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Will Geer (1902-1978) was an American actor, musician, and social activist who starred in The Waltons and other films and plays. He was blacklisted in the 1950s for his leftist views and was a friend and collaborator of Woody Guthrie.
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. Surrounded by his ex-wife Herta Ware, their daughters Ellen and Kale, their son ...
Will Geer was a versatile and long-lived performer who starred in Broadway, movies, and TV, including The Waltons. He was also a political radical, a folklorist, and a founder of the Theatricum Botanicum in California.
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- Frankfort, Indiana, USA
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- Los Angeles, California, USA
James Stewart and Will Geer in Broken Arrow (1950)- Will Geer and John Randolph in Seconds (1966)
- Robert Redford and Will Geer in Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
- James Stewart, Will Geer, and Stephen McNally in Winchester '73 (1950)
- Will Geer in Winchester '73 (1950)
- James Stewart, Will Geer, Timmy Hawkins, Bill McKenzie, Millard Mitchell, and Norman Kent in Winchester '73 (1950)
- Shelley Winters and Will Geer in Winchester '73 (1950)
Indiana Actors. University Of Chicago. Tall Celebrities. Childhood & Early Life. Will Geer was born William Aughe Ghere, on March 9, 1902, in Frankfort, Indiana, US, to postal worker Roy Aaron Ghere and teacher Katherine (née Aughe). When Geer was 11, his father abandoned the family. Geer wished to become a botanist.
Will Geer was an actor, activist and folklorist who played Zebulon Walton in The Waltons. He had a degree in horticulture, a passion for Shakespeare and a radical political stance.
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- April 22, 1978
Apr 24, 1978 · Geer recalled once that his first professional role on stage was as Pistol in “The Merry Wives of Windsor.” And years later, Mr. Geer even wrote a book on the 1,000 plants referred to in ...
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Watch a 13-minute video about the actor and activist Will Geer, best known for playing The Grandfather on The Waltons (1972). Learn about his diverse career, his social causes, and his family legacy.
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