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3 Broadway roles  





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Walter Coy
Coy in Frontier, 1955.
Born

Walter Darrwin Coy


(1909-01-31)January 31, 1909
DiedDecember 11, 1974(1974-12-11) (aged 65)
Alma materUniversity of Washington
OccupationActor
Years active1936–1974
Spouses
  • Anne Burr
    (m. 1942; div. 194?)

Pamela Gillespie

(m. 1948; div. 1961)

Ruth E. Harburger

(m. 1969; div. 1971)
Children3

Walter Darwin Coy (January 31, 1909 – December 11, 1974) was an American stage, radio, film, and, principally, television actor, arguably most well known as the brother of John Wayne's character in The Searchers (1956).

Early years[edit]

Originally from Great Falls, Montana, Coy was the son of Theodore Coy, who had a furniture store. The family moved to Seattle, Washington, around 1923.[1] He played varsity football at the University of Washington[2] and majored in dramatics.[1]

Before Coy became an actor, he worked at salmon canneries in Alaska. In 1929, he moved to New York. During World War II, he served in the Army.[1]

Career[edit]

Coy performed on Broadway from 1930 to 1948.[3] He appeared in several early Group Theatre productions.[4] He was the first actor to play Lone Wolf on the radio series of the same name.[5]

Broadway roles[edit]

  • Night Over Taos (1932) - Felipe
  • Men in White (1933) - Dr. Bradley
  • Gold Eagle Guy (1934) - Adam Keane
  • Till the Day I Die (1935) - Karl Taussig
  • Waiting For Lefty (1935) - Irv
  • Paradise Lost (1935) - Ben
  • Case of Clyde Griffiths (1936) - Gilbert Griffiths
  • Many Mansions (1937) - George Graham
  • Lady in the Dark (1941) - Charley Johnson (replacement)
  • Hamlet (1945) - Horatio
  • Western programs[edit]

    Of the 31 Frontier episodes, 16 are narrated by Coy:

    1. "Paper Gunman" (September 25, 1955)
  • "Tomas and the Widow" (October 2)
  • "A Stillness in Wyoming" (October 16)
  • "The Shame of a Nation" (October 23)
  • "In Nebraska" (October 30)
  • "The Suspects" (November 6)
  • "King of the Dakotas" (2 parts, November 8 and 20)
  • "Cattle Drive to Casper" (November 27)
  • "The Texicans" (January 8, 1956)
  • "Mother of the Brave" (January 15)
  • "The Ten Days of John Leslie" (January 22)
  • "The Devil and Dr. O'Hara" (February 5)
  • "Assassin" (March 4)
  • "The Hanging at Thunder Butte Creek (March 18)
  • "The Hostage" (September 9, 1956)

  • Coy also appeared on Jim Davis' western anthology series, Stories of the Century in the role of Sam Clayton in the 1954 episode entitled "Tom Horn," an account of the western lawman-turned outlaw Tom Horn. He appeared on many other western television programs, including Cheyenne, Bronco, Cimarron City, The Lone Ranger, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (one episode as Ben Thompson), Shotgun Slade, The Deputy, Bonanza, Bat Masterson, The Adventures of Jim Bowie, Trackdown, Tales of Wells Fargo, Yancy Derringer, Laramie, Two Faces West, Lawman, Wanted: Dead or Alive, The Restless Gun, The Rough Riders, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, Pony Express, Rawhide, Mackenzie's Raiders, Have Gun – Will Travel, The Texan, The Man from Blackhawk, Hotel de Paree, Overland Trail, Maverick, The Virginian, The Big Valley, Bat Masterson, Laredo, The Outcasts, Wagon Train (five times), and Robert Conrad's The Wild Wild West.

