Portrait of Willard Parker

Willard Parker

Acting

Biography

Willard Parker (born Worster Van Eps, February 5, 1912 – December 4, 1996) was an American film and television actor. He was a leading man under contract to Columbia Pictures in the 1940s and starred in the TV series Tales of the Texas Rangers (1955–58).

Born: February 6, 1912

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

Filmography

1972
The Great Waltz

as Karl Treffz

1966
Waco

as Pete Jenner

1964
1962
Air Patrol

as Lt. Vern Tyler

1960
The High Powered Rifle

as Stephen Dancer

1960
Walk Tall

as Captain Ed Trask

1960
Young Jesse James

as Cole Younger

1959
Lone Texan

as Clint Banister

1957
M Squad

as Malcolm Grove

1957
Lure of the Swamp

as James Lister

1956
Naked Gun

as Breen Mathews

1953
Kiss Me Kate

as Tex Callaway

1953
1953
The Vanquished

as Captain Kirby

1953
Sangaree

as Gabriel Thatch

1952
Caribbean

as Shively

1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Captain Henry Clay

1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Mayor John Norman

1951
Apache Drums

as Mayor Joe Madden

1951
My True Story

as Bill Phillips

1950
Hunt the Man Down

as Burnell 'Brick' Appleby

1950
The Bandit Queen

as Dan Hinsdale

1950
1950
David Harding, Counterspy

as Commander Jerry Baldwin

1950
The Secret Fury

as Smith (uncredited)

1949
Bodyhold

as Tommy Jones

1949
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass

as Sheriff Will Egan

1949
Slightly French

as Douglas Hyde

1948
You Gotta Stay Happy

as Henry Benson

1948
Relentless

as Jeff Moyer

1948
1948
1946
Renegades

as Dr. Sam Martin

1946
One Way to Love

as Mitchell Raymond

1945
The Fighting Guardsman

as Baron François

1943
What a Woman

as Prof. Michael 'Mike' Cobb

1939
The Zero Hour

as Lansdowne

1938
A Slight Case of Murder

as Dick Whitewood

1938
The Invisible Menace

as Pvt. Booker

1937
Missing Witnesses

as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

1937
The Adventurous Blonde

as Clerk (uncredited)

1937
Over the Goal

as Duke Davis

1937
Alcatraz Island

as Reporter (uncredited)

1937
Love Is on the Air

as Les Quimby

1937
That Certain Woman

as Reporter (uncredited)

1937