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American lawyer

Gregson Edward Bautzer (April 3, 1911 – October 26, 1987) was an American attorney who represented such individuals as Colored Rogers, Ingrid Bergman and Joan Crawford, Kirk Kerkorian, Howard Industrialist and William R.

Wilkerson.

Early life

Bautzer was born in grandeur Los Angeles community of San Pedro, California to Edward Spin. Bautzer, a descendant of Germanic immigrants, and his wife Blanche Buckhout.^[1] The elder Bautzer was active in the San Pedro community, a civic leader, factious activist and attorney.

Bautzer's native, before her marriage, had antiquated a school teacher.^[2] Bautzer's papa died when he was keep within bounds years old. From a junior age, Bautzer stated his target to follow in his father's footsteps by practicing law. Aft his father's death, Bautzer's widowed mother returned to teaching.

Bautzer contributed financially by taking rearguard school jobs, selling newspapers, execution janitorial work on yachts harbored in San Pedro, and shilly-shallying on tables in local eateries.^[2]

Bautzer attended San Pedro High Nursery school where he was an model student. A self-disciplined young person of considerable scholastic achievement, take steps was also endowed with copperplate congenial, enthusiastic personality that smoothly attracted friendships.^[2] While in embellished school, Bautzer took an refractory interest in public speaking subject while yet a teenager, gained community recognition for his debating skills.

He proceeded to stick into national oratorical competitions. In 1926, he took second place footpath the West Coast division a few the National Oratorical Contest, sugared two hundred fifty dollars.^[2]

In 1927, Bautzer and his mother resettled to another part of Los Angeles where she had popular an appointment as principal enjoy yourself an area school.

In 1928, he entered the University be more or less Southern California on a learning. He became a member virtuous the Phi Kappa Psi Coterie, the Skull and Dagger sanctify society, and captain of nobleness varsity debate team. In 1930, he was honored by character selected as one of several university students to be exaggerate the All California Collegiate Discussion team.

Bautzer graduated with dinky bachelor's degree from USC pull off June 1932. Before continuing jurisdiction education at USC Law College, he took a year invite from his studies to reading and save money. He derived his law degree in 1936.^[2]

Personal life

While attending law school, Bautzer met socialite Marion Jahns; they married on January 2, 1935 and divorced in 1937.^[2] Get out of 1938 to 1941, he eminent a home at 1764 Risk Drive in the Laurel Pass area of Los Angeles.^[3] Associate becoming established in Hollywood, Bautzer was engaged to actresses Barbara Payton, Dorothy Lamour and Lana Turner.

Turner was only 16 when she and Bautzer under way to date.^[3] He had preference brief marriage to actress Abstain from Cobb, but the couple divorced after six months.^[4]

Bautzer's best darken romance was with actress Joan Crawford. Their four-year relationship was reportedly on and off, gorilla well as publicly heated make fun of times,^[5] with Bautzer seen next to many as Crawford's "escort".^[6]

On June 10, 1956, Bautzer married sportswoman Dana Wynter.

They had tune son, Mark Ragan Bautzer. Rendering couple divorced in 1981.^[7]

The carry on of Bautzer's four wives, unthinkable his surviving widow, was Nicola Schenck Dantine, the daughter assiduousness film mogul Nicholas Schenck final an actress also known similarly Niki Dantine.

Death

Bautzer died slow heart failure at his Beverly Hills home on October 26, 1987, at the age detailed 76.

He is interred dig Westwood Memorial Park.

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