Damian O'Flynn (January 29, 1907 â€" August 8, 1982) was an
Irish-American actor of film and television originally from Boston,
Massachusetts.O'Flynn made his screen debut in Marked Woman (1937),
after which he was a freelance player for such studios as Warner
Brothers, Paramount, and RKO Pictures. While serving in World War II,
he was cast with several other actors-in-uniform in Winged Victory, a
production of 20th Century Fox.O'Flynn appeared in many western films
and television series. He was cast with Ben Cooper in Gunfight at
Comanche Creek (1963) and had a bit part in The Far Country (1954)
with Jimmy Stewart and Walter Brennan . He appeared in two secondary
roles in sixty episodes of the American Broadcasting Company/Desilu
series, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, with Hugh O'Brian in the
title role of Marshal Wyatt Earp. When the series was set in Dodge
City, Kansas, O'Flynn played Judge Tobin; when the locale was moved to
Tombstone, Arizona, he became Dr. Goodfellow.In the "Frontier Surgeon"
(January 19, 1960) episode of The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, Dr.
Goodfellow must obtain a truce with Marshal Earp who is apprehending a
wounded outlaw. The man will die if moved after surgery, but he does
not wait the three days to recuperate out of distrust of Earp and the
protection of the $15,000 loot he and his gang have taken from Wells
Fargo.
Irish-American actor of film and television originally from Boston,
Massachusetts.O'Flynn made his screen debut in Marked Woman (1937),
after which he was a freelance player for such studios as Warner
Brothers, Paramount, and RKO Pictures. While serving in World War II,
he was cast with several other actors-in-uniform in Winged Victory, a
production of 20th Century Fox.O'Flynn appeared in many western films
and television series. He was cast with Ben Cooper in Gunfight at
Comanche Creek (1963) and had a bit part in The Far Country (1954)
with Jimmy Stewart and Walter Brennan . He appeared in two secondary
roles in sixty episodes of the American Broadcasting Company/Desilu
series, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, with Hugh O'Brian in the
title role of Marshal Wyatt Earp. When the series was set in Dodge
City, Kansas, O'Flynn played Judge Tobin; when the locale was moved to
Tombstone, Arizona, he became Dr. Goodfellow.In the "Frontier Surgeon"
(January 19, 1960) episode of The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, Dr.
Goodfellow must obtain a truce with Marshal Earp who is apprehending a
wounded outlaw. The man will die if moved after surgery, but he does
not wait the three days to recuperate out of distrust of Earp and the
protection of the $15,000 loot he and his gang have taken from Wells
Fargo.
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