11 Facts About Gregory Walcott

Gregory Walcott served in the United States Army towards the end of World War II and the Korean War.

Gregory Walcott appeared in Western films, beginning with an uncredited role in Red Skies of Montana, then later more prominently as a gunslinger who tries to romance Claudette Colbert in 1955's Texas Lady.

Gregory Walcott had roles in many television series, including that of Stone Kenyon in two episodes of the NBC sitcom, The People's Choice with Jackie Cooper.

Gregory Walcott was frequently cast in westerns like Bonanza, Maverick, Frontier Doctor, Wagon Train, The High Chaparral, 26 Men, Sugarfoot, Laramie, The Rifleman, The Tall Man, The Dakotas, and in several episodes of CBS's Rawhide, through which he began a long collaboration with Clint Eastwood.

Gregory Walcott had featured roles in Eastwood's films Joe Kidd, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, The Eiger Sanction, and Every Which Way but Loose.

Gregory Walcott had guest roles on other television series, such as CHiPS and CBS's Dennis the Menace.

Gregory Walcott had recurring roles too in the original Dallas and Murder, She Wrote, and he appeared as Captain Diggs on the 1970s series Land of the Lost.

Gregory Walcott made a guest appearance in 1984 on the TV series Alice in the episode titled "House Full of Hunnicutts".

Gregory Walcott played a sheriff in the 1979 film Norma Rae, and appeared in the film Tilt the same year.

Gregory Walcott made a cameo appearance in the 1994 Ed Wood bio-pic starring Johnny Depp, directed by Tim Burton, which was Walcott's final role.

Gregory Walcott died of natural causes on March 20,2015, in his home in Canoga Park, California, aged 87.