Ken Lynch
Known for Acting · 76 credits
- Born
- 1910-07-15
- Died
- 1990-02-13
- Place of birth
- 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.
Known For
TV Shows (38)
Ironside
1967
as Russ Quinn
Perry Mason
1957
as Robert Hayden
The Fugitive
1963
as Concession Owner / Lt. Craig
The Rifleman
1958
Star Trek
1966
as Chief Engineer Vanderberg
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
as Capt. Barker / Mr. Rogers
Bonanza
1959
as Collier
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
as Lieutenant Yarnell / George Mathias / Warden Walter Jackson
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Charlie
Maverick
1957
as Sheriff Clark
The Lucy Show
1962
as Officer Peters
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Adam-12
1968
as Bernie Ryan / Jack Stokes
The Rockford Files
1974
as Vince Whitehead
Lawman
1958
as Al Killmer
The Virginian
1962
as Big Jim Todd
The F.B.I.
1965
as Jackie
All in the Family
1971
as Guard Callahan
Gunsmoke
1955
as Will Stroud / Ed Glick / Colpitt / Jim Cavanaugh / Gance / Lucas / Rolling / McKee / Jess Bradman
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964
as Patrolman Dugan
The Invaders
1967
as Lieutenant Conners
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Police Lieutenant
77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Fred Thorn
McCloud
1970
as Grover / Det. Grover
That Girl
1966
Checkmate
1960
as Lt. Thomas Brand (uncredited)
Suspense
1949
The Patty Duke Show
1963
as Lt. Gregory
Battlestar Galactica
1978
as Dr. Horning
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
as Capt. Warren
Honey West
1965
as Lt. Barney Keller / Lieutenant Wyman
Grizzly Adams
1977
as Luck Harry
The Winds of War
1983
as Talbot Gray
The Plainclothesman
1949
The Honeymooners
1955
as Police Officer
Galactica 1980
1980
as Grover
He & She
1967
as Inspector MacGregor
Kung Fu
1972
as Percy McCoy
Movies (38)
North by Northwest
1959
as Charley
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
as Rear Adm. John H. Newton (uncredited)
Anatomy of a Murder
1959
as Det. Sgt. James "Jim" Durgo
Jigsaw
1972
as Mr. Cummings
Run Silent, Run Deep
1958
as Frank (uncredited)
Across 110th Street
1972
as Tailor Shop Patrolman
Pork Chop Hill
1959
as Major General Trudeau
Days of Wine and Roses
1963
as Proprietor (uncredited)
Seven Ways from Sundown
1960
as Graves
Switch
1975
as Stoker
Hotel
1967
as Joe Laswell
The Bonnie Parker Story
1958
as Cook
Poor Devil
1973
as Desk Sergeant
Bad Charleston Charlie
1973
as Sherrif Koontz
Walk on the Wild Side
1962
as Frank Bonito
Dead Ringer
1964
as Captain Johnson
Portrait of a Mobster
1961
as Anthony Parazzo
My Dog, the Thief
1969
as Lt. Burrows
Dear Heart
1965
as Hotel masher
Apache Rifles
1964
as Hodges
I Married a Monster from Outer Space
1958
as Dr. Wayne
Mister Buddwing
1966
as Dan
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
1960
as Harry Ralston
Never a Dull Moment
1968
as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Paratroop Command
1959
as Lieutenant
Willie Dynamite
1974
as Judge #1
P.J.
1968
as Thorson
Voice in the Mirror
1958
as Frank - Bartender
Run, Simon, Run
1970
as Warden Lomis
The Legend of Tom Dooley
1959
as Father
Unwed Mother
1958
as Probation Officer Curtis
Man or Gun
1958
as Buckstorm Corley
Young and Wild
1958
as David Whitman
The Honeymoon Machine
1961
as Capt. James Angle
Incident in San Francisco
1971
as Detective Hanson
The Lawbreakers
1961
as Ed Rackin
W
1974
as Guard
Rooster
1982
as Poker Player
About Ken Lynch
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.… With 76 credits spanning from 1949 to 1983, Ken Lynch has appeared in 38 films and 38 TV shows.
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- North by Northwest (1959) — as Charley
- Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) — as Rear Adm. John H. Newton (uncredited)
- Anatomy of a Murder (1959) — as Det. Sgt. James "Jim" Durgo
- Jigsaw (1972) — as Mr. Cummings
- Run Silent, Run Deep (1958) — as Frank (uncredited)
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