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Myron Healey

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Myron Healey

Born June 8, 1923 in Petaluma, California, USADied December 21, 2005134 films

Myron Daniel Healey was an American actor. He began his career in Hollywood, California, during the early 1940s in bit parts and minor supporting roles at various studios.

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Healey's film debut came in 1943 with Young Ideas. Returning to film work after the war, Healey played villains and henchmen in low-budget western films. He also did some screenwriting. In the post-war period he was often seen in westerns from Monogram Pictures, often starring Johnny Mack Brown, Jimmy Wakely and Whip Wilson.

In the 1950s Healey moved to more "bad guy" roles in other films, including the Bomba and Jungle Jim series, crime dramas and more westerns. He portrayed the bandit Bob Dalton in an episode of the syndicated television series Stories of the Century, starring and narrated by Jim Davis. In 1955, he played a "good guy" for a change as Phyllis Coates' partner in the 1955 Republic Pictures serial Panther Girl of the Kongo.

Healey appeared seven times as Capt. Bandcroft in The Adventures of Kit Carson. Healey played the outlaw Johnny Ringo in the western television series Tombstone Territory, with Pat Conway as Sheriff Clay Hollister, in the episode "Johnny Ringo's Last Ride". He appeared in an episode of the children's western series Buckskin, which aired on NBC from 1958-59. He was a semi-regular on programs produced by Gene Autry's Flying A production company: Annie Oakley, Buffalo Bill, Jr., The Range Rider, and The Gene Autry Show. He also guest-starred on the crime drama with a modern western setting, Sheriff of Cochise, starring John Bromfield, and in the western set in the 1840s, Riverboat, starring Darren McGavin. He also appeared in an episode of the second season of Zorro.

Between 1960 and 1963, Healey appeared five times on the NBC western Laramie, starring John Smith and Robert Fuller. He appeared ten times on another NBC western, The Virginian, and four times on Laredo.

From 1959 to 1961, he played Maj. Peter Horry, top aide to Leslie Nielsen, in the miniseries Swamp Fox on Walt Disney Presents, based on the American Revolutionary War hero Francis Marion. In 1970, Healey appeared as Wardlow in the TV western "The Men From Shiloh" (the rebranded name of The Virginian) in the episode titled "Jenny."

Collectively, Healey appeared in some 140 films, including 81 westerns and three serials. Among his non-western pictures, he appeared in at least two horror films: the Americanized version of the Japanese giant-monster movie Varan the Unbelievable and The Incredible Melting Man.

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Rio Bravo posterFirst watchRio Bravo19597.8as Barfly (uncredited)A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.View film

