1. John Larch was born Harold Aronin to Jewish parents in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1914.
10 Facts About John Larch
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John Larch served four years in the United States Army during World War II, an experience that left him troubled for years after his discharge.
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John Larch was usually cast on the "big screen" in Westerns and in other action films outside that genre, including Miracle of the White Stallions as General George S Patton Jr.
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John Larch appears in two 1971 Clint Eastwood films, Dirty Harry and Play Misty for Me.
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John Larch had the role of Captain Ben Foster on the NBC series Convoy.
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John Larch starred as hunter Sam in Daniel Boone in the episode, Chief Mingo.
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John Larch married actress Vivi Janiss, the former wife of actor Bob Cummings.
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John Larch, for example, appears with her in the 1968 episode "Yesterday Died and Tomorrow Won't Be Born" on the CBS weekly crime drama Hawaii Five-O starring Jack Lord.
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John Larch continued to reside in Los Angeles, in Woodland Hills, until his death in 2005 at age 91.
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John Larch is interred in a wall crypt at Mount Sinai Memorial Park in nearby Hollywood Hills.