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class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">May 23, 2001<span style="display:none">(2001-05-23)</span> (aged 86)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace">Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Maple_Hill_Cemetery_(Huntsville,_Alabama)" title="Maple Hill Cemetery (Huntsville, Alabama)">Maple Hill Cemetery</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Alabama" title="University of Alabama">University of Alabama</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Columbia_University" title="Columbia University">Columbia University</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Actor, <a href="/wiki/Episcopal_Church_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Episcopal Church in the United States">Episcopal</a> priest</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1949–1988</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Harry Rhett Townes</b> (September 18, 1914 – May 23, 2001)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was an American actor who later became an <a href="/wiki/Episcopal_Church_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Episcopal Church in the United States">Episcopalian</a> minister. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harry_Townes&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Harry Townes was born in <a href="/wiki/Huntsville,_Alabama" title="Huntsville, Alabama">Huntsville, Alabama</a>. the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Townes. He had a brother and a sister. He graduated from <a href="/wiki/Huntsville_High_School_(Alabama)" title="Huntsville High School (Alabama)">Huntsville High School</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-ht_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ht-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and while attending the University of Alabama in <a href="/wiki/Tuscaloosa,_Alabama" title="Tuscaloosa, Alabama">Tuscaloosa</a>, began landing acting roles. Upon graduation, he moved to New York City to study acting at Columbia University.<sup id="cite_ref-lat_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lat-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harry_Townes&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Townes performed in several New York and Broadway stage productions, including <a href="/wiki/Summer_stock" class="mw-redirect" title="Summer stock">summer stock</a>. His Broadway credits include <i>In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer</i> (1968), <i>Gramercy Ghost</i> (1950), <i><a href="/wiki/Twelfth_Night" title="Twelfth Night">Twelfth Night</a></i> (1949), <i><a href="/wiki/Mr._Sycamore" title="Mr. Sycamore">Mr. Sycamore</a></i> (1942), and <i><a href="/wiki/Tobacco_Road_(play)" title="Tobacco Road (play)">Tobacco Road</a></i> (1942).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During World War II, he served three years in the United States Army. Discharged in 1946, he enrolled at Columbia University to study drama.<sup id="cite_ref-ht_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ht-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a character actor, Townes was a familiar face to television viewers in the 1950s and 1960s. His expanded range led him to fill a variety of roles, and he avoided being <a href="/wiki/Typecasting_(acting)" class="mw-redirect" title="Typecasting (acting)">typecast</a>. He made five guest appearances on <i><a href="/wiki/Perry_Mason_(1957_TV_series)" title="Perry Mason (1957 TV series)">Perry Mason</a></i>, including the role of title character Newton Bain in the 1964 episode, "The Case of the Woeful Widower." He also made three appearances on <i><a href="/wiki/Bonanza" title="Bonanza">Bonanza</a></i> and seven on <i><a href="/wiki/Gunsmoke" title="Gunsmoke">Gunsmoke</a></i> and in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Fugitive_(1963_TV_series)" title="The Fugitive (1963 TV series)">The Fugitive</a></i>. He made single and double appearances on numerous other television series, including in <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series" title="Star Trek: The Original Series">Star Trek: The Original Series</a></i>. Besides appearing in 29 films, he is credited with more than 200 television roles. He gained a <a href="/wiki/Cult_following" title="Cult following">cult following</a> with a younger audience for a guest shot on "The First", a two-part episode of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Incredible_Hulk_(1978_TV_series)" title="The Incredible Hulk (1978 TV series)">The Incredible Hulk</a></i>, in which he portrays Dell Frye, a man with the ability to transform as well into a Hulk-like creature. "The First" is one of the more popular episodes from the television series largely because of Townes' performance<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_years_and_death">Later years and death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harry_Townes&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Later years and death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While he was acting, Townes took philosophy classes at UCLA and studied for the ministry at Bishop Bloy School of Theology in Los Angeles. His ordination as a deacon came in 1973 at St. Paul's Cathedral in Los Angeles.