Biography

Alexander Irwin Rorke Jr. was born on August 9, 1926 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer, known for Cuba: The Battle of America (1960) and To Tell the Truth (1956). He was married to Jacqueline Billingsley. He died on September 24, 1963.

Served as a military intelligence specialist in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was responsible for the security of five German provinces and participated in the capture of SS men and the first postwar roundup of Communist agents in the Allied military zones of Germany.

His plane, flown by commercial pilot Geoffery Sullivan, disappeared on 24 September 1963 en route to Cuba just two months before the John F. Kennedy assassination. His father-in-law, Sherman Billingsley, held a press conference at the Stork Club offering a $25,000 reward for his return with that of his pilot. It was rumored that the CIA was involved because of his friendship with and allegiance to Kennedy. In 1975, the CIA described him a "former witting collaborator (relationship terminated)." J. Edgar Hoover wrote, "No. I do not want in any way to get involved in this....H" on papers pertaining to correspondence and inquires by Billingsley. He was declared legally dead in 1968.