Eddy Waller
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| Born | Edward C. Waller June 14, 1889 Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, United States |
| Died | August 20, 1977 (aged 88) Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Other names | Ed Waller Eddie Waller Eddie C. Waller Edward Waller |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1929–1963 |
Edward C. "Eddy" Waller (June 14, 1889 – August 20, 1977) was an American film and television actor. He was born in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.
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[edit] Career
Waller worked in vaudeville and the theater before he entered Hollywood, appearing in over 250 sound films between 1929 and 1963, including 116 westerns and six serials. Within a few years he was being cast in character parts, becoming a mainstay in the westerns of Republic Pictures and would work with just about every cowboy actor. He is best remembered as Nugget Clark, the sidekick in many films starring Allan 'Rocky' Lane from 1947 through 1953.
In 1956, Waller became Rusty Lee, the saddle partner to actor Douglas Kennedy in the short-lived TV series Steve Donovan, Western Marshal. After that, he appeared in several A-westerns and TV shows and was a semi-regular as Mose Shell, the stagecoach driver in the TV series Laramie. He also starred in the 1958 series Casey Jones starring Alan Hale, Jr. (of Gilligan's Island fame). Waller played "Red Rock" the train conductor of Casey's cannonball express.
Waller died of a stroke in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 88.
[edit] Selected appearances
[edit] Filmography
- Meet Nero Wolfe (1936)
- The Public Pays (1936)
- Call the Mesquiteers (1938)
- New Frontier (1939)
- Allegheny Uprising (1939)
- Jesse James (1939)
- The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
- Sergeant York (1941)
- The Mummy's Tomb (1942)
- A Lady Takes a Chance (1943)
- The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944)
- San Antonio (1945)
- The Missing Corpse (1945)
- Dakota (1945)
- A Boy and His Dog (1946)
- The Strawberry Roan (1948)
- Make Haste to Live (1954)
- Man Without a Star (1955)
[edit] Serials
- Secret Agent X-9 (1937)
- The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1938)
- Junior G-Men of the Air (1942)
- Mystery of the River Boat (1944)
[edit] TV shows
- Ford Theatre (1952–1955)
- The Lone Ranger (1953–1955)
- The Cisco Kid (1954)
- Letter to Loretta (1954)
- Four Star Playhouse (1955)
- Steve Donovan, Western Marshal (1955–1956)
- Broken Arrow (1957)
- Casey Jones (1958–1959)
- Wagon Train (1958–1959)
- Wyatt Earp (1959)
- Man Without a Gun (1959)
- Wanted: Dead or Alive (1959)
- Tales of Wells Fargo (1959–1961)
- Laramie (1959–1962)
- Disneyland (1960–1962)
- Bonanza (1962)
- Dr. Kildare (1962)
- Empire (1962)
- Lassie (1963)
