- High School Valedictorian - Washburn High School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Class of 1929. Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, M.A. English Literature - University of Minnesota.
Wrote short-stories and human interest articles which were published in various magazines. - Mr. Carlson's acting experience was utilized by the U.S. military as he made several service training films. In one of these, produced for the U.S. Army, entitled :"For God and Country" he appeared with Ronald Reagan.
- Has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6333 Hollywood Blvd.
- For the Dudley Pictures Corporation, Carlson directed - and was featured in - "Flight to California," a short 1952 promotional film for TWA. His wife, Mona Carlson, also appeared in the film.
- Served in WWII. After the war, it was hard for him to find a job.
- His early ambition was to be a playwright, but his first paying job was as an English Instructor at the University of Minnesota.
- He was active in television becoming nationally famous for I Led 3 Lives (1953), which was about an FBI agent infiltrating Communist cells in the United States.
- Father of two sons - Richard Henry and Christopher Hugh.
- Mother, Mabel Du Toit, was of French descent.
- Although best known to movie fans as an icon of '50 sci-fi / horror, Carlson actually appeared in only five --The Magnetic Monster (1953), Riders to the Stars (1954), It Came from Outer Space (1953), The Maze (1953), Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954), all of which were made in only a four-year period, 1951-1954.
- He was the youngest of 4 children, the others were: Margaret Mabel, Ruth Elenore, and Henry Clay.
- Father, Henry Carlson, was of Danish descent.
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