1. Lon Leonard Chapman was an American actor best known for his numerous guest star appearances on television drama series.
12 Facts About Lonny Chapman
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Lonny Chapman was the son of Elmer and Eunice Lonny Chapman, He was born on October 1,1920, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, but lived thereafter in Joplin, Missouri.
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Lonny Chapman graduated from Joplin High School and, in 1940, from Joplin Junior College.
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Lonny Chapman enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and served in the South Pacific during World War II.
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In 1947, Lonny Chapman graduated with a BFA degree from the University of Oklahoma at Norman.
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Lonny Chapman appeared twice on the CBS series The Defenders from 1961 to 1965.
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Lonny Chapman appeared as well in the 1966 episode "Lone Woman" of The Road West.
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Between 1972 and 1975, he guest-starred in three episodes of NBC's McCloud, which starred his friend Dennis Weaver, whom Lonny Chapman had originally urged to go into show business.
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Lonny Chapman debuted as a professional actor on stage in Chicago, where he portrayed Wiley as in a company presenting Mr Roberts.
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Lonny Chapman portrayed Tom in a revival of The Time of Your Life on Broadway and at the Brussels World's Fair.
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In 1944, Lonny Chapman married the former Erma Dean Gibbons of Joplin, Missouri.
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On October 12,2007, at the age of 87, Lonny Chapman died of complications from heart disease at a care facility in North Hollywood.