Gregg Palmer | |
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Palmer in Magnificent Obsession, 1954 | |
Born | January 25, 1927 |
Died | October 31, 2015
Encino, California, U.S. | (aged 88)
Occupation(s) | Film and television actor |
Years active | 1950–1982 |
Spouse |
Ruth Stump Brooks
(
m. 1967; died. 1999) |
Palmer Edwin Lee (January 25, 1927 – October 31, 2015), known by his stage name Gregg Palmer, was an American film and television actor. [4] He was known for playing Tom McLowery in the final season of the American western television series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp.
Palmer in San Francisco, California, [3] He served in the United States Army Air Corps as a cryptographer in World War II. [5] He began his acting career in 1950 with the uncredited role of an ambulance driver [5] in the film My Friend Irma Goes West. [6]
Palmer guest-starred in numerous television programs, including Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Wagon Train, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, The Virginian, The Wild Wild West, Rawhide, Star Trek: The Original Series, Mannix, Mission: Impossible and Death Valley Days. [5] [6] He also appeared in films, including Big Jake, Rio Lobo, Magnificent Obsession, To Hell and Back, The Shootist, The Rebel Set, Zombies of Mora Tau, [7] Taza, Son of Cochise, Francis Goes to West Point and The Creature Walks Among Us. [3] [6] He retired in 1982, his last credit being in the miniseries The Blue and the Gray.
Palmer died in October 2015 in Encino, California, at the age of 88. [5] [6]