Judd Holdren
Birthday:
October 16, 1915 in Villisca, Iowa, USA
Birth Name:
Judd Clifton Holdren
In the role of Commando Cody, Judd Holdren patrolled America's threatened skies after actors Tristram Coffin and George Wallace hung up their flying suits. (Coffin was Rocket Man in "King of the Rocket Man" and Wallace was Commando Cody in "Radar Men from the Moon.") Holdren played the airborne hero in "Zombies of the ...
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In the role of Commando Cody, Judd Holdren patrolled America's threatened skies after actors Tristram Coffin and George Wallace hung up their flying suits. (Coffin was Rocket Man in "King of the Rocket Man" and Wallace was Commando Cody in "Radar Men from the Moon.") Holdren played the airborne hero in "Zombies of the Stratosphere" and also in "Commando Cody, Sky Marshal of the Universe", which was shown theatrically as well as on TV. Holdren acted in films from the late '40s through the '50s, then gave up the business and began making his living in the insurance business. He died in 1974. Show less «
The mask was the studio's way of insuring against my wanting more money someday and threatening to walk away from the series. Some economy-m...Show more »
The mask was the studio's way of insuring against my wanting more money someday and threatening to walk away from the series. Some economy-minded official had the brilliant idea that the actor could always be replaced as long as the mask remained. -- JH, as the masked Commando Cody in the Republic TV serial "Commando Cody" during the early 1950s. Show less «
