Don Haggerty
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Don Haggerty | |
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Born | Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S. | July 3, 1914
Died | August 19, 1988 Cocoa Beach, Florida, U.S. | (aged 74)
Alma mater | Brown University |
Occupation | Actor of film and television |
Years active | 1952–1981 |
Don Haggerty (July 3, 1914 – August 19, 1988) was an American actor of film and television. Before he began appearing in films in 1947, Haggerty was a Brown University athlete and served in the United States military.
Career[]
Usually cast as tough policemen or cowboys, Haggerty appeared in films including Sands of Iwo Jima (1949), The Asphalt Jungle (1951), Angels in the Outfield (1951) and The Narrow Margin. The B-movie actor continued to appear in films until the early 1980s.
Between 1949 and 1955, Haggerty made four guest appearances in The Lone Ranger television series – twice as outlaws, once as a crooked sheriff and once as a genuine sheriff. From 1954 to 1955, he starred in the syndicated private eye series The Files of Jeffrey Jones. in the 1955–1956 season, Haggerty appeared as the outlaw Sam Bass in an episode of Jim Davis's syndicated . About this time, he also appeared on CBS in the Reed Hadley legal drama, . He played the lead role in the DuMont series The Cases of Eddie Drake (filmed 1949, aired 1952).
In 1956–1957, Haggerty appeared as Sheriff Elder in nine episodes of the syndicated western-themed crime drama, State Trooper. He appeared in three episodes of the syndicated western 26 Men. In 1959, he guest starred in Bruce Gordon's NBC docudrama about the Cold War, Behind Closed Doors.
Haggerty appeared twenty-one times, including nineteen in 1955 and 1956 as newspaperman Marsh Murdock, on the ABC/Desilu western series, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp. In 1960, he appeared as Marshal Bill Thompson in the episode "Alibi" on the ABC/Warner Brothers western series, Colt .45.
In 1959, Haggerty portrayed Harry Moxton in the episode "No Laughing Matter" of the NBC crime drama, Richard Diamond, Private Detective. Also in 1959 he guest starred on the TV western series Bat Masterson as crooked casino owner Jess Porter.
In 1960 Haggerty appeared as Joe Haynes on the TV western Tales of Wells Fargo in the episode "Doc Dawson". Haggerty guest starred in 1960 on the NBC crime drama, Dan Raven and the CBS Rawhide episode "Incident of the Silent Web" in the role of Chaney. He appeared too the NBC western series, The Californians and Riverboat.
Haggerty was cast as the United States Attorney W. H. H. Clayton in the 1961 episode, "A Bullet for the D.A." of the anthology series, Death Valley Days. In 1967, Haggerty played Horace Tabor in another Death Valley Days episode, "Chicken Bill". Earlier, Haggerty played Sheriff Wheeler in the 1966 Death Valley Days episode "The Fastest Nun in the West". In another 1966 episode of the same series, "Water Bringer", Haggerty was cast as the embittered Captain Hayworth of the ship Orion. In the 1969 Death Valley Days episode, "Old Stape", Haggerty played an eccentric thief who outwits lawmen from his rundown shack along the border of the United States and the Republic of Texas.
Haggerty was cast as Joe Wine in the 1961 episode "Alien Entry" of another syndicated series, . About this time, he guest starred in the episode "The Green Gamblers" of the syndicated crime drama, The Brothers Brannagan. He was also cast in 1963 in an episode of the NBC modern western series, Redigo. Don Haggerty appeared as a guest star in My Favorite Martian as Detective Sgt. Heeley in 1964's episode called 'Uncle Martin's Broadcast' and as a bank guard in 1965's 'Hate Me A Little'.
Selected filmography[]
- Back Door to Heaven (1939) – Jail Guard at Desk (uncredited)
- USS VD: Ship of Shame (1942) – Ship Officer (uncredited)
- The Gangster (1947) – Thug Messenger (uncredited)
- Mystery Range (1947) – Deputy Tom Emery
- Silent Conflict (1948) – 2nd. Rancher
- The Dead Don't Dream (1948) – Deputy Sheriff
- Fighting Father Dunne (1948) – Gorilla Blake (uncredited)
- Sinister Journey (1948) – Harmon Roberts
- Train to Alcatraz (1948) – Billings
- Borrowed Trouble (1948) – Lippy
- Pitfall (1948) – District Attorney's Man (uncredited)
- That Lady in Ermine (1948) – Staff Officer (uncredited)
- Angel in Exile (1948) – Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
- The Gentleman from Nowhere (1948) – Bill Cook (uncredited)
- False Paradise (1948) – Deal Marden
- Command Decision (1948) – Command Officer (uncredited)
- Gun Smugglers (1948) – Sheriff Schurslock
- Act of Violence (1949) – Policeman (uncredited)
- Rustlers (1949) – Rancher #1
- El Paso (1949) – Deputy (uncredited)
- The Crooked Way (1949) – Hood
- Canadian Pacific (1949) – Cagle
- King of the Rocket Men (1949, Serial) – Tony Dirken
- South of Rio (1949) – Henchman Chuck Bowers
