RIP: Jason Evers died March 13, 2005

Actor Jason Evers died March 13 of heart failure at in Los Angeles.
Born in New York, he started his career on Broadway before moving to
Hollywood. His first big break came when he signed as star in his own
show, "Wrangler," and then starred in the series "Channing."

He appeared with John Wayne in "The Green Berets" and Roddy McDowell in
"Escape from The Planet of The Apes," but is most known for the cult
film "The Brain that Wouldn't Die."

Evers is survived by a sister and a cousin.

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IMDb mini-biography by
Anonymous
Although most of us know him as playing Dr. Bill Corter in the 1962 cult film The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962), Jason Evers (born Herb Evers in New York, New York 1922) has done much more than meets the eye. Originally quitting school to join the Army during WWII, Evers later decided to act after seeing many Hollywood stars like John Wayne and Humphrey Bogart. His first big break was in 1960 in a TV series called "Wrangler" followed by several roles in Pretty Boy Floyd (1960), House of Women (1962) and another TV series called "Channing".

When 1970 came along Evers's career began to decline. He did the sequel to Planet of the Apes with Roddy McDowell in Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971), went back to TV in a film called Fer De Lance (1974), was a vengeful hunter out to kill a murderous grizzly bear in Claws (1977) and then a biologist out to stop man-eating fish with Wayne Crawford in Barracuda (1978).

After 67 TV guest-appearances throughout the 80s, Evers suddenly returned to the big screen in 1990 for Basket Case 2. Since then Evers has been retired and lives in New York, New York with his wife.

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