Biography
Myron Daniel Healey was an American actor. He began his career in Hollywood, California, during the early 1940s in bit parts and minor supporting roles at various studios. Healey's film debut came in 1943 with Young Ideas. Returning to film work after the war, Healey played villains and henchmen in low-budget western films. He also did some screenwriting. In the post-war period he was often seen in westerns from Monogram Pictures, often starring Johnny Mack Brown, Jimmy Wakely and Whip Wilson. 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. 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 1955, he played a "good guy" for a change as Phyllis Coates' partner in the 1955 Republic Pictures serial Panther Girl of the Kongo. Healey appeared seven times as Capt. Bandcroft in The Adventures of Kit Carson. 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". He appeared in an episode of the children's western series Buckskin, which aired on NBC from 1958-59. 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 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 also appeared in an episode of the second season of Zorro. Between 1960 and 1963, Healey appeared five times on the NBC western Laramie, starring John Smith and Robert Fuller. He appeared ten times on another NBC western, The Virginian, and four times on Laredo. From 1959 to 1961, he played Maj. 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. 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." Collectively, Healey appeared in some 140 films, including 81 westerns and three serials. 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.
Acted in 213
1980s
- 1988
Pulse
Howard
- 1987
Ghost Fever
Andrew Lee
- 1983
Forever and Beyond
Nicholas
Goodnight, Beantown
TV
- 1982
- 1980
Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge
Lieutenant Olson
1970s
- 1978
Goodbye, Franklin High
Walter Craig
The Other Side of the Mountain: Part II
Doctor in Bishop
- 1977
Claws
Sheriff
- 1975
Smoke In The Wind
Mort Fagan
- 1974
- 1972
Kung Fu
Capt. Malachy · 1 episode
Delphi Bureau
Sheriff · 1 episode
- 1970
The Young Rebels
TV
1960s
- 1969
- 1968
Shadow on the Land
Gen. Hempstead
The Shakiest Gun in the West
Stage Passenger (uncredited)
- 1967
Gunfight in Abilene
Ingles
- 1966
The Claw Monsters
Larry Sanders (archive footage)
- 1965
- 1964
- 1963
- 1962
Convicts 4
Gunther
- 1961
Gunslinger
Carger · 1 episode
- 1960
1950s
- 1959
The Swamp Fox
Major Peter Horry · 8 episodes
- 1958
Apache Territory
Webb
Quantrill's Raiders
Jarrett
Cole Younger, Gunfighter
Phil Bennett / Charlie Bennett
The Veil
TV
- 1957
Escape from Red Rock
Joe Skinner (as Michael Healey)
The Hard Man
Ray Hendry (uncredited)
Undersea Girl
Eric 'Swede' Nelson
Guns Don't Argue
John Dillinger (archive footage)
The Unearthly
Mark Houston
Lure of the Swamp
Bank Guard
Hell's Crossroads
Cole Younger
- 1956
The White Squaw
Eric Swanson
Running Target
Marty Kaygo
Calling Homicide
Jim Haddix
Magnificent Roughnecks
Werner Jackson
The First Texan
Capt. Martin (uncredited)
Meet Mrs. Swenson
Milt Forrest
- 1955
Dig That Uranium
Henchman Joe
Count Three and Pray
Floyd Miller
The Adventures of Champion
Jake Webster, Duke · 1 episode
Gang Busters
John Omar Pinson
The Man from Bitter Ridge
Clem Jackman
Jungle Moon Men
Mark Santo
Buffalo Bill Jr.
TV
Panther Girl of the Kongo
Larry Sanders
- 1954
Rails Into Laramie
Con Winton
- 1953
Texas Bad Man
Jackson
Vigilante Terror
Brett
Hot News
Jim O'Hara
Combat Squad
Marley
The Moonlighter
Deputy Joe Bayliss
Son of Belle Starr
Sheriff Hansen
White Lightning
Nelson
The Studebaker Story
Peter Studebaker
- 1952
The Maverick
Sgt. Frick
Monsoon
Rault
Desperadoes' Outpost
Dan Booker
Apache War Smoke
Pike Curtis
Fargo
Red Olsen
The Kid from Broken Gun
Kiefer
Storm Over Tibet
Bill March
Montana Territory
Bill Landers
Rodeo
Richard Durston
Fort Osage
Martin Christensen
- 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Colonel Reiner · 1 episode
The Big Night
Kennealy
Silver City
Movie
The Longhorn
Andy
Elephant Stampede
Joe Collins
Slaughter Trail
Heath (uncredited)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV
Journey Into Light
Jerry - the Cop
Montana Desperado
Ron Logan
The Texas Rangers
Captain Peak (uncredited)
Roar of the Iron Horse
Ace -Henchman [Chs.3,4,6,9,10,15]
Baby Sitters Jitters
George Lloyd
- 1950
Short Grass
Les McCambridge
Outlaw Gold
Sonny Lang
Law of the Panhandle
Henry Faulkner
The Fuller Brush Girl
Employee (uncredited)
I Killed Geronimo
Henchman Frank Corcoran
Federal Man
The Tracking Device Specialist (uncredited)
Salt Lake Raiders
Fred Mason
No Sad Songs for Me
Chris' Young Man (uncredited)
Over the Border
Jeff Grant
West of Wyoming
Brodie
Trail of the Rustlers
Ben Mahoney (uncredited)
Fence Riders
Cameo Krogan
1940s
- 1949
Lawless Code
Donald Martin
Pioneer Marshal
Larry Devlin
Riders of the Dusk
Sheriff Jim
Western Renegades
Henchman Gus
Air Hostess
Ralph
Haunted Trails
Henchman Lassiter
South of Rio
Marshal Travis
Mr. Soft Touch
Doctor (Uncredited)
Range Justice
Murdered Henchman
The Wyoming Bandit
Movie
Brand of Fear
Jeffers
Laramie
Lieutenant Reed (uncredited)
Across The Rio Grande
Stage Robber
Trails End
Drake
Gun Law Justice
Henchman Jensen
Slightly French
Stevens (uncredited)
- 1948
Wake of the Red Witch
Seaman
Ladies of the Chorus
Randy's Cousin (uncredited)
Hidden Danger
James Carson
You Gotta Stay Happy
Day Clerk (Uncredited)
Walk a Crooked Mile
FBI Agent Thompson
Blondie's Reward
Cluett Day
I, Jane Doe
Intern
Tall, Dark and Gruesome
Partygoer in devil's costume (uncredited)
- 1947
It Had to Be You
Gardner Huntington Standish (uncredited)
Blondie's Big Moment
Pipe-Smoking Office Worker (uncredited)
- 1946
That Brennan Girl
Party Guest (uncredited)
The Time of Their Lives
Dandy at Party (uncredited)
- 1943
Swing Shift Maisie
Young Pilot (Uncredited)
Wrote 2
1950s
- 1951
Texas Lawmen
Story