John Hodiak

<p> He became a star overnight as surly, sexy, usually shirtless Kovac in Hitchcock's <I>Lifeboat</I> (1944). Handsome and personable, John Hodiak (1914-1955) embraced his heritage as the son of Polish-Ukrainian immigrants, making him a rare Golden Age actor whose true ethnicity (and birth name) were widely known by moviegoers. Starting in radio, Hodiak was brought to Hollywood by MGM, starring in films like <I>A Bell for Adano</I> (1945) and <I>The Harvey Gir