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- Birth nameDonald Francis Haggerty
- Don Haggerty was born on July 3, 1914 in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Cause for Alarm! (1951), Footsteps in the Night (1957) and The Loved One (1965). He was married to Janet Marilyn McAuliffe, Fay Devereux Keith (Lee Fayrene Zook) and Libby Bennett. He died on August 19, 1988 in Cocoa Beach, Florida, USA.
- SpousesJanet Marilyn McAuliffe(September 24, 1982 - August 19, 1988) (his death)Fay Devereux Keith (Lee Fayrene Zook)(May 26, 1938 - June 20, 1951) (her death, 1 child)Libby Bennett(1936 - 1937) (divorced)
- ChildrenSister Debra FrederickJennifer Beard
- ParentsHelen N. Darrow HaggertyJames Donald "Don" Haggerty
- RelativesJean Burger Haggerty Peterson(Sibling)
- Burly, granite-jawed "B" action actor during the 1940s and 1950s who worked at pretty much every studio in town at one point or another, but spent a lot of time at Republic Pictures. Was as adept at playing tough detectives and mob killers in urban crime thrillers as he was at playing sheriffs and cavalry officers in westerns or tough sergeants and the hero's buddy in war pictures.
- Don Haggerty has the dubious distinction of being the only actor to ever have his name removed from the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce chairman mistakenly spelled "Dan Haggerty" on the plaque when the honor was supposed to have gone to Don. Dan later was honored with his own star.
- A star athlete at one time at Brown University.
- Perhaps best remembered by Film Noir fans as the detective that Marilyn Monroe calls a "big banana-head" in The Asphalt Jungle.
- Not related to nor the father of famous actor Dan Haggerty.
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