John Larch
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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
Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
as Prosecuting Attorney
Dirty Harry (1971)
as Chief
How the West Was Won (1962)
as Grimes (uncredited)
The Amityville Horror (1979)
as Father Nuncio
Play Misty for Me (1971)
as Sgt. McCallum
Written on the Wind (1956)
as Roy Carter
7 Men from Now (1956)
as Payte Bodeen
The Wrecking Crew (1968)
as MacDonald
The Great Bank Robbery (1969)
as Sheriff of Friendly
Johnny Moccasin (1956)
as Frank Hill
The Naked Street (1955)
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Quantez (1957)
as Heller
Illegal (1955)
as District Attorney's Man (uncredited)
Moby Dick (1954)
as 1st Sailor
From Hell to Texas (1958)
as Hal Carmody
Man in the Shadow (1957)
as Ed Yates
Miracle of the White Stallions (1963)
as General George S. Patton, Jr.
Stampede at Bitter Creek (1962)
as Frank Boyd
Cannon for Cordoba (1970)
as Warner
The Killer Is Loose (1956)
as Otto Flanders
Gun for a Coward (1956)
as Stringer
The Phenix City Story (1955)
as Clem Wilson
The McConnell Story (1955)
as Cy
Man from Del Rio (1956)
as Bill Dawson
Bad Ronald (1974)
as Sgt. Lynch
Framed (1975)
as Bundy
Tight Spot (1955)
as First Detective (uncredited)
Seven Angry Men (1955)
as Sergeant
A Fire in the Sky (1978)
as Johnson
Hell to Eternity (1960)
as Capt. Schwabe
This Is My Love (1954)
as Police Detective
Behind the High Wall (1956)
as William Kiley
The Saga of Hemp Brown (1958)
as Jed Givens
Santee (1973)
as Banner
The Careless Years (1957)
as Sam Vernon
Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects (1975)
as District Attorney
Magic Carpet (1972)
as Mr. Tracy
5 Against the House (1955)
as Police Detective (uncredited)
Bitter Creek (1954)
as Hired Gunman
Move (1970)
as Mounted Patrolman
Hail, Hero! (1969)
as Mr. Conklin
Winter Kill (1974)
as Dr. Bill Hammond
The Desperate Miles (1975)
as Dr. Bryson
Pages of Death (1962)
as Councilman Halliday
Women in Chains (1972)
as Barney
Future Cop (1976)
as Commisioner Forman
The Chadwick Family (1974)
as Fargo
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur (1976)
as Gen. Omar Bradley
The City (1971)
as Holland Yermo