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Will Geer (1902–1978)

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Will Geer admired his grandfather, a man who said hello to trees by their Latin names and who had used what he brought back to Indiana from the California gold rush to build Frankfort's first opera house. Will pursued a college major in botany, from Chicago through a Master's degree at Columbia, but ultimately gave in to his need to perform... See full bio »

Born:

William Aughe Ghere
in Frankfort, Indiana, USA

Died:

(age 76) in Los Angeles, California, USA
Still of Will Geer in The Waltons Still of Will Geer, Judy Norton, Kami Cotler, Michael Learned, Eric Scott, Ralph Waite, Jon Walmsley and Mary McDonough in The Waltons Gene Tierney, Charles Laughton, Will Geer, Tom Helmore, Peter Lawford and Walter Pidgeon Still of Richard Thomas, Will Geer, Judy Norton, Ellen Corby, Kami Cotler, Michael Learned, Eric Scott and Jon Walmsley in The Waltons
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1978 A Woman Called Moses (TV movie)
Thomas Garrett
 
1978 The Mafu Cage
Zom
 
1972-1978 The Waltons (TV series)
The Grandfather / The Grandfather Zeb Walton
– Grandma Comes Home (1978) … The Grandfather
– The Revelation (1978) … The Grandfather
– The Return (1978) … The Grandfather
– The Ordeal (1978) … The Grandfather
– The Family Tree (1978) … The Grandfather
See all 143 episodes »
 
1978 Rip Van Winkle (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1977 The Love Boat (TV series)
Franklyn Bootherstone
– The Old Man and the Runaway/The Painters/A Fine Romance (1977) … Franklyn Bootherstone
 
1977 Eight Is Enough (TV series)
– Yes Nicholas, There Is a Santa Claus: Part 1 (1977)
– Yes Nicholas, There Is a Santa Claus: Part 2 (1977)
 
1977 The Billion Dollar Hobo
Choo-Choo Trayne
 
1977 Bunco (TV movie)
 
1976 Starsky and Hutch (TV series)
Commodore Atwater
– Murder at Sea (1976) … Commodore Atwater
 
1976 The Sad and Lonely Sundays (TV movie)
Lucas Wembley
 
1976 Moving Violation
Rockfield
 
1976 Law and Order (TV movie)
Pat Crowley
 
1976 The Blue Bird
Grandfather
 
1975 The Night That Panicked America (TV movie)
Reverend Davis
 
1975 The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery
Dr. Simpson
 
1974 Benjamin Franklin (TV mini-series)
– The Whirlwind
 
1974 Hurricane (TV movie)
Dr. McCutcheon
 
1974 Memory of Us
Motel Manager
 
1974 Silence
Crazy Jack
 
1974 Honky Tonk (TV movie)
Judge Cotton
 
1970-1974 Medical Center (TV series)
Coughlin / Jess Calhoun / Loriss
– Hexed (1974) … Loriss
– No Way Out (1972) … Coughlin
– The Rebel in White (1970) … Jess Calhoun
 
1974 The Hanged Man (TV movie)
Nameless
 
1973 Executive Action
Harold Ferguson
 
1973 Doc Elliot (TV series)
Paul Bartlett
– A Man of Importance (1973) … Paul Bartlett
 
1973 Isn't It Shocking? (TV movie)
Lemuel Lovell
 
1973 Kung Fu (TV series)
Judge Emmitt Marcus
– The Ancient Warrior (1973) … Judge Emmitt Marcus
 
1973 The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (TV series)
Ben
– The Gift of Terror (1973) … Ben
 
1973 Savage (TV movie)
Joel Ryker
 
1973 Harry O (TV series)
Len McNeil
– Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On (1973) … Len McNeil
 
1973 Brock's Last Case (TV movie)
J. Smiley Krenshaw
 
1973 Columbo (TV series)
Dr. Edmund Hidemann
– A Stitch in Crime (1973) … Dr. Edmund Hidemann
 
1973 Rod Serling's Night Gallery (TV series)
Walt Peckinpah
– Die Now, Pay Later (1973) … Walt Peckinpah
 
1972 Jeremiah Johnson
Bear Claw
 
1972 Napoleon and Samantha
Grandpa
 
1972 The Rowdyman
Stan
 
1972 The Sixth Sense (TV series)
Rev. Jordan
– Shadow in the Well (1972) … Rev. Jordan
– With This Ring, I Thee Kill! (1972) … Rev. Jordan
 
