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Ford Rainey

Actor
Born August 8, 1908Died July 25, 2005 (96 years)
A highly experienced stage actor, Ford Rainey was also a familiar face in motion pictures, including The Sand Pebbles and Two Rode Together. He was even better recognized by television viewers as a guest star on such popular series as Bonanza, Gunsmoke, Route 66, Perry Mason and The Untouchables. The craggy-faced actor played guardian to The Bionic Woman, a general in M*A*S*H, and a judge in The Waltons and Matlock. Ford Rainey worked well into his 90s, appearing in such recent series as ER and The King of Queens
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Bonanza
  • Falcon Crest
  • Flaming Star
  • Wiseguy
  • Route 66
  • Friendly Fire
  • The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe
Known For
  • The Sand Pebbles
  • The Bionic Woman
  • Flaming Star
  • Alias Smith and Jones
  • Ned and Stacey
  • The Gypsy Moths
  • The Cellar
  • The Badlanders
  • Ada
  • Sixteen
  • My Sweet Charlie
  • The Naked Zoo
  • Bed & Breakfast
  • A Howling in the Woods
  • The Traveling Executioner
  • Strange New World

Filmography

2003
Purgatory Flats · as Phil
1999
Desert Heat · as Pop Reynolds
1998
The King of Queens (TV Series) · as Mickey
1996
Marshal Law · as Old Timer George
1995
Ned and Stacey (TV Series) · as Nate
1994
ER (TV Series) · as Army Armstrong
1993
There Was a Little Boy · as Father Ramirez
1992
Picket Fences (TV Series) · as Cast
1991
Bed & Breakfast · as Amos
1988
The Cellar · as T.c. Van Houten
1988
China Beach (TV Series)
1987
Wiseguy (TV Series)
1987
Amerika (TV Series) · as Will Milford
1987
J. Edgar Hoover · as Harlan Fiske Stone
1986
Who Is Julia? · as The Commentator
1986
Matlock (TV Series)
1985
Moonlighting (TV Series) · as Judge
1984
Santa Barbara (TV Series) · as Clyde
1982
St. Elsewhere (TV Series)
1982
Newhart (TV Series) · as Mr. Hinton
1982
It Takes Two (TV Series)
1982
Remington Steele (TV Series) · as Adam
1982
1981
Halloween II · as Dr. Mixter
1981
Code Red (TV Series)
1981
Falcon Crest (TV Series) · as Paolo Bellini
1980
Gideon's Trumpet · as 2nd Supreme Court Justice
1979
1979
Friendly Fire · as Mr. Hamilton
1979
Backstairs at the White House (TV Series) · as Navy Secretary
1978
B.J. and the Bear (TV Series) · as Emmett Lumm
1978
A Family Upside Down · as Mr. Case
1977
Our Town · as Joe Stoddard
1976
Guardian of the Wilderness · as Abraham Lincoln
1976
Quincy, M.E. (TV Series)
1976
Captains and the Kings (TV Series) · as Abraham Lincoln
1976
Charlie's Angels (TV Series) · as Mr. Harkins
1976
Black Sheep Squadron (TV Series) · as Gen. Muncie
1976
The Last of Mrs. Lincoln · as Ninnian Edwards
1976
1976
Most Wanted (TV Series) · as Dr. Farrell
1976
How the West Was Won (TV Series) · as Barrett - Rancher
1976
The Bionic Woman (TV Series)
1975
Babe · as Dr. Tatum
1975
Strange New World · as Sirus
1974
Petrocelli (TV Series)
1974
The Parallax View · as Commission Spokesman #2
1974
1974
1974
The Rockford Files (TV Series) · as Manny Tolan
1974
1974
Manhunter · as James Barrett
1974
Manhunter (TV Series) · as James Barrett
1974
The Six Million Dollar Man (TV Series) · as Jim Elgin
1974
Chopper One (TV Series) · as Capt. Charlie Horn
1973
Linda · as Police Chief Vernon
1973
Tenafly (TV Series)
1973
Barnaby Jones (TV Series) · as Andrew Mills
1973
Wide World of Mystery (TV Series) · as Pa
1973
Cotter · as Cast
1972
M*A*S*H (TV Series)
1972
1972
The Waltons (TV Series)
1972
Search (TV Series)
1972
Sixteen · as Father
1972
The Rookies (TV Series)
1972
Kung Fu (TV Series)
1972
Probe · as Aaron Johannes (uncredited)
1971
A Howling in the Woods · as Bud Henshaw
1971
Cannon (TV Series) · as Farmer
1971
Owen Marshall, Counselor At Law (TV Series) · as Captain
1971
My Old Man's Place · as Sheriff Coleman
1971
1970
The Traveling Executioner · as Stanley Mae
1970
Dan August (TV Series) · as David Lyle
1970
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (TV Series) · as Doctor
1970
The Naked Zoo · as Harry Golden
1970
Storefront Lawyers/Men At Law (TV Series) · as Judge Carp
1970
