John Larch
Born October 04, 1914 (Age: 111)
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Salem, Massachusetts, USA
Biography
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.
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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Filmography
Airplane II: The Sequel
1982
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as Prosecuting Attorney
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Age: 68
The Amityville Horror
1979
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as Father Nuncio
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Age: 64
A Fire in the Sky
1978
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as Johnson
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Age: 64
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
1976
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as Gen. Omar Bradley
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Age: 61
Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
1975
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as District Attorney
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Age: 60
Bad Ronald
1974
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as Sgt. Lynch
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Age: 60
The Chadwick Family
1974
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as Fargo
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Age: 59
Winter Kill
1974
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as Dr. Bill Hammond
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Age: 59
Santee
1973
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as Banner
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Age: 58
Magic Carpet
1972
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as Mr. Tracy
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Age: 58
Women in Chains
1972
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as Barney
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Age: 57
Dirty Harry
1971
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as Chief
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Age: 57
Play Misty for Me
1971
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as Sgt. McCallum
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Age: 56
The City
1971
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as Holland Yermo
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Age: 56
Hail, Hero!
1969
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as Mr. Conklin
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Age: 55
The Great Bank Robbery
1969
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as Sheriff of Friendly
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Age: 54
The Wrecking Crew
1968
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as MacDonald
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Age: 54
Miracle of the White Stallions
1963
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as General George S. Patton, Jr.
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Age: 48
Stampede at Bitter Creek
1962
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as Frank Boyd
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Age: 48
How the West Was Won
1962
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as Grimes (uncredited)
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Age: 48
Pages of Death
1962
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as Councilman Halliday
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Age: 47
Hell to Eternity
1960
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as Capt. Schwabe
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Age: 45
The Saga of Hemp Brown
1958
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as Jed Givens
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Age: 43
From Hell to Texas
1958
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as Hal Carmody
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Age: 43
Gun for a Coward
1956
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as Stringer
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Age: 42
Man from Del Rio
1956
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as Bill Dawson
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Age: 42
Written on the Wind
1956
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as Roy Carter
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Age: 42
7 Men from Now
1956
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as Payte Bodeen
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Age: 41
Behind the High Wall
1956
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as William Kiley
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Age: 41
No Image
Johnny Moccasin
1956
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as Frank Hill
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Age: 41
The Killer Is Loose
1956
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as Otto Flanders
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Age: 41
Illegal
1955
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as District Attorney's Man (uncredited)
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Age: 41
The McConnell Story
1955
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as Cy
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Age: 40
The Naked Street
1955
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as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
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Age: 40
The Phenix City Story
1955
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as Clem Wilson
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Age: 40
5 Against the House
1955
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as Police Detective (uncredited)
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Age: 40
Seven Angry Men
1955
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as Sergeant
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Age: 40
Tight Spot
1955
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as First Detective (uncredited)
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Age: 40
This Is My Love
1954
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as Police Detective
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Age: 40
Moby Dick
1954
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as 1st Sailor
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Age: 39
Bitter Creek
1954
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as Hired Gunman
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Age: 39