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Filmography

134 films as actor
  1. 1988PulseHoward
  2. 1987Ghost FeverAndrew Lee
  3. 1983Forever and BeyondNicholas
  4. 1980Spider-Man: The Dragon's ChallengeLieutenant Olson
  5. 1978Goodbye, Franklin HighWalter Craig
  6. 1978The Other Side of the Mountain: Part IIDoctor in Bishop
  7. 1977The Incredible Melting ManGeneral Michael Perry
  8. 1977ClawsSheriff
  9. 1975Smoke In The WindMort Fagan
  10. 1970The Cheyenne Social ClubDeuter
  11. 1969The Computer Wore Tennis ShoesPolice Detective (uncredited)
  12. 1969The Over the Hill GangDeputy Tucker
  13. 1969True GritDeputy at Prisoner Unloading (uncredited)
  14. 1968Shadow on the LandGen. Hempstead
  15. 1968The Shakiest Gun in the WestStage Passenger (uncredited)
  16. 1968Journey to ShilohSheriff Briggs
  17. 1967Gunfight in AbileneIngles
  18. 1965MirageBar Patron Discussing Watermelon (voice) (uncredited)
  19. 1962Varan the UnbelievableCmdr. James Bradley
  20. 1962Convicts 4Gunther
  21. 1960Ma Barker's Killer BroodSioux Falls Bank Robber (uncredited)
  22. 1959Rio BravoBarfly (uncredited)
  23. 1958Apache TerritoryWebb
  24. 1958Quantrill's RaidersJarrett
  25. 1958Cole Younger, GunfighterPhil Bennett / Charlie Bennett
  26. 1958Destination NightmareBill Tighe
  27. 1957Escape from Red RockJoe Skinner (as Michael Healey)
  28. 1957The Hard ManRay Hendry (uncredited)
  29. 1957Undersea GirlEric 'Swede' Nelson
  30. 1957The UnearthlyMark Houston
  31. 1957Shoot-Out at Medicine BendRafe Sanders
  32. 1957Lure of the SwampBank Guard
  33. 1957The Restless BreedSheriff Mike Williams
  34. 1957Hell's CrossroadsCole Younger
  35. 1956The White SquawEric Swanson
  36. 1956Running TargetMarty Kaygo
  37. 1956Calling HomicideJim Haddix
  38. 1956The Young GunsDeputy Nix
  39. 1956Magnificent RoughnecksWerner Jackson
  40. 1956The First TexanCapt. Martin (uncredited)
  41. 1956Slightly Scarlet
  42. 1956Meet Mrs. SwensonMilt Forrest
  43. 1955Dig That UraniumHenchman Joe
  44. 1955Count Three and PrayFloyd Miller
  45. 1955Tennessee's PartnerReynolds
  46. 1955Gang BustersJohn Omar Pinson
  47. 1955The Man from Bitter RidgeClem Jackman
  48. 1955Jungle Moon MenMark Santo
  49. 1955Rage at DawnJohn Reno
  50. 1955African ManhuntCapt. Bob Kirby
  51. 1955Panther Girl of the KongoLarry Sanders
  52. 1954Cattle Queen of MontanaHank
  53. 1954Silver LodeCowboy (uncredited)
  54. 1954Rails Into LaramieCon Winton
  55. 1953Texas Bad ManJackson
  56. 1953Vigilante TerrorBrett
  57. 1953Hot NewsJim O'Hara
  58. 1953Combat SquadMarley
  59. 1953Saginaw TrailMiller Webb
  60. 1953Fighting LawmanSheriff Dave Wilson
  61. 1953The MoonlighterDeputy Joe Bayliss
  62. 1953Son of Belle StarrSheriff Hansen
  63. 1953White LightningNelson
  64. 1953Kansas PacificMorey
  65. 1953The Studebaker StoryPeter Studebaker
  66. 1952The MaverickSgt. Frick
  67. 1952MonsoonRault
  68. 1952Desperadoes' OutpostDan Booker
  69. 1952Apache War SmokePike Curtis
  70. 1952FargoRed Olsen
  71. 1952The Kid from Broken GunKiefer
  72. 1952Storm Over TibetBill March
  73. 1952Montana TerritoryBill Landers
  74. 1952RodeoRichard Durston
  75. 1952Fort OsageMartin Christensen
  76. 1951The Big NightKennealy
  77. 1951Silver City
  78. 1951The LonghornAndy
  79. 1951Elephant StampedeJoe Collins
  80. 1951Slaughter TrailHeath (uncredited)
  81. 1951Journey Into LightJerry - the Cop
  82. 1951Bonanza TownKrag Boseman
  83. 1951Montana DesperadoRon Logan
  84. 1951The Texas RangersCaptain Peak (uncredited)
  85. 1951Roar of the Iron HorseAce -Henchman [Chs.3,4,6,9,10,15]
  86. 1951Night Riders of MontanaSteve Bauer
  87. 1951Baby Sitters JittersGeorge Lloyd
  88. 1951Colorado AmbushChet Murdock
  89. 1950Short GrassLes McCambridge
  90. 1950Outlaw GoldSonny Lang
  91. 1950Hot RodPoliceman Joe Langham
  92. 1950Law of the PanhandleHenry Faulkner
  93. 1950The Fuller Brush GirlEmployee (uncredited)
  94. 1950I Killed GeronimoHenchman Frank Corcoran
  95. 1950Hi-JackedPolice Broadcaster
  96. 1950Federal ManThe Tracking Device Specialist (uncredited)
  97. 1950In a Lonely PlacePost Office Clerk (uncredited)
  98. 1950Salt Lake RaidersFred Mason
  99. 1950No Sad Songs for MeChris' Young Man (uncredited)
  100. 1950Over the BorderJeff Grant
  101. 1950West of WyomingBrodie
  102. 1950Trail of the RustlersBen Mahoney (uncredited)
  103. 1950Fence RidersCameo Krogan
  104. 1949Lawless CodeDonald Martin
  105. 1949Pioneer MarshalLarry Devlin
  106. 1949Riders of the DuskSheriff Jim
  107. 1949Western RenegadesHenchman Gus
  108. 1949Air HostessRalph
  109. 1949Haunted TrailsHenchman Lassiter
  110. 1949South of RioMarshal Travis
  111. 1949Mr. Soft TouchDoctor (Uncredited)
  112. 1949Range JusticeMurdered Henchman
  113. 1949The Wyoming Bandit
  114. 1949Brand of FearJeffers
  115. 1949LaramieLieutenant Reed (uncredited)
  116. 1949Across The Rio GrandeStage Robber
  117. 1949Trails EndDrake
  118. 1949Gun Law JusticeHenchman Jensen
  119. 1949Knock on Any DoorAssistant District Attorney (uncredited)
  120. 1949Slightly FrenchStevens (uncredited)