<sup id="cite_ref-t_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was ordained as an Episcopal minister in St. Paul's Cathedral on March 16, 1974. He served at St. Mary of the Angels Church in Hollywood. He retired from acting in 1989 and returned to his hometown of Huntsville, where he lived the remainder of his life.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>On May 23, 2001, Townes died at his home in Huntsville at the age of 86,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and his body was interred at <a href="/wiki/Maple_Hill_Cemetery_(Huntsville,_Alabama)" title="Maple Hill Cemetery (Huntsville, Alabama)">Maple Hill Cemetery</a>, also in Huntsville. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Selected_filmography">Selected filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harry_Townes&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Selected filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output 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Hitchcock Presents">Alfred Hitchcock Presents</a></i> (TV Series) <ul><li>Season 1 Episode 38: "The Creeper" - Ed (1956)</li> <li>Season 2 Episode 17: "My Brother, Richard" - Richard Ross (1957)</li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Father_Knows_Best" title="Father Knows Best">Father Knows Best</a></i> - episode "Class Prophecy" (1957, TV Series) - Henry Pruett</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Have_Gun_Will_Travel" class="mw-redirect" title="Have Gun Will Travel">Have Gun Will Travel</a></i> (1958, TV Series) - Henry Prince</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Brothers_Karamazov" title="The Brothers Karamazov">The Brothers Karamazov</a></i> (1958) - Ippoli Kirillov</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Screaming_Mimi_(film)" title="Screaming Mimi (film)">Screaming Mimi</a></i> (1958) - Dr. Greenwood / Bill Green</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cry_Tough_(film)" title="Cry Tough (film)">Cry Tough</a></i> (1959) - Carlos Mendoza Lewis</li> <li><i>The Troubleshooters</i> (1959, TV Series) - Verne Lewis</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Men_Into_Space" class="mw-redirect" title="Men Into Space">Men Into Space</a></i> (1959, TV Series) - Dr. William Thyssen</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Destination_Space" title="Destination Space">Destination Space</a></i> (1959, TV Movie) - Jim Benedict</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Rebel_(American_TV_series)" title="The Rebel (American TV series)">The Rebel</a></i> (1960, TV Series) - <a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" title="Confederate States of America">Confederate</a> Colonel Charles Morris</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wanted_Dead_or_Alive_(TV_series)" title="Wanted Dead or Alive (TV series)">Wanted Dead or Alive</a></i> - Season 2, Episode 17 "Mental Lapse"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Laramie_(TV_series)" title="Laramie (TV series)">Laramie</a></i> (1960, TV Series) - Mace Stringer</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Ringo_(TV_series)" title="Johnny Ringo (TV series)">Johnny Ringo</a></i> (1960, TV Series) - Judge Mark Bentley</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Alcoa_Presents:_One_Step_Beyond" class="mw-redirect" title="Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond">One Step Beyond</a> - Volume #4</i> (1959-1960, TV Series) - Gerald Simms / Dr. Alexander Slawson</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_DuPont_Show_with_June_Allyson" title="The DuPont Show with June Allyson">The DuPont Show with June Allyson</a></i> (1959-1960, TV Series) - Rudolph Miller / Falk</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_West_(TV_series)" title="Stagecoach West (TV series)">Stagecoach West</a></i> (1960, TV Series) - Toby Reese</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Islanders_(TV_series)" title="The Islanders (TV series)">The Islanders</a></i> (1961, TV Series) - Hans