Roger Perry
Roger Perry (May 7, 1933 – July 12, 2018) was an American film and television actor whose career began in the late 1950s. He served as an intelligence officer in the United States Air Force during the early 1950s.
Roger Perry | |
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 Roger Perry in TV's Harrigan and Son (1960) | |
| Born | May 7, 1933 Davenport, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | July 12, 2018 (aged 85) Indian Wells, California, U.S. |
| Occupations | |
| Years active | 1958–2011 |
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| Children | 2 |
| Awards | Palm Springs Walk of Stars |
Roger Perry (May 7, 1933 – July 12, 2018) was an American film and television actor whose career began in the late 1950s. He served as an intelligence officer in the United States Air Force during the early 1950s.
Career
[edit]Television
[edit]In the 1960–1961 television season, Perry portrayed attorney Jim Harrigan Jr. in Harrigan and Son, with Pat O'Brien as his father. He guest-starred on numerous American television series from the 1950s through the 1980s. His first television appearance was as Ted Jarvis in the 1958 episode "Paper Bullets" of the syndicated crime drama, U.S. Marshal. In 1960, he appeared with James Coburn and John Dehner in the episode "Friend of the Family" of The Texan,[1] and the premiere episode, "You're Only Young Twice," of New Comedy Showcase.[citation needed] He co-starred in the 1963–1964 series Arrest and Trial as Detective Sergeant Dan Kirby. He played the scriptwriter Cliff opposite Sharon Farrell and Franchot Tone on Alfred Hitchcock Hour Season 3 Episode 14 "Final Performance" which aired on 1/17/1965.
In NBC's Star Trek episode "Tomorrow Is Yesterday" (1967) he guested as a 20th-century U.S. Air Force pilot. Other television series in which he appeared include Combat!, Dr. Kildare, The Six Million Dollar Man, Wonder Woman, The Bob Newhart Show, Emergency!, Love, American Style, The Andy Griffith Show, The Invaders, Ironside, The F.B.I., The Eleventh Hour, The Munsters, Barnaby Jones, Adam-12, Falcon Crest,[citation needed] and a recurring role as headmaster Charles Parker on The Facts of Life.
Films
[edit]Perry starred in two American International Pictures horror films featuring the vampire character Count Yorga. In Count Yorga, Vampire (1970), Perry portrayed Dr. James Hayes, the protagonist who uncovers the true nature of Yorga (but is attacked and killed by Yorga's brides). However, Perry returned as a different lead character in the sequel, The Return of Count Yorga (1971), as Professor David Baldwin.[citation needed] He also starred alongside Ray Milland and Rosey Grier as Dr. Philip Desmond in the cult classic The Thing with Two Heads.[citation needed]
Personal life and death
[edit]Perry's first wife was Patricia Perry. They had two children, Christopher Perry and Dana Perry McNerney. They divorced in 1965. Perry married actress/comedian Jo Anne Worley on May 11, 1975. They divorced in 2000 and had no children. He later married actress Joyce Bulifant, and in 2014, Perry and Bulifant were honored with a Golden Palm Star on the Walk of Stars in Palm Springs, California. Perry had one biological grandchild, Parker McNerney, by his daughter, Dana.[2]
Perry died from prostate cancer at age 85 at his home in Indian Wells, California, on July 12, 2018.[3][4]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | The Flying Fontaines | Paul Fontaine | |
| 1963 | Follow the Boys | Radarman Billy Pulaski | |
| 1966 | The Cat | Pete Kilby | |
| 1967 | You've Got to Be Smart | Jerry Harper | |
| 1969 | Heaven with a Gun | Ned Hunter | |
| 1970 | Count Yorga, Vampire | Dr. James 'Jim' Hayes | |
| 1971 | The Return of Count Yorga | Dr. David Baldwin | |
| 1972 | The Thing with Two Heads | Dr. Philip Desmond | |
| 1979 | Roller Boogie | Roger Barkley | |
| 1988 | Operation Warzone | American Soldier | |
| 2005 | Dirty Love | Joe | |
| 2010 | Wreckage | Sheriff Macabee |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | Danny Cash | Episode: "Ballad for a Bad Man" |
| December Bride | Mayfair | Episode: "Lily's Advice Column" | |
| Episode: "The Martian Show" | |||
| Whirlybirds | Bob Waters | Episode: "Bankrupt Alibi" | |
