Tyler MacDuff (born Tyler Glenn Duff Jr., September 12, 1925 â€"
December 23, 2007), was an American actor, primarily on television
westerns and dramas who was cast as Billy the Kid in The Boy from
Oklahoma (1954).A native of Hollywood, California, MacDuff was the son
of Tyler Duff Sr. (1890â€"1967), originally from Indiana. His mother
was Cecil W. Duff (1893â€"1978), an Illinois native. In 1943, at the
age of eighteen, MacDuff joined the U.S. Navy. In 1944, he drove an
LCVP landing craft in the first wave of the invasions of Saipan and
Guam. In late 1944 and 1945, he was part of General Douglas
MacArthur's invasion forces in the Philippine Islands.In 1952, MacDuff
graduated from the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California, where
his classmates included Dana Andrews and Harry Dean Stanton. From 1953
to 1961, he was married to the former Beverlie Mae Anderson (born
1930), and the couple had three sons, Brandon (born 1954) and Dana J.
MacDuff (born 1955), and Tyler Glenn III (born 1959)In 1952, MacDuff
in one of his first uncredited roles appeared as a cheerleader in the
film Bonzo Goes to College. From 1953â€"1957, he appeared three times
as Brad Stanton, Clint Harkey, and Kip Holloway on the series The Lone
Ranger.
December 23, 2007), was an American actor, primarily on television
westerns and dramas who was cast as Billy the Kid in The Boy from
Oklahoma (1954).A native of Hollywood, California, MacDuff was the son
of Tyler Duff Sr. (1890â€"1967), originally from Indiana. His mother
was Cecil W. Duff (1893â€"1978), an Illinois native. In 1943, at the
age of eighteen, MacDuff joined the U.S. Navy. In 1944, he drove an
LCVP landing craft in the first wave of the invasions of Saipan and
Guam. In late 1944 and 1945, he was part of General Douglas
MacArthur's invasion forces in the Philippine Islands.In 1952, MacDuff
graduated from the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California, where
his classmates included Dana Andrews and Harry Dean Stanton. From 1953
to 1961, he was married to the former Beverlie Mae Anderson (born
1930), and the couple had three sons, Brandon (born 1954) and Dana J.
MacDuff (born 1955), and Tyler Glenn III (born 1959)In 1952, MacDuff
in one of his first uncredited roles appeared as a cheerleader in the
film Bonzo Goes to College. From 1953â€"1957, he appeared three times
as Brad Stanton, Clint Harkey, and Kip Holloway on the series The Lone
Ranger.
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