Richard Peabody (April 6, 1925 – December 27, 1999) was an American actor best known for his role as six-foot-six Pfc. Littlejohn on the 1960s series Combat!. Peabody worked in television, movies, radio, and print. He was tall and typecast himself as a western villain.
Biography
Peabody was a World War II Navy veteran, and had an early career in radio commercial production.COMBAT! '96 Souvenir booklet. Copyright Strange New Worlds, 1996.
He anchored a TV news broadcast, hosted a radio talk show, wrote commercials and, in later years, wrote "Peabody's Place", a weekly newspaper column for the Mountain Democrat in Placerville, California.
He was in the movies Support Your Local Sheriff! and The Good Guys and the Bad Guys in 1969; both films were directed by Burt Kennedy who worked on Combat!. He also appeared in Your Money or Your Wife in 1972.
His main TV credit was all five seasons of Combat!. He was also in various episodes of Cannon, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, and Daniel Boone.
Personal life His wife Tina, a former model, wrote "Young Sarge", a song Dick Peabody recorded in 1965.
He died of prostate cancer at the age of 74.
Filmography Year Title Role1966Bonanza "Destiny's Child" S7 E19Sonny1969 Mackenna's Gold Avila 1969 Support Your Local Sheriff! Luke Danby 1969 The Good Guys and the Bad Guys Boyle 1970 The Moonshine War Boyd Caswell 1971Adam-12 "The Search" S4 E5Boone
See also Vic Morrow Rick Jason
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