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Born: October 4, 1914 – Died: October 16, 2005
John Larch was an instantly recognizable American character actor with a bulbous nose and a heavily lined face. Born on October 4, 1914, he became prominent in the entertainment industry in the 1950s and 60s. Larch began his career on radio as (Captain) Starr of space, battling Martians and Alien queens. With an impressive resume of TV series credits, he showcased his versatility in the best western, crime, and science-fiction shows of that era. Often typecast as authoritative figures like police officers, military men, attorneys, and politicians, Larch could effortlessly portray both integrity and menacing qualities. His memorable performance as a tough hood in "It's a Good Life" showcased his ability to portray hard malevolence. Larch's contributions to the entertainment industry have left an indelible mark on viewers.
Early Life and Career
John Larch's career in the entertainment industry spanned several decades and he left a lasting impact on Hollywood. Larch's ability to portray a wide range of characters, from authoritative figures to menacing villains, showcased his versatility as an actor.
Though he may not have achieved mainstream stardom, his memorable performances in various TV series and films have solidified his status as a respected character actor. His contributions to the entertainment industry continue to be appreciated by viewers.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1985–1990 | Dallas (TV Series) | Atticus Ward | Arlen Ward | Wally Windham |
| 1989 | War and Remembrance (TV Mini Series) | P.A. Announcer (Test Site) |
| 1988 | Simon & Simon (TV Series) | Deputy Sheriff John Burns |
| 1982–1988 | Dynasty (TV Series) | Gerald Wilson |
| 1982 | Airplane II: The Sequel | Prosecuting Attorney |
| 1982 | Private Benjamin (TV Series) | Gen. Wrangleman |
| 1981 | Judgment Day (TV Movie) | Burton Randolph |
| 1981 | The Dukes of Hazzard (TV Series) | Adam Venable |
| 1979–1980 | Vega$ (TV Series) | Ben Coleman | Jack the Ripper |
| 1980 | Little House on the Prairie (TV Series) | Arthur Mahoney |
| 1979 | Lou Grant (TV Series) | Lt. Bill Bergin | Bill Bergin |
| 1979 | The Amityville Horror | Father Nuncio |
| 1968–1979 | Hawaii Five-O (TV Series) | Roger Maggers | Joseph Trinian |
| 1979 | Quincy M.E. (TV Series) | John Riggins |
| 1978 | A Fire in the Sky (TV Movie) | Johnson |
| 1978 | Lucan (TV Series) | Dr. Mason Walker |
| 1978 | The Critical List (TV Movie) | Sprony |
| 1977 | Big Hawaii (TV Series) | Waltah Morrison |
| 1977 | The Six Million Dollar Man (TV Series) | Arthur Vale |
| 1977 | Kingston: Confidential (TV Series) | General Cutler |
| 1977 | The Feather and Father Gang (TV Series) | General Scott |
| 1977 | Charlie's Angels (TV Series) | Kamden |
| 1976 | Switch (TV Series) | Stocker |
| 1976 | Bert D'Angelo/Superstar (TV Series) | Rudy Paytchka |
| 1976 | Future Cop (TV Series) | Commissioner Forman |
| 1976 | Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur (TV Movie) | Gen. Omar Bradley |
| 1967–1975 | Ironside (TV Series) | Clint Yarborough | Pierre Dupont |
| 1975 | Bronk (TV Series) | Yarrow |
| 1975 | Framed | Bundy |
| 1975 | Ellery Queen (TV Series) | District Attorney |
| 1975 | The Desperate Miles (TV Movie) | Dr. Bryson |
| 1971–1974 | Medical Center (TV Series) | Dr. Cabe | Victor Crayton |
| 1974 | Bad Ronald (TV Movie) | Sgt. Lynch |
| 1974 | Police Woman (TV Series) | Lester Hummel |
| 1974 | The Chadwick Family (TV Movie) | Fargo |
| 1974 | Winter Kill (TV Movie) | Dr. Bill Hammond |
| 1974 | Hawkins (TV Series) | Herb Talley |
| 1974 | The Streets of San Francisco (TV Series) | Jack O'Moore |
| 1971–1973 | Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (TV Series) | David Cameron | George Patterson |
| 1972–1973 | Cannon (TV Series) | Pete Orsini | Sgt. Gil Nelson | Chief Horne |
