Gregory Walcott (born Bernard Mattox, January 13, 1928 â€" March 20,
2015) was an American television and film actor. Although he had roles
in many Hollywood films and television series, he is perhaps best
known for having appeared in the 1994 film Ed Wood and Wood's Plan 9
from Outer Space from 1959.Born in Wendell, North Carolina, Walcott
was raised in Wilson, North Carolina. Walcott served in the United
States Army towards the end of World War II and the Korean War. While
serving in the United States Army, he appeared as a drill instructor
in the film Battle Cry (1955), then as a shore patrolman in 1955's
war-themed classic Mister Roberts with Henry Fonda, as the drill
instructor with Tony Curtis in The Outsider (1961), and later Midway
(1976) as Capt. Elliott Buckmaster.He would appear in a number of
western films, beginning with an uncredited role in Red Skies of
Montana (1952) opposite Richard Widmark, then later more prominently
as a gunslinger who tries to romance Claudette Colbert in 1955's Texas
Lady.Walcott had roles in many television series, including that of
Stone Kenyon in two episodes of the NBC sitcom, The People's Choice
with Jackie Cooper. He was frequently cast in westerns like Bonanza
(seven times), Maverick, Frontier Doctor, Wagon Train, The High
Chaparral, 26 Men, Sugarfoot (with Will Hutchins and cast opposite
another guest star, Joi Lansing, in the 1958 episode "Bullet Proof"),
Laramie, The Rifleman, The Tall Man, The Dakotas, and in several
episodes of CBS's Rawhide, through which he began a long collaboration
with Clint Eastwood. Walcott had featured roles in Eastwood's films
Joe Kidd (1972), Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974), The Eiger Sanction
(1975), and Every Which Way But Loose (1978).
2015) was an American television and film actor. Although he had roles
in many Hollywood films and television series, he is perhaps best
known for having appeared in the 1994 film Ed Wood and Wood's Plan 9
from Outer Space from 1959.Born in Wendell, North Carolina, Walcott
was raised in Wilson, North Carolina. Walcott served in the United
States Army towards the end of World War II and the Korean War. While
serving in the United States Army, he appeared as a drill instructor
in the film Battle Cry (1955), then as a shore patrolman in 1955's
war-themed classic Mister Roberts with Henry Fonda, as the drill
instructor with Tony Curtis in The Outsider (1961), and later Midway
(1976) as Capt. Elliott Buckmaster.He would appear in a number of
western films, beginning with an uncredited role in Red Skies of
Montana (1952) opposite Richard Widmark, then later more prominently
as a gunslinger who tries to romance Claudette Colbert in 1955's Texas
Lady.Walcott had roles in many television series, including that of
Stone Kenyon in two episodes of the NBC sitcom, The People's Choice
with Jackie Cooper. He was frequently cast in westerns like Bonanza
(seven times), Maverick, Frontier Doctor, Wagon Train, The High
Chaparral, 26 Men, Sugarfoot (with Will Hutchins and cast opposite
another guest star, Joi Lansing, in the 1958 episode "Bullet Proof"),
Laramie, The Rifleman, The Tall Man, The Dakotas, and in several
episodes of CBS's Rawhide, through which he began a long collaboration
with Clint Eastwood. Walcott had featured roles in Eastwood's films
Joe Kidd (1972), Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974), The Eiger Sanction
(1975), and Every Which Way But Loose (1978).
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