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Actor George D. Wallace has reportedly died at 88. Check out these
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George Wallace (I)


Date of birth (location)
8 June 1917
New York, New York, USA
Mini biography

Sometimes Credited As:
George D. Wallace


Filmography as: Actor, Notable TV Guest Appearances

Actor - filmography
(2000s) (1990s) (1980s) (1970s) (1960s) (1950s)

Minority Report (2002) (as George D. Wallace) .... Chief Justice
Pollard
Nurse Betty (2000) (as George D. Wallace) .... Grandfather Blaine
... aka Nurse Betty - Gefährliche Träume (Germany)


Bicentennial Man (1999) (as George D. Wallace) .... Male President
... aka 200 Jahre Mann, Der (Germany)
Forces of Nature (1999) (as George D. Wallace) .... Max
Deal of a Lifetime (1999) .... Coach Millhaven
Meet Wally Sparks (1997) .... Bartender
Multiplicity (1996) .... Man in Restaurant
Seduced by Madness: The Diane Borchardt Story (1996) (TV) .... Tom
... aka Seduced by Madness (USA: short title)
"C-Bear and Jamal" (1996) TV Series (voice)
In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl? (1994) (TV) .... Tommy
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone (1994) .... Frank McLowery (flashback
sequence)
My Girl 2 (1994) .... Gnarly Old Man
Almost Dead (1994) .... Caretaker
Schemes (1994) (V) .... Sam
Miracle Child (1993) (TV) (as George D. Wallace) .... Grandpa
Child of Rage (1992) (TV) .... Henry
Diggstown (1992) .... Bob Ferris
... aka Midnight Sting
Bébé's Kids (1992) (voice) .... Card Player #4
... aka Robin Harris' Bebe's Kids (video title)
The Haunted (1991) (TV) (as George D. Wallace) .... John
The Boys (1991) (TV) .... Ray
... aka The Guys
Defending Your Life (1991) (as George D. Wallace) .... Daniel's judge
"Sons and Daughters" (1991) TV Series .... Grandpa Hank Hammersmith
Working Tra$h (1990) (TV) .... Big Dan
Postcards from the Edge (1990) .... Carl
People Like Us (1990) (TV) .... Max Luby


Bert Rigby, You're a Fool (1989) .... Bartender
Punchline (1988) .... Man With Arm In Cast
Hot to Trot (1988) .... Orson
Prison (1988) .... Joe Reese
Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami (1988) (TV) (as
George D. Wallace) .... Shoop
... aka In the Hands of the Enemy (Australia: DVD title)
"Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder" (1987) (mini) TV Series ....
Bernard Bradshaw
Native Son (1986) .... Judge
"Fresno" (1986) (mini) TV Series .... Judge Henry Bejajian
Just Between Friends (1986) .... Bob Chapwick
A Death in California (1985) (TV) .... Judge Roy Ballantyne
... aka Psychopath (USA: video title)
Protocol (1984) .... T.V. Commentator
"The Edge of Night" (1956) TV Series .... Dr. Leo Gault (1980)
... aka Edge of Night (USA: last season title)
The Stunt Man (1980) .... Father


"How the West Was Won" (1978) (mini) TV Series (as George D. Wallace)
.... Davey Wordley
Deadman's Curve (1978) (TV) .... Bill Berry
Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977) (as George D. Wallace)
Lifeguard (1976) .... Mr. Carlson
Return to Earth (1976) (TV)
The Towering Inferno (1974) .... Chief Officer
The Swinging Cheerleaders (1974) .... Mr. Putnam
... aka H.O.T.S. II (USA: video title)
The Six Million Dollar Man (1973) (TV) .... General
... aka Cyborg: The Six Million Dollar Man
... aka The Six Million Dollar Man: The Moon and the Desert (USA: rerun
title)
Skin Game (1971) .... R.J. McGrath (Fair Shake auctioneer)
In Search of America (1971) (TV) .... Clarence


Texas Across the River (1966) .... Floyd Willet
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966) (uncredited) .... Police Chief
Yates
Retik, the Moon Menace (1966) (TV) .... Commando Cody
Six Black Horses (1962) .... Boone
"Daniel Boone" (1960) (mini) TV Series


