Walter Coy
| Walter Darwin Coy | |
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Coy in Frontier, 1955.
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| Born |
January 31, 1909 Great Falls, Cascade County Montana, U.S. |
| Died | December 11, 1974 (aged 65) Santa Maria Santa Barbara County California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1936–1974 |
| Spouse(s) | Anne Burr (1942-?) (divorced) Pamela Gillespie (1948-1961) (divorced) Ruth E. Harburger (1969-1971) (divorced) |
| Children | Barbara (c. 1930), Bruce (1949), Theodore (1952-2004) |
Walter Darwin Coy (January 31, 1909 – December 11, 1974) was an American stage, radio, film, and, principally, television actor, originally from Great Falls, Montana. He was best known for narrating the NBC western anthology series, Frontier, which aired early Sunday evenings in the 1955–1956 season.
Coy performed on Broadway from 1930–1948. He appeared in several early Group Theatre productions. He was the first actor to play Lone Wolf on the radio series of the same name.
Of the 31 Frontier episodes, 16 are narrated by Coy:
Coy begins each Frontier episode with the line: "This is the way it happened ... movin' west", and he closed with the refrain: "That's the way it happened ... movin' west." Frontier is similar in scope to its predecessor and longer-lasting syndicated anthology series Death Valley Days, which went through a series of hosts, including The Old Ranger, Ronald W. Reagan, Robert Taylor, and Dale Robertson.
Coy also appeared on Jim Davis' western anthology series, Stories of the Century in the role of Sam Clayton in the 1954 episode entitled "Tom Horn," an account of the western lawman-turned outlaw Tom Horn. He appeared on many other western television programs, including Cheyenne, Bronco, Cimarron City, The Lone Ranger, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (one episode as Ben Thompson), Shotgun Slade, The Deputy, Bonanza, Bat Masterson, The Adventures of Jim Bowie, Trackdown, Tales of Wells Fargo, Yancy Derringer, Laramie, Two Faces West, Lawman, Wanted: Dead or Alive, The Restless Gun, The Rough Riders, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, Pony Express, Rawhide, Mackenzie's Raiders, Have Gun – Will Travel, The Texan, The Man from Blackhawk, Hotel de Paree, Overland Trail, Maverick, The Virginian, The Big Valley, Laredo, The Outcasts, Wagon Train (five times), and Robert Conrad's The Wild Wild West.
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