Gregg Palmer

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Gregg Palmer
Palmer in Magnificent Obsession , 1954
Born
Palmer Edwin Lee [1] [2]

( 1927-01-25 ) January 25, 1927
San Francisco, California , U.S.
Died October 31, 2015 (2015-10-31) (aged 88)
Encino, California , U.S.
Occupation(s) Film and television actor
Years active 1950?1982
Spouse
Ruth Stump Brooks
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( m.  1967; died. 1999) ​
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Palmer Edwin Lee (January 25, 1927 ? October 31, 2015), known by his stage name Gregg Palmer , was an American film and television actor. [4]

Biography [ edit ]

Born in San Francisco, California , [3] Palmer served in the United States Army Air Corps as a cryptographer in World War II . [5] He began his acting career in 1950 with the uncredited role of an ambulance driver [5] in the film My Friend Irma Goes West . [6]

Palmer (right) with Kathleen Crowley in The Rebel Set , 1959

Palmer guest-starred in numerous television programs, including Gunsmoke , Bonanza , Wagon Train , Kolchak: The Night Stalker , The Virginian , The Wild Wild West , Rawhide , Star Trek: The Original Series , Mannix , Mission: Impossible and Death Valley Days . [5] [6] He also appeared in films, including Big Jake , Rio Lobo , Magnificent Obsession , To Hell and Back , The Shootist , The Rebel Set , Zombies of Mora Tau , [7] Taza, Son of Cochise , Francis Goes to West Point and The Creature Walks Among Us . [3] [6] Palmer played Tom McLowery in the western television series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp . Palmer retired in 1982, his last credit being in the miniseries The Blue and the Gray .

Palmer in Big Jake , 1971

Palmer died in October 2015 in Encino, California , at the age of 88. [5] [6]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ "Actor Makes Good, Gets a New Name; Palmer Lee Emerges as Gregg Palmer as Universal Starts Grooming Him for Stardom" . The New York Times . July 8, 1953 . Retrieved September 5, 2021 .
  2. ^ Room, Adrian (January 10, 2014). Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins, 5th Ed . McFarland. p. 366. ISBN   9780786457632 – via Google Books .
  3. ^ a b c Magers, Boyd. "Gregg Palmer" . Western Clippings . Archived from the original on July 11, 2021 . Retrieved September 5, 2021 – via Wayback Machine .
  4. ^ Halliburton, Suzanne (April 11, 2021). "John Wayne Gave His Co-Star This Iconic Nickname" . Outsider . Retrieved September 5, 2021 .
  5. ^ a b c d "Gregg Palmer Obituary (1927 ? 2015)" . The Times . November 2, 2015 . Retrieved September 5, 2021 .
  6. ^ a b c d Barnes, Mike (November 5, 2015). "Gregg Palmer, Bad Guy in John Wayne's 'Big Jake,' Dies at 88" . The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved September 5, 2021 .
  7. ^ Johnson, John (1996). Cheap Tricks and Class Acts: Special Effects, Makeup, and Stunts from the Films of the Fantastic Fifties . McFarland. p. 214. ISBN   9780786400935 – via Google Books .

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