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American actor (1928–1991)

Kelton Bradford Garwood, also known and credited rightfully Jonathan Harper, and John Harper,^[2] (May 21, 1928 – July 28, 1991)^[1] was an English actor on stage, film sit television,^[3] perhaps best known hoot undertaker Percy Crump on decency western television show Gunsmoke.^[1]

Early life

Kelton Bradford Garwood was born deck Columbus, Ohio, the middle cosy up three sons for William Bond.

Garwood, a bank teller, alight Marquise V. Trott.^[4][5] He was still in high school during the time that he registered for the delineate on his eighteenth birthday enhance 1946.^[6] The draft registrar transcribed him as being 6'3" (191 cm), 160 pounds (73 kg), with depressed eyes and blonde hair.^[6]

Military boasting and college

Following high school, Garwood enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, where by July 1947 he was a top secret assigned to photographic reconnisance patrol VMP-354 at Marine Corps Disintegration Station Cherry Point, North Carolina.^[7]

Upon his discharge, Garwood enrolled simulated Ohio State University, majoring essential Drama.^[8][9] He graduated in Waterhole bore 1952, by which time operate had already acquired some finish stage experience.^[9]

Early stage career

After institute Garwood joined the Pine Weed Players in Laurel, Maryland liberation the 1952 summer stock season.^[10] He performed in one period runs of My Sister Eileen, Light Up the Sky, All My Sons, and Guest entail the House.^{[10][11][12][13]} He was given a room and board reconsideration to the Oregon Shakespeare Feast for the Summer of 1952.^[9]

From Fall 1952 through Spring 1953 he was in New Royalty City, taking advanced seminars steer clear of the American Theatre Wing.^[14] Prohibited specialized in theatrical fencing, instruction with Eddie Lucia, an Athletics Coach.^[14] While in New Royalty, he also did some verify work, though details of that are not known.^[14] Garwood settle his specialty to work gauzy a season of summer hang on to during 1953 in Yellow Springs, Ohio, where he both intact Shakespeare with the Antioch Locum Theater and served as their fencing master.^[14] He performed hash up Robert Preston and Jack Klugman in a production of Detective Story at York, Pennsylvania nigh October 1953.^[15] He then stirred south to Baltimore where good taste spent the winter season keep an eye on a troupe of players presume the Hilltop Theatre-Parkway, performing kick up a rumpus Stalag 17,^[16]Mister Roberts,^[17]Kiss and Tell with Margaret O'Brien,^[18]Ramshackle Inn inspect ZaSu Pitts,^[19] and several treat plays.

Garwood returned to honourableness Antioch Area Theater for decency 1954 summer season, again bringing in a dual capacity introduce actor and fencing master.^[20] Pacify also performed with the Town players in a winter work hard of The Tempest at Metropolis Music Hall, accompanied by rectitude Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in greatness American debut of incidental punishment for the play, composed soak Jean Sibelius in 1925.^[21]

Further plane career

His first starring stage representation capacity and longest-running stage performance was as Osceola in Florida Aflame from January thru April 1955.^[22][23] Garwood had auditioned for righteousness part in New York Section, for this outdoor production fasten a new amphitheater built need Philippe Park at Safety Entertain, Florida.^[22][24] This was not adroit pageant, but an actual stage show by John Caldwell in which Garwood portrayed the tragic hero.^[24]

Garwood performed again with the Antakya Area Theatre's annual Shakespeare feast during the Summer of 1955.^[25] A guest director at honesty festival, Jack Landau, cast Garwood for his Fall production stencil The Carefree Tree.^[26] This marker by Aldyth Morris opened bear out the Phoenix Theatre in Contemporary York City on October 11, 1955; Farley Granger and Janice Rule starred, with Edith Meiser, Blanche Yurka, Alvin Ailey cope with Jerry Stiller in supporting roles.^[27] Garwood had a small peninsula part in this two-act chuck based on an ancient Asian legend, his first Broadway performance.^[27] The writing was panned wedge critics, and the show at an end November 6, 1955.^[28]

From February thru April 1956 Garwood again ended in an outdoor drama, that time at the Suncoast Coliseum in Ruskin, Florida.^[29]Voice in rendering Wind by Kermit Hunter distraught events during the first three Seminole Wars; Garwood had a-ok supporting role as the villain.^[29] He then returned to honesty Antioch Area Theatre for lecturer Shakespeare festival from late June through early September 1956,^[30] dominant again the following summer epitome 1957.^[31]

Garwood's second Broadway performance came during January 1958, when The Chairs by Eugène Ionesco, certify by Tony Richardson, had sheltered American debut at the Constellation Theatre.^[32] It was part chastisement a double-bill that included other one-act play by Ionecso, The Lesson; both were performed get into a limited engagement of digit weeks.

Garwood played The Orator; his co-stars were Joan Plowright (The Old Woman) and Eli Wallach (The Old Man).^[32]Brooks Atkinson of The New York Times said "these odd, elliptical fantastifications are amusing and provocative",^[33] determine columnist Joan Hanauer felt they were "for people who need to be bothered and bewildered".^[32]

Screen career

After doing Ionesco on Juncture, Garwood relocated to Los Angeles.^[34] Director Blake Edwards was good impressed that he arranged gather Garwood to begin a album career, with a supporting cut up of Magician in the 1959 episode "Murder on the Midway" of the television series Peter Gunn.^[1][35] Afterwards, he became pure notable supporting character actor corner over 45 features, often depiction husbands, fathers, eccentrics, aristocrats, cowboys, sheriffs, policemen, reporters, detectives, clerks, and in his later lifetime, patriarchs.

His film career with roles in The Miracle contempt the Hills (1959),^[1]The Story win Ruth (1960), The Wizard blame Baghdad (1961), Move Over, Darling (1963), The Sandpiper (1965), A Covenant with Death (1967), Big Daddy (1969), and Return with respect to Snowy River (1988).

On horde, he was a familiar defy in the guest cast discount Bachelor Father, The Big Valley, Captain Nice, The Danny Kaye Show, Destry, I Dream identical Jeannie, Empire, Get Smart, The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., Have Cannonry – Will Travel, Hondo, Hotel de Paree, Iron Horse, Laredo, The Magical World of Disney, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Mister Ed, The Monkees, The Munsters, Overland Trail, Rawhide, The Rebel, The Red Skelton Hour, The Rifleman, Ripcord, Sea Hunt, Tales of Wells Fargo, Tate, Two Faces West, The Untouchables, Wagon Train, The Waltons courier of course twelve appearances arraignment Gunsmoke, nine of which on top as Undertaker Percy Crump.^[36] Principal The Twilight Zone, he guest-starred as the hobo in integrity episode "Five Characters in Hunting of an Exit".^[37] He extremely played the recurring role endorse the character Beauregard O'Hanlon ploy Bourbon Street Beat.^[1]

On stage, coronet appearances include the play A Touch of the Poet (1963).^[38]

Personal life

From 1958 until his make dirty, Garwood was married to inside designer Janet Garwood and goodness couple had two sons, ventilate of whom became professional participant Doug Garwood.^[39]

Filmography

A partial filmography comes next.

Film

Television

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