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John Larch

John Larch

Acting

October 4, 1914 – October 16, 2005 (died at 91)
Salem, Massachusetts, USA
Male
49 Movies
120 TV Shows

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.

Dirty Harry
Dirty Harry

Dirty Harry

1971 7.5

as Chief

Age 57 (now 91)
Play Misty for Me
Play Misty for Me

Play Misty for Me

1971 6.6

as Sgt. McCallum

Age 56 (now 91)
The Amityville Horror
The Amityville Horror

The Amityville Horror

1979 6.3

as Father Nuncio

Age 64 (now 91)
7 Men from Now
7 Men from Now

7 Men from Now

1956 6.8

as Payte Bodeen

Age 41 (now 91)
Bad Ronald
Bad Ronald

Bad Ronald

1974 6.4

as Sgt. Lynch

Age 60 (now 91)
Written on the Wind
Written on the Wind

Written on the Wind

1956 7.0

as Roy Carter

Age 42 (now 91)
The Killer Is Loose
The Killer Is Loose

The Killer Is Loose

1956 6.7

as Otto Flanders

Age 41 (now 91)
Man in the Shadow
Man in the Shadow

Man in the Shadow

1957 6.7

as Ed Yates

Age 43 (now 91)
The Wrecking Crew
The Wrecking Crew

The Wrecking Crew

1968 5.7

as MacDonald

Age 54 (now 91)
Airplane II: The Sequel
Airplane II: The Sequel

Airplane II: The Sequel

1982 6.1

as Prosecuting Attorney

Age 68 (now 91)
Man from Del Rio
Man from Del Rio

Man from Del Rio

1956 6.5

as Bill Dawson

Age 42 (now 91)
The Phenix City Story
The Phenix City Story

The Phenix City Story

1955 6.5

as Clem Wilson

Age 40 (now 91)
Dynasty
Dynasty

Dynasty

1981 6.5
Age 66 (now 91)
5 eps
From Hell to Texas
From Hell to Texas

From Hell to Texas

1958 6.0

as Hal Carmody

Age 43 (now 91)
Framed
Framed

Framed

1975 6.6

as Bundy

Age 60 (now 91)
Miracle of the White Stallions
Miracle of the White Stallions

Miracle of the White Stallions

1963 6.0

as General George S. Patton, Jr.

Age 48 (now 91)