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Will Geer was an American actor and social activist, who was active in labor organizing and other movements in New York and Southern California in the 1930s and 1940s. In California he befriended rising singer Woody Guthrie. They both lived in New York for a time in the 1940s. He was blacklisted in the 1950s by HUAC for refusing to name persons who had joined the Communist Party.
Birth Name
William Aughe Ghere
Born
Sunday, 09 March 1902
Died
Saturday, 22 April 1978
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970 | Narrator | 2019 |
Classified X | Self | 1998 |
The New Deal for Artists | Self | 1981 |
A Woman Called Moses | Thomas Garrett | 1978 |
Rip Van Winkle | Narrator (voice) / Narrator | 1978 |
Unknown Powers | Host | 1978 |
The Mafu Cage | Zom | 1978 |
The Billion Dollar Hobo | Choo-Choo Trayne | 1977 |
The Love Boat | Franklyn Bootherstone | 1977 |
Eight Is Enough | Sam | 1977 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970 | Narrator | 2019 |
Classified X | Self | 1998 |
The New Deal for Artists | Self | 1981 |
A Woman Called Moses | Thomas Garrett | 1978 |
Rip Van Winkle | Narrator (voice) / Narrator | 1978 |
Unknown Powers | Host | 1978 |
The Mafu Cage | Zom | 1978 |
The Billion Dollar Hobo | Choo-Choo Trayne | 1977 |
The Love Boat | Franklyn Bootherstone | 1977 |
Eight Is Enough | Sam | 1977 |
Hollywood on Trial | Self | 1976 |
Liar's Club | Self | 1976 |
Moving Violation | Rockfield | 1976 |
Law and Order | Pat Crowley | 1976 |
The Blue Bird | Grandfather | 1976 |
Anyone for Tennyson? The Master Poets Collection | Self - Narrator | 1976 |
The Night That Panicked America | Reverend Davis | 1975 |
Starsky and Hutch | Commodore Atwater | 1975 |
The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery | Dr. Simpson | 1975 |
Dinah! | Self | 1974 |
Hurricane | Dr. McCutcheon | 1974 |
Bicentennial Minutes | Self - Narrator | 1974 |
Tony Orlando and Dawn | Self | 1974 |
The Memory of Us | Motel Manager | 1974 |
Silence | Crazy Jack | 1974 |
The Hanged Man | Nameless | 1974 |
Hanged Man, The | Nameless | 1974 |
Executive Action | Harold Ferguson / Ferguson | 1973 |
Isn't It Shocking? | Lemuel Lovell | 1973 |
Savage | Joel Ryker | 1973 |
Doc Elliot | Paul Bartlett | 1973 |
The ABC Afternoon Playbreak | Ben | 1972 |
The Waltons | The Grandfather / Grandfather Walton / Zebulon Tyler Walton (grandfather) | 1972 |
Jeremiah Johnson | Bear Claw | 1972 |
Napoleon and Samantha | Grandpa | 1972 |
The Rowdyman | Stan | 1972 |
Kung Fu | Judge Emmitt Marcus | 1972 |
The Sixth Sense | Rev. Jordan | 1972 |
The Scarecrow | Justice Gilead Merton | 1972 |
Dear Dead Delilah | Roy Jurroe | 1972 |
The Jimmy Stewart Show | Uncle Everett | 1971 |
Cade's County | Hurley Gaines | 1971 |
Columbo | Dr. Edmund Hidemann | 1971 |
Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law | Ben Hale | 1971 |
O'Hara, U.S. Treasury | Singlefoot | 1971 |
Brother John | Doc Thomas | 1971 |
Alias Smith and Jones | Seth | 1971 |
Pieces of Dreams | The Bishop | 1970 |
The Young Rebels | Mayor Larkin | 1970 |
The Brotherhood of the Bell | Mike Patterson | 1970 |
The Bold Ones: The Senator | Senator Homer Bryant Wydell | 1970 |
The Moonshine War | Mr. Baylor | 1970 |
The Reivers | Boss | 1969 |
Night Gallery | Walt Peckinpah | 1969 |
Love, American Style | Desk Clerk (segment "Love and the Pulitzer Prize") | 1969 |
Witchcraft '70 | Narrator | 1969 |
