John Larch
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.
Known For
Credits
- 1982 · Airplane II: The Sequel as Prosecuting Attorney
- 1981 · Simon & Simon as Deputy Sheriff John Burns
- 1981 · Dynasty as
- 1979 · Big Shamus, Little Shamus as
- 1979 · The Amityville Horror as Farther Nuncio
- 1978 · A Fire in the Sky as Johnson
- 1978 · Vega$ as
- 1978 · The Critical List as Sprony
- 1978 · Dallas as Wally Windham
- 1978 · Dallas as Arlen Ward
- 1978 · Dallas as Arlen Ward / Atticus Ward
- 1978 · Dallas as Atticus Ward
- 1977 · Big Hawaii as
- 1977 · Lucan as
- 1977 · Kingston: Confidential as
- 1977 · The Feather And Father Gang as
- 1976 · Quincy, M.E. as
- 1976 · Charlie's Angels as Kamden
- 1976 · Future Cop as Commisioner Forman
- 1976 · Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur as Gen. Omar Bradley
- 1975 · Switch as Stocker
- 1975 · Framed as Bundy
- 1975 · Bronk as
- 1975 · Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects as District Attorney
- 1975 · The Desperate Miles as Dr. Bryson
- 1974 · Bad Ronald as Sgt. Lynch
- 1974 · Police Woman as Lester Hummel
- 1974 · Little House on the Prairie as Arthur Mahoney
- 1974 · The Chadwick Family as Fargo
- 1974 · Winter Kill as Dr. Bill Hammond
- 1974 · The Six Million Dollar Man as Arthur Vale
- 1973 · Santee as Banner
- 1973 · Police Story as
- 1973 · Hawkins as Herb Talley
- 1972 · Magic Carpet as Mr. Tracy
- 1972 · The Streets of San Francisco as
- 1972 · Women in Chains as Barney
- 1971 · Dirty Harry as Chief
- 1971 · Play Misty for Me as Sgt. McCallum
- 1971 · The Partners as
- 1971 · Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law as George Patterson
- 1971 · Cannon as
- 1971 · The City as Holland Yermo
- 1971 · Alias Smith and Jones as
- 1970 · Cannon for Cordoba as Warner
- 1970 · Move as Mounted Patrolman
- 1970 · Nanny and the Professor as
- 1969 · Hail, Hero! as Mr. Conklin
- 1969 · Medical Center as
- 1969 · The Great Bank Robbery as Sheriff of Friendly
- 1968 · The Wrecking Crew as MacDonald
- 1968 · Hawaii Five-O as Joseph Trinian
- 1968 · Hawaii Five-O as Roger Maggers
- 1967 · Judd for the Defense as
- 1967 · Ironside as
- 1967 · The Invaders as Greg Lucather
- 1966 · Mission: Impossible as Premier Anton Rojek
- 1966 · Felony Squad as
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as Fred Wallace
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as Jules Harmon
- 1965 · Convoy as Ben Foster
- 1964 · Daniel Boone as Sam Hawken
- 1964 · The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Dr. Killman
- 1963 · The Fugitive as George Duncan
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Sheriff Ben Corby
- 1963 · Arrest and Trial as Deputy District Attorney Jerry Miller
- 1963 · Miracle of the White Stallions as General George S. Patton, Jr.
- 1962 · How the West Was Won as Grimes (uncredited)
- 1962 · Stoney Burke as
- 1962 · The Virginian as Sheriff Neil Brady
- 1962 · The Virginian as Sheriff
- 1962 · Pages of Death as Councilman Halliday
- 1961 · The New Breed as John Clark
- 1961 · Ben Casey as
- 1961 · Bus Stop as
- 1961 · Dr. Kildare as Dr. Victor Jonah
- 1961 · The Dick Powell Show as Sam Baker
- 1961 · Cain's Hundred as Benjamin Riker
- 1960 · Route 66 as
- 1960 · Route 66 as Bill Morrison
- 1960 · Route 66 as Sandy Mason
- 1960 · Outlaws as
- 1960 · Hell to Eternity as Capt. Schwabe
- 1959 · The Untouchables as Bryan 'Bull' Hanlon
- 1959 · Adventures in Paradise as Nicholas
- 1959 · The Twilight Zone as Mr. Fremont
- 1959 · The Twilight Zone as Eliot Rathmann
- 1959 · The Twilight Zone as Sheriff Koch
- 1959 · Johnny Ringo as Mills Walker
- 1959 · Law of the Plainsman as Jasper Mullen
- 1959 · Wichita Town as
- 1959 · Laramie as
- 1959 · Tightrope as
- 1959 · Black Saddle as Ty Northrup
- 1959 · Rawhide as Lennie Dawson
- 1959 · Rawhide as Sam Garrett
- 1958 · Bat Masterson as Garrickson
- 1958 · Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse as
- 1958 · Yancy Derringer as Wayland Farr
- 1958 · The Saga of Hemp Brown as Jed Givens
- 1958 · The Rifleman as
- 1958 · Naked City as John Clinton
- 1958 · Naked City as Steve Werminski
- 1958 · Naked City as George Paraskis
- 1958 · The Texan as Les Torbit
- 1958 · Wanted: Dead or Alive as Howie Kale
- 1958 · From Hell to Texas as Hal Carmody
- 1958 · Jefferson Drum as John Larkin
- 1957 · Man in the Shadow as Ed Yates
- 1957 · The Walter Winchell File as
- 1957 · The Restless Gun as Sheriff Riker
- 1957 · The Restless Gun as Anse Newton
- 1957 · The Restless Gun as Red-eye Kirk
- 1957 · Wagon Train as John Ramsey
- 1957 · Have Gun, Will Travel as
- 1957 · Have Gun, Will Travel as McNagle
- 1957 · Quantez as Heller
- 1957 · The Careless Years as Sam Vernon
- 1956 · Gun for a Coward as Stringer
- 1956 · Man from Del Rio as Bill Dawson
- 1956 · Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Quine - Scout
- 1956 · Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Dr. Cole Gentry
- 1956 · Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Magnus Kihlgren
- 1956 · Written on the Wind as Roy Carter
- 1956 · 7 Men from Now as Payte Bodeen
- 1956 · Behind the High Wall as William Kiley
- 1956 · Johnny Moccasin as Frank Hill
- 1956 · Telephone Time as
- 1956 · The Killer Is Loose as Otto Flanders
- 1955 · Illegal as District Attorney's Man (uncredited)
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Sgt. Shaw
- 1955 · The McConnell Story as Cy
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Clay Young
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Jim Cobbett
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Rance
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Dan
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Zeno
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Serpa
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Shanks
- 1955 · The Phenix City Story as Clem Wilson
- 1955 · 5 Against the House as Police Detective (uncredited)
- 1955 · Seven Angry Men as Sergeant
- 1955 · Tight Spot as First Detective (uncredited)
- 1955 · The Millionaire as Thomas J. 'Tom' Mead
- 1954 · The Wonderful World of Disney as Frank Boyd
- 1954 · This Is My Love as Police Detective
- 1954 · Climax! as Cab Driver
- 1954 · Studio 57 as
- 1954 · Moby Dick as 1st Sailor
- 1954 · Public Defender as Trusty
- 1954 · Bitter Creek as Hired Gunman
- 1953 · Letter to Loretta as S / Sgt. Ernie Robbins
- 1953 · I Led Three Lives as
- 1952 · Four Star Playhouse as Harris
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as 1st Sailor
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as A young tough
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Quintus
- 1951 · Dragnet as
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Luke Powers
- 1950 · Space Patrol as Korwin