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David Bacon: Role
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After college, he changed his name to David Bacon, and went to New York to hone his craft. He appeared in several small productions before he was "discovered" by Howard Hughes. The millionaire signed Bacon to a three-year contract and brought him out to Hollywood. Hughes liked Bacon’s good looks and 6-foot height, and wanted the young man to play Billy the Kid in a movie he was producing called "The Outlaw." After a screen test... it became clear that a pampered Brahmin from New England was completely inappropriate to play the merciless William Bonnie, even though it was a small part compared to the role given to Jane Russell’s immense cleavage. Bacon’s movie career was temporarily put on hold.
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In 1942 Howard Hughes met Bacon, and signed him to an exclusive contract, with the intention of casting him in The Outlaw (1943) as Billy the Kid . Bacon was screentested for the role, and was found to be unsuitable. Keller explained that Hughes and Bacon had started a sexual relationship before the contract was signed, and that this continued for some time... Hughes later discarded Bacon, both professionally and sexually for the actor Jack Buetel , who was subsequently cast as Billy the Kid. Hughes kept Bacon to the terms of his contract, and while refusing to cast him in important parts, allowed him to play several small roles, usually as college boys. As his interest in Bacon diminished further, Hughes allowed him to take a role in a Republic Pictures serial The Masked Marvel(1943). The serial was produced with a low budget, and marked a low point in Bacon's career, with Keller recalling that he was completely humiliated. Today it remains his best-remembered work, however.
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Without acting jobs, Bacon found time to marry a Austrian cabaret singer, Greta Keller. They moved into a mansion in Santa Monica which had nine showers and a swimming pool on the second floor. Eventually the young man did get a few parts. He played the good-looking college kid in "Ten Gentlemen from West Point," "Crash Dive," and "Girls, Inc." Only a few months before his death he received a juicy part in "Someone to Remember," in which he played yet another college boy, but one who was a cad. Just as "Someone to Remember" hit theaters, Bacon completed an even bigger role, one of the leads in the Republic serial, "The Masked Marvel." While filming one of the serial’s big fight scenes, every actor but Bacon was seriously injured.
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Mr. Bacon has over 15 years of experience in the areas of corporate finance, strategy, M&A, and accounting. In his role of CFO, Mr. Bacon has successfully raised in excess of $350 million in senior debt, development and project equity in private and public markets and successfully negotiated over 300MW in turbine supply agreements for SkyPower Corp.
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