
Actor
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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First 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 filmEssential films
Ranked by acclaim and reachFilmography
134 films as actor- 1988PulseHoward
- 1987Ghost FeverAndrew Lee
- 1983Forever and BeyondNicholas
- 1980Spider-Man: The Dragon's ChallengeLieutenant Olson
- 1978Goodbye, Franklin HighWalter Craig
- 1978The Other Side of the Mountain: Part IIDoctor in Bishop
- 1977The Incredible Melting ManGeneral Michael Perry
- 1977ClawsSheriff
- 1975Smoke In The WindMort Fagan
- 1970The Cheyenne Social ClubDeuter
- 1969The Computer Wore Tennis ShoesPolice Detective (uncredited)
- 1969The Over the Hill GangDeputy Tucker
- 1969True GritDeputy at Prisoner Unloading (uncredited)
- 1968Shadow on the LandGen. Hempstead
- 1968The Shakiest Gun in the WestStage Passenger (uncredited)
- 1968Journey to ShilohSheriff Briggs
- 1967Gunfight in AbileneIngles
- 1965MirageBar Patron Discussing Watermelon (voice) (uncredited)
- 1962Varan the UnbelievableCmdr. James Bradley
- 1962Convicts 4Gunther
- 1960Ma Barker's Killer BroodSioux Falls Bank Robber (uncredited)
- 1959Rio BravoBarfly (uncredited)
- 1958Apache TerritoryWebb
- 1958Quantrill's RaidersJarrett
- 1958Cole Younger, GunfighterPhil Bennett / Charlie Bennett
- 1958Destination NightmareBill Tighe
- 1957Escape from Red RockJoe Skinner (as Michael Healey)
- 1957The Hard ManRay Hendry (uncredited)
- 1957Undersea GirlEric 'Swede' Nelson
- 1957The UnearthlyMark Houston
- 1957Shoot-Out at Medicine BendRafe Sanders
- 1957Lure of the SwampBank Guard
- 1957The Restless BreedSheriff Mike Williams
- 1957Hell's CrossroadsCole Younger
- 1956The White SquawEric Swanson
- 1956Running TargetMarty Kaygo
- 1956Calling HomicideJim Haddix
- 1956The Young GunsDeputy Nix
- 1956Magnificent RoughnecksWerner Jackson
- 1956The First TexanCapt. Martin (uncredited)
- 1956Slightly Scarlet
- 1956Meet Mrs. SwensonMilt Forrest
- 1955Dig That UraniumHenchman Joe
- 1955Count Three and PrayFloyd Miller
- 1955Tennessee's PartnerReynolds
- 1955Gang BustersJohn Omar Pinson
- 1955The Man from Bitter RidgeClem Jackman
- 1955Jungle Moon MenMark Santo
- 1955Rage at DawnJohn Reno
- 1955African ManhuntCapt. Bob Kirby
- 1955Panther Girl of the KongoLarry Sanders
- 1954Cattle Queen of MontanaHank
- 1954Silver LodeCowboy (uncredited)
- 1954Rails Into LaramieCon Winton
- 1953Texas Bad ManJackson
- 1953Vigilante TerrorBrett
- 1953Hot NewsJim O'Hara
- 1953Combat SquadMarley
- 1953Saginaw TrailMiller Webb
- 1953Fighting LawmanSheriff Dave Wilson
- 1953The MoonlighterDeputy Joe Bayliss
- 1953Son of Belle StarrSheriff Hansen
- 1953White LightningNelson
- 1953Kansas PacificMorey
- 1953The Studebaker StoryPeter Studebaker
- 1952The MaverickSgt. Frick
- 1952MonsoonRault
- 1952Desperadoes' OutpostDan Booker
- 1952Apache War SmokePike Curtis
- 1952FargoRed Olsen
- 1952The Kid from Broken GunKiefer
- 1952Storm Over TibetBill March
- 1952Montana TerritoryBill Landers
- 1952RodeoRichard Durston
- 1952Fort OsageMartin Christensen
- 1951The Big NightKennealy
- 1951Silver City
- 1951The LonghornAndy
- 1951Elephant StampedeJoe Collins
- 1951Slaughter TrailHeath (uncredited)
- 1951Journey Into LightJerry - the Cop
- 1951Bonanza TownKrag Boseman
- 1951Montana DesperadoRon Logan
- 1951The Texas RangersCaptain Peak (uncredited)
- 1951Roar of the Iron HorseAce -Henchman [Chs.3,4,6,9,10,15]
- 1951Night Riders of MontanaSteve Bauer
- 1951Baby Sitters JittersGeorge Lloyd
- 1951Colorado AmbushChet Murdock
- 1950Short GrassLes McCambridge
- 1950Outlaw GoldSonny Lang
- 1950Hot RodPoliceman Joe Langham
- 1950Law of the PanhandleHenry Faulkner
- 1950The Fuller Brush GirlEmployee (uncredited)
- 1950I Killed GeronimoHenchman Frank Corcoran
- 1950Hi-JackedPolice Broadcaster
- 1950Federal ManThe Tracking Device Specialist (uncredited)
- 1950In a Lonely PlacePost Office Clerk (uncredited)
- 1950Salt Lake RaidersFred Mason
- 1950No Sad Songs for MeChris' Young Man (uncredited)
- 1950Over the BorderJeff Grant
- 1950West of WyomingBrodie
- 1950Trail of the RustlersBen Mahoney (uncredited)
- 1950Fence RidersCameo Krogan
- 1949Lawless CodeDonald Martin
- 1949Pioneer MarshalLarry Devlin
- 1949Riders of the DuskSheriff Jim
- 1949Western RenegadesHenchman Gus
- 1949Air HostessRalph
- 1949Haunted TrailsHenchman Lassiter
- 1949South of RioMarshal Travis
- 1949Mr. Soft TouchDoctor (Uncredited)
- 1949Range JusticeMurdered Henchman
- 1949The Wyoming Bandit
- 1949Brand of FearJeffers
- 1949LaramieLieutenant Reed (uncredited)
- 1949Across The Rio GrandeStage Robber
- 1949Trails EndDrake
- 1949Gun Law JusticeHenchman Jensen
- 1949Knock on Any DoorAssistant District Attorney (uncredited)
- 1949Slightly FrenchStevens (uncredited)







