Name
John Larch
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1914-10-04
Deathday
2005-10-16 (91 years old)
Place of Birth
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".
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- 1956 7 Men from Now as Payte Bodeen
- 1955 The Phenix City Story as Clem Wilson
- 1971 Play Misty for Me as Sgt. McCallum
- 1975 Framed as Bundy
- 1956 Behind the High Wall as William Kiley
- 1962 How the West Was Won as Grimes (uncredited)
- 1956 Written on the Wind as Roy Carter
- 1956 Man from Del Rio as Bill Dawson
- 1974 Bad Ronald as Sgt. Lynch
- 1963 Miracle of the White Stallions as General George S. Patton, Jr.
- 1973 Santee as Banner
- 1970 Cannon for Cordoba as Warner
- 1976 Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur as Gen. Omar Bradley
- 1955 The McConnell Story as Cy
- 1955 Seven Angry Men as Sergeant
- 1957 Quantez as Heller
- 1956 Johnny Moccasin as Frank Hill
- 1970 Move as Mounted Patrolman
- 1957 The Careless Years as Sam Vernon
- 1958 The Saga of Hemp Brown as Jed Givens
- 1958 From Hell to Texas as Hal Carmody
- 1955 Illegal as District Attorney's Man (uncredited)
- 1974 Winter Kill as Dr. Bill Hammond
- 1975 The Desperate Miles as Dr. Bryson
- 1972 Women in Chains as Barney
- 1971 The City as Holland Yermo
- 1979 The Amityville Horror as Father Nuncio
- 1955 Tight Spot as First Detective (uncredited)
- 1975 Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects as District Attorney
- 1972 Magic Carpet as Mr. Tracy
- 1955 5 Against the House as Police Detective (uncredited)
- 1956 The Killer Is Loose as Otto Flanders
- 1957 Man in the Shadow as Ed Yates
- 1971 Dirty Harry as Chief
- 1976 Future Cop as Commisioner Forman
- 1982 Airplane II: The Sequel as Prosecuting Attorney
- 1954 Bitter Creek as Hired Gunman
- 1956 Gun for a Coward as Stringer
- 1969 Hail, Hero! as Mr. Conklin
- 1954 This Is My Love as Police Detective
- 1960 Hell to Eternity as Capt. Schwabe
- 1968 The Wrecking Crew as MacDonald
- 1974 The Chadwick Family as Fargo
- 1978 A Fire in the Sky as Johnson
- 1962 Pages of Death as Councilman Halliday
- 1954 Moby Dick as 1st Sailor
- 1969 The Great Bank Robbery as Sheriff of Friendly
- 1955 The Naked Street as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
- 1962 Stampede at Bitter Creek as Frank Boyd
- 1961 Cain's Hundred ( 1 episode ) as Benjamin Riker
- 1974 Little House on the Prairie ( 1 episode ) as Arthur Mahoney
- 1965 The F.B.I. ( 1 episode ) as Fred Wallace
- 1981 Simon & Simon ( 1 episode ) as Deputy Sheriff John Burns
- 1968 Hawaii Five-O ( 1 episode ) as Joseph Trinian
- 1976 Quincy, M.E. ( 1 episode )
- 1960 Route 66 ( 1 episode )
- 1959 The Twilight Zone ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Fremont
- 1959 The Twilight Zone ( 1 episode ) as Eliot Rathmann
- 1972 The Streets of San Francisco ( 1 episode )
- 1971 Alias Smith and Jones ( 1 episode )
- 1973 Hawkins ( 1 episode ) as Herb Talley
- 1981 Dynasty ( 5 episodes )
- 1958 Naked City ( 1 episode ) as John Clinton
- 1976 Charlie's Angels ( 1 episode ) as Kamden
- 1951 Dragnet ( 4 episodes )
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Clay Young
- 1963 Arrest and Trial ( 30 episodes ) as Jerry Miller
- 1966 Mission: Impossible ( 1 episode ) as Premier Anton Rojek
- 1971 Cannon ( 3 episodes )
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode )
- 1959 The Twilight Zone ( 1 episode ) as Sheriff Koch
- 1967 Ironside ( 1 episode )
- 1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents ( 1 episode ) as Sgt. Shaw
- 1978 Dallas ( 2 episodes ) as Wally Windham
- 1978 Dallas ( 3 episodes ) as Arlen Ward
- 1978 Dallas ( 1 episode ) as Arlen Ward / Atticus Ward
- 1978 Dallas ( 1 episode ) as Atticus Ward
- 1960 Outlaws ( 1 episode )
- 1961 Bus Stop ( 1 episode )
- 1958 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse ( 1 episode )
- 1966 Felony Squad ( 2 episodes )
- 1959 Rawhide ( 1 episode ) as Lennie Dawson
- 1978 Vega$ ( 2 episodes )
- 1970 Nanny and the Professor ( 1 episode )
- 1973 Police Story ( 1 episode )
- 1964 Daniel Boone ( 1 episode ) as Sam Hawken
- 1963 The Fugitive ( 1 episode ) as George Duncan
- 1953 I Led Three Lives ( 1 episode )
- 1975 Switch ( 1 episode ) as Stocker
- 1955 The Millionaire ( 1 episode ) as Thomas J. 'Tom' Mead
