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Walter Darwin Coy was an American stage, radio, film, and, principally, television actor, originally from Great Falls, Montana. He was best known for narrating the NBC western anthology series, Frontier, which aired early Sunday evenings in the 1955–1956 season, and as John Wayne's murdered brother in the film classic The Searchers (1956).
Birth Name
Walter Darwin Coy
Born
Sunday, 31 January 1909
Died
Wednesday, 11 December 1974
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Hay que matar a B. | 1975 | |
| I Eat Your Skin | Charles Bentley | 1971 |
| Catlow | Parkman | 1971 |
| Pancho Villa | Gen. Pershing / General Pershing | 1971 |
| Dan August | Alex Venable | 1970 |
| The Outcasts | Sheriff Patton | 1968 |
| Ironside | Chief Paul Wilson | 1967 |
| Judd for the Defense | Judge | 1967 |
| El magnifico extranjero | Lem Trager | 1966 |
| The Wild Wild West | Cyrus Barlow | 1965 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Hay que matar a B. | 1975 | |
| I Eat Your Skin | Charles Bentley | 1971 |
| Catlow | Parkman | 1971 |
| Pancho Villa | Gen. Pershing / General Pershing | 1971 |
| Dan August | Alex Venable | 1970 |
| The Outcasts | Sheriff Patton | 1968 |
| Ironside | Chief Paul Wilson | 1967 |
| Judd for the Defense | Judge | 1967 |
| El magnifico extranjero | Lem Trager | 1966 |
| The Wild Wild West | Cyrus Barlow | 1965 |
| Laredo | Morrell | 1965 |
| The Big Valley | Sheriff, Sheriff Fogarty, Jamison, D. A. Arthur McCann | 1965 |
| I Spy | Sheriff Homer | 1965 |
| A Flame in the Wind | Jason Farrell | 1964 |
| Daniel Boone | Blackfish, Tribal Elder | 1964 |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Graham | 1964 |
| Panic Button | 1964 | |
| East Side/West Side | Sam Auburn | 1963 |
| McKeever and the Colonel | General | 1962 |
| The Virginian | Tom Tallman, Mr. Bates, Bartender | 1962 |
| Hazel | Chairman | 1961 |
| The Joey Bishop Show | Mr. Dunphy | 1961 |
| The Defenders | Plainclothesman | 1961 |
| Gun Fight | Sheriff | 1961 |
| Five Guns to Tombstone | Ike Garvey | 1960 |
| Two Faces West | Cauter | 1960 |
| The Barbara Stanwyck Show | Dr. John F. Steele | 1960 |
| Coronado 9 | Jason | 1960 |
| Pony Express | Abe | 1960 |
| Overland Trail | Sheriff Harry Plummer | 1960 |
| Cash McCall | Reporter | 1960 |
| Shotgun Slade | Chapman, Lou Canner | 1959 |
| The Man from Blackhawk | Captain John Goodhill | 1959 |
| Hotel de Paree | Meechum | 1959 |
| Lock Up | Steve Ryker | 1959 |
| Laramie | Emmett Bishop, Prosecutor | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Masterson, Frank Furnas, Captain Kelley | 1959 |
| The Deputy | Fred Benson | 1959 |
| Tightrope | Sergeant Grauman | 1959 |
| North by Northwest | U.S. Intelligence Agency Official | 1959 |
| The Gunfight at Dodge City | Ben Townsend | 1959 |
| Warlock | Deputy Sheriff Ray Thomson | 1959 |
| Gunmen from Laredo | Ben Keefer | 1959 |
| The Trap | Second Fake Policeman | 1959 |
| Rawhide | Lem Trager, Ott | 1959 |
| Cimarron City | Ed Brayder | 1958 |
| U.S. Marshal | Pete Watson | 1958 |
| Bat Masterson | Andrew Strathmere | 1958 |
| Lawman | Colonel French | 1958 |
| Yancy Derringer | Slade Donovan | 1958 |
| Mackenzie's Raiders | Diablito | 1958 |
| The Texan | Dr. Andrew Nelson | 1958 |
| Bronco | Victor Leggett, Sheriff Springer, Sheriff Bob Walters | 1958 |
| Rescue 8 | Norris | 1958 |
| Wanted: Dead or Alive | Warden | 1958 |
| South Seas Adventure | Supplemental Narration | 1958 |
| Juvenile Jungle | John Elliot / Mr. Elliot | 1958 |
| Mike Hammer | Todd Stryker | 1958 |
| Alcoa Theatre | Confederate General | 1957 |
| Trackdown | Sheriff Fremont, Sheriff Neilson | 1957 |
| Goodyear Theatre | Dr. Edward Basehart | 1957 |
| The Restless Gun | Nick Dawson, Sheriff Ben Hansen | 1957 |
| Maverick | Preacher | 1957 |
| Perry Mason | Mr. Lawson, Lester Newburn, Gabe Rawson, Denver Leonard | 1957 |
