Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 04, 1914
Died
Oct 16, 2005
Place of Birth
Salem, Massachusetts, USA
Credits
139 titles
John Larch
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
Prosecuting Attorney
Simon & Simon
Deputy Sheriff John Burns
Dynasty
Big Shamus, Little Shamus
The Amityville Horror
Father Nuncio
A Fire in the Sky
Johnson
Vega$
The Critical List
Sprony
Dallas
Atticus Ward
Big Hawaii
Lucan
Kingston: Confidential
The Feather And Father Gang
Quincy, M.E.
Charlie's Angels
Kamden
Future Cop
Commisioner Forman
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
Gen. Omar Bradley
Switch
Stocker
Framed
Bundy
Bronk
Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
District Attorney
The Desperate Miles
Dr. Bryson
Bad Ronald
Sgt. Lynch
Police Woman
Lester Hummel
Little House on the Prairie
Arthur Mahoney
The Chadwick Family
Fargo
Winter Kill
Dr. Bill Hammond
The Six Million Dollar Man
Arthur Vale
Santee
Banner
Police Story
Hawkins
Herb Talley
Magic Carpet
Mr. Tracy
The Streets of San Francisco
Women in Chains
Barney
Dirty Harry
Chief
Play Misty for Me
Sgt. McCallum
The Partners
Sheriff Luke Fender
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
George Patterson
Cannon
The City
Holland Yermo
Alias Smith and Jones
Cannon for Cordoba
Warner
Move
Mounted Patrolman
Nanny and the Professor
Hail, Hero!
Mr. Conklin
The Great Bank Robbery
Sheriff of Friendly
The Wrecking Crew
MacDonald
Hawaii Five-O
Joseph Trinian
Judd, for the Defense
Ironside