Robert McQueeney (March 5, 1919 â€" April 24, 2002) was an American
actor, best known for television roles during the 1950s and 1960s.
During and after his acting career, he also worked as a golf pro and
instructor.A versatile character actor, McQueeney appeared on Broadway
in Billy Budd (1951) and Fragile Fox (1954). In 1959, he portrayed the
19th century actor, Edwin Booth, brother of John Wilkes Booth, the
assassin of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, in the episode "The Man
Who Loved Lincoln" on the ABC/Warner Brothers western television
series, Colt .45, starring Wayde Preston as the fictitious undercover
agent Christopher Colt, who in the story line is assigned to protect
Booth following a death threat. That year he also played the role of
murderer Michael Dwight in the Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the
Lost Last Act".He appeared in guest roles on such television series as
Bonanza and Gunsmoke as well as the Warner Bros. Television series
Lawman, The Alaskans, and 77 Sunset Strip. His one shot at a leading
role in a series was his portrayal of newspaper reporter Conley Wright
on Warner Bros./ABC's short-lived World War II series, The Gallant Men
(1962â€"63). He played supporting roles in such films as Portrait of a
Mobster (1961) and The Glory Guys (1965).He had three children with
his former wife, Patricia McQueeney. She was a model and an actress in
television commercials who appeared regularly in the 1950s on NBC's
The Today Show. She operated a talent agency, McQueeney Management,
that for years handled the career of Harrison Ford.
actor, best known for television roles during the 1950s and 1960s.
During and after his acting career, he also worked as a golf pro and
instructor.A versatile character actor, McQueeney appeared on Broadway
in Billy Budd (1951) and Fragile Fox (1954). In 1959, he portrayed the
19th century actor, Edwin Booth, brother of John Wilkes Booth, the
assassin of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, in the episode "The Man
Who Loved Lincoln" on the ABC/Warner Brothers western television
series, Colt .45, starring Wayde Preston as the fictitious undercover
agent Christopher Colt, who in the story line is assigned to protect
Booth following a death threat. That year he also played the role of
murderer Michael Dwight in the Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the
Lost Last Act".He appeared in guest roles on such television series as
Bonanza and Gunsmoke as well as the Warner Bros. Television series
Lawman, The Alaskans, and 77 Sunset Strip. His one shot at a leading
role in a series was his portrayal of newspaper reporter Conley Wright
on Warner Bros./ABC's short-lived World War II series, The Gallant Men
(1962â€"63). He played supporting roles in such films as Portrait of a
Mobster (1961) and The Glory Guys (1965).He had three children with
his former wife, Patricia McQueeney. She was a model and an actress in
television commercials who appeared regularly in the 1950s on NBC's
The Today Show. She operated a talent agency, McQueeney Management,
that for years handled the career of Harrison Ford.
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