Let's Make It Legal (1951) was a comedy where Wagner again supported an older star, in this case Claudette Colbert. The studio then had him perform a similar function in another war movie, The Frogmen (1951), again with Widmark the cast also included another young male under contract to the studio, Jeffrey Hunter, with whom Wagner would often work. Wagner had a supporting role, with Richard Widmark as the star. Wagner's first film for Fox was Halls of Montezuma (1951) a World War II film. Darryl Zanuck was always placing me in different positions." But you always felt you could work your way up, that you could have a better part in the next picture. "I started off as an ingenue", recalled Wagner. He made his uncredited film debut in The Happy Years (1950) was signed by agent Henry Willson and put under contract with 20th Century Fox. Wagner became interested in acting, and after an unsuccessful screen test directed by Fred Zinnemann for his film Teresa (1951), was represented by Albert R. Career 20th Century Fox and Columbia Pictures Wagner's father was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Her parents were both immigrants from Norway, who married in La Crosse in 1887. Wagner's mother was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Wagner was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Thelma Hazel Alvera ( née Boe), a telephone operator, and Robert John Wagner, Sr., a travelling salesman who worked for the Ford Motor Company. Jean Peters with Wagner in Broken Lance (1954)
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