| M Squad | Detective Ray Gargan | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | Tracey, Thorn, Ord Whaley, Meachum, Ben Allen | 1957 |
| Have Gun - Will Travel | Sheriff Lundsy | 1957 |
| Johnny Tremain | Dr. Joseph Warren / Doctor Joseph Warren | 1957 |
| Code 3 | Capt. Winters, Lt. Grimes | 1957 |
| Tales of Wells Fargo | Dan Lingle, Dude Randall, Sheriff Vincour | 1957 |
| Panic! | Tom Ross | 1957 |
| Hot Summer Night | Pete Wayne | 1957 |
| Whirlybirds | Doctor Barnes, Dr. Morgan | 1957 |
| Zane Grey Theatre | Hank Cluny, Kim Shane, Sheriff Sam Baker | 1956 |
| Broken Arrow | Matt Dawson | 1956 |
| Pillars of the Sky | Maj. Donahue | 1956 |
| The Young Guns | Sheriff Jim Peyton | 1956 |
| The Adventures of Jim Bowie | Isaac Dickson | 1956 |
| The Fastest Gun Alive | Clint Fallon | 1956 |
| The Searchers | Aaron Edwards | 1956 |
| Telephone Time | Joe Palmer, Melchior | 1956 |
| On the Threshold of Space | Lt. Col. Dick Masters | 1956 |
| State Trooper | Doc Brennan, Lou Kendall | 1956 |
| Menace from Outer Space | Zoravac | 1956 |
| Running Wild | Lt. Ed Newpole | 1955 |
| Matinee Theatre | Barrie | 1955 |
| Crossroads | Mike Hogan | 1955 |
| Crusader | John | 1955 |
| Screen Directors Playhouse | Father | 1955 |
| The 20th Century-Fox Hour | Stephen Douglas, Prosecutor | 1955 |
| Frontier | Narrator, Self - Narrator, Narration, Host / Narrator | 1955 |
| Steve Donovan, Western Marshal | Harry Baxter | 1955 |
| Cheyenne | George Naylor, Paul Caldwell, Rev. Joshua Collins, Sheriff Sam Townley | 1955 |
| Navy Log | Lt. Col. Jack Connors, Officer | 1955 |
| The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Ben Thompson, Dr. Henry Mason | 1955 |
| Wichita | Sam McCoy | 1955 |
| Science Fiction Theatre | Warren Keath | 1955 |
| Cult of the Cobra | Police Inspector / Inspector | 1955 |
| The Millionaire | Police Lt. Bledsoe | 1955 |
| TV Reader's Digest | Adams | 1955 |
| The Star and the Story | Judge Carson | 1955 |
| Sign of the Pagan | Emperor Valentinian | 1954 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Dr. Joseph Warren | 1954 |
| The Lineup | Robert Avery | 1954 |
| Studio 57 | Dr. Robert Carlyle | 1954 |
| Lassie | Dan Ryder, Colonel, Col. Mitchell | 1954 |
| Adventures of the Falcon | Charley Megley | 1954 |
| Them! | Reporter | 1954 |
| Phantom of the Rue Morgue | Gendarme Arnot | 1954 |
| Public Defender | Karl Novak, Jim Higgins, Det. Sgt. Eggers | 1954 |
| Rocky Jones, Space Ranger | Zoravac, Toro | 1954 |
| Stories of the Century | Sam Clayton | 1954 |
| All the Brothers Were Valiant | Noah Shore | 1953 |
| So Big | Roelf Pool | 1953 |
| The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse | Colonel | 1953 |
| The Loretta Young Show | District Attorney Longman, Doctor, Wally Mitchell | 1953 |
| City Detective | Hilton | 1953 |
| The Revlon Mirror Theater | Alan Winters | 1953 |
| You Are There | Aaron Burr, Thomas Jefferson | 1953 |
| The Life of Riley | Dodsworth | 1953 |
| Flat Top | Air Group Commander | 1952 |
| Our Miss Brooks | Biff Moonie | 1952 |
| The Lusty Men | Buster Burgess | 1952 |
| Cavalcade of America | Thomas Jefferson, Dr. Joseph Goldberger, Dr. George Minot | 1952 |
| Four Star Playhouse | Verne Miller, Steiner, Joe, Don Gavin | 1952 |
| Bugles in the Afternoon | Capt. Benteen | 1952 |
| China Smith | Andre Gissen | 1952 |
| F.B.I. Girl | Priest | 1951 |
| Schlitz Playhouse | Capt. Phillips, Comm. Fred Eggly, Corton, Haven, Paul Hunter | 1951 |
| Boston Blackie | Amos Hendrix | 1951 |
| Racket Squad | Terry Turner | 1951 |
| Under Mexicali Skies | Giles Starkey | 1950 |
| Saddle Tramp | The Stranger | 1950 |
| Colt .45 | Carl | 1950 |
| Barricade | Benson | 1950 |
| The Lone Ranger | Colonel Dower | 1949 |
| Fireside Theatre | Judge Galt | 1949 |
| Front Row Center | Van Corlett | 1945 |
| Love Letters of a Star | Charley Warren | 1936 |
