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John Larch
Actor
Died October 16, 2005 (91 years)
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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Filmography
| 1988 | War and Remembrance (TV Series) · as P.A. Announcer (Test Site) |
| 1982 | Airplane II: The Sequel · as Prosecuting Attorney |
| 1981 | Dynasty (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1981 | Private Benjamin (TV Series) · as Gen. Wrangleman |
| 1981 | Simon & Simon (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1979 | The Amityville Horror · as Farther Nuncio |
| 1979 | The Dukes of Hazzard (TV Series) · as Adam Venable |
| 1978 | A Fire in the Sky · as Johnson |
| 1978 | Dallas (TV Series) · as Arlen Ward |
| 1978 | Vega$ (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1977 | Lou Grant (TV Series) · as Bill Bergin |
| 1977 | Lucan (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1976 | The Feather And Father Gang (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1976 | Quincy, M.E. (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1976 | Charlie's Angels (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1976 | Future Cop (TV Series) · as Commissioner Forman |
| 1975 | Framed · as Bundy |
| 1975 | Ellery Queen (TV Series) · as District Attorney |
| 1974 | Bad Ronald · as Sgt. Lynch |
| 1974 | Winter Kill · as Dr. Bill Hammond |
| 1974 | Police Woman (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1974 | The Six Million Dollar Man (TV Series) · as Arthur Vale |
| 1974 | Little House on the Prairie (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1973 | Santee · as Banner |
| 1973 | Police Story (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1973 | Hawkins (TV Series) · as Herb Talley |
| 1972 | Women in Chains · as Barney |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1971 | Dirty Harry · as Chief |
| 1971 | Play Misty for Me · as Sgt. McCallum |
| 1971 | Cannon (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1971 | Alias Smith and Jones (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1970 | Cannon for Cordoba · as Warner |
| 1970 | Move · as Mounted Patrolman |
| 1970 | Nanny and the Professor (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1969 | The Great Bank Robbery · as Sheriff of Friendly |
| 1968 | The Wrecking Crew · as MacDonald |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O (TV Series) · as Joseph Trinian |
| 1967 | The Invaders (TV Series) · as Greg Lucather |
| 1967 | Ironside (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. (TV Series) · as Fred Wallace |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone (TV Series) · as Sam Hawken |
| 1964 | The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series) · as Dr. Killman |
| 1963 | Miracle of the White Stallions · as General George S. Patton, Jr. |
| 1963 | The Fugitive (TV Series) · as George Duncan |
| 1963 | Arrest and Trial (TV Series) · as Deputy District Attorney Jerry Miller |
| 1962 | How the West Was Won · as Grimes |
| 1962 | The Virginian (TV Series) · as Sheriff Neil Brady |
| 1960 | Hell to Eternity · as Capt. Schwabe |
| 1960 | Route 66 (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1959 | Riverboat (TV Series) · as Touhy |
| 1959 | Rawhide (TV Series) · as Lennie Dawson |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | The Deputy (TV Series) · as Jack Rivers |
| 1959 | Laramie (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone (TV Series) · as Sheriff Koch |
| 1959 | The Untouchables (TV Series) · as Bryan 'Bull' Hanlon |
| 1958 | The Saga of Hemp Brown · as Jed Givens |
| 1958 | Yancy Derringer (TV Series) · as Wayland Farr |
| 1958 | Naked City (TV Series) · as John Clinton |
| 1958 | The Texan (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1958 | The Rifleman (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1958 | Wanted: Dead or Alive (TV Series) · as Howie Kale |
| 1958 | Bat Masterson (TV Series) · as Garrickson |
| 1957 | Man in the Shadow · as Ed Yates |
| 1957 | Quantez · as Heller |
| 1957 | The Careless Years · as Sam Vernon |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1957 | The Restless Gun (TV Series) · as Anse Newton |
| 1957 | Tales of Wells Fargo (TV Series) · as Beaker |
| 1957 | Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Ben Harness |
| 1956 | 7 Men from Now · as Payte Bodeen |
| 1956 | The Killer Is Loose · as Otto Flanders |
| 1956 | Written on the Wind · as Roy Carter |
| 1956 | Man from Del Rio · as Bill Dawson |
| 1956 | Zane Grey Theater (TV Series) · as Magnus Kihlgren |
| 1955 | The Phenix City Story · as Clem Wilson |
| 1955 | 5 Against the House · as Police Detective |
| 1955 | Illegal · as District Attorney's Man |
| 1955 | Tight Spot · as Unknown |
| 1955 | The Naked Street · as Police Desk Sergeant |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Serpa |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) · as Sgt. Shaw |
| 1954 | Bitter Creek · as Hired Gunman |
| 1954 | Climax! (TV Series) · as Cab Driver |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Frank Boyd |
| 1954 | Public Defender (TV Series) · as Trusty |
| 1954 | Medic (TV Series) · as Dr. Carns |
| 1953 | The Loretta Young Show (TV Series) · as S / Sgt. Ernie Robbins |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse (TV Series) · as Harris |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show (TV Series) · as Marriage Broker sketch |
| 1951 | Dragnet (1951) (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as A young tough |