Buddy Noonan (April 9, 1937 â€" July 3, 1989), born Earl Seely Noonan
in Glendale, California was an American cinematographer, actor,
entertainer, and television producer for nationally syndicated
television series such as The Happy Wanderers, Wanderlust, and The
Roving Kind, shot on location throughout the United States and Mexico.
These were distributed by Bill Burrud Productions and originally aired
on KCOP-TV in Los Angeles. Noonan appeared in episodes of the Treasure
series, later re-run on The Discovery Channel.Noonan started his
career by acting in The Bogus Green and the Oscar-nominated The
Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima, in which he says, "LucÃa, look!
There's our lady on the church roof!" During this time, the family
lived at 3034 Sagamore Way, Los Angeles 41, Calif., Cleveland 6-7483."
A graduate of Eagle Rock High School, Noonan attended Glendale
Community College. After his father Gustave "Gus" Noonan died of a
heart attack when Buddy was 19, he started working for Bill Burrud
Productions. Once the series ended, he relocated to Mammoth Lakes,
California as a reporter for the Mammoth Lakes District Review and
feature writer and columnist for The Mammoth Times with Managing
Editor, owner/operator, columnist, and publisher Wally Hofmann. He
later co-anchored the local news for Channel 5 with Marilyn Fisher.One
of Buddy's paternal uncles, Joe T. "Waano-Gano" Noonan, was a Cherokee
artist who was active in the Native American community. Because of his
uncle's influence, Buddy was invited to film the plight of the Klamath
Tribes when fishing rights were still in dispute. His native heritage
also influenced his work in several episodes of the "Treasure" series,
where Buddy plays Native American Queho in Part 1 and Part 2 of
"Queho's Secret Hideout" and also acting as himself in a "Treasure"
episode with narrator Bill Burrud (1958) in "Queho's Secret Hideout."
Queho was an outlaw who eluded authorities until his death. Noonan and
his business partner Milas Hinshaw explored areas of the old West in
the Treasure series. Buddy appeared in other episodes of the "Treasure
(1958 TV series)" series with Bill Burrud, including "Death Valley's
Stovepipe Wells." Noonan's work was published in magazines throughout
the Pacific southwest, including Desert Magazine and "The Review" in
Mammoth Lakes, California. He wrote historical accounts of the Old
West and on mining towns that had flourished during the Gold Rush,
including Bodie Ghost Town. Noonan's foreword appears in "Murders at
Convict Lake," an account of several escaped fugitives for which
Convict Lake is named after.
in Glendale, California was an American cinematographer, actor,
entertainer, and television producer for nationally syndicated
television series such as The Happy Wanderers, Wanderlust, and The
Roving Kind, shot on location throughout the United States and Mexico.
These were distributed by Bill Burrud Productions and originally aired
on KCOP-TV in Los Angeles. Noonan appeared in episodes of the Treasure
series, later re-run on The Discovery Channel.Noonan started his
career by acting in The Bogus Green and the Oscar-nominated The
Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima, in which he says, "LucÃa, look!
There's our lady on the church roof!" During this time, the family
lived at 3034 Sagamore Way, Los Angeles 41, Calif., Cleveland 6-7483."
A graduate of Eagle Rock High School, Noonan attended Glendale
Community College. After his father Gustave "Gus" Noonan died of a
heart attack when Buddy was 19, he started working for Bill Burrud
Productions. Once the series ended, he relocated to Mammoth Lakes,
California as a reporter for the Mammoth Lakes District Review and
feature writer and columnist for The Mammoth Times with Managing
Editor, owner/operator, columnist, and publisher Wally Hofmann. He
later co-anchored the local news for Channel 5 with Marilyn Fisher.One
of Buddy's paternal uncles, Joe T. "Waano-Gano" Noonan, was a Cherokee
artist who was active in the Native American community. Because of his
uncle's influence, Buddy was invited to film the plight of the Klamath
Tribes when fishing rights were still in dispute. His native heritage
also influenced his work in several episodes of the "Treasure" series,
where Buddy plays Native American Queho in Part 1 and Part 2 of
"Queho's Secret Hideout" and also acting as himself in a "Treasure"
episode with narrator Bill Burrud (1958) in "Queho's Secret Hideout."
Queho was an outlaw who eluded authorities until his death. Noonan and
his business partner Milas Hinshaw explored areas of the old West in
the Treasure series. Buddy appeared in other episodes of the "Treasure
(1958 TV series)" series with Bill Burrud, including "Death Valley's
Stovepipe Wells." Noonan's work was published in magazines throughout
the Pacific southwest, including Desert Magazine and "The Review" in
Mammoth Lakes, California. He wrote historical accounts of the Old
West and on mining towns that had flourished during the Gold Rush,
including Bodie Ghost Town. Noonan's foreword appears in "Murders at
Convict Lake," an account of several escaped fugitives for which
Convict Lake is named after.
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