Deceased

How Did Will Geer Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 76

Also known asHigh Ghere, William Aughe Ghere, Уилл ГирGenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn09/03/1902Born inFrankfort, Indiana, USADied22/04/1978 (aged 76)Died inLos AngelesCauserespiratory failureWikidataQ1279389 ↗Buried atTheatricum BotanicumTMDb#70990 ↗

Will Geer was an American actor, musician, and social activist who was active in labor organizing and communist movements in New York City and Southern California in the 1930s and 1940s. In California, he befriended rising singer Woody Guthrie. They both lived in New York City for a time in the 1940s. He was blacklisted in the 1950s by Hollywood after refusing, in testimony before Congress, to name persons who had joined the Communist Party USA.

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Filmography91 titles

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
2019	Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970Movie	Narrator	117
2017	In Hollywood's Backyard: Topanga in the 1970sMovie	Self	115
1987	James Stewart: A Wonderful LifeMovie	Self (archive footage)	85
1981	The New Deal for ArtistsMovie	Self	79
1978	The Mafu CageMovie	Zom	76
1978	A Woman Called MosesSeries	Thomas Garrett	76
1978	Unknown PowersMovie	Host	76
1977	The Love BoatSeries	Franklyn Bootherstone	75
1977	The Billion Dollar HoboMovie	Choo-Choo Trayne	75
1977	BuncoMovie	—	75
1977	Eight Is EnoughSeries	—	75
1976	Law and OrderMovie	Pat Crowley	74
1975	Starsky & HutchSeries	Commodore Atwater	73
1975	The Night That Panicked AmericaMovie	Reverend Davis	73
1975	The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper MysteryMovie	Dr. Simpson	73
1974	Dinah!Series	Self	72
1974	The Lives of Benjamin FranklinSeries	—	72
1974	Honky TonkMovie	Judge Cotton	72
1974	Memory of UsMovie	Motel Manager	72
1974	Tony Orlando and DawnSeries	Self	72
1974	The Hanged ManMovie	Nameless	72
1974	SilenceMovie	Crazy Jack	72
1973	Doc ElliotSeries	Paul Bartlett	71
1973	Isn't It Shocking?Movie	Lemuel Lovell	71
1973	Such Dust as Dreams Are Made OnMovie	Len McNeil	71
1973	Executive ActionMovie	Ferguson	71
1973	Savage!Movie	Joel Ryker	71
1973	A Gift of TerrorMovie	Ben	71
1972	The Sixth SenseSeries	—	70
1972	The WaltonsSeries	Grandfather Walton	70
1972	Jeremiah JohnsonMovie	Bear Claw	70
1972	Kung FuSeries	Judge Emmitt Marcus	70
1972	ScarecrowMovie	Justice Gilead Merton	70
1972	Napoleon and SamanthaMovie	Grandpa	70
1972	Dear Dead DelilahMovie	Roy Jurroe	70
1972	The ABC Afternoon PlaybreakSeries	Ben	70
1971	ColumboSeries	Edmund Hidemann	69
1971	Alias Smith and JonesSeries	Seth	69
1971	Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?Movie	Simon Anderson	69
1971	Brother JohnMovie	Doc Thomas	69
1970	The Moonshine WarMovie	Mr. Baylor	68
1970	The Brotherhood of the BellMovie	Mike Patterson	68
1970	The Bold Ones: The SenatorSeries	Senator Homer Bryant Wydell	68
1969	Medical CenterSeries	—	67
1969	The ReiversMovie	Boss	67
1969	The Bill Cosby ShowSeries	Mr. Kane	67
1969	Then Came BronsonSeries	Oliver Hidemann	67
1969	The Courtship of Eddie's FatherSeries	Harry I. Madison	67
1968	Hawaii Five-OSeries	Professor Harold Lochner	66
1968	Mayberry R.F.D.Series	Captain Charles Wolford	66
1968	Bandolero!Movie	Pop Chaney	66
1968	Certain Honorable MenMovie	Malcolm Stoddard	66
1967	The President's AnalystMovie	Dr. Lee-Evan	65
1967	The InvadersSeries	Hank Willis	65
1967	Garrison's GorillasSeries	—	65
1966	Mission: ImpossibleSeries	Doc	64
1966	SecondsMovie	Old Man	64
1965	Run for Your LifeSeries	Judge David P. Andrews	63
1965	The Trials of O'BrienSeries	Judge Lindemann	63
1964	Daniel BooneSeries	Adam Jarrett	62
1964	BewitchedSeries	George Washington	62
1964	Black Like MeMovie	Truckdriver	62
1962	Advise & ConsentMovie	Senate Minority Leader	60
1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSeries	Self	60
1961	The Mike Douglas ShowSeries	Self	59
1959	BonanzaSeries	Ferris Callahan	57
1956	Mobs, Inc.Movie	Harry Robinson	54
1955	GunsmokeSeries	Slocum	53
1954	Salt of the EarthMovie	Sheriff	52
1951	The Tall TargetMovie	Homer Crowley	49
1951	The Barefoot MailmanMovie	Dan Paget - Miami Mayor / Postmaster	49
1951	Bright VictoryMovie	Mr. Nevins	49
1951	Racket SquadSeries	—	49
1951	Double CrossbonesMovie	Tom Botts	49
1950	Winchester '73Movie	Wyatt Earp	48
1950	Broken ArrowMovie	Ben Slade	48
1950	ConvictedMovie	Convict Mapes	48
1950	To Please a LadyMovie	Jack Mackay	48
1950	Comanche TerritoryMovie	Dan'l Seeger	48
1950	The Kid from TexasMovie	O'Fallon	48
1949	Lust for GoldMovie	Deputy Ray Covin	47
1949	Anna LucastaMovie	Noah	47
1949	Johnny AllegroMovie	Schultzy	47
1948	Deep WatersMovie	Nick Driver	46
1940	The Fight for LifeMovie	Ballou	38
1940	Men and DustMovie	Narrator (voice)	38
1939	Union PacificMovie	Foreman (uncredited)	37
1935	Becky SharpMovie	Spectator (uncredited)	33
1935	The Mystery of Edwin DroodMovie	Village Lamplighter (uncredited)	33
1934	SpitfireMovie	West Fry	32
1934	Wild GoldMovie	Poker Player (uncredited)	32