    Other television roles[edit]

    Coy portrayed Jason Farrel in the ABC soap opera Flame in the Wind (1965),[6] King Zorvac in the syndicated science fiction series Rocky Jones, Space Ranger (1954)[7]: 905  and Jason in the ABC serial A Time for Us.[7]: 1085 

    Other guest-starring roles in drama include Crusader, The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse, Crossroads, Whirlybirds, U.S. Marshal, Rescue 8, The Lineup, East Side/West Side, Mr. Adams and Eve, Mike Hammer, The Defenders, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Navy Log, Tightrope, Lock-Up, Lassie, Ironside, M Squad, and I Spy. Coy also appeared in two comedies, McKeever and the Colonel and Hazel, and was cast in the automotive history movie, The Studebaker Story (1953-uncredited role)

    Coy's last television role was as Chief Blackfish on the NBC series Daniel Boone[5] in the 1970 episode "How to Become a Goddess".

    Selected filmography[edit]

  • Barricade (1950) - Benson
  • Colt .45 (1950) - Carl (uncredited)
  • Saddle Tramp (1950) - Mr Phillips
  • Under Mexicali Stars (1950) - Giles Starkey
  • FBI Girl (1951) - Priest
  • Bugles in the Afternoon (1952) - Capt. Benteen (uncredited)
  • The Lusty Men (1952) - Buster Burgess
  • Flat Top (1952) - Air Group Commander
  • So Big (1953) - Roelf Pool
  • All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953) - Noah Shore (uncredited)
  • Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954) - Gendarme Arnot (uncredited)
  • Them! (1954) - Reporter (uncredited)
  • Sign of the Pagan (1954) - Emperor Valentinian
  • Cult of the Cobra (1955) - Police Inspector
  • Wichita (1955) - Sam McCoy
  • Running Wild (1955) - Lt. Ed Newpole
  • The Searchers (1956) - Aaron Edwards
  • On the Threshold of Space (1956) - Lt. Col. Dick Masters
  • The Fastest Gun Alive (1956) - Clint Fallon (uncredited)
  • The Young Guns (1956) - Sheriff Jim Peyton
  • Pillars of the Sky (1956) - Maj. Donahue
  • Hot Summer Night (1957) - Pete Wayne (uncredited)
  • Johnny Tremain (1957) - Dr. Joseph Warren
  • Juvenile Jungle (1958) - John Elliot
  • South Seas Adventure (1958) - Supplemental Narration (voice)
  • The Restless Gun (1959) - Episode "Dead Ringer"
  • The Trap (1959) - Second Fake Policeman (uncredited)
  • Gunmen from Laredo (1959) - Ben Keefer
  • Warlock (1959) - Deputy Sheriff Ray Thomson (uncredited)
  • The Gunfight at Dodge City (1959) - Ben Townsend
  • North by Northwest (1959) - U.S. Intelligence Agency official (uncredited)
  • Cash McCall (1960) - Reporter (uncredited)
  • Five Guns to Tombstone (1960) - Ike Garvey
  • Gun Fight (1961) - Sheriff
  • Catlow (1971) - Parkman
  • I Eat Your Skin (1971) - Charles Bentley
  • Pancho Villa (1972) - Gen. Pershing
  • Hay que matar a B. (1974) - (final film role)
  • Television[edit]

    Year Title Role Notes
    1961 Rawhide Lem Trager S3:E25, "Incident of the Running Man"

    References[edit]

    1. ^ a b c "Walter Coy, TV Actor, Falls Native". Great Falls Tribune. Montana, Great Falls. April 12, 1956. p. 10. Retrieved May 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ "Authors and Actors Are Familiar: The Play is New". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. New York, Brooklyn. December 8, 1935. p. 54. Retrieved May 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ "Walter Coy". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on May 17, 2020. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  • ^ Smith, Wendy (2013). Real Life Drama: The Group Theatre and America, 1931-1940. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. p. 165. ISBN 978-0-307-83098-2. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  • ^ a b Brode, Douglas (2010). Shooting Stars of the Small Screen: Encyclopedia of TV Western Actors, 1946–Present. University of Texas Press. p. 98. ISBN 978-0-292-78331-7. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  • ^ Royal, Don (March 21, 1965). "Flame In The Wind, New ABC Soap Opera". Daily Press. Virginia, Newport News. p. TV-2. Retrieved May 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ a b Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 370. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.
  • External links[edit]


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