| 1973 | Police Story (TV Series) | Maury |
| 1973 | Santee | Banner |
| 1973 | Madigan (TV Series) | Max Bennerman |
| 1972 | Insight (TV Series) | Father | Mr. Altman |
| 1970–1972 | Mission: Impossible (TV Series) | Larry Gault | Premier Anton Rojek |
| 1966–1972 | The F.B.I. (TV Series) | Jules Harmon | Fred Wallace |
| 1972 | Magic Carpet (TV Movie) | Mr. Tracy |
| 1972 | O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (TV Series) | Mike Albin |
| 1972 | Women in Chains (TV Movie) | Barney |
| 1971 | Dirty Harry | Chief |
| 1971 | The Smith Family (TV Series) | Commissioner Dan Connolly |
| 1971 | Nanny and the Professor (TV Series) | Skip Whitney |
| 1971 | The Partners (TV Series) | Sheriff Luke Fender |
| 1971 | Play Misty for Me | Sgt. McCallum |
| 1971 | The City (TV Movie) | Holland Yermo |
| 1971 | Alias Smith and Jones (TV Series) | Mike Griffin |
| 1970 | Cannon for Cordoba | Warner |
| 1970 | The Young Lawyers (TV Series) | Judge Matthew Harris |
| 1962–1970 | The Virginian (TV Series) | Sheriff | Charles Neely | Ben Hicks ... |
| 1970 | Move | Mounted Patrolman |
| 1969 | Hail, Hero! | Mr. Conklin |
| 1969 | The Great Bank Robbery | Sheriff |
| 1968 | The Wrecking Crew | MacDonald |
| 1966–1968 | The Felony Squad (TV Series) | Jonah Clinton | Bill Ehlers |
| 1967 | Judd for the Defense (TV Series) | D.A. Joseph Flexner |
| 1967 | Daniel Boone (TV Series) | Sam Hawken |
| 1967 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series) | Dr. Killman |
| 1967 | The Invaders (TV Series) | Greg Lucather |
| 1964–1967 | The Fugitive (TV Series) | Sheriff Ben Corby | George Duncan |
| 1965 | Convoy (TV Series) | Convoy Commodore Ben Foster | Capt. Ben Foster |
| 1965 | Slattery's People (TV Series) | Professor Jonathan Styx |
| 1963–1964 | Arrest and Trial (TV Series) | Deputy DA Jerry Miller | Deputy Dist. Atty. Jerry Miller | Deputy District Attorney Jerry Miller ... |
| 1962–1963 | Naked City (TV Series) | George Paraskis | Steve Werminski | John Clinton |
| 1962–1963 | Ben Casey (TV Series) | Robert Anderson | Walter Thurman |
| 1963 | Miracle of the White Stallions | General George S. Patton, Jr. |
| 1963 | Dr. Kildare (TV Series) | Dr. Victor Jonah |
| 1963 | Stoney Burke (TV Series) | Byron Latimer |
| 1959–1962 | Rawhide (TV Series) | Sam Garrett | Lennie Dawson |
| 1961–1962 | The Untouchables (TV Series) | Charley Radick | Bryan 'Bull' Hanlon |
| 1962 | How the West Was Won | Grimes (uncredited) |
| 1962 | The Dick Powell Theatre (TV Series) | Sam Baker |
| 1962 | The Law and Mr. Jones (TV Series) | Richard Walker |
| 1962 | Pages of Death (Short) | Councilman Halliday |
| 1958–1962 | Wagon Train (TV Series) | Jethro Creech | Ben Harness | John Ramsey ... |
| 1960–1962 | Route 66 (TV Series) | Sandy Mason | Bill Morrison | Sheriff Hingle |
| 1960–1962 | Laramie (TV Series) | Matt Grundy | Gabe Reynolds |
| 1962 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) | Sgt. Shaw |
| 1962 | Cain's Hundred (TV Series) | Benjamin Riker |
| 1959–1961 | Tales of Wells Fargo (TV Series) | Beaker | Johnny |
| 1959–1961 | The Twilight Zone (TV Series) | Mr. Fremont | Sheriff Koch | Dr. Eliot Rathmann |
| 1961 | Bus Stop (TV Series) | Arthur Simms |
| 1955–1961 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) | Shanks | Serpa | Dan ... |
| 1961 | The New Breed (TV Series) | John Clark |
| 1956–1961 | Zane Grey Theatre (TV Series) | Magnus Kihlgren | Dr. Cole Gentry | Quine - Scout |
| 1961 | The Rifleman (TV Series) | Jack Cooke |
| 1960 | The Deputy (TV Series) | Jack Rivers |
| 1960 | Outlaws (TV Series) | Tillitson |
| 1958–1960 | Have Gun - Will Travel (TV Series) | McNagle | Chaplain Robert April |
| 1960 | Hell to Eternity | Capt. Schwabe |
| 1960 | Goodyear Theatre (TV Series) | Isaiah Macabee |
| 1960 | Johnny Ringo (TV Series) | Mills Walker |
