Med Flory
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Birth name
| Meredith Irwin Flory
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Born
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1926-08-27
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August 27, 1926
Logansport, Indiana
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Died
| March 12, 2014
(2014-03-12)
(aged 87)
North Hollywood, Los Angeles
, California
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Genres
| Jazz
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Occupation(s)
| Musician, actor, screenwriter
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Instrument(s)
| Saxophone
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Musical artist
Meredith Irwin Flory
, known professionally as
Med Flory
(August 27, 1926 ? March 12, 2014),
[1]
was an American
jazz
saxophonist, bandleader, and actor.
Early years
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Flory was born in
Logansport, Indiana
, United States.
[2]
His mother was an organist and encouraged him to learn clarinet as a child. During
World War II
, he was an
Army Air Force
pilot, and after the war he received his college degree in philosophy from
Indiana University
.
[1]
Career
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Flory played in the bands of
Claude Thornhill
and
Woody Herman
in the early 1950s, before forming his own ensemble in New York City.
[2]
In 1955, he relocated to California and started a new group, which played at the 1958
Monterey Jazz Festival
. In the late 1950s, he played with
Terry Gibbs
,
Art Pepper
, and Herman again, playing both tenor and baritone saxophone.
[3]
He was cast in twenty-nine episodes from 1956 to 1957 of the
ABC
variety show
,
The Ray Anthony Show
.
In the 1960s, Flory was less active in music, working in television and film as an actor and screenwriter; his credits include
Wagon Train
,
The Rifleman
,
Ripcord
(twice),
Rawhide
(twice),
Gunsmoke
(twice),
Perry Mason
(twice - including 'The Case of Crying Comedian'),
Maverick
(twice),
The Virginian
(five episodes),
Route 66
(twice),
Bronco
,
Surfside 6
,
Mona McCluskey
,
Run, Buddy, Run
,
77 Sunset Strip
(three episodes),
The Dakotas
,
Destry
,
Lawman
(three episodes),
Wendy and Me
,
It's a Man's World
,
The Monroes
,
Cimarron Strip
,
Daniel Boone
(seven episodes),
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
(twice),
Bonanza
(three episodes),
Mannix
,
Lassie
(ten episodes),
How the West Was Won
(three episodes),
High Mountain Rangers
(four episodes as
Sheriff
Mike McBride) and the films,
Starsky and Hutch
(once),
The Gumball Rally
,
The Night of the Grizzly
with
Clint Walker
and
The Nutty Professor
with
Jerry Lewis
.
In the mid-1960s Flory worked with
Art Pepper
and
Joe Maini
on transcriptions and arrangements of
Charlie Parker
recordings, and in 1972, he co-founded
Supersax
, an ensemble devoted to Parker's work.
[2]
Supersax's debut album,
Supersax Plays Bird
, won a
Grammy Award
.
In 1972, Flory appeared in the first episode of the final season of
Mission Impossible
as Toledo.
Personal life
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Flory was married to Joan Barbara Fry until her death in 2000.
[4]
Death
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Flory died of a heart ailment
[4]
on March 12, 2014, in
Hollywood
,
California
, at the age of 87.
[1]
Filmography
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