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John Larch
Acting
1914-10-04 - Present
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.
Credits
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Dirty HarryasChief
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The Amityville HorrorasFather Nuncio
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Airplane II: The SequelasProsecuting Attorney
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How the West Was WonasGrimes (uncredited)
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Play Misty for MeasSgt. McCallum
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Seven Men from NowasPayte Bodeen
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The Wrecking CrewasMacDonald
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Written on the WindasRoy Carter
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IllegalasDistrict Attorney's Man (uncredited)
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Tight SpotasFirst Detective (uncredited)
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5 Against the HouseasPolice Detective (uncredited)
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Man in the ShadowasEd Yates
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Miracle of the White StallionsasGeneral George S. Patton, Jr.
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Behind the High WallasWilliam Kiley
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Bad RonaldasSgt. Lynch
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The Great Bank RobberyasSheriff of Friendly
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Gun for a CowardasStringer
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Cannon for CordobaasWarner
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Man from Del RioasBill Dawson
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The McConnell StoryasCy
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Hail, Hero!asMr. Conklin
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A Fire in the SkyasJohnson
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QuantezasHeller
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The Phenix City StoryasClem Wilson
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SanteeasBanner
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FramedasBundy
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This Is My LoveasPolice Detective
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From Hell to TexasasHal Carmody
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The Saga of Hemp BrownasJed Givens
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Women in ChainsasBarney
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The Chadwick FamilyasFargo
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The Killer Is LooseasOtto Flanders
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Hell to EternityasCapt. Schwabe
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The Naked StreetasDesk Sergeant (uncredited)
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Future CopasCommisioner Forman
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Bitter CreekasHired Gunman
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Seven Angry MenasSergeant
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Winter KillasDr. Bill Hammond
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Pages of DeathasCouncilman Halliday
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Ellery Queen: Too Many SuspectsasDistrict Attorney
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MoveasMounted Patrolman
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The Careless YearsasSam Vernon
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Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthurasGen. Omar Bradley
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The CityasHolland Yermo
Johnny MoccasinasFrank Hill
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Magic CarpetasMr. Tracy
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Moby Dickas1st Sailor
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The Desperate MilesasDr. Bryson