John Larch
Known for: Acting
Born: October 4, 1914
Died: October 16, 2005
Place of birth: Salem, Massachusetts, USA
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.
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Filmography
49 movies · 90 TV shows, newest first
6.1
Airplane II: The Sequel
1982
6.7
Simon & Simon
1981
6.5
Dynasty
1981
7.0
Big Shamus, Little Shamus
1979
6.3
The Amityville Horror
1979
5.8
A Fire in the Sky
1978
6.9
Vega$
1978
9.0
The Critical List
1978
6.9
Dallas
1978
6.0
Big Hawaii
1977
8.0
Lucan
1977
7.0
Kingston: Confidential
1977
NR
The Feather And Father Gang
1977
7.5
Quincy, M.E.
1976
6.7
Charlie's Angels
1976
7.5
Future Cop
1976
4.0
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
1976
6.6
Switch
1975
6.6
Framed
1975
6.8
Bronk
1975
8.0
Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
1975
7.0
The Desperate Miles
1975
6.4
Bad Ronald
1974
6.4
Police Woman
1974
8.0
Little House on the Prairie
1974
6.5
The Chadwick Family
1974
7.2
Winter Kill
1974
7.3
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
5.5
Santee
1973
7.0
Police Story
1973
7.8
Hawkins
1973
9.0
Magic Carpet
1972
7.1
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
7.0
Women in Chains
1972
7.5
Dirty Harry
1971
6.6
Play Misty for Me
19716.5
The Partners
1971
6.5
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971
6.7
Cannon
1971
4.5
The City
1971
7.0
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
5.6
Cannon for Cordoba
1970
5.5
Move
1970
6.7
Nanny and the Professor
1970
6.5
Hail, Hero!
1969
6.6
The Great Bank Robbery
1969
5.7
The Wrecking Crew
1968
7.2
Hawaii Five-O
1968
7.7
Judd, for the Defense
1967
6.8
Ironside
1967
6.9
The Invaders
1967
7.6
Mission: Impossible
1966
6.5
Felony Squad
1966
5.6
The F.B.I.
19657.7
Convoy
1965
7.0
Daniel Boone
1964
7.2
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
7.3
The Fugitive
1963
8.3
Arrest and Trial
1963
5.8
Miracle of the White Stallions
1963
NR
Stampede at Bitter Creek
1962
7.0
How the West Was Won
1962
6.8
Stoney Burke
1962
6.5
The Virginian
1962
5.0
Pages of Death
1962
7.7
The New Breed
1961
5.9
Ben Casey
1961
10.0
Bus Stop
1961
5.7
Dr. Kildare
1961
5.7
The Dick Powell Show
1961
5.2
Cain's Hundred
1961
6.7
Route 66
1960
6.7
Outlaws
1960
6.3
Hell to Eternity
1960
8.0
The Untouchables
1959
6.1
Adventures in Paradise
1959
8.5
The Twilight Zone
1959
5.9
Johnny Ringo
1959
7.3
Law of the Plainsman
1959
4.9
Wichita Town
1959
6.7
Laramie
1959
7.5
Bonanza
1959
10.0
The Troubleshooters
1959
6.3
Tightrope
1959
6.2
Black Saddle
1959
7.2
Rawhide
1959
6.4
Bat Masterson
1958
6.3
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
6.2
Yancy Derringer
1958
5.7
Naked City
1958
7.1
The Rifleman
1958
6.0
The Texan
1958
7.0
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
6.4
The Saga of Hemp Brown
1958
6.0
From Hell to Texas
19585.3
Jefferson Drum
1958
6.7
Man in the Shadow
1957
7.5
The Walter Winchell File
1957
4.4
The Restless Gun
1957
6.6
Wagon Train
1957
7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
5.8
Quantez
1957
5.7
The Careless Years
1957
6.0
Gun for a Coward
1956
6.5
Man from Del Rio
1956
6.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
7.0
Written on the Wind
1956
6.8
7 Men from Now
1956
5.5
Behind the High Wall
1956NR
Johnny Moccasin
1956
6.5
Telephone Time
1956
6.7
The Killer Is Loose
1956
6.5
Illegal
1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
6.8
The McConnell Story
1955
6.7
Gunsmoke
1955
6.2
The Naked Street
1955
6.5
The Phenix City Story
1955
5.9
5 Against the House
1955
6.0
Seven Angry Men
1955
6.5
Tight Spot
1955
5.8
The Millionaire
1955
8.8
This Is My Love
1954
7.9
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
3.8
Climax!
1954
7.5
Studio 57
1954
9.0
Moby Dick
1954
8.0
The Lone Wolf
1954
6.3
Public Defender
1954
6.5
Bitter Creek
1954NR
I Led 3 Lives
1953
6.6
Letter to Loretta
1953
6.0
You Are There
1953
8.0
I Led Three Lives
1953
6.8
Four Star Playhouse
1952
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
6.5
Dragnet
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
6.6
Space Patrol
1950