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