Dayton Lummis
| Dayton Lummis, Sr. | |
|---|---|
| Born |
August 8, 1903 Summit, Union County New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | March 23, 1988 (aged 84) Santa Monica Los Angeles County California, U.S. |
| Resting place | California |
| Occupation | Actor; Rancher |
| Years active | 1946-1975 |
| Spouse(s) | Dorothy L. Lummis |
| Children | Dayton Lummis, Jr. |
Dayton Lummis. Sr. (August 8, 1903 – March 23, 1988), was an American actor of film and television who specialized in the genre of anthology and western series, often playing authority figures. From 1959-1960, he appeared as Marshal Andy Morrison in nine episodes of NBC's Law of the Plainsman western, with Michael Ansara and Robert Harland. In 1955, he portrayed General Douglas MacArthur in the film The Court Martial of Billy Mitchell.
A native of Summit, New Jersey, Lummis studied theatre arts in Los Angeles at the Martha Oatman School. His first professional engagement, at the age of twenty-four, was with the Russell Stock Company in Redlands, California. He remained a regional actor until his Broadway debut in 1943.
Lummis was cast in his first screen role, a minor appearance, at the age of forty-two in the Burt Lancaster and Barbara Stanwyck film Sorry, Wrong Number. After a few other motion picture appearances, some uncredited, Lummis was cast as a police superintendent in the television series Racket Squad in the 1952 episode "The Strange Case of James Doyle" Hugh Beaumont, later the father, Ward Cleaver, on the sitcom Leave It to Beaver, narrated a third of the episodes of this series, which starred Reed Hadley as Captain John Braddock. That same year, Lummis appeared as Paul Clarkson in the episode "Where There's a Will" in the detective series, Mr. and Mrs. North, starring Richard Denning. In 1954, he appeared as police Sergeant Jack Gotch in "The Big Trunk" episode of Jack Webb's Dragnet. In 1958, he appeared as Jonas Warman in the episode "The Healer" of NBC's M Squad crime drama, starring Lee Marvin.
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