- Scene of the Crime (1949) – Detective (uncredited)
- Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) – Colonel in Staff Car (uncredited)
- Cowboy and the Prizefighter (1949) – Steve Stevenson
- Malaya (1949) – Submarine Commander (uncredited)
- Gun Smugglers (1949)
- The Sundowners (1950) – Sheriff Elmer Gall
- The Kid from Texas (1950) – Morgan
- Side Street (1950) – Rivers (uncredited)
- Dynamite Pass (1950) – Sheriff in Cliffton
- The Vanishing Westerner (1950) – Henchman Art
- Storm Over Wyoming (1950) – The Marshal
- Shadow on the Wall (1950) – Night Duty Physician (uncredited)
- The Asphalt Jungle (1950) – Det. Andrews (uncredited)
- Armored Car Robbery (1950) – Detective Cuyler
- Vigilante Hideout (1950) – Jim Benson
- Lonely Heart Bandits (1950) – Dane (uncredited)
- Gambling House (1950) – Sharky
- Spoilers of the Plains (1951) – Henchman Ben Rix
- Cause for Alarm! (1951) – Mr. Russell
- Quebec (1951) – Col. Jean Durossac
- Fighting Coast Guard (1951) – Marine Captain (uncredited)
- Go for Broke! (1951) – Sgt. Wilson I. Culley
- That's My Boy (1951) – Tom, Masseur (uncredited)
- No Questions Asked (1951) – Mounted Policeman (uncredited)
- Rich, Young and Pretty (1951) – Tom, Legionnaire (uncredited)
- Rhubarb (1951) – Policeman (uncredited)
- The Strip (1951) – Arresting Detective (uncredited)
- Angels in the Outfield (1951) – Rube Ronson
- The Stooge (1951) – Mr. Winston (uncredited)
- Callaway Went Thataway (1951) – Director Don
- Sailor Beware (1952) – Lt. Connors (uncredited)
- Hoodlum Empire (1952) – Mark Flynn (uncredited)
- Bronco Buster (1952) – Dobie Carson
- The Narrow Margin (1952) – Det. Wilson (uncredited)
- Wild Stallion (1952) – Sgt. Keach
- Denver and Rio Grande (1952) – Bob Nelson
- Skirts Ahoy! (1952) – Military Police Sergeant (uncredited)
- Glory Alley (1952) – Gambler (uncredited)
- Roar of the Crowd (1953) – Chuck Baylor
- Hannah Lee (1953) – Bill Crashaw
- City of Bad Men (1953) – Bob Thrailkill (uncredited)
- Take the High Ground! (1953) – Commanding Officer (uncredited)
- Combat Squad (1953) ��� Sgt. Wiley
- Jubilee Trail (1954) – New York Detective (uncredited)
- Phantom Stallion (1954) – Foreman Gil
- Loophole (1954) – Neil Sanford
- The Rocket Man (1954) – Officer Mike O'Brien
- Return from the Sea (1954) – Tompkins
- Naked Alibi (1954) – Matt Matthews
- Cry Vengeance (1954) – Lt. Pat Ryan
- The Atomic Kid (1954) – Lieutenant (uncredited)
- Strategic Air Command (1955) – Major – Patrol Commander (uncredited)
- An Annapolis Story (1955) – Lt. Prentiss
- The Eternal Sea (1955) – Commander
- Air Strike (1955) – Lt. Richard Huggins
- I Cover the Underworld (1955) – Prison Guard (uncredited)
- The Private War of Major Benson (1955) – Harold Hibler
- The Desperate Hours (1955) – Detective (uncredited)
- Texas Lady (1955) – Sheriff Herndon
- Crashing Las Vegas (1956) – Tony Murlock
- Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956) – Leavenworth Prison Guard (uncredited)
- Calling Homicide (1956) – Det. Sgt. Mike Duncan
- Chain of Evidence (1957) – Sgt. Mike Duncan
- Spring Reunion (1957) – Pete (uncredited)
- Spoilers of the Forest (1957) – Williams the Ranger (uncredited)
- Footsteps in the Night (1957) – Sgt. Mike Duncan
- Back from the Dead (1957) – John Mitchell
- Jet Pilot (1957) – Sergeant (uncredited)
- The Crooked Circle (1957) – Adams
- The Sad Sack (1957) – Capt. Ward (uncredited)
- Day of the Badman (1958) – Deputy Floyd
- Blood Arrow (1958) – Gabe
- Cattle Empire (1958) – Ralph Hamilton
- The Man Who Died Twice (1958) – Frank
- Some Came Running (1958) – Ted Harperspoon (uncredited)
- The Gunfight at Dodge City (1959) – Sheriff Jim Regan, Dodge City
- Don't Give Up the Ship (1959) – Cmdr. Turner (uncredited)
- The Purple Gang (1959) – Minor Role (uncredited)
- Bat Masterson (1960) – Gordon Hall
- Seven Ways from Sundown (1960) – Dick Durton
- Hell Is for Heroes (1962) – Capt. Mace
- Bonanza (TV series, 1962–1972) – Various roles (7 episodes)
- Papa's Delicate Condition (1963) – Gambler (uncredited)
- The Killers (1964) – Mail Truck Driver
- Harlow (1965) – Police Captain (uncredited)
- That Funny Feeling (1965) – Policeman #1
- The Great Sioux Massacre (1965) – Senator Blaine
- The Loved One (1965) – Haggerty
- The Night of the Grizzly (1966) – Sam Potts
- Skin Game (1971) – Speaker
- The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler (1971) – Jake
- Dirty Harry (1971) – Minor Role (uncredited)
- Starbird and Sweet William (1973) – Hunter
- Waikiki Angels (1981) (TV) (as Bo Thompson)
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- 1914 births
- 1988 deaths
- 20th-century American male actors
- American male film actors
- American male television actors
- Brown Bears athletes
- Male actors from New York (state)
- Male Western (genre) film actors
- People from Greater Los Angeles
- People from Poughkeepsie, New York
- Western (genre) television actors