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers | Elliot Leveridge / Judge Scanlon / Ralph Turner | 1969 |
The Courtship of Eddie's Father | Harry I. Madison | 1969 |
The Bill Cosby Show | Mr. Kane | 1969 |
Hee Haw | Self | 1969 |
Medical Center | Coughlin / Jess Calhoun / Loriss | 1969 |
Then Came Bronson | Oliver Hidemann | 1969 |
Here Come the Brides | Benjamin Pruitt | 1968 |
Mayberry R.F.D. | Captain Wolford | 1968 |
Hawaii Five-O | Professor Harold Lochner | 1968 |
The Name of the Game | Mac | 1968 |
Bandolero! | Pop Chaney | 1968 |
The President's Analyst | Dr. Lee-Evan | 1967 |
In Cold Blood | Prosecutor | 1967 |
Garrison's Gorillas | Laski | 1967 |
The Crucible | Giles Corey | 1967 |
The Invaders | Hank Willis | 1967 |
Seconds | Old Man | 1966 |
Mission: Impossible | Doc | 1966 |
The Trials of O'Brien | Sheldon / Judge Lindemann | 1965 |
I Spy | Uncle Harry | 1965 |
Run for Your Life | Judge David P. Andrews | 1965 |
Daniel Boone | Adam | 1964 |
Bewitched | George Washington | 1964 |
Black Like Me | Truckdriver | 1964 |
East Side/West Side | Brian Lincoln | 1963 |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself | 1962 |
Advise & Consent | Senate Minority Leader | 1962 |
The Mike Douglas Show | Himself - Actor / Himself | 1961 |
Bonanza | Zach Randolph / Ferris Callahan / Calvin Butler | 1959 |
Camera Three | Self - Narrator | 1956 |
Gunsmoke | Slocum | 1955 |
The Magical World of Disney | Grandpa | 1954 |
Salt of the Earth | Sheriff | 1954 |
The Barefoot Mailman | Postmaster / Dan Paget - Miami Mayor | 1951 |
F.B.I. Girl | McAllister / Police Identification Department | 1951 |
The Tall Target | Homer Crowley - Train Conductor / Homer Crowley | 1951 |
Bright Victory | Mr. Lawrence Nevins / Mr. Nevins | 1951 |
Racket Squad | Harry Robinson | 1951 |
Double Crossbones | Tom Botts | 1951 |
To Please a Lady | Jack Mackay | 1950 |
Broken Arrow | Ben Slade / Rancher | 1950 |
Convicted | Convict Mapes | 1950 |
Winchester '73 | Wyatt Earp | 1950 |
It's a Small World | William Musk - Father | 1950 |
Comanche Territory | Dan'l Seeger | 1950 |
The Kid from Texas | O'Fallon | 1950 |
Intruder in the Dust | Sheriff Hampton | 1949 |
Anna Lucasta | Noah | 1949 |
Lust for Gold | Deputy Ray Covin | 1949 |
Johnny Allegro | Schultzy | 1949 |
The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre | Sam Hobbs | 1948 |
Deep Waters | Nick Driver | 1948 |
Men and Dust | Narrator (voice) / Narrator | 1940 |
The Fight for Life | 2nd Teacher / Ballou | 1940 |
Union Pacific | Foreman | 1939 |
Becky Sharp | Spectator | 1935 |
Mystery of Edwin Drood | Village Lamplighter | 1935 |
Wild Gold | Poker Player | 1934 |
Spitfire | West Fry | 1934 |
The Misleading Lady | McMahon - Asylum Guard | 1932 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1978 | Emmy | Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |
1978 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series | Nominated |
1978 | Emmy | Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Series | Nominated |
1977 | Emmy | Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |
1976 | Emmy | Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |
1975 | Golden Globe | Best Supporting Actor - Television | Nominated |
1975 | Emmy | Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Won |
1974 | Golden Globe | Best Supporting Actor - Television | Nominated |
1974 | Emmy | Best Supporting Actor in Drama | Nominated |
1973 | Emmy | Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Drama | Nominated |