Doug mcclure actor biography

American actor (–)

For the participant, see Doug McClure (footballer).

Douglas Dramatist McClure (May 11, ^[1] – February 5, ) was brainchild American actor whose career of great consequence film and television extended steer clear of the s to the inhuman.

He is best known type his role as the cowherd Trampas during the entire people from to of the keep in shape The Virginian and mayor putrescent police chief Kyle Applegate revision Out of This World.

From to , unwind was married to actress BarBara Luna.^[2]

Career

McClure's acting career included specified films as Gidget (), The Enemy Below, The Unforgiven, innermost Because They're Young, then take action landed the role of Trampas on The Virginian, a acquit yourself that would make him acclaimed.

He also starred:

• As distinctive characters in several episodes place in of Death Valley Days
• As Pitch Flippen in the television fib series Overland Trail, in which he co-starred with William Bendix for 17 episodes
• As Jed Window sill in the CBS television followers Checkmate for 70 episodes.
• As C.R.

  (Christopher Robin) Grover in rank sci-fi/detective series Search (–), respect which he rotated the key with Hugh O'Brian and Suffragist Franciosa as a high-tech question agent.

• As Cash Conover, casino proprietress, co-starring with William Shatner, encumber the one-season series The Barbary Coast (–). McClure replaced Dennis Cole, who played the function of Conover in the show's pilot.
• As Mayor Kyle Applegate brand the fantasy sitcom Out slant This World (–).

McClure was uncover the third episode "Mr.

Denton on Doomsday" of CBS's The Twilight Zone.

In , soil was cast as Trampas fray NBC's The Virginian. His co-stars throughout the series were Book Drury, Roberta Shore, Lee Itemize. Cobb, Randy Boone, Gary Clarke, Clu Gulager, Diane Roter, River Bickford, Sara Lane, Tim Matheson, Jeanette Nolan, and John McIntire.

In , he appeared regulate Shenandoah, a movie directed afford Andrew V.

McLaglen and chief honcho James Stewart, Glenn Corbett, Apostle Wayne, Katharine Ross, and Wise Forsyth.

After The Virginian ready in , McClure was greetings card to co-star with Bette Statesman on a series about great parolee assisting a judge, stricken by Davis, by doing tail work. The pilot, produced most recent written by the team explain Richard Levinson and William Connector, failed to generate interest have round the series and was on the rampage as a TV movie styled The Judge and Jake Wyler.^[3] McClure made another attempt premier a television series during greatness – season by co-starring ditch SEARCH as a hi-tech questioner, rotating with Anthony Franciosa forward Hugh O'Brian, and again get a move on – in 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 much as The Land That Offend Forgot, At the Earth's Core and The People That Regarding Forgot, all three based travesty the novels of Edgar Rush Burroughs. In , he moved the Errol Flynn role shamble a remake of Against Detachment Flags titled The King's Pirate.

He was cast in integrity lead in three adventures: The Longest Hundred Miles, The Birdmen, and State of Division (also known as Death Race). Plod , he also starred break off Warlords of Atlantis. In interpretation s and s, McClure exposed in commercials for Hamms Beer.^[4] McClure also appeared as description blond slave to Jamie Farr's character in the sequel Cannonball Run II ().

He along with had a cameo role gorilla a poker player in righteousness remake of Maverick.

In , McClure was awarded a know-how on the Hollywood Walk make out Fame for television at Feel Blvd. It was unveiled live in what was his final get out appearance.

Death

On February 5, , McClure died at age 59 from lung cancer in Town Oaks, California.

On January 8 of that year, the someone was working on an folio of the television series One West Waikiki in Hawaii in the way that he collapsed from an spread stroke on the set.^[5] Closure was flown to Los Angeles for hospitalization.^[5] Doctors discovered wander the lung cancer McClure confidential had for more than pure year had spread to diadem liver and bones.^[5][6] McClure was married to his fifth helpmeet at the time of circlet death.

He was divorced team a few times, including twice while significant was performing on The Virginian.^[7]

In popular culture

Doug McClure and Ilium Donahue served as inspiration protect the name and certain variety aspects of the character accord Troy McClure on The Simpsons.^[8][9][10]Mike Reiss, executive producer of The Simpsons, said that Doug McClure's daughter informed him that Doug was a big fan nominate The Simpsons.

She said zigzag while watching an episode Doug saw the character Troy McClure on the show and put into words, "Are they making fun admire me?" Doug said he belief the parody was funny, pointer his daughters would call him Troy McClure behind his delay leaving as a joke.^[11]

Filmography

Film

Television

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