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John Herrick McIntire, a character actor of enduring versatility, graced 65 films and countless television episodes, most memorably as Christopher Hale in "Wagon Train" after Ward Bond's untimely death and as Clay Grainger in "The Virginian" following Charles Bickford's. McIntire's steely presence anchored these Westerns, playing patriarchal figures with quiet authority. His career spanned decades until his death in 1991 from emphysema and lung cancer in Pasadena, leaving behind a legacy of steadfast performances and a family whose own heartache mirrored the rugged emotional terrain of the shows he starred in.
The roles that explain the career.
69 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Turner & Hooch | Amos Reed | Film |
| 1986 | As Summers Die | Judge Dudley McCormack | Film |
| 1984 | Cloak & Dagger | George MacCready | Film |
| 1982 | Honkytonk Man | Grandpa | Film |
| 1981 | The Fox and the Hound | Badger (voice) | Film |
| 1978 | Lassie: The New Beginning | Dr. Spreckles | Film |
| 1977 | The Rescuers | Rufus (voice) | Film |
| 1975 | Rooster Cogburn | Judge Parker | Film |
| 1974 | Herbie Rides Again | Mr. Judson | Film |
| 1971 | Longstreet | Dr. Dan Stockman | TV |
| 1971 | Powderkeg | Cyrus Davenport | Film |
| 1967 | Rough Night in Jericho | Ben Hickman | Film |
| 1961 | Two Rode Together | Major Frazer | Film |
| 1961 | Summer and Smoke | Dr. Buchanan | Film |
| 1960 | Elmer Gantry | Rev. John Pengilly | Film |
| 1960 | Psycho | Al Chambers | Film |
| 1960 | Seven Ways from Sundown | Sergent Henessey | Film |
| 1960 | Who Was That Lady? | Bob Doyle | Film |
| 1960 | Flaming Star | Sam Burton | Film |
| 1959 | The Gunfight at Dodge City | Doc Sam Tremaine | Film |
| 1958 | The Light in the Forest | John Elder | Film |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | Christopher Hale | TV |
| 1957 | The Tin Star | Joseph "Doc" McCord | Film |
| 1957 | The Mark of the Hawk | Bruce Craig | Film |
| 1956 | I've Lived Before | Dr. Thomas Bryant | Film |
| 1956 | Away All Boats | Film | |
| 1956 | World in My Corner | Dave Bernstein | Film |
| 1956 | Backlash | Jim Bonniwell / William Slater | Film |
| 1955 | The Kentuckian | Zack Wakefield | Film |
| 1955 | The Phenix City Story | Albert L. "Pat" Patterson | Film |
| 1955 | Stranger on Horseback | Josiah Bannerman | Film |
| 1955 | The Spoilers | Dextry | Film |
| 1955 | The Scarlet Coat | Gen. Robert Howe | Film |
| 1954 | Apache | Al Siebe | Film |
| 1954 | Four Guns to the Border | Dutch | Film |
| 1954 | The Far Country | Judge Gannon | Film |
| 1953 | The President's Lady | John Overton | Film |
| 1953 | War Arrow | Col. Jackson Meade | Film |
| 1953 | The Mississippi Gambler | Kansas John Polly | Film |
| 1953 | A Lion Is in the Streets | Jeb Brown | Film |
| 1952 | Horizons West | Ira Hammond | Film |
| 1952 | The World in His Arms | Deacon Greathouse | Film |
| 1952 | The Lawless Breed | J.G. Hardin / John Clements | Film |
| 1952 | Sally and Saint Anne | Alderman Percival Xavier 'Goldtooth' McCarthy | Film |
| 1951 | Under the Gun | Sheriff Bill Langley | Film |
| 1951 | That's My Boy | Dr. Benjamin Green | Film |
| 1951 | The Raging Tide | Corky Mullins | Film |
| 1951 | You're in the Navy Now | Cmdr. W. R. Reynolds | Film |
| 1951 | Westward the Women | Roy E. Whitman | Film |
| 1950 | Ambush | Frank Holly | Film |
| 1950 | Francis | General Stevens | Film |
| 1950 | Walk Softly, Stranger | Morgan | Film |
| 1950 | Shadow on the Wall | Pike Ludwell | Film |
| 1950 | Winchester '73 | Joe Lamont | Film |
| 1950 | No Sad Songs for Me | Dr. Ralph Frene | Film |
| 1950 | Saddle Tramp | Jess Higgins | Film |
| 1950 | The Asphalt Jungle | Police Commissioner Hardy | Film |
| 1949 | Johnny Stool Pigeon | Nick Avery | Film |
| 1949 | Red Canyon | Floyd Cordt | Film |
| 1949 | Scene of the Crime | Det. Fred Piper | Film |
| 1949 | Down to the Sea in Ships | Thatch | Film |
| 1949 | Top o' the Morning | Inspector Fallon | Film |
| 1948 | The Street with No Name | Cy Gordon | Film |
| 1948 | River Lady | H.L. Morrison | Film |
| 1948 | Black Bart | Clark | Film |
| 1948 | An Act of Murder | Judge Ogden | Film |
| 1948 | Command Decision | Maj. Belding Davis | Film |
| 1948 | Call Northside 777 | Sam Faxon | Film |
| 1947 | The Hucksters | Radio Announcer (uncredited) | Film |
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