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Michael Witney (born Whitney Michael Armstrong; November 21, 1931 – November 30, 1983) was an American film and television actor.
television series, '' Oil Strike North'', a drama about the Triumph Oil Company and its attempt to extract petroleum from the Career
In 1963–64, Witney's first screen-acting role was a recurring part as the first wagon master, Buck Coulter, in the first 14 episodes of the ABCWestern
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television series ''The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
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''. He guest-starred in other Western series, including four appearances between 1965 and 1971 on NBC
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's '' Bonanza'' and once on ''Daniel Boone
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'', starring Fess Parker
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. He guest-starred as a cavalry captain in the 1965 episode "South Wind" of CBS
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's '' Gunsmoke''.
In 1966, he appeared as Sergeant MacDonald in "Muted Fifes, Muffled Drums" of ABC's ''A Man Called Shenandoah
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'', starring Robert Horton, and as Jared Hobson in the 1967 episode, "The Execution", of Dale Robertson
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's ABC Western series, '' The Iron Horse''. He was cast as Wild Bill Hickok
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in the 1965 episode, "No Gun Behind His Badge", of the syndicated anthology series
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, ''Death Valley Days
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'', with host Ronald Reagan playing Thomas J. "Bear River" Smith. Witney portrayed pioneer Peter Lassen
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in a 1968 ''Death Valley Days'' episode, "The Other Side of the Mountain", hosted by Robert Taylor.
In 1975, Witney was cast as Frank Ward in 10 of the 11 episodes of the BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
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. On December 30, 1965, Witney made a brief appearance as a sailor named Johnny who helped Zsa Zsa Gabor
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, who guest-starred in the #15 episode of the second season of '' Gilligan's Island'' entitled, "Erica Tiffany Smith to the Rescue". He also appeared in NBC's'' Star Trek'' episode " A Private Little War". His last screen appearances were from 1978–81 in different roles in three episodes of ABC's '' Charlie's Angels''.
Personal life
Witney married Donna (JoJo) Collette Bailey in 1956 in Helena, Montana. They divorced in 1976. He married iconic British modelTwiggy
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in 1977; they had a daughter, Carly. Witney died of a heart attack in New York on November 30, 1983, nine days after his 52nd birthday.
Before his move to Los Angeles to pursue acting, Witney was a minor league pitcher for the Hornell Dodgers and the Great Falls Electrics.
Filmography
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Witney, Michael 1931 births 1983 deaths Male actors from New York (state) American male film actors American male television actors Male actors from Los Angeles 20th-century American male actors People from Ticonderoga, New York