Victor Edwin French was an American actor and director.
14 Facts About Victor French
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Victor French is remembered for roles on the television programs Gunsmoke, Little House on the Prairie, Highway to Heaven, and Carter Country.
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Victor French appeared a record 23 times on Gunsmoke, often playing a dangerous or bumbling crook.
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In "The Fulfillment", Victor French plays blacksmith Curtis Norton, whose wife could not have children and subsequently adopts an eight-year-old orphan boy who has come to spend the week on Walton's Mountain.
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Shortly before being teamed up , Victor French made a guest appearance on Kung Fu as a corrupt, bigoted sheriff in 1973.
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Victor French guest-starred in episode 24 of season two of Mission: Impossible, in which he played the informer in a prison.
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In 1976, Victor French appeared in an episode of the Western series Sara.
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Victor French is most widely known for costarring with Michael Landon on two television series.
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Victor French appeared on Little House on the Prairie as Isaiah Edwards.
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Victor French appeared on Highway to Heaven as Mark Gordon.
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Victor French appeared in episode eight of season six and episode eight of season eight, then returned full-time, starting with episode 19 of season eight.
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Cindy Landon mentions that Victor French was a quiet and reclusive kind of guy as opposed to Landon's outgoing personality.
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Victor French died at the age of 54 on June 15,1989, at Sherman Oaks Community Hospital in Los Angeles, California, three months after being diagnosed with lung cancer.
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Victor French is survived by three children with his first wife, Judith: son, Victor Edwin Jr.