Ken Lynch
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 15, 1910
- Died
- February 13, 1990 (aged 79)
- Birthplace
- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kenneth E. Lynch (July 15, 1910 – February 13, 1990) was an American radio, film, and television actor with more than 180 credits to his name. He was generally known for portraying law enforcement officers and detectives. Early life Kenneth Englehart Lynch was born on July 15, 1910, in Albany, New York, the only child of Bertha Dietzel and Charles William Lynch. His father was a native of Woburn, Massachusetts, who started his career as a coffee salesman, and then became a creamery owner in Troy, New York. His mother was from Yonkers, New York, a third generation German-American. His middle name was his maternal grandmother's maiden name. Career He appeared in numerous television series. He made three guest appearances on Perry Mason, including the role of Wallace Lang in "The Case of the Stuttering Bishop" in 1959, Robert Hayden in "The Case of the Irate Inventor" in 1960 and Customs Inspector Wendel in "The Case of the Floating Stones" in 1963. Some of the other series in which Lynch appeared are Peter Gunn, Zorro, Have Gun - Will Travel ("Fight at Adobe Wells"), Gunsmoke (“Bureaucrat” & “The Patsy”), Checkmate ("Cyanide Touch"), woman"), Checkmate ("Born To Hang"), The Asphalt Jungle, Straightaway, The Honeymooners, The Fugitive, The Andy Griffith Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Blue Light, Adam-12, Star Trek ("The Devil in the Dark") Season 1, Episode 25 as Chief Engineer Vanderberg in 1967, Maverick, All In The Family (in the famous episode, "Archie and the Lockup", where he played Guard Callaghan), The Twilight Zone ("Mr. Denton on Doomsday"), The Rifleman, and The Wild Wild West. In 1960 Lynch appeared as Al Killmer in the TV western series Lawman in the episode titled "The Escape of Joe Killmer." He played The Freighter in S8 E26 "The Jarbo Pierce Story" on "Wagon Train", 1965. Between 1972 and 1977, he made 16 guest appearances on McCloud, performing as a police sergeant and later a detective named Grover on the series. In September 1974, he appeared in the very first episode of the cult classic, Kolchak:The Night Stalker, playing a police captain. He previously appeared in 12 episodes of Gunsmoke, 10 episodes of The F.B.I., nine episodes of Bonanza, and six episodes in both The Virginian and Gomer Pyle, USMC. Among the feature films in which he appeared are I Married a Monster from Outer Space, North By Northwest, The Lawbreakers, Pork Chop Hill, Anatomy of a Murder and Tora! Tora! Tora!. He appeared in Battlestar Galactica as Dr Horning in episode 22, "Experiment in Terra" (1979). Lynch's last credited performance was in the role of Rear Admiral Talbot Gray in the 1983 seven-part miniseries The Winds of War. Flower business Even though Lynch still had a very successful career as an actor by the 1970s, he began looking for another, more steady source of income. He explained in a 1975 newspaper interview: "In acting you just can't predict the jobs that will come along. If you could, you could budget." Death Lynch died at age 79 from a virus on February 13, 1990, in Burbank, California. He was buried at the San Fernando Mission Cemetery in Mission Hills, Los Angeles. CLR
Known For
Filmography
The Winds of War
TV · as Talbot Gray · 1 ep
Rooster
Movie · as Poker Player
Galactica 1980
TV · as Grover · 1 ep
Battlestar Galactica
TV · as Dr. Horning · 1 ep
Vega$
TV · as Frenchie · 1 ep
Grizzly Adams
TV · as Luck Harry · 1 ep
Switch
Movie · as Stoker
Bronk
TV · as Capt. Lockwood · 1 ep
W
Movie · as Guard
Willie Dynamite
Movie · as Judge #1
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
TV · as Capt. Warren · 1 ep
The Rockford Files
TV · as Vince Whitehead · 1 ep
Bad Charleston Charlie
Movie · as Sherrif Koontz
Poor Devil
Movie · as Desk Sergeant
Jigsaw
Movie · as Mr. Cummings
Across 110th Street
Movie · as Tailor Shop Patrolman
Kung Fu
TV · as Percy McCoy · 1 ep
Incident in San Francisco
Movie · as Detective Hanson
All in the Family
TV · as Guard Callahan · 3 eps
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Movie · as Rear Adm. John H. Newton (uncredited)
Run, Simon, Run
Movie · as Warden Lomis
McCloud
TV · as Grover · 6 eps
My Dog, the Thief
Movie · as Lt. Burrows
P.J.
Movie · as Thorson
Never a Dull Moment
Movie · as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Adam-12
TV · as Bernie Ryan, Jack Stokes · 1 ep
Hotel
Movie · as Joe Laswell
He & She
TV · as Inspector MacGregor · 1 ep
Ironside
TV · as Russ Quinn · 1 ep
The Invaders
TV · as Lieutenant Conners · 1 ep
Mister Buddwing
Movie · as Dan
That Girl
TV · 2 eps
Star Trek
TV · as Chief Engineer Vanderberg · 1 ep
Dear Heart
Movie · as Hotel masher
Honey West
TV · as Lt. Barney Keller, Lieutenant Wyman · 2 eps
The F.B.I.
TV · as Jackie · 2 eps
Dead Ringer
Movie · as Captain Johnson
Apache Rifles
Movie · as Hodges
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
TV · as Patrolman Dugan · 6 eps
Days of Wine and Roses
Movie · as Proprietor
The Fugitive
TV · as Concession Owner, Lt. Craig · 1 ep
The Patty Duke Show
TV · as Lt. Gregory · 1 ep
Arrest and Trial
TV · as Det. Lt. Tom Handley · 1 ep
Walk on the Wild Side
Movie · as Frank Bonito
The Lucy Show
TV · as Officer Peters · 1 ep
The Virginian
TV · as Big Jim Todd · 1 ep
The Honeymoon Machine
Movie · as Capt. James Angle
Portrait of a Mobster
Movie · as Anthony Parazzo
The Lawbreakers
Movie · as Ed Rackin
The Dick Van Dyke Show
TV · as Lieutenant Yarnell, George Mathias, Warden Walter Jackson · 1 ep
Bus Stop
TV · as Sam · 1 ep
Seven Ways from Sundown
Movie · as Graves
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
Movie · as Harry Ralston
The Andy Griffith Show
TV · as Capt. Barker, Mr. Rogers · 3 eps
Checkmate
TV · as Lt. Thomas Brand (uncredited) · 1 ep
North by Northwest
Movie · as Charley
Paratroop Command
Movie · as Lieutenant
The Legend of Tom Dooley
Movie · as Father
Anatomy of a Murder
Movie · as Det. Sgt. James Durgo
Pork Chop Hill
Movie · as Major General Trudeau
The Twilight Zone
TV · as Charlie · 1 ep
Bonanza
TV · as Collier · 1 ep
Young and Wild
Movie · as David Whitman
The Bonnie Parker Story
Movie · as Cook
Voice in the Mirror
Movie · as Frank - Bartender
Man or Gun
Movie · as Buckstorm Corley
Run Silent, Run Deep
Movie · as Frank (uncredited)
Unwed Mother
Movie · as Probation Officer Curtis
I Married a Monster from Outer Space
Movie · as Dr. Wayne
The Rifleman
TV · 1 ep
77 Sunset Strip
TV · as Fred Thorn · 1 ep
Lawman
TV · as Al Killmer · 1 ep
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV · 1 ep
Perry Mason
TV · as Robert Hayden · 1 ep
Maverick
TV · as Sheriff Clark · 1 ep
Conflict
TV · 1 ep
Gunsmoke
TV · as Will Stroud, Jim Cavanaugh, Colpitt, Ed Glick, Gance, Lucas, Rolling, McKee, Jess Bradman · 1 ep
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV · as Police Lieutenant · 1 ep
The Honeymooners
TV · as Police Officer · 1 ep
The Plainclothesman
TV · 48 eps
Suspense
TV · 1 ep