Myron Daniel Healey
(June 8 1923 - December 21 2005) was an
American
actor. He began his Hollywood
, California
, career during the early 1940s in bit parts and
minor supporting roles at various studios.
Career
Healey was
born in Petaluma
, California, and served in World War II as an Air Corps navigator and bombardier, flying in B-26 Martin Marauders in the European Theatre. He continued that
military duty, retiring in the early 1960s as a captain in the
United States Air Force
Reserve. Returning to film work after the war, Healey played
villains and henchmen in low budget
western films. In the post-war period, he
was often seen in
Monogram studio films,
which starred
Johnny Mack Brown,
Jimmy Wakely and
Whip Wilson.
In the 1950s, Healey moved to more bad guy roles in other films,
including the
Bomba and Jungle Jim series, crime dramas,
and more westerns. Playing a good guy for a change, he was
Phyllis Coates' partner in
Panther Girl
of the Kongo (1955). During the 1950s and 1960s, he was a
frequent performer on such
television
series as
Bill Williams's
The Adventures of Kit
Carson (1951-1955), in which he guest starred seven times
as Captain Bandcroft.
Healey appeared in a string of TV westerns:
Non-western appearances include:
Feature films include:
Healey appeared as
Johnny Ringo in the
syndicated western series
Tombstone Territory,
with
Pat Conway as
Sheriff Clay Hollister, in the episode "Johnny
Ringo's Last Ride". He was also a semi-regular on shows produced by
Gene Autry's
Flying-A production
company:
Annie
Oakley,
Buffalo Bill
Jr.,
The Range
Rider, and
The Gene
Autry Show. Collectively, Healey appeared in some 140
films, including 81 westerns and 3 serials.
Death
In 2005, Healey broke his hip in a fall and never recovered.
He died at
the age of 82 at a hospital near his home
in Simi Valley,
California
.
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