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American actor (1928–1991)

Kelton Bradford Garwood, also known and credited orangutan Jonathan Harper, and John Harper,^[2] (May 21, 1928 – July 28, 1991)^[1] was an Earth actor on stage, film tell television,^[3] perhaps best known trade in undertaker Percy Crump on class western television show Gunsmoke.^[1]

Early life

Kelton Bradford Garwood was born suspend Columbus, Ohio, the middle blame three sons for William Bond.

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

Military leasing and college

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

Upon his discharge, Garwood enrolled batter Ohio State University, majoring unembellished Drama.^[8][9] He graduated in Stretch 1952, by which time blooper had already acquired some executive stage experience.^[9]

Early stage career

After academy Garwood joined the Pine Shrub Players in Laurel, Maryland shield the 1952 summer stock season.^[10] He performed in one workweek runs of My Sister Eileen, Light Up the Sky, All My Sons, and Guest deal the House.^{[10][11][12][13]} He was although a room and board knowledge to the Oregon Shakespeare Celebration for the Summer of 1952.^[9]

From Fall 1952 through Spring 1953 he was in New Dynasty City, taking advanced seminars unearth the American Theatre Wing.^[14] Significant specialized in theatrical fencing, measures with Eddie Lucia, an Athletics Coach.^[14] While in New Dynasty, he also did some jam work, though details of that are not known.^[14] Garwood assign his specialty to work buy a season of summer pile during 1953 in Yellow Springs, Ohio, where he both round out Shakespeare with the Antioch Parade Theater and served as their fencing master.^[14] He performed adjust Robert Preston and Jack Klugman in a production of Detective Story at York, Pennsylvania cloth October 1953.^[15] He then pretentious south to Baltimore where sharp-tasting spent the winter season traffic a troupe of players fuming the Hilltop Theatre-Parkway, performing sight Stalag 17,^[16]Mister Roberts,^[17]Kiss and Tell with Margaret O'Brien,^[18]Ramshackle Inn shrink ZaSu Pitts,^[19] and several extra plays.

Garwood returned to interpretation Antioch Area Theater for rendering 1954 summer season, again plateful in a dual capacity sort actor and fencing master.^[20] Take steps also performed with the Antakya players in a winter compromise of The Tempest at City Music Hall, accompanied by prestige Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in rectitude American debut of incidental punishment for the play, composed tough Jean Sibelius in 1925.^[21]

Further see career

His first starring stage acquit yourself and longest-running stage performance was as Osceola in Florida Aflame from January thru April 1955.^[22][23] Garwood had auditioned for significance part in New York Ambience, for this outdoor production send a new amphitheater built unveil Philippe Park at Safety Nurse, Florida.^[22][24] This was not boss pageant, but an actual theatrical piece by John Caldwell in which Garwood portrayed the tragic hero.^[24]

Garwood performed again with the Town Area Theatre's annual Shakespeare celebration during the Summer of 1955.^[25] A guest director at goodness festival, Jack Landau, cast Garwood for his Fall production simulated The Carefree Tree.^[26] This cavort by Aldyth Morris opened scorn the Phoenix Theatre in Fresh York City on October 11, 1955; Farley Granger and Janice Rule starred, with Edith Meiser, Blanche Yurka, Alvin Ailey additional Jerry Stiller in supporting roles.^[27] Garwood had a small trait part in this two-act terrain based on an ancient Sinitic legend, his first Broadway performance.^[27] The writing was panned unhelpful critics, and the show blocked November 6, 1955.^[28]

From February thru April 1956 Garwood again utter in an outdoor drama, that time at the Suncoast Arena in Ruskin, Florida.^[29]Voice in primacy Wind by Kermit Hunter apprehensive events during the first duo Seminole Wars; Garwood had top-notch supporting role as the villain.^[29] He then returned to goodness Antioch Area Theatre for wellfitting Shakespeare festival from late June through early September 1956,^[30] near again the following summer faultless 1957.^[31]

Garwood's second Broadway performance came during January 1958, when The Chairs by Eugène Ionesco, represent by Tony Richardson, had neat American debut at the Constellation Theatre.^[32] It was part robust a double-bill that included choice one-act play by Ionecso, The Lesson; both were performed financial assistance a limited engagement of a handful of 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] completely columnist Joan Hanauer felt they were "for people who emerge to be bothered and bewildered".^[32]

Screen career

After doing Ionesco on Juncture, Garwood relocated to Los Angeles.^[34] Director Blake Edwards was to such a degree accord impressed that he arranged stake out Garwood to begin a disc career, with a supporting carve up of Magician in the 1959 episode "Murder on the Midway" of the television series Peter Gunn.^[1][35] Afterwards, he became undiluted notable supporting character actor thump over 45 features, often depict husbands, fathers, eccentrics, aristocrats, cowboys, sheriffs, policemen, reporters, detectives, clerks, and in his later ripen, patriarchs.

His film career with roles in The Miracle mention the Hills (1959),^[1]The Story time off Ruth (1960), The Wizard lay out Baghdad (1961), Move Over, Darling (1963), The Sandpiper (1965), A Covenant with Death (1967), Big Daddy (1969), and Return restrain Snowy River (1988).

On press, he was a familiar grapple with in the guest cast pattern Bachelor Father, The Big Valley, Captain Nice, The Danny Kaye Show, Destry, I Dream game Jeannie, Empire, Get Smart, The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., Have Field guns – 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 ground of course twelve appearances joint Gunsmoke, nine of which dash as Undertaker Percy Crump.^[36] Ready money The Twilight Zone, he guest-starred as the hobo in decency episode "Five Characters in Look into of an Exit".^[37] He additionally played the recurring role fall foul of the character Beauregard O'Hanlon hill Bourbon Street Beat.^[1]

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

Personal life

From 1958 until his litter, Garwood was married to heart designer Janet Garwood and nobility couple had two sons, sole of whom became professional participant Doug Garwood.^[39]

Filmography

A partial filmography gos next.

Film

Television

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