Race Gentry

One of many handsome hunks hired by Universal-International as an assurance against an eventual defection from the likes of Rock Hudson and Tony Curtis, John Papiro assumed the moniker Race Gentry reportedly because of a fondness for fast cars. Gentry went on to support Hudson in The Lawless Breed (1952) but his career never really progressed beyond also-ran status. A name change to John Gentry led to the hot-rod drama Thunder in Carolina (1960) and some television work. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide