CTVA - Profile - Actor - John Larch
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IN THE 1950'S AND 60'S,CHARACTER ACTORS WERE VERY MUCH IN
DEMAND FOR
THE MANY TV SERIES BEING PRODUCED IN HOLLYWOOD. JOHN LARCH DIDN'T HAVE
MANY CREDITS AT THAT TIME, BUT HIS ROUGH LOOK AND VOCAL SOUND, AND HIS
ABILITY TO ACT BEGAN BRINGING HIM ACTING JOBS ON A REGULAR BASIS.
JOHN, LIKE HIS FELLOW ACTORS, REALIZED WHAT POTENTIAL TELEVISION HAD
TO OFFER.
HIS FIRST TV ROLE WAS AN EARLY 1955 "GUNSMOKE"(1955-1975)EPISODE.
PRIOR TO THIS, JOHN APPEARED IN A WILLIAM ELLIOTT WESTERN FEATURE TITLED:
"BITTER CREEK"(1954), PRODUCED BY ALLIED ARTISTS.
AS JOHN LARCH'S CAREER PROGRESSED, HE BEGAN TO TAKE ON A VARIETY OF ROLES
RANGING FROM ATTORNEYS TO KILLERS. THOUGH HE PLAYED A LOT OF GOOD GUYS,
JOHN LARCH WAS AT HIS BEST AS A VILLAIN. BESIDES TV, JOHN DID HIS SHARE OF THEATRICAL
FILMS.
SOME OF HIS CREDITS INCLUDE:
"WRITTEN ON THE WIND"(1956),
"PLAY MISTY FOR ME"(1971),
"DIRTY HARRY"(1971),
"AMITYVILLE HORROR"(1979),
"AIRPLANE II:THE SEQUEL(1982),
"WAR AND REMEMBRANCE"(1989) A MINI TV SERIES.
TWO OF JOHN LARCH'S
EARLIER TV PERFORMANCES THAT REALLY EMPHASIZED HIS ACTING RANGE, WAS A
"WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE"(1958-1960) EPISODE: "DIE BY THE GUN"(1958),
LARCH PLAYING AN ESCAPED KILLER NAMED, HOWIE KALE.
THE OTHER WAS THE FINAL EPISODE OF THE
"YANCY DERRINGER"(1958-1959)SERIES: "TWO TICKETS TO PROMONTORY"(1959).
LARCH PLAYS CHARACTER WAYLAND FARR, A DETERMINED STRONG-WILLED BUSINESSMAN
IN CHARGE OF A CONSPIRACY TO STOP THE MEETING OF TWO MAJOR RAILROADS IN THE
WILDS OF UTAH.
SOME OF JOHN LARCH'S TV CREDITS INCLUDED:
"ZANE GREY THEATER"(1956-1961),
"THE RESTLESS GUN"(1957-1959),
"WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE"(1958-1960),
"BAT MASTERSON"(1958-1961),
"BONANZA"(1959-1973),
"THE TWILIGHT ZONE"(1959-1965),
"BEN CASEY"(1961-1966),
"ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS"(1955-1965),
"NAKED CITY"(1958-1963),
"THE FUGITIVE"(1963-1967),
"HAWAII FIVE-O'(1968-1980),
"MISSION IMPOSSIBLE"(1966-1973),
"POLICE STORY"(1973-1977),
"QUINCY"(1976-1983),
"DALLAS"(1978-1991),
"SIMON & SIMON'(1981-1988).
JOHN'S LAST PERFORMANCE WAS IN A 1990 EPISODE OF THE TV
SERIES "DALLAS".
JOHN LARCH GAVE US MANY MEMORABLE MOMENTS AS AN ACTOR. HIS
SCREEN PRESENTS IS GREATLY MISSED.
Sal Crisanti <crisanti52@netscape.net>