1972 Bewitched (TV series)
President George Washington
– George Washington Zapped Here: Part 2 (1972) … President George Washington
– George Washington Zapped Here: Part 1 (1972) … President George Washington
 
1972 The Scarecrow (TV movie)
Justice Gilead Merton
 
1972 Dear Dead Delilah
Roy Jurroe
 
1970-1971 The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (TV series)
Elliot Leveridge / Judge Scanlon / Ralph Turner
– The Letter of the Law (1971) … Elliot Leveridge
– The Verdict (1970) … Judge Scanlon
– The Shattered Image (1970) … Ralph Turner
 
1969-1971 Bonanza (TV series)
Calvin Butler / Ferris Callahan / Zach Randolph
– A Home for Jamie (1971) … Ferris Callahan
– The Love Child (1970) … Zach Randolph
– The Running Man (1969) … Calvin Butler
 
1971 O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (TV series)
Tidwell
– Operation: Moonshine (1971) … Tidwell
 
1971 Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (TV series)
– Voice from a Nightmare (1971)
 
1971 The Jimmy Stewart Show (TV series)
Uncle Everett
– A Bunk for Unc (1971) … Uncle Everett
 
1971 Alias Smith and Jones (TV series)
Seth
– Smiler with a Gun (1971) … Seth
 
1971 Cade's County (TV series)
Hurley Gaines
– Company Town (1971) … Hurley Gaines
 
1971 Brother John
Doc Thomas
 
1971 Love, American Style (TV series)
Desk Clerk (segment "Love and the Pulitzer Prize")
– Love and the Arctic Station/Love and the Pulitzer Prize/Love and the Tattoo (1971) … Desk Clerk (segment "Love and the Pulitzer Prize")
 
1971 Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? (TV movie)
Simon Anderson
 
1970 The Courtship of Eddie's Father (TV series)
Harry I. Madison
– Who Wants to Sail Down the Amazon, Anyway? (1970) … Harry I. Madison
 
1970 The Young Rebels (TV series)
Mayor Larkin
– The Age of Independence (1970) … Mayor Larkin
– The Ring of Freedom (1970) … Mayor Larkin
– Father and I Went Down to Camp (1970) … Mayor Larkin
 
1970 The Bill Cosby Show (TV series)
Mr. Kane
– The Old Man of 4-C (1970) … Mr. Kane
 
1970 The Bold Ones: The Senator (TV series)
Senator Homer Bryant Wydell
– The Day the Lion Died (1970) … Senator Homer Bryant Wydell
 
1970 Pieces of Dreams
The Bishop
 
1970 The Brotherhood of the Bell (TV movie)
Mike Patterson
 
1970 The Moonshine War
Mr. Baylor
 
1970 The Name of the Game (TV series)
Mac
– One of the Girls in Research (1970) … Mac
 
1969 The Reivers
Boss
 
1969 Daniel Boone (TV series)
Adam
– Target Boone (1969) … Adam
 
1969 Then Came Bronson (TV series)
Oliver Hidemann
– Old Tigers Never Die--They Just Run Away (1969) … Oliver Hidemann
 
1969 Hawaii Five-O (TV series)
Professor Harold Lochner
– Forty Feet High and It Kills! (1969) … Professor Harold Lochner
 
1969 My Friend Tony (TV series)
– Kidnap (1969)
 
1969 Here Come the Brides (TV series)
Benjamin Pruitt
– A Dream That Glitters (1969) … Benjamin Pruitt
 
1969 Mayberry R.F.D. (TV series)
Captain Wolford
– Aunt Bee's Cruise: Part 2 (1969) … Captain Wolford
– Aunt Bee's Cruise: Part 1 (1969) … Captain Wolford
 
1968 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Slocum
– Slocum (1968) … Slocum
 
1968 Certain Honorable Men (TV movie)
Malcolm Stoddard
 
1968 Bandolero!
Pop Chaney
 
1968 The Invaders (TV series)
Hank Willis
– The Pursued (1968) … Hank Willis
 
1968 Mission: Impossible (TV series)
Doc
– The Town (1968) … Doc
 
1968 Run for Your Life (TV series)
Judge Andrews
– The Killing Scene (1968) … Judge Andrews
 
1968 Of Mice and Men (TV movie)
Candy
 
1968 I Spy (TV series)
Uncle Harry
– Home to Judgment (1968) … Uncle Harry
 
1967 The President's Analyst
Dr. Lee-Evans
 
1967 In Cold Blood
Prosecutor
 
1967 Garrison's Gorillas (TV series)
Laski
– The Deadly Masquerade (1967) … Laski
 
1967 The Crucible (TV movie)
Giles
 
1966 Seconds
Old Man
 
1966 The Trials of O'Brien (TV series)
Judge Lindemann / Sheldon
– The Only Game in Town (1966) … Judge Lindemann
– The 10-Foot, 6-Inch Pole (1966) … Sheldon
 