| 1960 | Law of the Plainsman (TV Series) | Jasper Mullen |
| 1960 | Adventures in Paradise (TV Series) | Nicholas |
| 1959 | Grand Jury (TV Series) | Tamby |
| 1959 | Tightrope (TV Series) | Al Metaxas |
| 1959 | Hotel de Paree (TV Series) | Hallock |
| 1959 | Wichita Town (TV Series) | Gant |
| 1959 | Troubleshooters (TV Series) | Unknown |
| 1959 | Alcoa Theatre (TV Series) | Col. Brandt |
| 1959 | Bonanza (TV Series) | Blake McCall |
| 1959 | Riverboat (TV Series) | Touhy |
| 1959 | Yancy Derringer (TV Series) | Wayland Farr |
| 1959 | Bat Masterson (TV Series) | Garrickson |
| 1959 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (TV Series) | Keogh |
| 1959 | The Magical World of Disney (TV Series) | Frank Boyd |
| 1959 | Black Saddle (TV Series) | Ty Northrup |
| 1959 | The Rough Riders (TV Series) | Ed Mackin |
| 1958 | Wanted: Dead or Alive (TV Series) | Howie Kale |
| 1957–1958 | The Restless Gun (TV Series) | Anse Newton | Red-eye Kirk | Sheriff Riker ... |
| 1958 | The Saga of Hemp Brown | Jed Givens |
| 1958 | The Texan (TV Series) | Les Torbit |
| 1958 | The Walter Winchell File (TV Series) | Lt. Michaels |
| 1958 | From Hell to Texas | Hal Carmody |
| 1958 | Jefferson Drum (TV Series) | John Larkin |
| 1958 | Telephone Time (TV Series) | Oliver Loving |
| 1957–1958 | Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (TV Series) | Jim Benton | Carl Mason |
| 1957 | The Careless Years | Sam Vernon |
| 1957 | The Web (TV Series) | Pete Boran | Pocker |
| 1957 | Quantez | Heller |
| 1957 | Undercurrent (TV Series) | Pocker |
| 1957 | Man in the Shadow | Ed Yates |
| 1957 | Climax! (TV Series) | Cab Driver |
| 1957 | Broken Arrow (TV Series) | Taggert |
| 1956 | Johnny Moccasin (TV Movie) | Frank Hill |
| 1956 | Gun for a Coward | Stringer |
| 1956 | Man from Del Rio | Bill Dawson |
| 1956 | Written on the Wind | Roy Carter |
| 1956 | Behind the High Wall | William Kiley |
| 1956 | 7 Men from Now | Payte Bodeen |
| 1956 | Celebrity Playhouse (TV Series) | Pocker |
| 1956 | The Millionaire (TV Series) | Tom Mead |
| 1956 | Front Row Center (TV Series) | Frank Cobra |
| 1956 | Studio 57 (TV Series) | Unknown |
| 1953–1956 | You Are There (TV Series) | Miner 1 | Col. Harrison | Rafferty ... |
| 1956 | The Killer Is Loose | Otto Flanders |
| 1955 | The Loretta Young Show (TV Series) | S | Sgt. Ernie Robbins |
| 1955 | Illegal | District Attorney's Man (uncredited) |
| 1955 | The McConnell Story | Cy (uncredited) |
| 1955 | The Naked Street | Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited) |
| 1955 | The Phenix City Story | Clem Wilson |
| 1955 | 5 Against the House | Police Detective (uncredited) |
| 1955 | TV Reader's Digest (TV Series) | Unknown |
| 1955 | Seven Angry Men | Truce Flag-Bearing Sergeant (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Tight Spot | First Detective (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Big Town (TV Series) | Police Sergeant |
| 1955 | Public Defender (TV Series) | Trusty |
| 1955 | The Shining Beacon (TV Movie) | Quintus |
| 1955 | Dr. Harvey W. Wiley (TV Movie) | Young Tough |
| 1954 | The Lone Wolf (TV Series) | Lt. Cellars |
| 1954 | Waterfront (TV Series) | Kirk | Palmer |
| 1954 | Medic (TV Series) | Dr. Carns |
| 1954 | This Is My Love | Police Detective (uncredited) |
| 1953–1954 | Schlitz Playhouse (TV Series) | Luke Powers | Detective |
| 1954 | John Paul Jones (TV Movie) | Unknown |
| 1953–1954 | Dragnet (TV Series) | Unknown |
| 1954 | Moby Dick (TV Movie) | 1st Sailor |
| 1953–1954 | Space Patrol (TV Series) | Nick | Korwin |
| 1954 | Four Star Playhouse (TV Series) | Harris |
| 1954 | Bitter Creek | Hired Gunman |
| 1953 | I Led 3 Lives (TV Series) | Terry |
| 1953 | The Red Skelton Hour (TV Series) | Marriage Broker sketch (uncredited) |
| 1953 | McCoy of Abilene (TV Movie) | Unknown |
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