I doubt if the public thought of me as Christ when they next saw me as Temple Houston on television.
I love doing motion pictures and expect to be as busy as I want to be in them.
I was notified on July 17 to be ready to start August 7 for an October air date. When we reached the screen we did not have a single segment ready. It was done so fast the writers never got a chance to know what it was all about.
I was warned not to do it. Actors who play Jesus are supposed to have a hard time getting other roles to follow, but I felt this was a myth. After all, how can you be typecast as Christ?
I'm not saying I'll not go abroad again someday. If an especially attractive role comes along... you know how actors are.
Paris, Rome, Madrid-they're great for the tourist but as an actor in a picture I might as well have been in Oshkosh.
The character I play, an industrial research analyst, kills his ruthless boss while making a studied effort to appear insane.
The idea of making pictures abroad is exciting when you're in Hollywood and have never worked in foreign countries. You think you'll get to see the sights and have all the fun that goes with traveling. Actually, you spend so much time on the job that you don't do much else.
There just aren't that many Jesus roles around.
We had to be parents by long distance, which is far from satisfactory.
When it comes to turning out movies, I'm for Hollywood.
With all the weird surroundings of outer space the basic underlying theme of the show is a philosophical approach to man's relationship to woman. There are both sexes in the crew, in fact, the first officer is a woman.
You try to get the feel of any role, but it's much more difficult in the case of Christ because everyone has their own personal image of Him. It's a role you take on, knowing that no matter how you play it, you are going to disappoint many.
Jeffrey has a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame at 6916 Hollywood Boulevard.
Jeffrey served in the Navy from May 28, 1945 to May 25, 1946. He was medically discharged as a Seaman First Class and received the World War II Victory Medal.
Hunter recorded a never-released album of love songs in 1957.
Hunter graduated from Northwestern University. He majored in speech and radio and minored in psychology and English.
20th Century-Fox head Darryl F. Zanuck signed him to a contract and changed his name to Jeffrey Hunter.
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