- 1962 The Virginian ( 1 episode ) as Sheriff Neil Brady
- 1977 Kingston: Confidential ( 1 episode )
- 1965 Convoy ( 13 episodes ) as Ben Foster
- 1977 Lucan ( 1 episode )
- 1958 Yancy Derringer ( 1 episode ) as Wayland Farr
- 1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars ( 1 episode ) as Luke Powers
- 1954 Climax! ( 1 episode ) as Cab Driver
- 1959 Adventures in Paradise ( 1 episode ) as Nicholas
- 1967 Judd, for the Defense ( 1 episode )
- 1963 The Fugitive ( 1 episode ) as Sheriff Ben Corby
- 1959 Black Saddle ( 1 episode ) as Ty Northrup
- 1958 Wanted: Dead or Alive ( 1 episode ) as Howie Kale
- 1958 The Rifleman ( 1 episode )
- 1961 Ben Casey ( 2 episodes )
- 1958 Bat Masterson ( 1 episode ) as Garrickson
- 1959 Laramie ( 1 episode )
- 1959 Law of the Plainsman ( 1 episode ) as Jasper Mullen
- 1961 The New Breed ( 1 episode ) as John Clark
- 1959 Wichita Town ( 1 episode )
- 1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Quine - Scout
- 1962 Stoney Burke ( 1 episode )
- 1959 Johnny Ringo ( 1 episode ) as Mills Walker
- 1959 Tightrope ( 1 episode )
- 1958 Jefferson Drum ( 1 episode ) as John Larkin
- 1961 Dr. Kildare ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Victor Jonah
- 1956 Telephone Time ( 1 episode )
- 1957 The Walter Winchell File ( 4 episodes )
- 1957 The Restless Gun ( 1 episode ) as Sheriff Riker
- 1977 The Feather And Father Gang ( 1 episode )
- 1977 Big Hawaii ( 1 episode )
- 1979 Big Shamus, Little Shamus ( 1 episode )
- 1953 Letter to Loretta ( 1 episode ) as S / Sgt. Ernie Robbins
- 1954 Public Defender ( 1 episode ) as Trusty
- 1975 Bronk ( 1 episode )
- 1958 The Texan ( 1 episode ) as Les Torbit
- 1958 Naked City ( 1 episode ) as Steve Werminski
- 1958 Naked City ( 1 episode ) as George Paraskis
- 1957 Wagon Train ( 1 episode ) as John Ramsey
- 1964 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Killman
- 1959 Rawhide ( 1 episode ) as Sam Garrett
- 1965 The F.B.I. ( 1 episode ) as Jules Harmon
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Jim Cobbett
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Rance
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Dan
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Zeno
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Serpa
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Shanks
- 1957 Have Gun, Will Travel ( 1 episode ) as McNagle
- 1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Cole Gentry
- 1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Magnus Kihlgren
- 1952 Four Star Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Harris
- 1957 The Restless Gun ( 1 episode ) as Anse Newton
- 1968 Hawaii Five-O ( 1 episode ) as Roger Maggers
- 1960 Route 66 ( 1 episode ) as Bill Morrison
- 1974 The Six Million Dollar Man ( 1 episode ) as Arthur Vale
- 1960 Route 66 ( 1 episode ) as Sandy Mason
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as 1st Sailor
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as A young tough
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Quintus
- 1961 The Dick Powell Show ( 1 episode ) as Sam Baker
- 1971 Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law ( 1 episode ) as George Patterson
- 1959 The Untouchables ( 1 episode ) as Bryan 'Bull' Hanlon
- 1954 The Wonderful World of Disney ( 1 episode ) as Frank Boyd
- 1967 The Invaders ( 1 episode ) as Greg Lucather
- 1974 Police Woman ( 1 episode ) as Lester Hummel
- 1978 The Critical List ( 2 episodes ) as Sprony
- 1957 The Restless Gun ( 1 episode ) as Red-eye Kirk
- 1962 The Virginian ( 1 episode ) as Sheriff
- 1954 Studio 57 ( 1 episode )
- 1950 Space Patrol ( 1 episode ) as Korwin
- 1954 The Lone Wolf ( 1 episode ) as Lt. Cellars
- 1959 Bonanza ( 1 episode ) as Blake McCall
- 1971 Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law ( 1 episode ) as David Cameron
- 1957 Have Gun, Will Travel ( 1 episode ) as Chaplain Robert April
- 1959 The Troubleshooters ( 1 episode ) as McGuire
- 1966 Mission: Impossible ( 1 episode ) as Larry Gault
- 1971 The Partners ( 1 episode ) as Sheriff Luke Fender
- 1953 I Led 3 Lives ( 1 episode ) as Terry
- 1957 Wagon Train ( 1 episode ) as Jethro Creech
- 1953 You Are There ( 1 episode ) as Cimber
- 1953 You Are There ( 1 episode ) as Col. Harrison
- 1953 You Are There ( 1 episode ) as Miner 1
