Art Lund

Arthur Lund (April 1, 1915 – May 31, 1990) was an American baritone singer, initially with bandleaders Benny Goodman and Harry James, and was also a television and stage actor.

Biography

Arthur Lund was a graduate of Eastern Kentucky University, and received his master's degree from the United States Naval Academy in aerological engineering.

Lund was a high school math teacher in Kentucky who worked as a musician on the side. He left teaching to tour with Jimmy Ray and his band. He originally billed himself as Art London.

He found work early on as a vocalist with a band led by clarinetist Jimmy Joy. A better-known clarinetist whom Lund would later sing with was Benny Goodman, with whom he cut several records, including “Blue Skies,” “On the Alamo,” and (in duet with Peggy Lee) “Winter Weather” and “If You Build a Better Mousetrap”. In addition to his work with the King of Swing, Lund sang and recorded with bandmaster and trumpet king Harry James.

He began a solo career in 1946, recording the song " Mam'selle" in 1947. This gramophone record was #1 in the U.S. ''Billboard magazine'' chart and earned a gold disc. Other hits for Lund were " (I'd Like to Get You on a) Slow Boat to China", "What'll I Do", " You Call Everybody Darlin'" and "Peg o' My Heart". He also recorded " Blue Skies", " My Blue Heaven" and "Mona Lisa".

Lund had lead roles on Broadway in '' The Most Happy Fella'' (1956); ''Destry Rides Again'' (1959), as a replacement for the plot's villain, Scott Brady; '' Donnybrook!'' (1961); ''Fiorello!'' (1962); and ''Sophie'' (1963). Lund also worked in two shows that closed before scheduled Broadway openings, ''We Take the Town'' (1962), as Robert Preston's standby; and '' Breakfast at Tiffany's'' (1966). His film credits included '' The Molly Maguires'' (1970), '' Black Caesar'' (1973), '' The Last American Hero'' (1973), '' Bucktown'' (1975), ''Baby Blue Marine'' (1976), '' The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover'' (1977) and '' It's Alive III: Island of the Alive'' (1987).

On television, he played “Heber”, a gambler who bets on the death of a made-up outlaw on James Arness's TV Western ''Gunsmoke'' (1962), in S8E15's “False Front”. Lund also recorded the theme to the 1965 TV series '' Branded'' starring Chuck Conners.

Personal life and death

Lund was born in Salt Lake City.

Lund was married for nearly 30 years (1940–1969) to Kathleen Virginia Bolanz-Lund. On October 16, 1969, Kathleen Lund was killed in an automobile accident. She was a passenger in a car driven by friend and former model/actress Rosemarie Bowe (wife of actor Robert Stack), when the car veered into a culvert near Sacramento Metropolitan Airport. Lund did not remarry until the last year of his life, to Janet Burris Chytraus. Art Lund died on May 31, 1990, in his native Utah. He was 75. At the time of his death, Lund was survived by wife Janet, a daughter, Kathleen Ann Olson of Canoga Park, California; a son, Arthur Earl Lund III of Pittsburgh; a sister, Ruth Glover, a grandson and two granddaughters. Lund was a Mormon.

Awards

Lund has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 6126 Hollywood Boulevard.

Filmography

See also

*List of stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

References

External links

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1915 births
1990 deaths
Male actors from Salt Lake City
American baritones
American male film actors
American male stage actors
Musicians from Salt Lake City
Traditional pop music singers
Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
20th-century American male actors
20th-century American singers
Latter Day Saints from Utah
Latter Day Saints from Kentucky
Latter Day Saints from Maryland
20th-century American male singers