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Howard McNear
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Actor Born: January 22, 1905 in California Death: January 3, 1969 in San Fernando Valley, CA Biography:Character actor "Howard McNear" made a name for himself on network radio in a vast array of characterizations, from snivelling murderers to dapper French detectives. McNear's best-known radio role was as Doc on "Gunsmoke", which ran from 1955 to 1962; his spin on the character was slightly more ghoulish than the interpretation offered by "Milburn Stone" on television. In films from 1954, the bespectacled, mustachioed McNear was usually cast as a querulous fussbudget. He was spotlighted as Dr. Dompierre in Otto Preminger's "Anatomy of a Murder" (1959), and was prominently featured in three "Billy Wilder" comedies, "Irma La Douce" (1963), "Kiss Me Stupid" (1964) and "The Fortune Cookie" (1966). He appeared with frequency on TV in the 1950s and 1960s, often as a foil to such comedians as "Jack Benny" and Burns and "Allen". Howard McNear's most beloved TV characterization was as Mayberry barber Floyd... Full Biography | |||
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