Lubeck</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sanctuary_(1961_film)" title="Sanctuary (1961 film)">Sanctuary</a></i> (1961) - Ira Bobbitt</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Great_Impostor" title="The Great Impostor">The Great Impostor</a></i> (1961) - Ben Stone (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Law_and_Mr._Jones" title="The Law and Mr. Jones">The Law and Mr. Jones</a></i> (1961, TV Series) - Fowler / Jim Chambers</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Twilight_Zone_(1959_TV_series)" title="The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)">The Twilight Zone</a></i> (1960-1961, TV Series) - Henry Ritchie / Arch Hammer</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Thriller_(U.S._TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thriller (U.S. TV series)">Thriller</a></i> (1960-1961, TV Series) - Mario Asparos / Radan Asparos / Sebastian Grimm</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Investigators_(1961_TV_series)" title="The Investigators (1961 TV series)">The Investigators</a></i> (1961, TV Series) - Charles Victor, episode "In a Mirror, Darkly"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Target:_The_Corruptors!" title="Target: The Corruptors!">Target: The Corruptors!</a></i> (1961, TV Series) - Joe Knight</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ripcord_(TV_series)" title="Ripcord (TV series)">Ripcord</a></i> (1961, TV Series) - Dr. Gustave Merrill</li> <li><i>The Outlaws</i> (1960–1962, TV Series) - George Wagner / Jerry Rome / Thomas Bigelow</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Tall_Man_(TV_series)" title="The Tall Man (TV series)">The Tall Man</a></i> (1962, TV Series) - Henry Stewart</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Eleventh_Hour_(1962_TV_series)" title="The Eleventh Hour (1962 TV series)">The Eleventh Hour</a></i> (1963, TV Series) - Harvey Lauderback</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Dakotas_(TV_series)" title="The Dakotas (TV series)">The Dakotas</a></i> (1963, TV Series) - George Deus</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Littlest_Hobo" title="The Littlest Hobo">The Littlest Hobo</a></i> (1963, TV Series) - Herman Eckels - Bank Teller</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Outer_Limits_(1963_TV_series)" title="The Outer Limits (1963 TV series)">The Outer Limits</a></i> (1963, TV Series, episode: "<a href="/wiki/O.B.I.T." title="O.B.I.T.">O.B.I.T.</a>") - Dr. Clifford Scott</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rawhide_(TV_series)" title="Rawhide (TV series)">Rawhide</a></i> (1959–1964, TV Series) <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Rawhide_(TV_series)" title="Rawhide (TV series)">Rawhide</a></i> (1959) – Amos Stauffer in S1:E9, "Incident of the Town in Terror"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rawhide_(TV_series)" title="Rawhide (TV series)">Rawhide</a></i> (1961) – Lewis Lewis in S3:E29, "Incident of the Night on the Town"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rawhide_(TV_series)" title="Rawhide (TV series)">Rawhide</a></i> (1964) – Captain Jesse Coulter in S6:E29, "Incident at Seven Fingers"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rawhide_(TV_series)" title="Rawhide (TV series)">Rawhide</a></i> (1964) – Brock Dillman in S7:E4, "The Lost Herd"</li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Alfred_Hitchcock_Hour" class="mw-redirect" title="The Alfred Hitchcock Hour">The Alfred Hitchcock Hour</a></i> (1963, 1965) (TV Series) <ul><li>(Season 2 Episode 2: "A Nice Touch") (1963) - Ed Brandt</li> <li>(Season 3 Episode 21: "The Photographer and the Undertaker") (1965) - Hiram Price</li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Jones" title="Kentucky Jones">Kentucky Jones</a></i> (1965, TV Series, episode: "The Big Shot") - Charles Caldwell</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mr._Novak" title="Mr. Novak">Mr. Novak</a></i> (1964-1965, TV Series) - Walter MacTell / Frank Dever</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Perry_Mason_(1957_TV_series)" title="Perry Mason (1957 TV series)">Perry Mason</a></i> (1958–1966, TV Series) - Erwin Brandt / Colonel Owens / Newton Bain / Assistant District Attorney Grosvenor Cutter / Robert Fleetwood</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dr._Kildare_(TV_series)" title="Dr. Kildare (TV series)">Dr. Kildare</a></i> (1965–1966, TV Series) - Gerald Prince / Jake McCoy</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Fugitive_(1963_TV_series)" title="The Fugitive (1963 TV series)">The Fugitive</a></i> (1963-1966, TV Series) - Joshua Simmons / Deputy Russ Atkins / Ballinger / Art Mallet / Sergeant Burden</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Monroes_(1966_TV_series)" title="The Monroes (1966 TV series)">The Monroes</a></i> (1966, TV Series) - Joe Smith</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wild_Wild_West" title="The Wild Wild West">The Wild Wild West</a></i> (1965–1967, TV Series) - Dr. Raven / Penrose</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Disneyland_(TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Disneyland (TV series)">Disneyland</a></i> (1967, TV Series) - Mr. Barlow</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series" title="Star Trek: The Original Series">Star Trek</a></i> (1967, TV Series, episode: "<a href="/wiki/The_Return_of_the_Archons" title="The Return of the Archons">The Return of the Archons</a>") - Reger</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fitzwilly" title="Fitzwilly">Fitzwilly</a></i> (1967) - Mr. Nowell</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/In_Enemy_Country" title="In Enemy Country">In Enemy Country</a></i> (1968) - General Marchois</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mod_Squad" title="The Mod Squad">The Mod Squad</a></i> (1968, TV Series) - Jason</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Strategy_of_Terror" title="Strategy of Terror">Strategy of Terror</a></i> (1969) - Richard</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Heaven_with_a_Gun" title="Heaven with a Gun">Heaven with a Gun</a></i> (1969) - Gus Sampson</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bonanza" title="Bonanza">Bonanza</a></i> (1960-1969, TV Series) - Seth Nagel / Judge David Terry / Tom Edwards</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hawaiians_(film)" title="The Hawaiians (film)">The Hawaiians</a></i> (1970) - Houghton</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gunsmoke" title="Gunsmoke">Gunsmoke</a></i> (1956–1971, TV Series) - Hale Parker / Malachi Harper / Abihu Howell / Tobe Hostater / Pezzy / Ivy / Bill Lee</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mannix" title="Mannix">Mannix</a></i> (1970-1972, TV Series) - Wilkerson / Martin Kimbrough</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kung_Fu_(1972_TV_series)" title="Kung Fu (1972 TV series)">Kung Fu</a></i> (1973, TV Series, playing the same type role he played in the 1969 <i>Bonanza</i> episode, that of an American Civil War Rebel soldier, who, after the war, is still filled with hurt and resentment about the loss to the North) - Amos Buchanan</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Emergency!" title="Emergency!">Emergency!</a></i> (1973, TV Series) - Barney Olsen</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Santee_(film)" title="Santee (film)">Santee</a></i> (1973) - Sheriff Carter</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Planet_of_the_Apes_(TV_series)" title="Planet of the Apes (TV series)">Planet of the Apes</a></i> (1974, TV Series) - Dr. Malthus</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sara_(U.S._1976_TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sara (U.S. 1976 TV series)">Sara</a></i> (1976, TV Series) - Doc Vaughn</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ark_II" title="Ark II">Ark II</a></i> (1976, TV Series, a story and role very similar to those of his <i>Star Trek</i> appearance) - Marcus</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Buck_Rogers_in_the_25th_Century_(TV_series)" title="Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV series)">Buck Rogers in the 25th Century</a></i> (1981, TV Series) - The Guardian</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Incredible_Hulk_(1978_TV_series)" title="The Incredible Hulk (1978 TV series)">The Incredible Hulk</a></i> (1981, TV Series) - Dell Frye</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Falcon_Crest" title="Falcon Crest">Falcon Crest</a></i> (1981–82, TV Series) - Jason Gioberti</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Angel_of_H.E.A.T." title="Angel of H.E.A.T.">Angel of H.E.A.T.</a></i> (1983) - Peter Shockley</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Voyagers!" title="Voyagers!">Voyagers!</a></i> (1983, TV Series) - Professor Garth</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Warrior_and_the_Sorceress" title="The Warrior and the Sorceress">The Warrior and the Sorceress</a></i> (1984)<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> - Bludge the Prelate</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Magnum,_P.I." title="Magnum, P.I.">Magnum, P.I.</a></i> (1984, TV Series) - Albert Leonard</li> <li><i>The Check Is in the Mail...</i> (1986) - Fred 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