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John Larch (October 4, 1914 - October 16, 2005) was an American film and television actor. After his lead role in the radio serial Captain Starr of Space (1953–54), John Larch entered films in 1954. He usually appeared in westerns (How The West Was Won) and action films, including Miracle of the White Stallions as General George S. Patton Jr. (1963), Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur as General Omar Bradley (1976), replacing James Gregory as Mac in the Matt Helm movie The Wrecking Crew (1969) starring Dean Martin, Sharon Tate and Elke Sommer. Larch, an old friend of Clint Eastwood, appeared in Eastwood films, including Dirty Harry (1971) and Play Misty for Me (1971). He also appeared on a number of television programs, including Naked City (three episodes), Route 66 (three episodes), The Fugitive (two episodes), The Invaders, The Restless Gun (four episodes), Gunsmoke (seven episodes), The Virginian (four episodes), Bonanza, Hawaii Five-0, Mission Impossible (two episodes), The Troubleshooters, Bus Stop, Laramie, The Law and Mr. Jones, and possibly most famously as Bill Mumy's father in The Twilight Zone episode "It's a Good Life" in 1961. He also appeared in two other The Twilight Zone episodes, playing a psychiatrist in "Perchance to Dream" and the sheriff in "Dust". Description above from the Wikipedia article John Larch, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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John Larch (October 4, 1914 - October 16, 2005) was an American film and television actor. After his lead role in the radio serial Captain Starr of Space (1953–54), John Larch entered films in 1954. He usually appeared in westerns (How The West Was Won) and action films, including Miracle of the White Stallions as General George S. Patton Jr. (1963), Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur as General Omar Bradley (1976), replacing James Gregory as Mac in the Matt Helm movie The Wrecking Crew (1969) starring Dean Martin, Sharon Tate and Elke Sommer. Larch, an old friend of Clint Eastwood, appeared in Eastwood films, including Dirty Harry (1971) and Play Misty for Me (1971). He also appeared on a number of television programs, including Naked City (three episodes), Route 66 (three episodes), The Fugitive (two episodes), The Invaders, The Restless Gun (four episodes), Gunsmoke (seven episodes), The Virginian (four episodes), Bonanza, Hawaii Five-0, Mission Impossible (two episodes), The Troubleshooters, Bus Stop, Laramie, The Law and Mr. Jones, and possibly most famously as Bill Mumy's father in The Twilight Zone episode "It's a Good Life" in 1961. He also appeared in two other The Twilight Zone episodes, playing a psychiatrist in "Perchance to Dream" and the sheriff in "Dust". Description above from the Wikipedia article John Larch, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Gunsmoke
The Virginian
Bonanza
The Twilight Zone
The Six Million Dollar Man
Have Gun, Will Travel
Rawhide
The F.B.I.
Dr. Kildare
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Cannon
Climax!
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Dallas
The Wonderful World of Disney
Four Star Playhouse
Route 66
Ironside
Police Woman
Letter to Loretta
Hawaii Five-O
Quincy, M.E.
The Texan
Mission: Impossible
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Ellery Queen
Wagon Train
Police Story
Switch
The Fugitive
Dragnet
Telephone Time
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Dynasty
Medical Center
The Millionaire
Laramie
Tightrope
Charlie's Angels
Alias Smith and Jones
Simon & Simon
Outlaws
The Dick Powell Show
The Restless Gun
Yancy Derringer
Wichita Town
Bronk
The Partners
Nanny and the Professor
Daniel Boone
Johnny Ringo
Law of the Plainsman
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Kingston: Confidential
Little House on the Prairie
Cain's Hundred
Big Hawaii
Bat Masterson
The Troubleshooters
Big Shamus, Little Shamus
Jefferson Drum
Airplane II: The Sequel
The Critical List
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dirty Harry
Framed
The Amityville Horror
Women in Chains
Future Cop
Play Misty for Me
Convoy
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