Garry Walberg: Difference between revisions

| name = Garry Walberg

| image = Garry Walberg in Gangster Story.jpg

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| caption = Garry Walberg as Lt. Frank= MonahanGarry Walberg in ''[[Quincy,Gangster M.E.Story]]'' (1959)

| birth_name = Gerrit Christian Walberg Jr

| birth_date = {{birth date|1921|6|10}}

| birth_place = {{nowrap|[[Buffalo, New York]], U.S.}}<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://wwwbooks.google.com/books/edition/Quincy_M_E_The_Television_Series/?id=Vs-EDwAAQBAJ?hl=en|title=Quincy M.E.:The Television Series|page=|publisher=BearManor Media|first=James|last=Rosin|date=October 2009|ISBNisbn=9781593934545|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2012/scene/news/actor-garry-walberg-dies-at-90-1118052706/|title=Actor Garry Walberg dies at 90|author=Variety Staff|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=April 16, 2012|access-date=July 11, 2021}}</ref>

| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|3|27|1921|6|10}}

| death_place = [[Northridge, California]], U.S

'''Gerrit Christian Walberg Jr.''' (June 10, 1921 – March 27, 2012)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://wwwbooks.google.com/books/edition/Resting_Places/FOHgDAAAQBAJ?hlid=enFOHgDAAAQBAJ|title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d Ed.|first=Scott|last=Wilson|publisher=McFarland|date=August 19, 2016|ISBNisbn=9781476625997|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> was an American [[character actor]] primarily known for his work on television. He performed in numerous TV shows from the early 1950s until the early 1990s, including ''[[Johnny Staccato]]'', ''[[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|Perry Mason]]'', ''[[Lassie (1954 TV series)|Lassie]]'', ''[[Peyton Place (TV series)|Peyton Place]]'', ''[[Gunsmoke]]'' (in 1959 as “Tobe”"Tobe" in “Buffalo"Buffalo Hunter”Hunter", in 1961 as “Hatcher”"Hatcher" in “A"A Man and A Day”Day", in 1963 as "Anson" in "Two of a Kind" and in 1974 as “Toby”"Toby" in “The"The Tarnished Badge”Badge"), ''[[The Fugitive (1963 TV series)|The Fugitive]]'', ''[[Star Trek: The Original TOSSeries|Star Trek]]'', ''[[Columbo]]'', ''[[The Tony Randall Show]]'' and ''[[The Rockford Files]]''. He appeared in the firstpremiere episode of ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'', titled "[[Where Is Everybody?]]".

The [[Buffalo, New York]]-born Walberg was probably's best known forrole hiswas role asprobably [[Los Angeles Police Department|LAPD]] Homicide Lt. Frank Monahan in ''[[Quincy, M.E.]]'' (1976–831976-83), starring his good friend, [[Jack Klugman]] in the title role. Walberg had previously appeared alongside Klugman in ''[[The Odd Couple (1970 TV series)|The Odd Couple]]'' (1970–751970-75) in the recurring role of Oscar's poker crony, Homer "Speed" Deegan.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://wwwbooks.google.com/books/edition/The_Odd_Couple_on_Stage_and_Screen/Xe1ZBAAAQBAJ?hlid=enXe1ZBAAAQBAJ|title=The Odd Couple on Stage and Screen: A History with Cast and Crew Profiles and an Episode Guide|page=126|first=Bob|last=Leszczak|publisher=McFarland|date=August 23, 2014|ISBNisbn=9781476615394|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> He reprised the role in the 1993 TV movie ''The Odd Couple: Together Again''. This was his final acting appearance.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}

Walberg died from chronic[[Chronic pulmonary disease| Chronic pulmonary disease (CPD)]] and [[congestive heart failure]] onin March 2012 in [[Northridge, California]], at the age of 90. In the months prior to his passing, he was a player in the Carl Memorial Alzheimer's Poker Game, where he lived.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-xpm-2012-apr-16-la-me-passings-20120416-story.html|title=PASSINGS: Murray Rose, Tippy Dye, Garry Walberg|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=April 16, 2012|access-date=July 11, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/garry-walberg-actor-klugman-312594/|title=Garry Walberg, Actor on Two Jack Klugman TV Series, Dies|first=Mike|last=Barnes|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=April 16, 2012|access-date=July 11, 2021}}</ref>

|1966|| ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'' || Hansen || 1 episodeS1:E14, "[[Balance of Terror]]"

|1987|| ''[[The Spirit (1987 film)|The Spirit]]'' || Commissioner Dolan || TV pilot/movie

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