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Will Geer (born William Aughe Ghere; March 9, 1902 – April 22, 1978) was an American actor, musician, and social activist who was active in labor organizing and other movements in New York City and Southern California in the 1930s and 1940s. In California he befriended rising singer Woody Guthrie.
Will Geer was a versatile and long-lived actor who starred in Broadway, movies, and TV, including The Waltons. He was also a political radical, a folklorist, and a performer of Shakespeare and folk songs.
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Will Geer was an American political activist and actor. His most memorable portrayal was that of ‘Grandpa Zebulon Tyler Walton’ in the TV series ‘The Waltons,’ which also won him an ‘Emmy Award.’ He made his ‘Broadway’ debut with ‘Much Ado About Nothing.’
Jul 23, 2019 · Will Geer and Ellen Corby as Grandpa and Grandma Walton from the television program The Waltons. | Source: Wikimedia Commons. At the age of 76, Will died of respiratory arrest following a respiratory ailment on April 22, 1978, at Midway Hospital in Los Angeles.
Aug 4, 2020 · Will Geer died in 1978 after Season 6 of The Waltons, where he played Grandpa Zebulon Walton. He was a social activist, a folk singer, and a founder of a theater and botanicum.
Will Geer was an actor, activist and folklorist who starred in The Waltons and many other roles. He was a vegetarian, a Shakespearean expert and a friend of Woody Guthrie and Harry Hay.
Apr 24, 1978 · Will Geer, the character actor whose performances spanned that of an earthy, carefree Georgian in the play “Tobacco Road” to a crusty grandfather in the television series “The Waltons” a...
