Dee Pollock
American film and television actor
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Finis Dee Pollock (September 24, 1937 – December 27, 2005)[2] was an American film and television actor. He was perhaps best-known for playing Billy Urchin in the American Western television series Gunslinger.[2][3]
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September 24, 1937
Dee Pollock | |
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Pollock in Dragnet, 1958 | |
| Born | Finis Dee Pollock[1] September 24, 1937 Alhambra, California, U.S. |
| Died | December 27, 2005 (aged 68) Chico, California, U.S. |
| Occupations | Film and television actor |
| Years active | 1951–1985 |
Life and career
Pollock was born in Alhambra, California, the son of Lucia Curtwright and Robert Pollock.[1] He attended Mark Keppel High School.[4] He began his acting career in 1951, appearing in the Western television series The Adventures of Kit Carson.[2] Pollock then appeared in the film The Blue Vail,[2][5] In 1952, he made appearances in the films The Old West, Beware, My Lovely, Park Row, and It Grows on Trees.[6]
Pollock guest-starred in television programs including Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Wagon Train, 12 O'Clock High, Johnny Ringo, Outlaw, Tales of Wells Fargo, Perry Mason, The Virginian, and The Fugitive.[2] In 1961, he joined the cast of the new CBS Western television series Gunslinger, playing the role of Billy Urchin.[2][3] Pollock appeared in the films Carousel (as Enoch Snow Jr.),[2] Take a Giant Step, Captain Apache, The Lineup, The Legend of Tom Dooley, The Plunderers,[7] and The Wayward Bus.[1] In 1970, he played the role of Jones in the film Kelly's Heroes. His final film credit was from the 1972 film Embassy.[2]
Pollock retired from acting in the early 1970s. In 1989, he moved to Chico, California, to look after his mother.[1]
Death
Pollock died in December 2005 of a heart attack in Chico, California, at the age of 68.[1][2]
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Rawhide | Inger Jeffries | S3:E28, "Incident of the Blackstorms" |
| 1964 | The Outer Limits | PFC Francis Hadley | S2:E10 and S2:E11, "The Inheritors pt. 1" and "The Inheritors pt. 2" |
| 1966 | Gunsmoke | Tom Carlyle | S11:E18, "The Raid" |
