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Palmer Edwin Lee (January 25, 1927 – October 31, 2015), known by his 
Palmer guest-starred in numerous television programs, including ''
Palmer died on October 31, 2015 in
Rotten Tomatoes profile
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Gregg Palmer, was an American film and television actor. He was known for playing Tom McLowery in the final season of the American western
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television series ''The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
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, He served in the United States Army Air Corps
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as a cryptographer
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in World War II
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. He began his acting career in 1950 with the uncredited role of an ambulance driver in the film '' My Friend Irma Goes West''.
Palmer guest-starred in numerous television programs, including ''Gunsmoke
''Gunsmoke'' is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman Macdonnell and writer John Meston. It centered on Dodge City, Kansas, in the 1870s, during the settlement of the American West. The central charact ...
'', ''Bonanza
''Bonanza'' is an American Western television series that ran on NBC from September 12, 1959, to January 16, 1973. Lasting 14 seasons and 431 episodes, ''Bonanza'' is NBC's longest-running Western, the second-longest-running Western series on ...
'', ''Wagon Train
''Wagon Train'' is an American Western television series that aired for eight seasons, first on the NBC television network (1957–1962) and then on ABC (1962–1965). ''Wagon Train'' debuted on September 18, 1957, and reached the top of the ...
'', '' Kolchak: The Night Stalker'', '' The Virginian'', ''The Wild Wild West
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'', '' Rawhide'', '' Star Trek: The Original Series'', ''Mannix
''Mannix'' is an American detective television series that originally aired for eight seasons on CBS from September 16, 1967, to March 13, 1975. The show was created by Richard Levinson and William Link, and developed by executive producer ...
'', '' Mission: Impossible'' and ''Death Valley Days
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''. He also appeared in films, including ''Big Jake
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'', '' Rio Lobo'', '' Magnificent Obsession'', '' To Hell and Back'', ''The Shootist
''The Shootist'' is a 1976 American Western film directed by Don Siegel and based on Glendon Swarthout's 1975 novel of the same name,Swarthout, Glendon (1975). ''The Shootist'', New York, New York: Doubleday. and written by Miles Hood Swart ...
'', '' The Rebel Set'', '' Zombies of Mora Tau'', '' Taza, Son of Cochise'', '' Francis Goes to West Point'' and '' The Creature Walks Among Us''. He retired in 1982, his last credit being in the miniseries '' The Blue and the Gray''.
Palmer died on October 31, 2015 in Encino, California
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History Etymology
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, at the age of 88.
References
External links
* *Rotten Tomatoes profile
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