1964 Black Like Me
Truckdriver
 
1964 East Side/West Side (TV series)
Brian Lincoln
– Here Today (1964) … Brian Lincoln
 
1962 Advise & Consent
Senate Minority Leader
 
1954 Salt of the Earth
Sheriff
 
1951 The Barefoot Mailman
Dan Paget - Miami Mayor/Postmaster
 
1951 Racket Squad (TV series)
Harry Robinson
– The Case of the Miracle Mud (1951) … Harry Robinson
 
1951 The Tall Target
Homer Crowley, Train Conductor
 
1951 Bright Victory
Mr. Lawrence Nevins
 
1951 Double Crossbones
Tom Botts
 
1950 To Please a Lady
Jack Mackay
 
1950 Convicted
Convict Mapes
 
1950 Broken Arrow
Ben Slade
 
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
 
1949 Intruder in the Dust
Sheriff Hampton
 
1949 Anna Lucasta
Noah
 
1949 Lust for Gold
Deputy Ray Covin
 
1949 Johnny Allegro
Schultzy
 
1948 The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (TV series)
Sam Hobbs
– Mirage in Manhattan (1948) … Sam Hobbs
 
1948 Deep Waters
Nick Driver
 
1940 The Fight for Life
2nd Teacher
 
1939 Union Pacific
Foreman (uncredited)
 
1935 Mystery of Edwin Drood
Village Lamplighter (uncredited)
 
1934 Wild Gold
Poker Player (uncredited)
 
1934 Spitfire
West Fry (as High Ghere)
 
1932 Misleading Lady
McMahon - Asylum Guard
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (2 titles)
1972-1977 The Waltons (TV series)
– The Children's Carol (1977) (performer: "Jingle Bells" portion)
– The Battle of Drucilla's Pond (1977) (performer: "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" 1863 - uncredited)
– The Ferris Wheel (1977) (performer: " The Man On The Flying Trapeze")
– The Best Christmas (1976) (performer: "Jingle Bells", "We Wish You A Merry Christmas")
– The Quilting (1976) (performer: "The Camptown Races")
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1974 The 28th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie) (performer: "The Cradle Will Rock Medley")
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
1978 The Waltons (TV series) (dedicated to the memory of - 1 episode)
– The Empty Nest (1978) (dedicated to the memory of)
 
1976 Bound for Glory (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (11 titles)
1978 CBS: On the Air (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1978 Unknown Powers (documentary)
Host
 
1977 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 19 August 1977 (1977) … Himself
 
1976-1977 The Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 14 March 1977 (1977) … Himself
– Episode dated 20 December 1976 (1976) … Himself
 
1976 Hee Haw (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #8.1 (1976) … Himself
 
1976 Hollywood on Trial (documentary)
Himself
 
1974 The 28th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Performer
 
1974 Medieval Theater: The Play of Abraham and Isaac (documentary short)
Henry Pink, Abraham
 
1973 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 26 December 1973 (1973) … Himself
 
1970 Shooting the Moonshine War (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1965 Camera Three (TV series)
Himself - Narrator
– Journey to China (1965) … Himself - Narrator
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (6 titles)
1998 Classified X (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1993 The Poetry Hall of Fame (TV movie)
Himself
 
1980 The Waltons: A Decade of the Waltons (TV movie)
Grandpa Zebulon 'Zeb' Walton
 
1978-1979 The Waltons (TV series)
 
1975 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
 
1956 Mobs, Inc.
Harry Robinson, banker
 

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Personal Details

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Took over the part of Jeeter Lester from Henry Hull in the Broadway stage version of Erskine Caldwell''s "Tobacco Road," which set a then-record run of 3,281 performances between December 4, 1933 and May 31, 1941. It is still the longest running drama in Broadway history... See more »

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The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum (archived) | See more »

Alternate Names:

High Ghere

Height:

6' 2" (1.88 m)
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Personal Quote:

For well over half a century I have never gone a day without getting acquainted with some other person, and in those times I've only had my face slapped once and been called a few names. See more »

Trivia:

Received a 1964 Tony nomination as Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his role in "110 In The Shade", a musical version of the film The Rainmaker. The leading lady in the musical was Inga Swenson, who was also nominated. See more »

Star Sign:

Pisces