Trivia

High School Valedictorian - Washburn High School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Class of 1929. Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, M.A. English Literature - University of Minnesota.

Wrote short-stories and human interest articles which were published in various magazines.

For the Dudley Pictures Corporation, Carlson directed - and was featured in - "Flight to California," a short 1952 promotional film for TWA. His wife, Mona Carlson, also appeared in the film.

Mr. Carlson's acting experience was utilized by the U.S. military as he made several service training films. In one of these, produced for the U.S. Army, entitled :"For God and Country" he appeared with Ronald Reagan.

Served in WWII. After the war, it was hard for him to find a job.

His early ambition was to be a playwright, but his first paying job was as an English Instructor at the University of Minnesota.

Has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6333 Hollywood Blvd.

He was active in television becoming nationally famous for I Led 3 Lives (1953), which was about an FBI agent infiltrating Communist cells in the United States.

Although best known to movie fans as an icon of '50 sci-fi / horror, Carlson actually appeared in only five --Le monstre magnétique (1953), Riders to the Stars (1954), Le météore de la nuit (1953), The Maze (1953), L'Étrange Créature du lac noir (1954), all of which were made in only a four-year period, 1951-1954.

Father of two sons - Richard Henry and Christopher Hugh.

Mother, Mabel Du Toit, was of French descent.

Father, Henry Carlson, was of Danish descent.

He was the youngest of 4 children, the others were: Margaret Mabel, Ruth Elenore, and Henry Clay.