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Myron Healey

Born
June 8, 1923
Died
December 21, 2005
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. 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.
Known For
Rio Bravo
(1959)
Barfly (uncredited)
True Grit
(1969)
Deputy at Prisoner Unloading (uncredited)
In a Lonely Place
(1950)
Post Office Clerk (uncredited)
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
(1969)
Police Detective (uncredited)
The Incredible Melting Man
(1977)
General Michael Perry
Knock on Any Door
(1949)
Assistant District Attorney (uncredited)
The Shakiest Gun in the West
(1968)
Stage Passenger (uncredited)
Wake of the Red Witch
(1948)
Seaman
Silver Lode
(1954)
Cowboy (uncredited)
The Man from Colorado
(1948)
Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge
(1981)
Lieutenant Olson
Ladies of the Chorus
(1948)
Randy's Cousin
Full Filmography
Acting
Swing Shift Maisie
(1943)
Young Pilot (Uncredited)
The Time of Their Lives
(1946)
Dandy at Party (uncredited)
That Brennan Girl
(1946)
Party Guest (uncredited)
Buck Privates Come Home
(1947)
Tech Sergeant - Medic #5 (uncredited)
Wake of the Red Witch
(1948)
Seaman
I, Jane Doe
(1948)
Intern
Hidden Danger
(1948)
James Carson
Walk a Crooked Mile
(1948)
FBI Agent Thompson
Ladies of the Chorus
(1948)
Randy's Cousin
The Man from Colorado
(1948)
You Gotta Stay Happy
(1948)
Day Clerk (Uncredited)
Blondie's Reward
(1948)
Cluett Day
Tall, Dark and Gruesome
(1948)
Partygoer in devil's costume (uncredited)
Across The Rio Grande
(1949)
Stage Robber
Slightly French
(1949)
Stevens (uncredited)
Pioneer Marshal
(1949)
Larry Devlin
Gun Law Justice
(1949)
Henchman Jensen
Haunted Trails
(1949)
Henchman Lassiter
Riders of the Dusk
(1949)
Sheriff Jim
South of Rio
(1949)
Marshal Travis
Range Justice
(1949)
Murdered Henchman
Trails End
(1949)
Drake
Western Renegades
(1949)
Henchman Gus
Mr. Soft Touch
(1949)
Doctor (Uncredited)
Laramie
(1949)
Lieutenant Reed (uncredited)
Air Hostess
(1949)
Ralph
Knock on Any Door
(1949)
Assistant District Attorney (uncredited)
The Wyoming Bandit
(1949)
Brand of Fear
(1949)
Jeffers
Lawless Code
(1949)
Donald Martin
Hot Rod
(1950)
Policeman Joe Langham
Fence Riders
(1950)
Cameo Krogan
I Killed Geronimo
(1950)
Henchman Frank Corcoran
Law of the Panhandle
(1950)
Henry Faulkner
Over the Border
(1950)
Jeff Grant
Outlaw Gold
(1950)
Sonny Lang
Salt Lake Raiders
(1950)
Fred Mason
Short Grass
(1950)
Les McCambridge
West of Wyoming
(1950)
Brodie
No Sad Songs for Me
(1950)
Chris' Young Man (uncredited)
Trail of the Rustlers
(1950)
Ben Mahoney (uncredited)
In a Lonely Place
(1950)
Post Office Clerk (uncredited)
Federal Man
(1950)
The Tracking Device Specialist (uncredited)
The Fuller Brush Girl
(1950)
Employee (uncredited)
Colorado Ambush
(1951)
Chet Murdock
The Big Night
(1951)
Kennealy
Baby Sitters Jitters
(1951)
George Lloyd
Elephant Stampede
(1951)
Joe Collins
Bonanza Town
(1951)
Krag Boseman
The Texas Rangers
(1951)
Captain Peak (uncredited)
The Longhorn
(1951)
Andy
Night Riders of Montana
(1951)
Steve Bauer
Montana Desperado
(1951)
Ron Logan
Roar of the Iron Horse
(1951)
Ace -Henchman [Chs.3,4,6,9,10,15]
