Will Geer
American actor and activist (1902-1978) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 76
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.
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The Mafu CageFilm, 1978Zom1977
Eight Is EnoughSeries1975Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama SeriesAward
The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper MysteryFilm, 1975Dr. Simpson1974
Dinah!Series
HurricaneFilm, 1974Dr. McCutcheon1972
Dear Dead DelilahFilm, Roy Jurroe1971
Alias Smith and JonesSeries, Seth
Brother JohnFilm, 1971Doc Thomas1969
Hawaii Five-OSeries, Professor Harold Lochner
The ReiversFilm, 1969Boss1968
Bandolero!Film, Pop Chaney1967
The InvadersSeries, Hank Willis1966
SecondsFilm, Old Man1965
Run for Your LifeSeries, Judge David P. Andrews1964
Black Like MeFilm, Truckdriver1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSeries1961
The Mike Douglas ShowSeries1956
Tony AwardsSeries1954
Salt of the EarthFilm, Sheriff1951
Racket SquadSeries
Bright VictoryFilm, 1951Mr. Nevins1949
Intruder in the DustFilm, Sheriff Hampton1939
Union PacificFilm, Foreman (uncredited)1934
SpitfireFilm, West Fry1902Born9 March 1902People around Will
Anthony Mann Directed Winchester '73 and The Tall Target
Clarence Brown Produced Intruder in the Dust (1949)
John Mitchum Also in The Waltons, Bandolero! and Savage!- Charles Tyner Also in Jeremiah Johnson and The Waltons
- Bernard McEveety Directed The Waltons and Napoleon and Samantha
James Stewart Also in Winchester '73 and Bandolero!
Rock Hudson Also in Seconds and Bright Victory
Jerry Goldsmith Wrote Seconds and Bandolero!
Ellen Corby Also in The Waltons and Napoleon and Samantha
Mary Wickes Also in The Waltons and Napoleon and Samantha
Dub Taylor Also in The Reivers, Honky Tonk and Bandolero!
Eduard Franz Also in The Waltons and The President's Analyst
Paul Ford Also in Lust for Gold and The Kid from Texas
Edmund Cobb Also in Winchester '73 and The Kid from Texas
Percy Helton Also in The Tall Target and The Barefoot Mailman
George Duning Wrote Lust for Gold and Johnny Allegro
John McLiam Also in In Cold Blood and The Waltons
Sydney Pollack Directed Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
Glenn Ford Also in Lust for Gold (1950)
Richard Thomas Directed The Waltons
James Best Also in Comanche Territory and Winchester '73
Kurt Neumann Directed The Kid from Texas (1950)- Paul Wendkos Directed The Brotherhood of the Bell (1970)
Aaron Rosenberg Produced Winchester '73 (1950)
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In Cold Blood 1967
Seconds 1966
Jeremiah Johnson 1972
Winchester '73 1950
Intruder in the Dust 1949
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He was blacklisted in the 1950s by Hollywood after refusing, in testimony before Congress, to name persons who had joined the Communist Party USA.
