John Larch Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography

John Larch

John Larch

Acting

Biography

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.

Filmography Movies

Acting

7 Men from Now movie poster
MOVIE

7 Men from Now

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7 Men from Now
Payte Bodeen
The Phenix City Story movie poster
MOVIE

The Phenix City Story

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The Phenix City Story
Clem Wilson
Play Misty for Me movie poster
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Play Misty for Me

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Play Misty for Me
Sgt. McCallum
Framed movie poster
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Framed

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Framed
Bundy
Behind the High Wall movie poster
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Behind the High Wall

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Behind the High Wall
William Kiley
How the West Was Won movie poster
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How the West Was Won

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How the West Was Won
Grimes (uncredited)
Written on the Wind movie poster
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Written on the Wind

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Written on the Wind
Roy Carter
Man from Del Rio movie poster
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Man from Del Rio

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Man from Del Rio
Bill Dawson
Bad Ronald movie poster
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Bad Ronald

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Bad Ronald
Sgt. Lynch
Miracle of the White Stallions movie poster
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Miracle of the White Stallions

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Miracle of the White Stallions
General George S. Patton, Jr.

Gallery

John Larch portrait
John Larch portrait
John Larch portrait