
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".
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Credits

Dirty HarryasChief

The Amityville HorrorasFather Nuncio

Airplane II: The SequelasProsecuting Attorney

How the West Was WonasGrimes (uncredited)

Play Misty for MeasSgt. McCallum

Seven Men from NowasPayte Bodeen

The Wrecking CrewasMacDonald

Written on the WindasRoy Carter

IllegalasDistrict Attorney's Man (uncredited)

Tight SpotasFirst Detective (uncredited)

5 Against the HouseasPolice Detective (uncredited)

Man in the ShadowasEd Yates

Miracle of the White StallionsasGeneral George S. Patton, Jr.

Behind the High WallasWilliam Kiley

Bad RonaldasSgt. Lynch

The Great Bank RobberyasSheriff of Friendly

Gun for a CowardasStringer

Cannon for CordobaasWarner

Man from Del RioasBill Dawson

The McConnell StoryasCy

Hail, Hero!asMr. Conklin

A Fire in the SkyasJohnson

QuantezasHeller

The Phenix City StoryasClem Wilson

SanteeasBanner

FramedasBundy

This Is My LoveasPolice Detective

From Hell to TexasasHal Carmody

The Saga of Hemp BrownasJed Givens

Women in ChainsasBarney

The Chadwick FamilyasFargo

The Killer Is LooseasOtto Flanders

Hell to EternityasCapt. Schwabe

The Naked StreetasDesk Sergeant (uncredited)

Future CopasCommisioner Forman

Bitter CreekasHired Gunman

Seven Angry MenasSergeant

Winter KillasDr. Bill Hammond

Pages of DeathasCouncilman Halliday

Ellery Queen: Too Many SuspectsasDistrict Attorney

MoveasMounted Patrolman

The Careless YearsasSam Vernon

Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthurasGen. Omar Bradley

The CityasHolland Yermo
Johnny MoccasinasFrank Hill

Magic CarpetasMr. Tracy

Moby Dickas1st Sailor

The Desperate MilesasDr. Bryson