Will Geer

Actor Mar 9 (died age 76) Frankfort, Indiana, USA 1932–2019 (87 year career)

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Biography

Will Geer (March 9, 1902 – April 22, 1978) was an American actor and social activist. His original name was William Aughe Ghere. He is remembered for his portrayal of Grandpa Zebulon Tyler Walton in the 1970s TV series, The Waltons. Geer made his Broadway debut as Pistol in a 1928 production of Much Ado About Nothing, created the role of Mr. Mister in Marc Blitzstein's The Cradle Will Rock, played Candy in John Steinbeck's theatrical adaptation of his novella Of Mice and Men, and appeared in …

Known For

Film

Jeremiah Johnson

Bear Claw

Film

In Cold Blood

Prosecutor

Film

Seconds

Old Man

Film

Winchester '73

Wyatt Earp

Film

Broken Arrow

Ben Slade

Film

Advise & Consent

Senate Minority Leader

Film

The Waltons

Grandfather Walton

Film

Salt of the Earth

Sheriff

Filmography

Acting (110)

Movies (75)

Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970

2019

as Narrator

Will Geer: America's Grandpa

2019

2.0

In Hollywood's Backyard: Topanga in the 1970s

2017

as Self

Mysterious Miracles: World Beyond Death

2005

as Host

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1987

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

The New Deal for Artists

1981

as Self

The Man Who Loved Bears

as Narrator

Unknown Powers

as Host

Rip Van Winkle

as Narrator (voice)

The Mafu Cage

as Zom

Bunco

The Billion Dollar Hobo

as Choo-Choo Trayne

The Blue Bird

as Grandfather

Law and Order

as Pat Crowley

Moving Violation

1976

as Rockfield

4.8

The Night That Panicked America

1975

as Reverend Davis

6.8

The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery

1975

as Dr. Simpson

5.2

Silence

1974

as Crazy Jack

Hurricane

as Dr. McCutcheon

The Hanged Man

as Nameless

Memory of Us

as Motel Manager

Honky Tonk

1974

as Judge Cotton

Brock's Last Case

1973

as J. Smiley Krenshaw

Executive Action

as Ferguson

A Gift of Terror

as Ben

Savage

as Joel Ryker

Isn't It Shocking?

as Lemuel Lovell

Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On

as Len McNeil

Dear Dead Delilah

as Roy Jurroe

Jeremiah Johnson

as Bear Claw

Scarecrow

as Justice Gilead Merton

8.0

Napoleon and Samantha

as Grandpa

The Rowdyman

as Stan

Brother John

as Doc Thomas

Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?

as Simon Anderson

Pieces of Dreams

as The Bishop

The Moonshine War

as Mr. Baylor

The Brotherhood of the Bell

as Mike Patterson

The Reivers

as Boss

Bandolero!

as Pop Chaney

Of Mice and Men

as Candy

Certain Honorable Men

1968

as Malcolm Stoddard

In Cold Blood

1967

as Prosecutor

7.5

The President's Analyst

as Dr. Lee-Evan

The Crucible

as Giles Corey

Seconds

as Old Man

Black Like Me

as Truckdriver

Advise & Consent

as Senate Minority Leader

Mobs, Inc.

as Harry Robinson

Salt of the Earth

as Sheriff

The Barefoot Mailman

as Dan Paget - Miami Mayor / Postmaster

Double Crossbones

as Tom Botts

Bright Victory

as Mr. Nevins

The Tall Target

as Homer Crowley

Broken Arrow

as Ben Slade

Convicted

as Convict Mapes

Winchester '73

as Wyatt Earp

The Kid from Texas

as O'Fallon

Comanche Territory

as Dan'l Seeger

To Please a Lady

as Jack Mackay

It's a Small World

as William Musk - Father

Intruder in the Dust

as Sheriff Hampton

Johnny Allegro

as Schultzy

Lust for Gold

as Deputy Ray Covin

Anna Lucasta

as Noah

Deep Waters

as Nick Driver

The Fight for Life

as Ballou

Tall Tales

as Self

Men and Dust

1940

as Narrator (voice)

6.0

Union Pacific

1939

as Foreman (uncredited)

6.6

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

1935

as Village Lamplighter (uncredited)

5.6

Becky Sharp

1935

as Spectator (uncredited)

Spitfire

as West Fry

Wild Gold

as Poker Player (uncredited)

5.0

The Misleading Lady

1932

as McMahon - Asylum Guard

Television (35)

A Woman Called Moses

1978

as Thomas Garrett

7.0

The Love Boat

1977

as Franklyn Bootherstone

Eight Is Enough

Starsky & Hutch

as Commodore Atwater

Dinah!

as Self

Tony Orlando and Dawn

1974

as Self

3.5

The Lives of Benjamin Franklin

1974

Doc Elliot

1973

as Paul Bartlett

The Waltons

1972

as Grandfather Walton

The Sixth Sense

Kung Fu

as Judge Emmitt Marcus

7.7

The ABC Afternoon Playbreak

1972

as Ben

Columbo

1971

as Edmund Hidemann

8.1

Alias Smith and Jones

as Seth

Night Gallery

as Walt Peckinpah

The Bold Ones: The Senator

1970

as Senator Homer Bryant Wydell

3.0

Medical Center

1969

6.1

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

as Harry I. Madison

The Bill Cosby Show

as Mr. Kane

Then Came Bronson

as Oliver Hidemann

Hawaii Five-O

as Professor Harold Lochner

7.1

Mayberry R.F.D.

1968

as Captain Charles Wolford

The Invaders

as Hank Willis

Garrison's Gorillas

Mission: Impossible

as Doc

Run for Your Life

as Judge David P. Andrews

7.2

The Trials of O'Brien

as Judge Lindemann

Bewitched

as George Washington

Daniel Boone

as Adam Jarrett

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.5

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Bonanza

as Calvin Butler

Tony Awards

as Self - Performer

Gunsmoke

as Slocum

Racket Squad