Great Day in the Morning (1956) (uncredited) .... Jack Lawford, Miner
Forbidden Planet (1956) .... Bosun
The Second Greatest Sex (1955) .... Simon Clegghorn
Soldier of Fortune (1955) (uncredited) .... Gunner
Strange Lady in Town (1955) (uncredited) .... Curley
Rage at Dawn (1955) (uncredited) .... Sheriff Mosley
... aka Seven Bad Men
Man Without a Star (1955) .... Tom Carter
Destry (1954) .... Curly Adams
The Human Jungle (1954) .... Det. O'Neill
Drums Across the River (1954) .... Les Walker
The French Line (1954) (uncredited) .... Cowboy
Border River (1954) .... Fletcher
Vigilante Terror (1953) .... Gang leader Brewer
Arena (1953) .... Buster Cole
Francis Covers the Big Town (1953) (uncredited) .... Mounted Traffic
Cop
The Homesteaders (1953) .... Meade
Pardon My Wrench (1953) .... Gil's Rival
Star of Texas (1953) .... Clampett
The Lawless Breed (1953) (uncredited) .... Bully Brady
The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd (1953) .... Buller
Million Dollar Mermaid (1952) (uncredited) .... Bud Williams (Stunt
pilot)
... aka The One Piece Bathing Suit (UK)
Kansas City Confidential (1952) (uncredited) .... Olson
... aka The Secret Four (UK)
Back at the Front (1952) (uncredited)
... aka Willie and Joe Back at the Front (USA: reissue title)
... aka Willie and Joe in Tokyo (UK)
Sally and Saint Anne (1952) (uncredited) .... Jimmy
Meet Danny Wilson (1952) (uncredited) .... Patrolman
Ghost Buster (1952) .... Bigelow
Japanese War Bride (1952) .... Woody Blacker
Submarine Command (1952) .... Chief Herb Bixby
... aka The Submarine Story (USA)
Radar Men From the Moon (1952) .... Commando Cody
The Fat Man (1951) (uncredited) .... Carl
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison (1951) (uncredited) .... Cellblock
Convict

