John McIntire (
June 27,
1907 –
January 30,
1991) was an American
character actor.The craggly-faced film actor was born in
Spokane, Washington and raised in
Montana, growing up with ranchers and cowboys which would eventually inspire his performances in dozens of westerns later in life. The
USC graduate began his acting career in radio and on stage.McIntire began his long movie career in
1947 often playing roles as police chiefs, judges and sometimes crazy coots. His films include the
film noir classic
The Asphalt Jungle (
1950) and his last film playing a crazy dog owner in
Turner & Hooch (
1989). He also played movie villains in westerns, some of which are considered the best films of the genre;
Winchester '73 (
1950),
The Far Country (
1955), both with
Jimmy Stewart, and
The Tin Star (
1957) in which he was not a villain but a country doctor. On television, he appeared in
The Naked City (his character was killed off) and played the wagon master on
Wagon Train in
1961, and replaced actor
Lee J. Cobb on
The Virginian in
1967.
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