John Larch
Acting
- Born:
- 1914-10-04
- Died:
- 2005-10-16
- 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". Description above from the Wikipedia article John Larch, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Airplane II: The Sequel
Simon & Simon
Dynasty
Big Shamus, Little Shamus
The Amityville Horror
A Fire in the Sky
Vega$
The Critical List
Dallas
Big Hawaii
Lucan
Kingston: Confidential
The Feather And Father Gang
Quincy, M.E.
Charlie's Angels
Future Cop
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
Switch
Framed
Bronk
Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
The Desperate Miles
Bad Ronald
Police Woman
Little House on the Prairie
The Chadwick Family
Winter Kill
The Six Million Dollar Man
Santee
Police Story
Hawkins
Magic Carpet
The Streets of San Francisco
Women in Chains
Dirty Harry
Play Misty for Me
The Partners
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Cannon
The City
Alias Smith and Jones
Cannon for Cordoba
Move
Nanny and the Professor
Hail, Hero!
The Great Bank Robbery
Hawaii Five-O
The Wrecking Crew
Judd, for the Defense
Ironside
The Invaders
Mission: Impossible
Felony Squad
The F.B.I.
Convoy
Daniel Boone
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
The Fugitive
Arrest and Trial
Miracle of the White Stallions
Stampede at Bitter Creek
How the West Was Won
Stoney Burke
The Virginian
Pages of Death
The New Breed
Ben Casey
Bus Stop
Dr. Kildare
The Dick Powell Show
Cain's Hundred
Route 66
Outlaws
Hell to Eternity
The Untouchables
Adventures in Paradise
The Twilight Zone
Johnny Ringo
Law of the Plainsman
Wichita Town
Laramie
Bonanza
The Troubleshooters
Tightrope
Black Saddle
Rawhide
Bat Masterson
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Yancy Derringer
Naked City
The Rifleman
The Texan
Wanted: Dead or Alive
The Saga of Hemp Brown
From Hell to Texas
Jefferson Drum
Man in the Shadow
The Walter Winchell File
The Restless Gun
Wagon Train
Have Gun, Will Travel
Quantez
The Careless Years
Gun for a Coward
Man from Del Rio
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Written on the Wind
7 Men from Now
Behind the High Wall
Johnny Moccasin
Telephone Time
The Killer Is Loose
Illegal
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The McConnell Story
Gunsmoke
The Naked Street
The Phenix City Story
5 Against the House
Seven Angry Men
Tight Spot
The Millionaire
This Is My Love
The Wonderful World of Disney
Climax!
Studio 57
Moby Dick
The Lone Wolf
Public Defender
Bitter Creek
I Led 3 Lives
Letter to Loretta
You Are There
I Led Three Lives
Four Star Playhouse
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dragnet
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Space Patrol