Myron Healey
A mainstay of postwar B-films, actor Myron Healey played a host of villainous supporting characters in movie Westerns and hard-boiled TV crime dramas. With his deep voice and wily sneer, Healey usually balanced his bad guy roles with a cunning sense of humor, revealing a tremendous gift for off-the-cuff adlibs not usually seen in stock character parts. A former World War II Air Corps bombardier, Healey, in the postwar years, began making regular film appearances for Monogram Pictures, playing a slew of brutish henchmen in low-budget Westerns. He also worked as an occasional dialogue writer for the studio, writing the screenplay for two Westerns in which he also starred: 1951's "Colorado Ambush" and "Texas Lawmen." As the golden age of movie Westerns faded by decade's end, Healey took his acting talents to a broader range of roles on dramas, crime thrillers, and sci-fi films, most notably a rare good-guy role in the 1955 jungle adventure "Panther Girl of the Kongo." The actor reached the peak of his film career with a lead role in the 1962 Japanese monster movie "Varan the Unbelievable," thereafter appearing primarily on series television, on such primetime staples as "Gunsmoke," "Wagon Train," and "Bonanza."
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Myron Healey
Filmography
Movies
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64% |
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Pulse | Howard (Character) | $23.6K | 1988 |
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Ghost Fever | Andrew Lee (Character) | - | 1987 |
8% |
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The Incredible Melting Man | General Michael Perry (Character) | - | 1978 |
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The Chinese Web | Lieutenant Olson (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Goodbye Franklin High | Walter Craig (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Smoke in the Wind | Mort Fagan (Character) | - | 1975 |
88% |
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True Grit | Deputy at Prisoner Unloading (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Shadow on the Land | General Hempstead (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cavalry Command | Lt. Worth (Character) | - | 1963 |
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Convicts Four | Gunther (Character) | - | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Unbelievable Varan | Cmdr. James Bradley (Character) | - | 1962 |
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Varan the Unbelievable | Cmdr. James Bradley (Character) | - | 1962 |
96% |
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Rio Bravo | Barfly (Character) | - | 1959 |
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Cole Younger, Gunfighter |
Phil Bennett/ |
- | 1958 |
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Apache Territory | Webb (Character) | - | 1958 |
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Quantrill's Raiders | Jarrett (Character) | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Guns Don't Argue | John Dillinger (Character) | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Escape From Red Rock | Joe Skinner (Character) | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend | Rafe Sanders (Character) | - | 1957 |
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The Unearthly | Mark Houston (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Restless Breed | Sheriff Mike Williams (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The White Squaw | Eric Swanson (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Running Target | Kaygo (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jungle Moon Men | Mark Santo (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gang Busters | John Omar Pinson (Character) | - | 1955 |
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Tennessee's Partner | Reynolds (Character) | - | 1955 |
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Rage at Dawn | John Reno (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Panther Girl of the Kongo | Larry Sanders (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Claw Monsters | Larry Sanders (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Man From Bitter Ridge | Clem Jackman (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Count Three and Pray | Floyd Miller (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | African Manhunt | Capt. Bob Kirby (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gangbusters | Unknown (Character) | - | 1955 |
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Cattle Queen of Montana | Hank (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Saginaw Trail | Miller Webb (Character) | - | 1953 |
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Kansas Pacific | Morey (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Monsoon | Rault (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Combat Squad | Marley (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fighting Lawman | David Wilson (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Longhorn | Andy (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Storm Over Tibet | Bill March (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Maverick | Sergeant Frick (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Kid From Broken Gun | Kiefer (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fort Osage | Martin Christensen (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Montana Territory | Bill Landers (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Montana Desperado | Ron Logan (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lorna Doone | Todd Darcy (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Colorado Ambush |
Chet Murdock (Character), Screenwriter |
- | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Elephant Stampede | Joe Collins (Character) | - | 1951 |
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Slaughter Trail | Heath (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hot Rod | Joe Langham (Character) | - | 1950 |
96% |
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In a Lonely Place | Post Office Clerk (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Law of the Panhandle | Henry Faulkner (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | West Of Wyoming | Brodie (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Over the Border | Jeff Grant (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pioneer Marshal | Larry Devlin (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Laramie | Lieutenant Reed (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trail's End | Drake (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Across the Rio Grande | Stage Holdup Man (Character) | - | 1949 |
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The Man From Colorado | Powers (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1948 |
40% |
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Down to Earth | Sloan (Character) | - | 1947 |
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The Time of Their Lives | Dandy at Party (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1946 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fame | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1985 |
No Score Yet | 80% | Knight Rider | Lloyd Newald (Guest Star) | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1984 |
No Score Yet | 74% | Incredible Hulk | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1978 |
100% | 84% | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1975 |
No Score Yet | 100% | Kung Fu | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The High Chaparral | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lassie | Ranger Tom (Guest Star) | 1954 1967 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mannix | Morgan Petrie (Guest Star) | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1964 1967-1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Iron Horse | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Laredo | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965-1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Virginian | Lomax (Guest Star) | 1965-1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Man Called Shenandoah | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Unknown (Character) | 1962-1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wagon Train | Deputy Sheriff (Guest Star) | 1958 1961-1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Dakotas | Sheriff (Guest Star) | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Laramie | Rafe (Guest Star) | 1960 1962-1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Have Gun -- Will Travel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Mike (Guest Star) | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bronco | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959 1962 |
No Score Yet | 87% | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Carly (Character) | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cheyenne | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1955-1957 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rebel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rawhide | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Surfside 6 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dante | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tales of Wells Fargo | Tip Rollins (Guest Star) | 1957 1959-1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Deputy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Men Into Space | Maj. Steven Hawks, Psychologist (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Zane Grey Theatre | Unknown (Character) | 1958 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sugarfoot | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1958-1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bat Masterson | Col. Marc James (Guest Star) | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Clay Allison (Guest Star) | 1956-1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Perry Mason | Howard Roper (Guest Star) | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Behind Closed Doors | Unknown (Character) | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Lone Ranger | Bill Cole (Guest Star) | 1950 1952 1954 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Superman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1955-1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Gene Autry Show | Henchman Clay (Guest Star) | 1951-1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Adventures of Champion | Jake Webster (Guest Star) | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Roy Rogers Show | Meade Gurney (Guest Star) | 1952-1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jeff's Collie | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1954 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hopalong Cassidy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1953 |