- Jeff York
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name = Jeff York
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birth_date = birth date|1912|3|23|mf=y
birth_place =Los Angeles ,California
death_date = death date and age|1995|10|11|1912|3|23
death_place = Los Angeles, California
occupation =Actor
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footnotes =Jeff York (
March 23 ,1912 -October 11 ,1995 ) was an American film and television actor who began his career in the late 1930s using the stage name Granville Owen. He was also sometimes credited as Jeff Yorke.During his early career, the tall, dark haired actor was a natural to play characters such as Pat Ryan in the 1940 serial "
Terry and the Pirates " and was given the lead in the 1940 "Lil Abner " film. However, he is perhaps most remembered for his role as Bud Searcy in the 1957Disney classic "Old Yeller ". During the 1950s and 1960s, he appeared in supporting roles in numerous film and television productions, many of them by Disney.York attracted considerable attention in the mid-1950s with his TV portrayal of
Mike Fink , the flamboyant keelboat operator in two episodes of Disney's hugely popularDavy Crockett series, "Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race" and "Davy Crockett and the River Pirates." The first episode featured a memorable boasting contest and a keelboat race, with Fink's boat named "The Gullywumper"; in the second, Crockett and Fink join forces to fight a band of river pirates who blame their depredations on local Indians.York also starred as mountain man/fur trapper Joe Crane in two different Disney series, "The Saga of Andy Burnett", adapted from the Stewart Edward White novel "The Long Rifle"; and in the "mountain man" arc of Disney's most popular TV show, "Zorro".
In addition, York co-starred in the
Fess Parker movie "The Great Locomotive Chase", alongsideSlim Pickens ,Harry Carey, Jr. , and Stan Jones (Jones wrote the legendary cowboy song ""). York also co-starred as "Reno McKee" withRoger Moore in the 1959Warner Bros. television series "The Alaskans ".Partial filmography
* 1967 "
Tammy and the Millionaire " - Grundy Tate
* 1963 "Savage Sam " - Bud Searcy
* 1957 "Old Yeller " - Bud Searcy
* 1945 "They Were Expendable " - Ens. Tony Aiken
* 1940 "Lil Abner " - Lil Abner
* 1940 "Terry and the Pirates " - Pat Ryan
* 1957 "Johnny Tremain" - James OtisExternal links
*imdb name|0948714|Jeff York (I)
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