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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaWill Geer (March 9, 1902 – April 22, 1978) was an American actor and social activist. His original name was William Aughe Ghere. He is remembered for his portrayal of Grandpa Zebulon Tyler Walton in the 1970s TV series, The Waltons. Geer made his Broadway debut as Pistol in a 1928 production of Much Ado About Nothing, created the role of Mr. Mister in Marc Blitzsteins The Cradle Will Rock, played Candy in John Steinbecks theatrical adaptation of his novella Of Mice and Men, and appeared in numerous plays and revues throughout the 1940s. From 1948 to 1951, he appeared in more than a dozen movies, including Winchester 73 (as Wyatt Earp), Broken Arrow, Comanche Territory (all 1950) and Bright Victory (1951).Geer became a member of the Communist Party of the United States in 1934. Geer was also influential in introducing Harry Hay to organizing in the Communist Party. In 1934, Geer and Hay gave support to a labor strike of the port of San Francisco; the 1934 West Coast waterfront strike which lasted 83 days. Though marred by violence, it was an organizing triumph, one that became a model for future union strikes Geer became a reader of the West Coast Communist newspaper Peoples World.Geer became a dedicated activist, touring government work camps in the 1930s with folk singers like Burl Ives and Woody Guthrie (whom he introduced to the Peoples World and the Daily Worker; Guthrie would go on to write a column for the latter paper). In 1956, the duo released an album together on Folkways Records, titled Bound for Glory Songs and Stories of Woody Guthrie. In his biography, fellow organizer and homosexual rights pioneer Harry Hay described Geers activism and outlined their activities while organizing for the strike. Geer is credited with introducing Guthrie to Pete Seeger at the Grapes of Wrath benefit Geer organized in 1940 for migrant farm workers.Geer acted with the Group Theatre (New York) studying under Harold Clurman, Cheryl Crawford and Lee Strasberg. Geer also acted in radio, appearing as Mephistopheles (the Devil) in the 1938 and 1944 productions of Norman Corwins The Plot to Overthrow Christmas. He also acted in the radio soap opera Bright Horizon.Geer was blacklisted in the early 1950s for refusing to testify before the House Committee on Un-American Activities. As a result, Geer appeared in very few films over the next decade. Among them was Salt of the Earth (1954) which was produced, directed, written, and starring blacklisted Hollywood personnel and told the story of a miners strike in New Mexico from a pro-union standpoint. The film was denounced as subversive and faced difficulties in its production and distribution as a consequence.Description above from the Wikipedia article Will Geer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Sheriff
Film 1954
Bear Claw
Film 1972
Nick Driver
Film 1948
Rancher
Film 1950
Schultzy
Film 1949
O'Fallon
Film 1950
Senate Minority Leader
Film 1962
Spectator (uncredited)
Film 1935
Poker Player (uncredited)
Film 1934
Malcolm Stoddard
Film 1968
Candy
Film 1968
Sheriff Hampton
Film 1949
William Musk - Father
Film 1950
Narrator
Film 1979
Joel Ryker
Film 1973
Roy Jurroe
Film 1972
Jack Mackay
Film 1950
Narrator (voice)
Film 1978
Lemuel Lovell
Film 1973
Ballou
Film 1940
Zom
Film 1978
Rockfield
Film 1976
Foreman (uncredited)
Film 1939
Narrator (voice)
Film 1940
Self
Film 2017
J. Smiley Krenshaw
Film 1973
Truckdriver
Film 1964
Dan Paget - Miami Mayor / Postmaster
Film 1951
Stan
Film 1972
Len McNeil
Film 1973
McMahon - Asylum Guard
Film 1932
Crazy Jack
Film 1974
Mike Patterson
Film 1970
Dr. Simpson
Film 1975
Host
Film 1978
Giles Corey
Film 1967
Grandfather
Film 1976
Motel Manager
Film 1974
Film 1977
Narrator
Film 2019
Self (archive footage)
Film 1988
Simon Anderson
Film 1971
Boss
Film 1969
Film 2019
Pat Crowley
Film 1976
Film 1981
Judge Cotton
Film 1974
Harry Robinson
Film 1956
Ben
Film 1973
Harry Robinson
Film 1956
Self
Film 1940
Tv 1967
Tv 1972
Franklyn Bootherstone
Tv 1977
Professor Harold Lochner
Tv 1968
Seth
Tv 1971
Tv 1969
Tv 1964
Tv 1977
Grandfather Walton
Tv 1972
Judge David P. Andrews
Tv 1965
Adam Jarrett
Tv 1964
Tv 1969
Tv 1972
Tv 1951
Self
Tv 1974
Edmund Hidemann
Tv 1971
Walt Peckinpah
Tv 1970
Self - Performer
Tv 1956
Captain Charles Wolford
Tv 1968
Harry I. Madison
Tv 1969
Tv 1974
Thomas Garrett
Tv 1978
Judge Lindemann
Tv 1965
Self
Tv 1961
Commodore Atwater
Tv 1975
Paul Bartlett
Tv 1973
Hank Willis
Tv 1967
Self
Tv 1974
Senator Homer Bryant Wydell
Tv 1970