Filmography as: Actor, Notable TV Guest Appearances

Notable TV Guest Appearances

"Pet Star" playing "Judge" (episode # 3.12) 12 March 2005
"Pet Star" playing "Judge" (episode # 3.6) 3 January 2005
"Joan of Arcadia" playing "Old Man Walker/God" in episode: "Anonymous"
(episode # 1.20) 30 April 2004
"Mister Sterling" (as George D. Wallace) in episode: "Pilot" (episode #
1.1) 10 January 2003
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" playing "Old Xander Harris" (as George D.
Wallace) in episode: "Hell's Bells" (episode # 6.16) 5 March 2002
"The X Files" playing "Bertram Mueller" (as George D. Wallace) in
episode: "Hellbound" (episode # 9.8) 27 January 2002
"The Practice" playing "Judge Andrew Wood" (as George D. Wallace) in
episode: "Liberty Bells" (episode # 4.20) 7 May 2000
"The Practice" playing "Judge Andrew Wood" (as George D. Wallace) in
episode: "Death Penalties" (episode # 4.18) 9 April 2000
"Chicago Hope" playing "Miles Harding" (as George D. Wallace) in
episode: "Boys Will Be Girls" (episode # 6.13) 3 February 2000
"The Martin Short Show" playing "Himself" (episode # 1.31) 25 October
1999
"Early Edition" playing "Lou Sinclair" in episode: "Where or When"
(episode # 2.16) 11 April 1998
"Alright Already" playing "Gil" in episode: "Again with the Funeral"
(episode # 1.10) 26 November 1997
"JAG" playing "Chief Petty Officer Walter Hume" (as George D. Wallace)
in episode: "Code Blue" (episode # 2.13) 4 April 1997
"Cybill" playing "Father Buchanan" (as George D. Wallace) in episode:
"Buffalo Gals" (episode # 3.10) 25 November 1996
"Mad About You" playing "The Projectionist" in episode: "The City"
(episode # 3.10) 15 December 1994
"Walker, Texas Ranger" playing "Sheriff Hugo LeBrun" (as George D.
Wallace) in episode: "The Road to Black Bayou" (episode # 3.7) 19
November 1994
"Picket Fences" playing "Father Joe Lyons" (as George D. Wallace) in
episode: "Fetal Attraction" (episode # 1.18) 1 April 1993
"Picket Fences" playing "Father Joe Lyons" (as George D. Wallace) in
episode: "Sacred Hearts" (episode # 1.8) 6 November 1992
"Civil Wars" (as George D. Wallace) in episode: "Drone of Arc" (episode
# 2.4) 14 October 1992
"Star Trek: The Next Generation" playing "Admiral Simons" in episode:
"Man of the People" (episode # 6.3) 3 October 1992
"Nurses" playing "Grandpa" in episode: "Reversal of Grandpa" (episode #
1.5) 12 October 1991
"Mancuso, FBI" (as George D. Wallace) in episode: "Kiss the Girls and
Make Them Die: Part 2" (episode # 1.15) 16 February 1990
"Mancuso, FBI" (as George D. Wallace) in episode: "Kiss the Girls and
Make Them Die: Part 1" (episode # 1.14) 16 February 1990
"L.A. Law" playing "Judge Peter Brosens" (as George D. Wallace) in
episode: "Lie Down and Deliver" (episode # 4.6) 7 December 1989
"Monsters" (as George D. Wallace) in episode: "Reaper" (episode # 2.9)
26 November 1989
"Moonlighting" playing "Father" in episode: "Lunar Eclipse" (episode #
5.13) 14 May 1989
"Scarecrow and Mrs. King" (as George D. Wallace) in episode: "Suitable
for Framing" (episode # 4.20) 14 May 1987
"Dynasty" playing "Walt Tyson" (as George D. Wallace) in episode: "The
Mission" (episode # 7.7) 19 November 1986
"Hotel" playing "Garrison Snow" (as George D. Wallace) in episode:
"Hearts Divided" (episode # 3.21) 2 April 1986
"Remington Steele" playing "Jake Slater" (as George D. Wallace) in
episode: "Steele in the Spotlight" (episode # 4.17) 8 March 1986
"St. Elsewhere" playing "Nelson" (as George D. Wallace) in episode:
"The Naked and the Dead" (episode # 4.4) 30 October 1985
"Knots Landing" playing "Judge Phelps" in episode: "The Longest Day"
(episode # 7.1) 26 September 1985
"Cagney & Lacey" playing "Cottman" (as George D. Wallace) in episode:
"Baby Broker" (episode # 3.5) 30 April 1984
"Night Court" playing "Doctor" (as George D. Wallace) in episode:
"Quadrangle of Love" (episode # 1.8) 29 February 1984
"Hill Street Blues" playing "Judge Milton Cole" in episode: "Honk if
You're a Goose" (episode # 4.9) 8 December 1983
"Hill Street Blues" playing "Judge Milton Cole" in episode: "Midway to
What?" (episode # 4.8) 1 December 1983
"Newhart" playing "Ernest McKenna" (as George D. Wallace) in episode:
"Don't Rain on my Parade" (episode # 2.6) 21 November 1983
"Hill Street Blues" playing "Judge Milton Cole" in episode: "Praise
Dilaudid" (episode # 4.6) 17 November 1983
"Scarecrow and Mrs. King" playing "Congressman Fremont" (as George D.
Wallace) in episode: "Magic Bus" (episode # 1.4) 24 October 1983
"Hill Street Blues" playing "Judge Milton Cole" in episode: "Here's
Adventure, Here's Romance" (episode # 4.1) 13 October 1983
