15 Facts About Wayne Maunder

Wayne Ernest Maunder was a Canadian-born American actor who starred in three American television series between 1967 and 1974.

From September 6 to December 27,1967, Maunder starred as 28-year-old George Armstrong Custer in the series Custer set during the time that Custer was stationed in the American West.

Wayne Maunder played the role of police Sergeant Sam MacCray, one of whose duties was to handle the police dog named "Fuzz".

Wayne Maunder was born in Four Falls in the Canadian province of New Brunswick, but was reared, along with four siblings, in Bangor, Maine, where his family moved when he was four years old and which he considered to be his hometown.

Wayne Maunder graduated in 1957 from Bangor High School, where he played football and baseball.

Wayne Maunder studied English literature plus drama at El Camino College Compton Center, then known as Compton Junior College in Compton, California.

Wayne Maunder participated in an amateur play and began a career in acting.

Wayne Maunder made his first screen appearance on February 4,1967, as Michael Duquesne in "Race for a Rainbow", an episode of The Monroes, starring Michael Anderson, Jr.

Wayne Maunder was credited as "James Wilder" on The Monroes, but decided thereafter to return to his own name.

Wayne Maunder returned to Los Angeles, where he secured his first screen role under his real name, as George Armstrong Custer in the 20th Century Fox production Custer.

Wayne Maunder grew a moustache to accompany his long blond hair for the part.

Wayne Maunder spent time in a Confederate States of America prisoner of war camp.

Wayne Maunder attended Harvard University and was once engaged to a girl named Julie Dennison.

Wayne Maunder had the lead role as attorney Mike Barrett in the 1971 film The Seven Minutes, directed by Russ Meyer.

Wayne Maunder was noted as having a history of heart disease.