| 1960 | The Texan | Robin Randolph | Episode: "Friend of the Family" |
| New Comedy Showcase | Arthur | Episode: "You're Only Young Twice" | |
| U.S. Marshal | Ted Jarvis | Episode: "Paper Bullets" | |
| 1960–1961 | Harrigan and Son | James Harrigan Jr. | 34 episodes |
| 1962 | Dr. Kildare | Dr. Art Bedlow | Episode: "The Stepping Stone" |
| General Electric Theater | Ben Duncan | Episode: "The First Hundred Years" | |
| The Eleventh Hour | Dr. Edward Alden | Episode: "Ann Costigan: A Duel on a Field of White" | |
| 1963 | Alcoa Premiere | Sergeant Clinton Martin | Episode: "The Hat of Sergeant Martin" |
| Sam Benedict | Leonard Pittman | Episode: "Accomplice" | |
| 1963–1964 | Arrest and Trial | Detective Sergeant Dan Kirby | 29 episodes |
| 1964 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Don Corbin | Episode: "Think Pretty" |
| Kraft Suspense Theatre | Captain Gordon Robbins | Episode: "The Kamchatka Incident" | |
| 1965 | Broadside | Lieutenant Alex Cassidy | Episode: "Behind the Eight Ball" |
| The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Cliff Allen | Episode: "Final Performance" | |
| Broadside | Lieutenant Mark Clay | Episode: "Anne Morgan's Home Movies" | |
| The Munsters | Ted Bradley | Episode: "A Man for Marilyn" | |
| 1966 | 12 O'Clock High | Captain Vic Enright | Episode: "Cross-Hairs on Death" |
| 1967 | The Andy Griffith Show | George Jones | Episode: "Don't Miss a Good Bet" |
| Star Trek: The Original Series | Major Christopher | Episode: "Tomorrow Is Yesterday" | |
| Combat! | Carl Driskoll | Episode: "The Masquers" | |
| Hondo | Johnny Reno | Episode: "Hondo and the Judas" | |
| The Invaders | Bill Shay | Episode: "The Prophet" | |
| Garrison's Gorillas | Jason | Episode: "Black Market" | |
| 1968 | The Felony Squad | Eddie Crisp | Episode: "Nightmare on a Dead-End Street" |
| Judd, for the Defense | Henry Hazlitt | Episode: "You Remember Joe Maddox" | |
| Premiere | Jerry Taylor | Episode: "Crisis" | |
| 1969 | The Outsider | Briggs | Episode: "Take the Key and Lock Him Up" |
| Lancer | Ben Cameron | Episode: "The Measure of a Man" | |
| Adam-12 | Richard Combest | Episode: "Log 123: Courtroom" | |
| 1970 | Paris 7000 | Episode: "The Shattered Idol" | |
| Dan Oakland | Hal Porter | Episode "Murder by Proxy" | |
| The Bold Ones: The New Doctors | Jim Carmichael | Episode: "Giants Never Kneel" | |
| Insight | Lindsey | Episode: "The Day God Died" | |
| 1971 | Alias Smith and Jones | R.M. Foster | Episode: "Something to Get Hung About" |
| 1972 | Emergency! | Russ Gentry | Episode: "Kids" |
| 1973 | Room 222 | Jim Reis | Episode: "Love Is a Many Splintered Thing" |
| Tenafly | Heller | Episode: "The Window That Wasn't" | |
| What Are Best Friends For? | Keith | TV movie | |
| 1974 | Emergency! | Gene Porter | Episode: "The Screenwriter" |
| The Six Million Dollar Man | Charles Colby | Episode: "The Peeping Blonde" | |
| 1976 | The Bionic Woman | Mr. Stone | Episode: "A Thing of the Past" |
| 1977 | Hawaii Five-O | Morrison | Episode: "Ready, Aim....." |
| The Six Million Dollar Man | Dr. George Berman | Episode: "The Privacy of the Mind" | |
| The Man with the Power | Farnsworth (uncredited) | TV movie | |
| 1978 | The Bionic Woman | Dr. Thomas Tharp | Episode: "All for One" |
| Police Woman | Ray | Episode: "Good Old Uncle Ben" | |
| 1979 | Wonder Woman | Dunfield | Episode: "The Richest Man in the World" |
| Quincy, M.E. | Agent Richard Haber | Episode: "The Money Plague" | |
| 1980 | CHiPs | Howard | Episode: "Tow Truck Lady" |
| 1974–1980 | Barnaby Jones | 6 episodes | |
| 1981 | B.J. and the Bear | Kenton | Episode: "Intercepted Pass" |
| 1981–1983 | The Facts of Life | Charles Parker | 10 episodes |
| 1984 | The Fall Guy | Jarvis | Episode: "Bite of the Wasp" |
| 1982–1985 | Falcon Crest | John Costello | 12 episodes |
References
[edit]
- ^ "The Texan". Classic Television Archive. Retrieved January 31, 2013.
- ^ Palm Springs Walk of Stars official website
- ^ Barnes, Mike (2018-07-13). "Roger Perry, Actor on 'Star Trek,' 'The Munsters' and 'The Facts of Life,' Dies at 85". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
- ^ Roger Perry, ‘Falcon Crest’ and ‘Facts of Life’ Actor, Dies at 85