"Bare Essence" playing "Dr. Barnett" (as George D. Wallace) in episode:
"Hour Three" (episode # 1.3) 22 February 1983
"Remington Steele" playing "Emery Arnok" (as George D. Wallace) in
episode: "Steele Waters Run Deep" (episode # 1.3) 22 October 1982
"Little House on the Prairie" playing "Perkins" in episode: "The
Godsister" (episode # 5.14) 18 December 1978
"Fantasy Island" playing "Harry Sand" (as George D. Wallace) in
episode: "King for a Day/Instant Family" (episode # 1.14) 6 May 1978
"Barnaby Jones" playing "Longwood" in episode: "The Mercenaries"
(episode # 6.2) 22 September 1977
"Barnaby Jones" playing "Gus Willison" (as George D. Wallace) in
episode: "Copy-Cat Killing" (episode # 5.14) 27 January 1977
"The Bionic Woman" playing "Rancher" (as George D. Wallace) in episode:
"Claws" (episode # 1.5) 25 February 1976
"Kojak" playing "Washburn" in episode: "A Long Way From Times Square"
(episode # 3.11) 30 November 1975
"The Rookies" playing "Bracken" (as George D. Wallace) in episode:
"Measure of Mercy" (episode # 4.8) 28 October 1975
"The Streets of San Francisco" playing "Harold 'Hal' Buxton" in
episode: "Murder By Proxy" (episode # 4.7) 23 October 1975
"The Waltons" playing "Dean Beck" in episode: "The Genius" (episode #
4.2) 18 September 1975
"Cannon" playing "Matt Venner" (as George D. Wallace) in episode: "The
Deadly Conspiracy" (episode # 5.2) 17 September 1975
"The Rookies" playing "Floyd Conroy" in episode: "A Deadly Image"
(episode # 3.21) 24 February 1975
"Planet of the Apes" playing "Talbert" in episode: "The Cure" (episode
# 1.12) 29 November 1974
"Emergency!" playing "Sgt Thomas" in episode: "How Green was my Thumb?"
(episode # 3.17) 26 January 1974
"Dusty's Trail" playing "Sheriff Cody" in episode: "Danger Stranger"
(episode # 1.12) 27 November 1973
"The Brady Bunch" playing "Mr. Binkley" in episode: "Getting Greg's
Goat" (episode # 5.7) 19 October 1973
"Ghost Story" playing "Sheriff" in episode: "Touch of Madness" (episode
# 1.11) 8 December 1972
"Gunsmoke" playing "Sheriff Henning" in episode: "The Wedding" (episode
# 17.24) 13 March 1972
"Bonanza" playing "Doctor" (as George D. Wallace) in episode: "Decision
at Los Robles" (episode # 11.24) 15 March 1970
"Premiere" playing "Charlie" in episode: "Higher and Higher" 9
September 1968
"The Christophers" playing "John" in episode: "The Partner" 31 December
1967
"The Big Valley" playing "Deputy Otto McAdoo" in episode: "Days of
Grace" (episode # 2.29) 17 April 1967
"Daniel Boone" playing "Philippe Gamet" in episode: "When a King Is a
Pawn" (episode # 3.14) 22 December 1966
"The Road West" playing "Chad" in episode: "Lone Woman" (episode # 1.9)
7 November 1966
"The F.B.I." playing "Graham Lockwood" in episode: "Ordeal" (episode #
2.7) 6 November 1966
"The Virginian" playing "Sheriff in Portersville" in episode: "The
Outcast" (episode # 5.7) 26 October 1966
"Perry Mason" playing "Stacey Fielding" in episode: "The Case of the
Vanishing Victim" (episode # 9.17) 23 January 1966
"The Defenders" playing "Major Thompson" in episode: "Survival"
(episode # 3.22) 14 March 1964
"Gunsmoke" playing "Dan Tobin" in episode: "Easy Come" (episode # 9.5)
26 October 1963
"The Virginian" playing "Dixon" in episode: "The Mountain of the Sun"
(episode # 1.28) 17 April 1963
"The Virginian" playing "Wilkie Carewe" in episode: "The Judgment"
(episode # 1.17) 16 January 1963
"Laramie" (as George D. Wallace) in episode: "Double Eagles" (episode #
4.8) 20 November 1962
"Laramie" (as George D. Wallace) in episode: "Justice in a Hurry"
(episode # 3.24) 20 March 1962
"Tales of Wells Fargo" playing "Cross" in episode: "Hometown Doctor"
(episode # 6.21) 17 February 1962
"Cheyenne" playing "Blaney Hawker" in episode: "The Brahma Bull"
(episode # 6.9) 11 December 1961
"Rawhide" playing "Brady" (as George D. Wallace) in episode: "The Blue
Sky" (episode # 4.10) 8 December 1961
"Laramie" in episode: "Deadly Is the Night" (episode # 3.7) 7 November
1961
"The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp" playing "Frank McLowery" (as George
D. Wallace) in episode: "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" (episode # 6.36)
21 June 1961
"The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp" playing "Frank McLowery" (as George
D. Wallace) in episode: "Just Before the Battle" (episode # 6.35) 13
June 1961
"Laramie" playing "Gip" in episode: "Badge of the Outsider" (episode #
2.30) 23 May 1961
"Zane Grey Theater" in episode: "Jericho" (episode # 5.30) 18 May 1961
"The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp" playing "Frank McLowery" (as George
