Harlan Warde (born Harlan Ward Lufkin; November 6, 1917 â€" March 13,
1980) was a character actor active in television and movies. During
World War II, he served in Special Forces.Warde showed up in
supporting roles as detectives, doctors, and ministers. Warde made
five guest appearances on Perry Mason between 1958-1966, primarily in
law enforcement roles, such as Assistant District Attorney Harold
Hanley in "The Case of the Haunted Husband", and Sgt. Roddin in the
only color episode in 1966 entitled, "The Case of the Twice Told
Twist". From 1958â€"62, he joined Chuck Connors in The Rifleman. Warde
played John Hamilton, President of the North Fork Bank. He appeared in
eighteen episodes of The Rifleman, making his debut in episode 8,
“The Safeguard.†Over his 40-year-career in Hollywood, Warde
appeared in over 180 films and television series, including multiple
westerns. Warde was cast in the historical role of future United
States Secretary of War Edwin Stanton in the 1961 episode, "The Stolen
City," on the syndicated anthology series, Death Valley Days, hosted
by Stanley Andrews.From 1962 to 1971, Warde was a member of the cast
of the TV Western series The Virginian in the recurring role of
Sheriff Brannon. Warde also appeared on The Big Valley in 1967 as a
politician who is murdered in the episode entitled "Night Of The
Executioner" and as Simon Winkler in "Opie and the Spoiled Kid"
(1963), an episode of The Andy Griffith Show. Warde's last role was in
the 1979 Rockford Files episode "A Different Drummer" playing an aging
father of a shady doctor.
1980) was a character actor active in television and movies. During
World War II, he served in Special Forces.Warde showed up in
supporting roles as detectives, doctors, and ministers. Warde made
five guest appearances on Perry Mason between 1958-1966, primarily in
law enforcement roles, such as Assistant District Attorney Harold
Hanley in "The Case of the Haunted Husband", and Sgt. Roddin in the
only color episode in 1966 entitled, "The Case of the Twice Told
Twist". From 1958â€"62, he joined Chuck Connors in The Rifleman. Warde
played John Hamilton, President of the North Fork Bank. He appeared in
eighteen episodes of The Rifleman, making his debut in episode 8,
“The Safeguard.†Over his 40-year-career in Hollywood, Warde
appeared in over 180 films and television series, including multiple
westerns. Warde was cast in the historical role of future United
States Secretary of War Edwin Stanton in the 1961 episode, "The Stolen
City," on the syndicated anthology series, Death Valley Days, hosted
by Stanley Andrews.From 1962 to 1971, Warde was a member of the cast
of the TV Western series The Virginian in the recurring role of
Sheriff Brannon. Warde also appeared on The Big Valley in 1967 as a
politician who is murdered in the episode entitled "Night Of The
Executioner" and as Simon Winkler in "Opie and the Spoiled Kid"
(1963), an episode of The Andy Griffith Show. Warde's last role was in
the 1979 Rockford Files episode "A Different Drummer" playing an aging
father of a shady doctor.
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