Slaughter Trail
(1951)
Heath (uncredited)
Journey Into Light
(1951)
Jerry - the Cop
Silver City
(1951)
Apache War Smoke
(1952)
Pike Curtis
Fargo
(1952)
Red Olsen
The Kid from Broken Gun
(1952)
Kiefer
Desperadoes' Outpost
(1952)
Lieutenant Dan Booker
Fort Osage
(1952)
Martin Christensen
The Maverick
(1952)
Sgt. Frick
Montana Territory
(1952)
Bill Landers
Monsoon
(1952)
Rault
Storm Over Tibet
(1952)
Bill March
Rodeo
(1952)
Richard Durston
Hot News
(1953)
Jim O'Hara
Kansas Pacific
(1953)
Morey
Saginaw Trail
(1953)
Miller Webb
White Lightning
(1953)
Nelson
Fighting Lawman
(1953)
Sheriff Dave Wilson
Son of Belle Starr
(1953)
Sheriff Hansen
Texas Bad Man
(1953)
Jackson
Vigilante Terror
(1953)
Brett
The Studebaker Story
(1953)
Peter Studebaker
Combat Squad
(1953)
Marley
The Moonlighter
(1953)
Deputy Joe Bayliss
Rails Into Laramie
(1954)
Con Winton
Cattle Queen of Montana
(1954)
Hank
Silver Lode
(1954)
Cowboy (uncredited)
Gang Busters
(1955)
John Omar Pinson
Count Three and Pray
(1955)
Floyd Miller
Panther Girl of the Kongo
(1955)
Larry Sanders
Rage at Dawn
(1955)
John Reno
Jungle Moon Men
(1955)
Mark Santo
The Man from Bitter Ridge
(1955)
Clem Jackman
Dig That Uranium
(1955)
Henchman Joe
Tennessee's Partner
(1955)
Reynolds
African Manhunt
(1955)
Capt. Bob Kirby
Calling Homicide
(1956)
Jim Haddix
The Young Guns
(1956)
Deputy Nix
The White Squaw
(1956)
Eric Swanson
Running Target
(1956)
Marty Kaygo
Magnificent Roughnecks
(1956)
Werner Jackson
Meet Mrs. Swenson
(1956)
Milt Forrest
The First Texan
(1956)
Capt. Martin (uncredited)
Slightly Scarlet
(1956)
The Unearthly
(1957)
Mark Houston
Guns Don't Argue
(1957)
John Dillinger (archive footage)
Hell's Crossroads
(1957)
Cole Younger
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
(1957)
Rafe Sanders
Escape from Red Rock
(1957)
Joe Skinner (as Michael Healey)
The Hard Man
(1957)
Ray Hendry (uncredited)
The Restless Breed
(1957)
Sheriff Mike Williams
Lure of the Swamp
(1957)
Bank Guard
Undersea Girl
(1957)
Eric 'Swede' Nelson
Cole Younger, Gunfighter
(1958)
Phil Bennett / Charlie Bennett
Quantrill's Raiders
(1958)
Jarrett
Destination Nightmare
(1958)
Bill Tighe
Apache Territory
(1958)
Webb
Rio Bravo
(1959)
Barfly (uncredited)
Varan the Unbelievable
(1962)
Cmdr. James Bradley
Convicts 4
(1962)
Gunther
The Claw Monsters
(1966)
Larry Sanders (archive footage)
Gunfight in Abilene
(1967)
Ingles
The Shakiest Gun in the West
(1968)
Stage Passenger (uncredited)
Shadow on the Land
(1968)
Gen. Hempstead
Journey to Shiloh
(1968)
Sheriff Briggs
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
(1969)
Police Detective (uncredited)
The Over the Hill Gang
(1969)
Deputy Tucker
True Grit
(1969)
Deputy at Prisoner Unloading (uncredited)
The Ghost of Potter's Field
(1973)
Police Lt. Maloney
Smoke In The Wind
(1975)
Mort Fagan
The Incredible Melting Man
(1977)
General Michael Perry
Claws
(1977)
Sheriff
Goodbye, Franklin High
(1978)
Walter Craig
Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge
(1981)
Lieutenant Olson
Forever and Beyond
(1983)
Nicholas
Ghost Fever
(1987)
Andrew Lee
Pulse
(1988)
Howard
Writing
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