Gregg Palmer: Difference between revisions

{{shortShort description|American filmactor and television actor(1927–2015)}}

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'''Palmer Edwin Lee''' (January 25, 1927 – October 31, 2015), known by his [[stage name]] '''Gregg Palmer''', was an American film and television actor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://outsider.com/news/entertainment/john-wayne-gave-his-co-star-this-iconic-nickname/|title=John Wayne Gave His Co-Star This Iconic Nickname|first=Suzanne|last=Halliburton|work=Outsider|date=April 11, 2021|access-date=September 5, 2021}}</ref> He was known for playing Tom McLowery in the final season of the American [[Western (genre)|western]] television series ''[[The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp]]''.

BornPalmer in [[San Francisco, California]],<ref name="a" /> PalmerHe served in the [[United States Army Air Corps]] as a [[cryptographer]] in [[World War II]].<ref name="b">{{Cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/shreveporttimes/name/gregg-palmer-obituary?n=gregg-palmer&pid=176308701|title=Gregg Palmer Obituary (1927 – 2015)|work=[[The Times (Shreveport)|The Times]]|date=November 2, 2015|access-date=September 5, 2021}}</ref> He began his acting career in 1950 with the uncredited role of an ambulance driver<ref name="b" /> in the film ''[[My Friend Irma Goes West]]''.<ref name="c">{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/gregg-palmer-dead-big-jake-836006/|title=Gregg Palmer, Bad Guy in John Wayne's 'Big Jake,' Dies at 88|first=Mike|last=Barnes|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=November 5, 2015|access-date=September 5, 2021}}</ref>

Palmer guest-starred in numerous television programs, including ''[[Gunsmoke#Television series (1955–1975) and TV movies|Gunsmoke]]'', ''[[Bonanza]]'', ''[[Wagon Train]]'', ''[[Kolchak: The Night Stalker]]'', ''[[The Virginian (TV series)|The Virginian]]'', ''[[The Wild Wild West]]'', ''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]'', ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'', ''[[Mannix]]'', ''[[Mission: Impossible (1966 TV series)|Mission: Impossible]]'' and ''[[Death Valley Days]]''.<ref name="b" /><ref name="c" /> He also appeared in films, including ''[[Big Jake]]'', ''[[Rio Lobo]]'', ''[[Magnificent Obsession (1954 film)|Magnificent Obsession]]'', ''[[To Hell and Back (film)|To Hell and Back]]'', ''[[The Shootist]]'', ''[[The Rebel Set]]'', ''[[Zombies of Mora Tau]]'',<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://wwwbooks.google.com/books/edition/Cheap_Tricks_and_Class_Acts/NHzeZZOUD6QC?hlid=enNHzeZZOUD6QC|title=Cheap Tricks and Class Acts: Special Effects, Makeup, and Stunts from the Films of the Fantastic Fifties|page=214|first=John|last=Johnson|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786400935|date=1996|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> ''[[Taza, Son of Cochise]]'', ''[[Francis Goes to West Point]]'' and ''[[The Creature Walks Among Us]]''.<ref name="a" /><ref name="c" /> Palmer played Tom McLowery in the [[Western (genre)|western]] television series ''[[The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp]]''. PalmerHe retired in 1982, his last credit being in the miniseries ''[[The Blue and the Gray (miniseries)|The Blue and the Gray]]''.

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