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Willard Parker

Actor

Willard Parker

Born February 6, 1912 in New York City, New York, USADied December 4, 199643 films

Willard Parker (born Worster Van Eps, February 5, 1912 – December 4, 1996) was an American film and television actor. He was a leading man under contract to Columbia Pictures in the 1940s and starred in the TV series Tales of the Texas Rangers (1955–58).

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Kiss Me Kate posterFirst watchKiss Me Kate19536.5as Tex CallawayA pair of divorced actors are brought together to participate in a musical version of The Taming of the Shrew. Of course, the couple seem to act a great deal like the characters they play,…View film

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The Earth Dies Screaming poster6.3The Earth Dies Screaming1964

Filmography

43 films as actor
  1. 1972The Great WaltzKarl Treffz
  2. 1966WacoPete Jenner
  3. 1964The Earth Dies ScreamingJeff Nolan
  4. 1962Air PatrolLt. Vern Tyler
  5. 1960The High Powered RifleStephen Dancer
  6. 1960Walk TallCaptain Ed Trask
  7. 1960Young Jesse JamesCole Younger
  8. 1959Lone TexanClint Banister
  9. 1957Lure of the SwampJames Lister
  10. 1956Naked GunBreen Mathews
  11. 1953Kiss Me KateTex Callaway
  12. 1953The Great Jesse James RaidJesse James
  13. 1953The VanquishedCaptain Kirby
  14. 1953SangareeGabriel Thatch
  15. 1952CaribbeanShively
  16. 1951Apache DrumsMayor Joe Madden
  17. 1951My True StoryBill Phillips
  18. 1950Hunt the Man DownBurnell 'Brick' Appleby
  19. 1950The Bandit QueenDan Hinsdale
  20. 1950Emergency WeddingVandemer
  21. 1950David Harding, CounterspyCommander Jerry Baldwin
  22. 1950The Secret FurySmith (uncredited)
  23. 1949BodyholdTommy Jones
  24. 1949Calamity Jane and Sam BassSheriff Will Egan
  25. 1949Slightly FrenchDouglas Hyde
  26. 1948You Gotta Stay HappyHenry Benson
  27. 1948RelentlessJeff Moyer
  28. 1948The Mating of MilliePhil Gowan
  29. 1948The Wreck of the HesperusJohn Macready
  30. 1946RenegadesDr. Sam Martin
  31. 1946One Way to LoveMitchell Raymond
  32. 1945The Fighting GuardsmanBaron François
  33. 1943What a WomanProf. Michael 'Mike' Cobb
  34. 1939The Zero HourLansdowne
  35. 1938A Slight Case of MurderDick Whitewood
  36. 1938The Invisible MenacePvt. Booker
  37. 1937Missing WitnessesHotel Clerk (uncredited)
  38. 1937The Adventurous BlondeClerk (uncredited)
  39. 1937Over the GoalDuke Davis
  40. 1937Alcatraz IslandReporter (uncredited)
  41. 1937Love Is on the AirLes Quimby
  42. 1937That Certain WomanReporter (uncredited)
  43. 1937The Devil's Saddle LegionHub Ordley