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John Larch (October 4, 1914 - October 16, 2005) was an American film and television actor.
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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".
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Gender
Male
Birthday
October 4, 1914
Died
October 16, 2005
Birthplace
Salem, Massachusetts, USA
Also Known As
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Bad Ronald
1974
Dirty Harry
1971
How the West Was Won
1962
Written on the Wind
1956
Gun for a Coward
1956
Airplane II: The Sequel
1982
Johnny Moccasin
1956
Tight Spot
1955
The McConnell Story
1955
The Phenix City Story
1955
The Amityville Horror
1979
Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
1975
The Desperate Miles
1975
Move
1970
The Wrecking Crew
1968
Seven Angry Men
1955
Miracle of the White Stallions
1963
The City
1971
Illegal
1955
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Bonanza
1959
Dallas
1978
Dallas
1978
Dallas
1978
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Little House on the Prairie
1974
The Twilight Zone
1959
The Twilight Zone
1959
The Twilight Zone
1959
Charlie's Angels
1976
The Rifleman
1958
Wagon Train
1957
Wagon Train
1957
The Fugitive
1963
The Fugitive
1963
The Virginian
1962
The Virginian
1962
Ironside
1967
Dynasty
1981
Cannon
1971
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