John Larch

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 195354 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 Five0 Mission Impossible two episodes The Troubleshooters Bus Stop Laramie The Law and Mr Jones and possibly most famously as Bill Mumys father in The Twilight Zone episode Its 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia