A tall, slender Method-trained actor, Bruce Dern has utilized his good looks and striking blue eyes in both heroic and villainous roles. Director Elia Kazan saw the young actor in a production of Sean O'Casey's "Shadow of a Gunman" in 1959, auditioned and trained Dern at the Actors Studio and later cast the performer in "Wild River" (1960). In the 1960s, Dern moved easily between TV and features. On the small screen, he made guest appearances on shows from "Wagon Train" to "The Fugitive" and was a regular on the Western series "Stoney Burke" (ABC, 1962-63). In an episode of "Alfred Hitchcock
