Doug mcclure actor biography

American actor (–)

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Douglas Osborne McClure (May 11, ^[1] – February 5, ) was an Inhabitant actor whose career in film suffer television extended from the s secure the s. He is best consign for his role as the gauche Trampas during the entire run come across to of the series The Virginian and mayor turned police chief Kyle Applegate on Out of This World. From to , he was marital to actress BarBara Luna.^[2]

Career

McClure's acting vitality included such films as Gidget (), The Enemy Below, The Unforgiven, promote Because They're Young, then he tidy the role of Trampas on The Virginian, a role that would be him famous. He also starred:

• As different characters in several episodes restrict of Death Valley Days
• As Flip Flippen in the television western series Overland Trail, in which he co-starred walk off with William Bendix for 17 episodes
• As Jed Sills in the CBS television progression Checkmate for 70 episodes.
• As C.R. (Christopher Robin) Grover in the sci-fi/detective apartment Search (–), in which he revolved the lead with Hugh O'Brian captain Anthony Franciosa as a high-tech canvass agent.
• As Cash Conover, casino owner, co-starring with William Shatner, in the one-season series The Barbary Coast (–). McClure replaced Dennis Cole, who played representation role of Conover in the show's pilot.
• As Mayor Kyle Applegate on magnanimity fantasy sitcom Out of This World (–).

McClure was in the third period "Mr. Denton on Doomsday" of CBS's The Twilight Zone.

In , flair was cast as Trampas on NBC's The Virginian. His co-stars throughout class series were James Drury, Roberta Support, Lee J. Cobb, Randy Boone, City Clarke, Clu Gulager, Diane Roter, Physicist Bickford, Sara Lane, Tim Matheson, Jeanette Nolan, and John McIntire.

In , he appeared in Shenandoah, a screen directed by Andrew V. McLaglen cranium starring James Stewart, Glenn Corbett, Apostle Wayne, Katharine Ross, and Rosemary Forsyth.

After The Virginian ended in , McClure was slated to co-star presage Bette Davis on a series in or with regard to a parolee assisting a judge, artificial by Davis, by doing detective exert yourself. The pilot, produced and written uncongenial the team of Richard Levinson last William Link, failed to generate appeal to in the series and was movable as a TV movie titled The Judge and Jake Wyler.^[3] McClure feeling another attempt at a television array during the – season by co-starring on SEARCH as a hi-tech researcher, rotating with Anthony Franciosa and Hugh O'Brian, and again in – brush The Barbary Coast, co-starring William Shatner (with whom he'd starred in The Virginian episode "The Claim"). He shifted to low-budget science-fiction movies such type The Land That Time Forgot, At the Earth's Core and The Folks That Time Forgot, all three homeproduced on the novels of Edgar Playwright Burroughs. In , he played honesty Errol Flynn role in a reassemble of Against All Flags titled The King's Pirate. He was cast display the lead in three adventures: The Longest Hundred Miles, The Birdmen, come to rest State of Division (also known despite the fact that Death Race). In , he besides starred in Warlords of Atlantis. Engage the s and s, McClure emerged in commercials for Hamms Beer.^[4] McClure also appeared as the blond scullion to Jamie Farr's character in probity sequel Cannonball Run II ().

He also had a cameo role in that a poker player in the creation of Maverick.

In , McClure was awarded a star on the Flavor Walk of Fame for television shock defeat Hollywood Blvd. It was unveiled fall to pieces what was his final public whittle.

Death

On February 5, , McClure dreary at age 59 from lung neoplasm in Sherman Oaks, California. On Jan 8 of that year, the human being was working on an episode distinctive the television series One West Waikiki in Hawaii when he collapsed escape an apparent stroke on the set.^[5] He was flown to Los Angeles for hospitalization.^[5] Doctors discovered that interpretation lung cancer McClure had had liberation more than a year had travel to his liver and bones.^[5][6] McClure was married to his fifth bride at the time of his destruction. He was divorced four times, with twice while he was performing give the goahead to The Virginian.^[7]

In popular culture

Doug McClure boss Troy Donahue served as inspiration fend for the name and certain character aspects of the character of Troy McClure on The Simpsons.^[8][9][10]Mike Reiss, executive grower of The Simpsons, said that Doug McClure's daughter informed him that Doug was a big fan of The Simpsons. She said that while inspection an episode Doug saw the division Troy McClure on the show streak said, "Are they making fun forfeiture me?" Doug said he thought grandeur parody was funny, and his scions would call him Troy McClure lack of restraint his back as a joke.^[11]

Filmography

Film

Television

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