Gary Lockwood

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birthname = John Gary Yurosek
birthdate = Birth date and age|1937|02|11
location = flagicon|USA Van Nuys, California, U.S.
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occupation = Actor
spouse = Denise DuBarry (1982-1988), one child Samantha Lockwood
Stefanie Powers (1966-1972)
Hope Gilchrist Harrsen (born 1953) (? to ?)

Gary Lockwood (born John Gary Yusolfsky on February 21, 1937, in Van Nuys in the San Fernando Valley of southern California) is an American actor who is probably best known for his iconic 1968 role as the astronaut Dr. Frank Poole in "". He is father of the actress Samantha Lockwood. Both currently live in Los Angeles.

A familiar face to film and television audiences for nearly a half century, Lockwood was a movie stuntman, and a stand-in for Anthony Perkins prior to his acting debut in 1959 in an uncredited bit role in "Warlock".

Lockwood's two series came early in his career, and each lasted only a single season. ABC's Hawaii-set "Follow the Sun" in 1961-1962 cast him in support of Brett Halsey and Barry Coe, who played adventurous magazine writers based in Honolulu. Lockwood was Eric Jason, who did the legwork for their articles, but his on-screen time was limited since most of the plot focused on Halsey or Coe. In the story, Lockwood was said to have been born on December 7, 1941 (Pearl Harbor Day), but he was actually born nearly five years earlier.

In 1963-1964, Lockwood starred as a young US Marine second lieutenant named William "Bill" Rice in the NBC series "The Lieutenant". The drama about the peacetime Marines was produced by the ' creator Gene Roddenberry, and "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." creator Norman Felton. The series co-starred Robert Vaughn as Lieutenant Rice's immediate superior, Captain Raymond Rambridge. Despite moderately good reviews, "The Lieutenants Saturday night time slot opposite CBS's blockbuster "Jackie Gleason's American Scene Magazine" caused its cancellation after twenty-nine episodes.

Lockwood's other notable television work includes playing Lieutenant Commander Gary Mitchell in "Where No Man Has Gone Before" (filmed as the second pilot, but broadcast as the third episode) of "Star Trek". He also co-starred with Stefanie Powers, his wife at the time, in an episode of ABC's "Love, American Style" as a newlywed who gets his mouth stuck around a doorknob.

Between 1959 and 2004, Gary Lockwood had roles in some forty theatrical and made-for-TV features and made almost eighty TV guest appearances, including several as a villain on CBS-TV's "Barnaby Jones" starring Buddy Ebsen.

Gary Lockwood's birth name was "John Gary Yurosek". He attended the University of California at Los Angeles on a football scholarship.

Partial filmography

* "Wild in the Country" (1961) as Cliff Macy
* "Splendor in the Grass" (1961) as Toots
* "The Magic Sword" (1962) as Sir George
* "" (1965) as Lt. Cdr. Gary Mitchell
* "It Happened at the World's Fair" (1963) as Danny Burke
* "Firecreek" (1968) as Earl
* "They Came to Rob Las Vegas" (1968) as Tony Ferris
* "" (1968) as Dr. Frank Poole
* "Model Shop" (1969) as George Matthews
* "RPM" (1970) as Rossiter
* "Earth II (TV series pilot)" (1971) as David Seville
* "Project Kill" (1976) as Frank Lassiter
* "The Ghost of Flight 401" (1978 TV) as Jordan Evanhower
* "The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel" (1978 TV)
* "The Top of the Hill" (1980 TV) as Dave Cully
* "Emergency Room" (1983 TV) as Dr. David Becker
* "The Wild Pair" (1987) as Captain Kramer
* "Terror in Paradise" (1990) as Major Douglas
* "Night of the Scarecrow" (1995) as Mayor William Goodman

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