Troy Donahue: Troy Donahue. Actor: A Summer Place. Troy Donahue was a journalism student at Columbia University when he began playing in stock productions. He made his film debut in Man Afraid (1957) and in 1959 signed as a contract player with Warner Bros., which promoted him to stardom with A Summer Place (1959) that year. He was soon a teenage heartthrob, his blond hair and blue eyes appearing frequently on the...
Known For: A Summer Place (Johnny Hunter), Monster on the Campus (Jimmy Flanders), Cry-Baby (Hatchet's Father), The Godfather Part II (Merle Johnson)