D. Wallace) in episode: "The Law Must Be Fair" (episode # 6.30) 2 May
1961
"The Barbara Stanwyck Show" playing "Johnson" in episode: "The Choice"
(episode # 1.28) 17 April 1961
"Maverick" playing "Sheriff Joe Holly" in episode: "Benefit of the
Doubt" (episode # 4.30) 9 April 1961
"77 Sunset Strip" playing "Sheriff" in episode: "Old Card Sharps Never
Die" (episode # 3.29) 31 March 1961
"Disneyland" playing "Mordecai" in episode: "The Promised Land" 19
March 1961
"Disneyland" playing "Mordecai" in episode: "The Wilderness Road" 12
March 1961
"The Rebel" playing "Aaron Wallace" in episode: "The Burying of Sammy
Hart" (episode # 2.25) 5 March 1961
"The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp" playing "Frank McLowery" (as George
D. Wallace) in episode: "Doc Holliday Faces Death" (episode # 6.21) 28
February 1961
"Rawhide" playing "Colonel Somers, Carnival Owner" (as George D.
Wallace) in episode: "Incident of the Fish Out of Water" (episode #
3.15) 17 February 1961
"Lawman" (as George D. Wallace) in episode: "Hassayampa" (episode #
3.22) 12 February 1961
"The Tall Man" playing "Jim Miles" in episode: "One of One Thousand"
(episode # 1.16) 31 December 1960
"The Deputy" playing "Dan Farrell" in episode: "Second Cousin to the
Czar" (episode # 2.13) 24 December 1960
"Disneyland" playing "Mordecai" in episode: "And Chase the Buffalo" 11
December 1960
"Surfside 6" playing "Jim Elliott" in episode: "Deadly Male" (episode #
1.7) 14 November 1960
"Bourbon Street Beat" playing "Peter Justin" in episode: "Six Hours to
Midnight" (episode # 1.29) 25 April 1960
"The Rifleman" in episode: "Sins of the Father" (episode # 2.30) 19
April 1960
"Death Valley Days" playing "Jake Handley" in episode: "Pirates of San
Francisco" (episode # 8.29) 14 April 1960
"Zane Grey Theater" playing "Borkman" in episode: "Sundown Smith"
(episode # 4.25) 24 March 1960
"Sugarfoot" playing "John Crain" in episode: "Blackwater Swamp"
(episode # 3.13) 1 March 1960
"Overland Trail" playing "Matt" in episode: "High Bridge" (episode #
1.4) 28 February 1960
"Disneyland" playing "Gus" in episode: "Apache Friendship" 19 February
1960
"Rawhide" playing "Jed Carst" (as George D. Wallace) in episode:
"Incident of the Night Horse" (episode # 2.17) 19 February 1960
"Texas John Slaughter" playing "Gus" in episode: "Apache Friendship"
(episode # 2.5) 19 February 1960
"Maverick" playing "Verne Scott" in episode: "A Flock of Trouble"
(episode # 3.22) 14 February 1960
"Disneyland" playing "Gus" in episode: "Desperado from Tombstone" 12
February 1960
"Texas John Slaughter" playing "Gus" in episode: "Desperado From
Tombstone" (episode # 2.4) 12 February 1960
"Black Saddle" playing "Jim House" in episode: "The Killer" (episode #
2.13) 1 January 1960
"The Alaskans" playing "Bill Adams" in episode: "Winter Song" (episode
# 1.8) 22 November 1959
"Tales of Wells Fargo" playing "Bedell" in episode: "Desert Showdown"
(episode # 4.2) 14 September 1959
"Lawman" playing "Nat Gruber" in episode: "Red Ransom" (episode # 1.38)
21 June 1959
"Bronco" playing "Sheriff Purdom" in episode: "Shadow of a Man"
(episode # 1.18) 19 May 1959
"Zane Grey Theater" (as George D. Wallace) in episode: "The Accuser"
(episode # 3.4) 30 October 1958
"Zane Grey Theater" playing "Brill" (as George D. Wallace) in episode:
"Village of Fear" (episode # 1.22) 1 March 1957
"The Millionaire" playing "Ted Wyatt" in episode: "The Charles Wyatt
Story" (episode # 3.21) 30 January 1957
"Gunsmoke" playing "Dolph Trimble" in episode: "Hack Prine" (episode #
1.26) 12 May 1956
"Cheyenne" playing "Plank" in episode: "Mountain Fortress" (episode #
1.1) 20 September 1955
"Fireside Theatre" playing "Johnny" in episode: "Night of Terror"
(episode # 7.38) 17 May 1955
"The Man Behind the Badge" playing "Commando Cody" in episode: "The
Case of the Unknown Man" (episode # 2.15) 16 April 1955
"Four Star Playhouse" playing "Sam" in episode: "Go Ahead and Jump"
(episode # 3.14) 30 December 1954
"Studio 57" playing "Hank Howell" in episode: "Rescue at Twelve Lakes"
(episode # 1.13) 14 December 1954
"The Adventures of Kit Carson" in episode: "Frontier of Challenge"
(episode # 4.9) 25 September 1954
"The Adventures of Kit Carson" in episode: "Powder Depot" (episode #
4.6) 4 September 1954
"Stories of the Century" playing "Cole Younger" in episode: "The
Younger Brothers" (episode # 1.11) 2 April 1954
"Hopalong Cassidy" playing "Sam Chapman/Jim Forrester" in episode: "The
Emerald Saint" (episode # 2.25) 26 March 1954
"Dragnet" in episode: "The Big Chance" (episode # 3.23) 4 February 1954

