Myron Healey
Acting
- Born:
- 1923-06-08
- Died:
- 2005-12-21
- Place of birth:
- Petaluma, California, USA
Biography
Myron Daniel Healey was an American actor. He began his career in Hollywood, California, during the early 1940s in bit parts and minor supporting roles at various studios. Healey's film debut came in 1943 with Young Ideas. Returning to film work after the war, Healey played villains and henchmen in low-budget western films. He also did some screenwriting. In the post-war period he was often seen in westerns from Monogram Pictures, often starring Johnny Mack Brown, Jimmy Wakely and Whip Wilson. In the 1950s Healey moved to more "bad guy" roles in other films, including the Bomba and Jungle Jim series, crime dramas and more westerns. He portrayed the bandit Bob Dalton in an episode of the syndicated television series Stories of the Century, starring and narrated by Jim Davis. In 1955, he played a "good guy" for a change as Phyllis Coates' partner in the 1955 Republic Pictures serial Panther Girl of the Kongo. Healey appeared seven times as Capt. Bandcroft in The Adventures of Kit Carson. Healey played the outlaw Johnny Ringo in the western television series Tombstone Territory, with Pat Conway as Sheriff Clay Hollister, in the episode "Johnny Ringo's Last Ride". He appeared in an episode of the children's western series Buckskin, which aired on NBC from 1958-59. He was a semi-regular on programs produced by Gene Autry's Flying A production company: Annie Oakley, Buffalo Bill, Jr., The Range Rider, and The Gene Autry Show. He also guest-starred on the crime drama with a modern western setting, Sheriff of Cochise, starring John Bromfield, and in the western set in the 1840s, Riverboat, starring Darren McGavin. He also appeared in an episode of the second season of Zorro. Between 1960 and 1963, Healey appeared five times on the NBC western Laramie, starring John Smith and Robert Fuller. He appeared ten times on another NBC western, The Virginian, and four times on Laredo. From 1959 to 1961, he played Maj. Peter Horry, top aide to Leslie Nielsen, in the miniseries Swamp Fox on Walt Disney Presents, based on the American Revolutionary War hero Francis Marion. In 1970, Healey appeared as Wardlow in the TV western "The Men From Shiloh" (the rebranded name of The Virginian) in the episode titled "Jenny." Collectively, Healey appeared in some 140 films, including 81 westerns and three serials. Among his non-western pictures, he appeared in at least two horror films: the Americanized version of the Japanese giant-monster movie Varan the Unbelievable and The Incredible Melting Man.
Known For
Filmography
Pulse
Ghost Fever
Forever and Beyond
V
Goodnight, Beantown
Knight Rider
Fame
Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge
Goodbye, Franklin High
The Amazing Spider-Man
The Other Side of the Mountain: Part II
The Incredible Melting Man
The Incredible Hulk
CHiPs
Claws
Switch
Smoke In The Wind
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Kung Fu
Delphi Bureau
Ghost Story
The Young Rebels
The Cheyenne Social Club
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
The Over the Hill Gang
True Grit
Shadow on the Land
Land of the Giants
Adam-12
The Outsider
The Shakiest Gun in the West
Journey to Shiloh
Mannix
The High Chaparral
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Ironside
Gunfight in Abilene
The Claw Monsters
Mirage
Laredo
Daniel Boone
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Arrest and Trial
The Dakotas
Varan the Unbelievable
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Virginian
Convicts 4
Gunslinger
The Case of the Dangerous Robin
Surfside 6
The Islanders
Outlaws
Checkmate
Ma Barker's Killer Brood
The Swamp Fox
Hawaiian Eye
Bourbon Street Beat
The Alaskans
The Rebel
Lock-Up
Laramie
Riverboat
Tightrope
Rio Bravo
Rawhide
Bat Masterson
Behind Closed Doors
The Texan
Bronco
Peter Gunn
Apache Territory
Quantrill's Raiders
Cole Younger, Gunfighter
Destination Nightmare
Sea Hunt
The Veil
Escape from Red Rock
The Hard Man
26 Men
Undersea Girl
Maverick
Perry Mason
M Squad
Sugarfoot
Guns Don't Argue
The Unearthly
Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend
Lure of the Swamp
The Restless Breed
Hell's Crossroads
The White Squaw
Running Target
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Calling Homicide
State Trooper
Broken Arrow
The Young Guns
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Magnificent Roughnecks
The First Texan
Slightly Scarlet
Meet Mrs. Swenson
Dig That Uranium
Matinee Theater
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Count Three and Pray
The Adventures of Champion
Tennessee's Partner
Cheyenne
Gunsmoke
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Gang Busters
The Man from Bitter Ridge
Jungle Moon Men
Rage at Dawn
Buffalo Bill Jr.
African Manhunt
Panther Girl of the Kongo
Cattle Queen of Montana
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
Lassie
Silver Lode
Rails Into Laramie
Annie Oakley
Texas Bad Man
Vigilante Terror
Hot News
Combat Squad
Saginaw Trail
Fighting Lawman
The Moonlighter
Son of Belle Starr
White Lightning
Kansas Pacific
The Studebaker Story
The Maverick
Monsoon
Desperadoes' Outpost
Apache War Smoke
Adventures of Superman
Hopalong Cassidy
Fargo
The Kid from Broken Gun
Storm Over Tibet
Montana Territory
Gang Busters
Rodeo
Fort Osage
Chevron Theatre
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Big Night
Silver City
The Longhorn
Elephant Stampede
Slaughter Trail
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Journey Into Light
The Adventures of Kit Carson
Bonanza Town
Montana Desperado
The Texas Rangers
Roar of the Iron Horse
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Night Riders of Montana
Baby Sitters Jitters
Colorado Ambush
Short Grass
Outlaw Gold
Hot Rod
Law of the Panhandle
The Fuller Brush Girl
I Killed Geronimo
The Gene Autry Show
Hi-Jacked
Federal Man
In a Lonely Place
Salt Lake Raiders
No Sad Songs for Me
Over the Border
West of Wyoming
Trail of the Rustlers
Fence Riders
Lawless Code
Pioneer Marshal
Riders of the Dusk
Western Renegades
Air Hostess
Haunted Trails
South of Rio
Mr. Soft Touch
Range Justice
The Wyoming Bandit
Brand of Fear
Laramie
Across The Rio Grande
Trails End
Gun Law Justice
Knock on Any Door
Slightly French
Wake of the Red Witch
Ladies of the Chorus
Hidden Danger
You Gotta Stay Happy
Walk a Crooked Mile
The Man from Colorado
Blondie's Reward
I, Jane Doe
Tall, Dark and Gruesome
It Had to Be You
Buck Privates Come Home
That Brennan Girl
The Time of Their Lives
Swing Shift Maisie