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.
Known for
Credits
How the West Was Won (1962)
as Grimes (uncredited)
Dirty Harry (1971)
as Chief
The Amityville Horror (1979)
as Father Nuncio
Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
as Prosecuting Attorney
Play Misty for Me (1971)
as Sgt. McCallum
The Wrecking Crew (1968)
as MacDonald
Written on the Wind (1956)
as Roy Carter
7 Men from Now (1956)
as Payte Bodeen
Quantez (1957)
as Heller
Bad Ronald (1974)
as Sgt. Lynch
The Naked Street (1955)
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
The Great Bank Robbery (1969)
as Sheriff of Friendly
Hail, Hero! (1969)
as Mr. Conklin
Future Cop (1976)
as Commisioner Forman
Johnny Moccasin (1956)
as Frank Hill
Tight Spot (1955)
as First Detective (uncredited)
A Fire in the Sky (1978)
as Johnson
Man in the Shadow (1957)
as Ed Yates
Illegal (1955)
as District Attorney's Man (uncredited)
From Hell to Texas (1958)
as Hal Carmody
The City (1971)
as Holland Yermo
5 Against the House (1955)
as Police Detective (uncredited)
Cannon for Cordoba (1970)
as Warner
The Phenix City Story (1955)
as Clem Wilson
Winter Kill (1974)
as Dr. Bill Hammond
The Killer Is Loose (1956)
as Otto Flanders
The Saga of Hemp Brown (1958)
as Jed Givens
The McConnell Story (1955)
as Cy
Moby Dick (1954)
as 1st Sailor
Framed (1975)
as Bundy
Man from Del Rio (1956)
as Bill Dawson
Magic Carpet (1972)
as Mr. Tracy
Gun for a Coward (1956)
as Stringer
Hell to Eternity (1960)
as Capt. Schwabe
This Is My Love (1954)
as Police Detective
The Careless Years (1957)
as Sam Vernon
Miracle of the White Stallions (1963)
as General George S. Patton, Jr.
Move (1970)
as Mounted Patrolman
Seven Angry Men (1955)
as Sergeant
Behind the High Wall (1956)
as William Kiley
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur (1976)
as Gen. Omar Bradley
The Chadwick Family (1974)
as Fargo
Santee (1973)
as Banner
Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects (1975)
as District Attorney
Bitter Creek (1954)
as Hired Gunman
Stampede at Bitter Creek (1962)
as Frank Boyd
Women in Chains (1972)
as Barney
The Desperate Miles (1975)
as Dr. Bryson
Pages of Death (1962)
as Councilman Halliday