"Hopalong Cassidy" playing "Judson Rush" in episode: "Copper Hills"
(episode # 2.15) 15 January 1954
"Hopalong Cassidy" playing "Roger Endicott" in episode: "Don Colorado"
(episode # 1.8) 1 December 1952
"Hopalong Cassidy" playing "Brad Mason" in episode: "Marked Cards"
(episode # 1.7) 28 October 1952

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Actor George D. Wallace has reportedly died at 88. Check out these
credits from Imdb!-
George Wallace (I)


Interesting, if I'm reading correctly, that in the '60's he worked lightly
in features and heavily in TV. My first thought was that the notoriety of
his namesake in Alabama might have affected his hiring, a long shot theory,
but if so it seems that it would have been across the board, not just
features.

Probably just an anomaly.

Ray Arthur


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There are a few photos of George D. Wallace from an event honoring him last
year, here:

http://www.colemanzone.com/Cody's_Commandos/

Ray Arthur


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Actor George D. Wallace died July 22 in Los Angeles of complications
following injuries when he fell during a vacation with his wife,
actress Jane A. Johnston, in Pisa, Italy. He was 88.
Services will be held at noon on Friday, July 29, at Hollywood Forever,
6000 Santa Monica Blvd.

Wallace, a versatile actor in features, on Broadway and on TV, had been
hospitalized for five weeks in Pisa before he was sufficiently
stabilized to return to his Los Angeles home.

Born in New York City, he served in the Navy for eight years, inspired
by his great grandfather Admiral George Dewey. He started out
bartending in Hollywood before becoming a singer and attending drama
school. His film debut came in 1950 in "The Sun Sets at Dawn" and he
went on to appear in more than 25 Westerns including the Hopalong
Cassidy films. A starring role as Commando Cody, Sky Marshall of the
Universe, in the Republic serial "Radar Men From the Moon," led to a
role in sci fi classic "Forbidden Planet." Other feature roles incuded
"Night of the Hunter," "The Big Sky," "The Lawless Breed and "The
French Line." More recently, he appeared in "Punchline," "Forces of
Nature," "Postcards From the Edge" and "Defending Your Life." His last
film was "Multiplicity" in l996.

In l955, while filming "Forbidden Planet," casting director Leonard
Murphy heard him singing between scenes and introduced him to Broadway
composer Richard Rodgers, who took him to Broadway as the leading man
opposite opera star Helen Traubel in "Pipe Dream," based on the John
Steinbeck novel "Sweet Thursday." He then starred in "Pajama Game,"
"Jennie" and "New Girl in Town," for which he was nominated for a N. Y.
Drama Critics Award.

Later, he starred as King Arthur in the national touring company of
"Camelot." and in "The Man of La Mancha." In Los Angeles, he appeared
in "Cat On a Hot Tin Roof" at the Mark Taper Forum.

On TV, he guested on more than l00 episodes of shows including
"Gunsmoke," "Bonanza" "ER," "Dynasty," "L.A.Law" and "Hill Street
Blues."

He is survived by his wife.

Donations may be made to The Actors' Fund of America, 729 Seventh Ave.,
l0th Floor, New York 10019

(Variety)

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