
John Larch
Acting
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.

Airplane II: The Sequel
Prosecuting Attorney

The Amityville Horror
Father Nuncio

A Fire in the Sky
Johnson

Future Cop
Commisioner Forman

Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
Gen. Omar Bradley

Framed
Bundy

Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
District Attorney

The Desperate Miles
Dr. Bryson

Bad Ronald
Sgt. Lynch

The Chadwick Family
Fargo

Winter Kill
Dr. Bill Hammond

Santee
Banner

Magic Carpet
Mr. Tracy

Women in Chains
Barney

Dirty Harry
Chief

Play Misty for Me
Sgt. McCallum

The City
Holland Yermo

Cannon for Cordoba
Warner

Move
Mounted Patrolman

Hail, Hero!
Mr. Conklin

The Great Bank Robbery
Sheriff of Friendly

The Wrecking Crew
MacDonald

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

Stampede at Bitter Creek
Frank Boyd

How the West Was Won
Grimes (uncredited)

Pages of Death
Councilman Halliday

Hell to Eternity
Capt. Schwabe

The Saga of Hemp Brown
Jed Givens

From Hell to Texas
Hal Carmody

Man in the Shadow
Ed Yates

Quantez
Heller

The Careless Years
Sam Vernon

Gun for a Coward
Stringer

Man from Del Rio
Bill Dawson

Written on the Wind
Roy Carter

7 Men from Now
Payte Bodeen

Behind the High Wall
William Kiley
Johnny Moccasin
Frank Hill

The Killer Is Loose
Otto Flanders

Illegal
District Attorney's Man (uncredited)

The McConnell Story
Cy

The Naked Street
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

The Phenix City Story
Clem Wilson

5 Against the House
Police Detective (uncredited)

Seven Angry Men
Sergeant

Tight Spot
First Detective (uncredited)

This Is My Love
Police Detective

Moby Dick
1st Sailor

Bitter Creek
Hired Gunman







