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But that failure has taken little noticeable steam out of Philbrook. "I never doubted myself," he says tersely. "I have a tremendous amount of overconfidence." Overconfidence or independence, this trait is nowhere in more impressive evidence than in his attitude toward acting. "I would have turned Loretta's show down if I didn't get the money I wanted," Jim says bluntly, "but there wasn't any squawk about the dough. After this series, it will be a bloody long time before I do another — unless they give me a piece of the ownership. I'm in this for the money. I'm not a dedicated actor in any way. "I built my salary to a spot where I refused to take a reduction," he explains. "I refused ninety percent of the jobs I was offered. I turned down jobs when I didn't have money. I was flat, bloody broke before 'The Islanders' came along. I'm a gambler. That was hard for Frances to understand sometimes, I think." "You thinkl" Frances shoots back. "I thought I made it plain." How he got that way Jim is convinced that he comes by his independence and what manliness he may justly lay claim to because of his father, the late Very Rev. Roland F. Philbrook, who was a nationally prominent figure during his long tenure as head of the Trinity Cathedral in Davenport. "My father had guts," Jim says admiringly. "He wasn't any wishywashy preacher. He fought for the repeal of Prohibition. He was active in the fight for better school systems, for mde honest running of the town and what have you. He was in on everything. My father wasn't afraid of a thing. He was well loved — and also well hated. He had enemies, but his enemies respected him." So much of his father rubbed off on Jim that at one time he toyed with the idea of going into the ministry himself. "I considered it strongly once," he says, "and I think I'd make a good one. If I were an Episcopalian priest I'd be the same as I am, no different. I was around it all my life, and never rebelled against it. My godfather is Bishop of Nebraska. There was never a time when I didn't have clergy around. I just never felt the call. But I'm not saying it's not possible I still couldn't go on to seminary." The fact that Jim grew into such a formidable man and the top prize fighter in the Navy was an end result in which his father had a considerable hand. "As a preacher's kid," Jim recalls with a grin, "I had to whip everybody in my class. A preacher's kid automatically starts out life as a sissy, you know. It's just lucky I grew up as big as I am because people let me alone. All preachers' kids go through a pretty wild period growing up. Most of 'em can handle themselves pretty well. "My brother, Robert, and I were well schooled on how to meet certain situations," he says. "We were taught how to behave in the public eye, more or less. A lot was always expected of us. It was always driven home to me — remember who you are and don't do RETARDED CHILDREI SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED CHILDREN things wrong that may hurt not only yourself but everyone else involved. "But my father also knew there were some problems I wouldn't be able to talk myself out of. Actually, he was the first one who taught me how to box. He showed me in the basement at home when I was a kid. We had a lot of fun. Then I boxed in junior high school and on into high school." Jim Philbrook believes he's too set in his ways now to be mellowed by Hollywood prosperity. "I don't think there's been any particular change in me over the last three or four years," he says, despite his emergence as a star and his fancy home and swimming pool in San Fernando Valley. "I've been able to give my family more, but I'm still the same ornery cuss I've always been. I don't tiptoe at home or on the set. I walk with a heavy foot in both places. I'm not a tiptoer." As for the new world that Loretta Young has opened up for him, Jim Philbrook all but genuflects with gratitude. "I'm fortunate that I can work with the top leading ladies," he allows. "It's a lot better than riding horses all day long." — william tusher