The Incredible Melting Man. by Phil Smith

Among his non-western pictures, he appeared in at least two horror films: the Americanized version of the Japanese giant-monster movie Varan the Unbelievable and The Incredible Melting Man. In 1970, Healey appeared as Wardlow in the TV western 'The Men From Shiloh' (the rebranded name of The Virginian) in the episode titled 'Jenny.'Ĭollectively, Healey appeared in some 140 films, including 81 westerns and three serials. Peter Horry, top aide to Leslie Nielsen, in the miniseries Swamp Fox on Walt Disney Presents, based on the American Revolutionary War hero Francis Marion.

He appeared ten times on another NBC western, The Virginian, and four times on Laredo.įrom 1959 to 1961, he played Maj. He also appeared in an episode of the second season of Zorro.īetween 19, Healey appeared five times on the NBC western Laramie, starring John Smith and Robert Fuller. He also guest-starred on the crime drama with a modern western setting, Sheriff of Cochise, starring John Bromfield, and in the western set in the 1840s, Riverboat, starring Darren McGavin. He was a semi-regular on programs produced by Gene Autry's Flying A production company: Annie Oakley, Buffalo Bill, Jr., The Range Rider, and The Gene Autry Show. He appeared in an episode of the children's western series Buckskin, which aired on NBC from 1958-59. Healey played the outlaw Johnny Ringo in the western television series Tombstone Territory, with Pat Conway as Sheriff Clay Hollister, in the episode 'Johnny Ringo's Last Ride'. Bandcroft in The Adventures of Kit Carson. In 1955, he played a 'good guy' for a change as Phyllis Coates' partner in the 1955 Republic Pictures serial Panther Girl of the Kongo.

He portrayed the bandit Bob Dalton in an episode of the syndicated television series Stories of the Century, starring and narrated by Jim Davis.

In the 1950s Healey moved to more 'bad guy' roles in other films, including the Bomba and Jungle Jim series, crime dramas and more westerns. In the post-war period he was often seen in westerns from Monogram Pictures, often starring Johnny Mack Brown, Jimmy Wakely and Whip Wilson. Returning to film work after the war, Healey played villains and henchmen in low-budget western films. Healey's film debut came in 1943 with Young Ideas. He began his career in Hollywood, California, during the early 1940s in bit parts and minor supporting roles at various studios. Myron Daniel Healey was an American actor.

The Incredible Melting Man. by Phil Smith