Joe Conley (March 3, 1928 â€" July 7, 2013) was an American actor who
played many small roles on television and is most remembered for his
role as the storekeeper Ike Godsey in The Waltons.Joe Conley was born
in Buffalo, New York. He started acting after returning from military
service in Korea, and was running three real-estate agencies in the
San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles by the early 1970s after
beginning this second career in 1961. While acting, he continued to
work in real estate and, as a result, became wealthy.By the early
1970s, his career as an actor was in limbo. After twenty years of
small parts in mainly television shows, he had only been in two bit
parts in as many years before he was cast as storekeeper Ike Godsey in
The Waltons. Conley was paired with Ronnie Claire Edwards, who
portrayed his bossy wife Corabeth Walton Godsey; their characters
married in the show during 1975. In 2009, Conley published his
autobiography, Ike Godsey of Walton's Mountain.He was married and
divorced to Jacqueline Stakes, with whom he had two children. He
married Louise Teecher in 1969 and had two children with her.
played many small roles on television and is most remembered for his
role as the storekeeper Ike Godsey in The Waltons.Joe Conley was born
in Buffalo, New York. He started acting after returning from military
service in Korea, and was running three real-estate agencies in the
San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles by the early 1970s after
beginning this second career in 1961. While acting, he continued to
work in real estate and, as a result, became wealthy.By the early
1970s, his career as an actor was in limbo. After twenty years of
small parts in mainly television shows, he had only been in two bit
parts in as many years before he was cast as storekeeper Ike Godsey in
The Waltons. Conley was paired with Ronnie Claire Edwards, who
portrayed his bossy wife Corabeth Walton Godsey; their characters
married in the show during 1975. In 2009, Conley published his
autobiography, Ike Godsey of Walton's Mountain.He was married and
divorced to Jacqueline Stakes, with whom he had two children. He
married Louise Teecher in 1969 and had two children with her.
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