Jim Siedow

Biography

Jim Siedow was born on June 12, 1920, in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He began acting in his high school drama class and later appeared in theatre productions in New York City before serving in the Army Air Corps during World War II. After the war, he created a local community theatre in Houston, Texas, and directed the city's first production of Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", which helped launch his film career with roles in The Windsplitter and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.