The Andersonville Trial · as Board Of Military Judges
1970
My Sweet Charlie · as Treadwell
1969
Night Gallery (TV Series) · as The Sheriff
1969
The Young Lawyers (TV Series) · as Judge Salke
1969
The Immortal (TV Series)
1969
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (TV Series) · as D.a. Phil Douglass
1969
The Gypsy Moths · as Stand Owner
1969
My Friend Tony (TV Series) · as Cast
1968
The Mod Squad (TV Series)
1967
Mannix (TV Series) · as Dr. Crow
1967
Ironside (TV Series)
1967
1967
1967
Cimarron Strip (TV Series)
1967
Chuka · as Capt. Robert R. Foster
1967
The Invaders (TV Series) · as George Grundy
1966
The Sand Pebbles · as Harris
1966
The Iron Horse (TV Series) · as Ross
1966
The Time Tunnel (TV Series) · as President Abraham Lincoln
1966
Johnny Tiger · as Sam Tiger
1966
Gunpoint · as Tom Emerson
1965
Days of our Lives (TV Series) · as Frank Evans
1965
The Wackiest Ship in the Army (TV Series) · as Vasek
1965
Get Smart (TV Series)
1965
The Wild Wild West (TV Series) · as Admiral Hammond
1965
The F.B.I. (TV Series) · as John Prysock
1965
Long Hot Summer (TV Series) · as Clay Wyman
1965
The Big Valley (TV Series) · as Colin Murdoch
1965
Run for Your Life (TV Series) · as Gen. Andrew Douglas
1965
Lost in Space (TV Series) · as The President
1964
Profiles in Courage (TV Series) · as Bird
1964
Daniel Boone (TV Series) · as John Gist
1964
Slattery's People (TV Series) · as Anson Holbrook
1964
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV Series) · as U.s. President
1963
Kings of the Sun · as The Chief
1963
Mr. Novak (TV Series) · as Eason
1963
1963
The Fugitive (TV Series) · as Lt. C. Wynn
1963
The Outer Limits (TV Series) · as D.a. Thomas Coyle
1962
1962
The Eleventh Hour (TV Series) · as Judge
1962
Stoney Burke (TV Series)
1962
The Doctors and the Nurses (TV Series) · as Walter Cooper
1962
Empire (TV Series) · as Josh
1962
The Wide Country (TV Series) · as Mike Callahan
1962
The Virginian (TV Series) · as Marshal Floyd Buckman
1962
It's a Man's World (TV Series) · as The Bum
1962
Saints and Sinners (TV Series) · as Warden Hickson
1961
1961
Dr. Kildare (TV Series) · as Dr. Walter Untermeyer
1961
Claudelle Inglish · as Reverend Armstrong
1961
Cain's Hundred (TV Series) · as Capt. Martin Amherst
1961
Ada · as Speaker
1961
Two Rode Together · as Rev. Henry Clegg
1961
Parrish · as John Donati (uncredited)
1960
Flaming Star · as Doc Phillips
1960
Route 66 (TV Series)
1960
Insight (TV Series) · as Clark
1960
Checkmate (TV Series) · as Paul O'neill
1960
The Tall Man (TV Series)
1959
1959
Sunday Showcase (TV Series) · as Abraham Lincoln
1959
Deadline (TV Series) · as Lowman
1959
Laramie (TV Series) · as Stollery
1959
Bonanza (TV Series) · as Capt. Arnholt
1959
The Last Mile · as Red Kirby
1959
John Paul Jones · as Lt. Simpson
1959
The Untouchables (TV Series) · as Julius Chavis
1959
Rawhide (TV Series) · as Sheriff
1958
The Badlanders · as Yuma Prison Warden
1957
Suspicion (TV Series) · as Cast
1957
Perry Mason (TV Series) · as Harry Trilling
1957
1957
3:10 to Yuma · as Bisbee Marshal
1955
The Phil Silvers Show (TV Series) · as Bit Part
1955
Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Tate
1954
Camera Three (TV Series) · as Cast
1954
The Human Jungle · as Jones
1954
Medic (TV Series) · as Dr. Stone
1954
Lassie (TV Series)
1953
The Robe · as Ship's Captain
1952
Ramar of the Jungle (TV Series) · as Mailpouch
1952
Cowboy G-Men (TV Series) · as Matt Sloan, Moss' Partner
1952
This Is The Life (TV Series) · as Pastor
1951
Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as 2nd Supreme Court Justice
1951
Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Emery
1951
1950
Danger (TV Series) · as Cast
1950
Perfect Strangers · as Ernest Craig (uncredited)
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theatre (TV Series) · as Rev. C.k. Dickey
1949
The Big Story (TV Series) · as Cast
1949
White Heat · as Zuckie
1948
Studio One (TV Series) · as Sam Forrest
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Cast
1947
Kraft Television Theatre (TV Series) · as Jim Williams

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