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John Larch

4th October 1914 Salem, Massachusetts, USA Acting

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.

49 Movies 89 TV Shows 138 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

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Santee 1st September 1973 as Banner
Move poster
Move 31st July 1970 as Mounted Patrolman
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Illegal 9th October 1955 as District Attorney's Man (uncredited)
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Tight Spot 19th March 1955 as First Detective (uncredited)
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Dallas 2nd April 1978 as Arlen Ward / Atticus Ward
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Switch 9th September 1975 as Stocker
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Hawkins 13th March 1973 as Herb Talley
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Convoy 17th September 1965 as Ben Foster
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Bonanza 12th September 1959 as Blake McCall
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Rawhide 9th January 1959 as Sam Garrett
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Climax! 7th October 1954 as Cab Driver