclair - *Wonder Woman* (1975), series, as Professor Otis Warren - *The Lives of Jenny Dolan* (1975), as Col. Wilde - *Ellery Queen* (1975), series, Actor - *The Legend of Lizzie Borden* (1975), as Julien Ralph - *Petrocelli* (1974), series, Actor - *Ghost Story* (1972), series, as Newsman (uncredited) - *Cannon* (1971), series, Actor - *The Barefoot Executive* (1971), as Clifford - *Here's Lucy* (1968), series, as Judge - *The Outcasts* (1968), series, Actor - *Mannix* (1967), series, Actor - *Johnny Shiloh* (1965), as Gen. Ulysses S. Grant - *I Dream of Jeannie* (1965), series, as Alfred Bellows - *The Night Walker* (1964), as Howard Trent - *Youngblood Hawke* (1964), as Mr. Givney - *No Time for Sergeants* (1964), series, Actor - *I'd Rather Be Rich* (1964), as MacDougall - *A House Is Not a Home* (1964), as Bill Cameron - *The Unsinkable Molly Brown* (1964), as Malcolm Broderick - *Petticoat Junction* (1963), series, as H.J. Grant - *The Thrill of It All* (1963), as Billings - *Spencer's Mountain* (1963), as Colonel Coleman - *The Dakotas* (1963), series, as Glen Masters - *The Beverly Hillbillies* (1962), series, as Wilkins - *Pocketful of Miracles* (1961), as Police Captain Moore - *Back Street* (1961), as Charley Claypole - *Target: The Corruptors!* (1961), series, Actor - *Dr. Kildare* (1961), series, as Dr. Norman Hackett, Bishop - *Tammy Tell Me True* (1961), as Joshua Welling - *Parrish* (1961), as Tom Weldon - *Mister Ed* (1961), series, Actor - *Midnight Lace* (1960), as Dr. Garver - *The Andy Griffith Show* (1960), series, as A.J. Considine - *Thriller* (1960), series, as Dr. Frank - *Coronado 9* (1960), series, Actor - *I Aim at the Stars* (1960), as U.S. Army Major - *Pillow Talk* (1959), as Mr. Conrad - *The Twilight Zone* (1959), series, as Sykes — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md) - *Riverboat* (1959), series, as Ferdinand Maret - *A Stranger in My Arms* (1959), as Marcus Beasley - *The Restless Years* (1958), as Mr. Booth - *The Donna Reed Show* (1958), series, Actor - *Bronco* (1958), series, as Matt Wigram - *Peter Gunn* (1958), series, Actor - *This Happy Feeling* (1958), as Mr. Booth - *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as Jay Holbrook, Walter Caffrey, Gage McKinney - *The Thin Man* (1957), series, Actor - *Tip on a Dead Jockey* (1957), as J.R. Nichols - *Richard Diamond, Private Detective* (1957), series, as Frank Judson - *Mr. Adams and Eve* (1957), series, Actor - *Matinee Theater* (1955), series, Actor - *Meet the Governor* (1955), as Lawyer - *Frontier* (1955), series, Actor - *Cheyenne* (1955), series, Actor - *All That Heaven Allows* (1955), as Dr. Hennessy — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/all-that-heaven-allows.md) - *The Eternal Sea* (1955), as Capt. William Buracker - *The Millionaire* (1955), series, as Burt Costello - *Drum Beat* (1954), as President Ulysses S. Grant - *The Whistler* (1954), series, Actor - *Lucky Me* (1954), as Tommy Arthur - *The Robe* (1953), as Bidder at slave auction (uncredited) — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/the-robe.md) - *City Detective* (1953), series, Actor - *Project Moon Base* (1953), as Gen. 'Pappy' Greene - *South Sea Woman* (1953), as Prosecution Lt. Fears - *The Girl Next Door* (1953), as Henry Fields - *The Story of Three Loves* (1953), as Thomas Clayton Campbell Sr. - *Confidentially Connie* (1953), as Prof. Simmons - *Rogue's March* (1953), as Maj. Fallow - *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, as Mr. Bolton - *You Are There* (1953), series, as Bud Wilson - *Above and Beyond* (1953), as Dr. Ramsey - *Mr. & Mrs. North* (1952), series, Actor - *Cavalcade of America* (1952), series, Actor - *Four Star Playhouse* (1952), series, as Doctor, Dr. Lawrence - *Adventures of Superman* (1952), series, Actor - *Skirts Ahoy!* (1952), as Doctor - *Wild Stallion* (1952), as Maj. Cullen - *Starlift* (1951), as Chaplain - *I Love Lucy* (1951), series, as Mr. O'Brien - *Schlitz Playhouse of Stars* (1951), series, as Pastor Thompson, Albert Cook, Brian Levering, John Whitlock - *An American in Paris* (1951), as Tommy Baldwin (uncredited) — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/an-american-in-paris.md) - *When Worlds Collide* (1951), as Dr. Emery Bronson - *The Law and the Lady* (1951), as Tracy Collans - *The Prince Who Was a Thief* (1951), as Basra - *Francis Goes to the Races* (1951), as Rogers - *Double Crossbones* (1951), as Malcolm Giles - *Father's Little Dividend* (1951), as Andrew Nordell - *Inside Straight* (1951), as Carlson - *Sword in the Desert* (1949), as Capt. Beaumont - *Rope of Sand* (1949), as Ingram - *Lust for Gold* (1949), as Floyd Buckley - *This Is the Army* (1943), as Soldier / Stage Manager (uncredited) ## Gallery - ![Hayden Rorke](https://film.one/media/person/385234/gallery-61b0f530241a.jpg) Hayden Rorke — NBC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Hayden_Rorke_I_Dream_of_Jeannie_1968.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Hayden Rorke](https://film.one/media/person/385234/gallery-7a2bd6ff603d.jpg) Hayden Rorke — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/hayden-rorke