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Kenneth E. Lynch (July 15, 1910 – February 13, 1990) was an American radio, film, and television actor with more than 180 credits to his name. He was generally known for portraying law enforcement officers and detectives. Early life
Kenneth Englehart Lynch was born on July 15, 1910, in Albany, New York, the only child of Bertha Dietzel and Charles William Lynch. His father was a native of Woburn, Massachusetts, who started his career as a coffee salesman, and then became a creamery owner in Troy, New York. His mother was from Yonkers, New York, a third generation German-American. His middle name was his maternal grandmother's maiden name.
Career He appeared in numerous television series. He made three guest appearances on Perry Mason, including the role of Wallace Lang in "The Case of the Stuttering Bishop" in 1959, Robert Hayden in "The Case of the Irate Inventor" in 1960 and Customs Inspector Wendel in "The Case of the Floating Stones" in 1963. Some of the other series in which Lynch appeared are Peter Gunn, Zorro, Have Gun - Will Travel ("Fight at Adobe Wells"), Gunsmoke (“Bureaucrat” & “The Patsy”), Checkmate ("Cyanide Touch"), woman"), Checkmate ("Born To Hang"), The Asphalt Jungle, Straightaway, The Honeymooners, The Fugitive, The Andy Griffith Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Blue Light, Adam-12, Star Trek ("The Devil in the Dark") Season 1, Episode 25 as Chief Engineer Vanderberg in 1967, Maverick, All In The Family (in the famous episode, "Archie and the Lockup", where he played Guard Callaghan), The Twilight Zone ("Mr. Denton on Doomsday"), The Rifleman, and The Wild Wild West. In 1960 Lynch appeared as Al Killmer in the TV western series Lawman in the episode titled "The Escape of Joe Killmer." He played The Freighter in S8 E26 "The Jarbo Pierce Story" on "Wagon Train", 1965.
Between 1972 and 1977, he made 16 guest appearances on McCloud, performing as a police sergeant and later a detective named Grover on the series. In September 1974, he appeared in the very first episode of the cult classic, Kolchak:The Night Stalker, playing a police captain. He previously appeared in 12 episodes of Gunsmoke, 10 episodes of The F.B.I., nine episodes of Bonanza, and six episodes in both The Virginian and Gomer Pyle, USMC. Among the feature films in which he appeared are I Married a Monster from Outer Space, North By Northwest, The Lawbreakers, Pork Chop Hill, Anatomy of a Murder and Tora! Tora! Tora!. He appeared in Battlestar Galactica as Dr Horning in episode 22, "Experiment in Terra" (1979). Lynch's last credited performance was in the role of Rear Admiral Talbot Gray in the 1983 seven-part miniseries The Winds of War.
Flower business
Even though Lynch still had a very successful career as an actor by the 1970s, he began looking for another, more steady source of income. He explained in a 1975 newspaper interview: "In acting you just can't predict the jobs that will come along. If you could, you could budget." Death
Lynch died at age 79 from a virus on February 13, 1990, in Burbank, California. He was buried at the San Fernando Mission Cemetery in Mission Hills, Los Angeles. CLR
as Talbot Gray(1 ep)
as Poker Player
as Grover(1 ep)
as Frenchie(1 ep)
as Dr. Horning(1 ep)
as Luck Harry(1 ep)
as Capt. Lockwood(1 ep)
as Stoker
as Capt. Warren(1 ep)
as Vince Whitehead(1 ep)
as Guard
as Judge #1
as Sherrif Koontz
as Desk Sergeant
as Tailor Shop Patrolman
as Percy McCoy(1 ep)
as Mr. Cummings
as Detective Hanson
as Guard Callahan(3 eps)
as Warden Lomis
as Grover(6 eps)
as Rear Adm. John H. Newton (uncredited)
as Lt. Burrows
as Bernie Ryan(1 ep)
as Jack Stokes(1 ep)
as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
as Thorson
as Inspector MacGregor(1 ep)
as Russ Quinn(1 ep)
as Joe Laswell
as Lieutenant Conners(1 ep)
as Chief Engineer Vanderberg(1 ep)
as Dan
as Jackie(2 eps)
as Lt. Barney Keller(2 eps)
as Lt. Barney(2 eps)
as Lieutenant Wyman(1 ep)
as Hotel masher
as Hodges
as Patrolman Dugan(6 eps)
as Captain Johnson
as Lt. Gregory(1 ep)
as Concession Owner(1 ep)
as Lt. Craig(2 eps)
as Det. Lt. Tom Handley(1 ep)
as Proprietor
as Officer Peters(1 ep)
as Big Jim Todd(1 ep)
as Frank Bonito
as Lieutenant Yarnell(1 ep)
as George Mathias(1 ep)
as Warden Walter Jackson(1 ep)
as Sam(1 ep)
as Capt. James Angle
as Ed Rackin
as Anthony Parazzo
as Capt. Barker(3 eps)
as Mr. Rogers(1 ep)
as Harry Ralston
as Graves
as Lt. Thomas Brand (uncredited)(1 ep)
as Charlie(1 ep)
as Collier(1 ep)
as Charley
as Father
as Det. Sgt. James Durgo
as Major General Trudeau
as Lieutenant
as Probation Officer Curtis
as Fred Thorn(1 ep)
as Al Killmer(1 ep)
as Dr. Wayne
as Frank - Bartender
as Buckstorm Corley
as Cook
as David Whitman
as Frank (uncredited)
as Sheriff Clark(1 ep)
as Robert Hayden(1 ep)
as Police Lieutenant(1 ep)
as Police Officer(1 ep)
as Will Stroud(1 ep)
as Jim Cavanaugh(1 ep)
as Colpitt(1 ep)
as Ed Glick(1 ep)
as Gance(1 ep)
as Lucas(2 eps)
as Rolling(1 ep)
as McKee(1 ep)
as Jess Bradman(1 ep)
