Philip Bourneuf was an American

United States

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 character actor who had a long stage career before appearing in films.

One of his more memorable roles was as the district attorney who maneuvers the apparently innocent Dana Andrews

Dana Andrews

Dana Andrews was an American film actor. He was one of Hollywood's major stars of the 1940s, and continued acting, though generally in less prestigious roles, into the 1980s.-Early life:...

 into the electric chair in Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt is a 1956 film directed by Fritz Lang and written by Douglas Morrow. The film, considered film noir, was the last American film directed by Lang.-Plot:...

(1956). His last screen role was in the 1976 television mini-series Captains and the Kings

Captains and the Kings

Captains and the Kings is a 1972 historical novel by Taylor Caldwell chronicling the rise to wealth and power of an Irish immigrant, Joseph Francis Xavier Armagh, who arrives penniless as a teenager in the United States of America...

.

Bourneuf also appeared in Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

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Personal life

Bourneuf was married to actress Frances Reid

Frances Reid

Frances Reid was an American dramatic actress. Although she starred in many productions, she is best known for her portrayal of Alice Horton on the NBC daytime soap opera Days of our Lives from its debut in November 1965 until her death on February 3, 2010.-Biography:Born in Wichita Falls, Texas,...

 from 1940 until his death in March 1979. They had no children.

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