Roy Engel (born Leroy Englewood Stults Jr.;"Roy Engel Personifies Character He Portrays on WTJS-ABC Juvenile Show". The Jackson Sun. December 28, 1947. p. 26. Retrieved November 6, 2024."Missouri, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLFM-JTCJ : Thu Jul 18 04:43:41 UTC 2024), Entry for Leroy Englewood Stults and Virginia Groves Stults, 16 Oct 1940. September 13, 1913"California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPC2-HDQ : 26 November 2014), Roy Engel, 29 Dec 1980; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento. – December 29, 1980) was an American actor on radio, film, and television. He performed in more than 150 films and almost 800 episodes of television programs.
Career Engel's ancestry was Irish and Dutch. His father was Roy Engelwood Stults. Engel was a letterman in football Rockhurst High School and Rockhurst College. After he graduated from college, he worked in a warehouse.
Engel's career in radio began at KCMO in Kansas City. His first work on network radio came when he had a role on Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy. He provided the original voice of the title character on the radio version of Sky King from 1946-1947. His film debut came in D.O.A. (1949)."D.O.A. Will Screen Today". Los Angeles Times. December 23, 1949. p. 11 Retrieved November 6, 2024.
On television, Engel made eleven appearances in Gunsmoke and had recurring roles as a rancher on The Virginian and as a doctor on Bonanza.
Personal life and death Engel was married, and the couple had a daughter, Royan.
On December 29, 1980, Engel died at St. Joseph's Hospital in Burbank, California at age 67.
Selected filmography
The Flying Saucer (1950) as Dr. Carl Lawton Outrage (1950) as Sheriff Charlie Hanlon Chicago Calling (1951) as Pete Rogue River (1951) as Ed Colby M (1951) as Police Chief Regan The Man from Planet X (1951) as Tommy - the Constable The Well (1951) as Gleason The Sellout (1952) as Sam F. Slaper Zombies of the Stratosphere (1952) as Lawson - Boat Charter Operator [Ch. 3] Breakdown (1952) as Al Bell Strange Fascination (1952) as Mr. Frim Jungle Drums of Africa (1953) as First Constable [Chs.7,12] The Magnetic Monster (1953) as Gen. Behan The Band Wagon (1953) as Reporter (uncredited) Thy Neighbor's Wife (1953) The Naked Dawn (1955) as Guntz Indestructible Man (1956) as Desk Sergeant Frontier Gambler (1956) as Tom McBride Three Violent People (1956) as Carpetbagger Not of This Earth (1957) as Sgt. Walton The Storm Rider (1957) as Major Bonnard Escape from San Quentin (1957) as Hap Graham Death in Small Doses (1957) as Wally Morse The Veil (1958, TV Mini-Series) as Wally Hoffman Joy Ride (1958) as Barrett A Dog's Best Friend (1959) as Sheriff Dan Murdock Gunsmoke (1960) as Grimes in “Don Matteo” (S6E7) The Sergeant Was a Lady (1961) as Sgt. Bricker The Flight That Disappeared (1961) as Jameson My Three Sons (04/12/1962) "Innocents Abroad" as Steve's visiting old friend "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" (1963) Santa Rosita patrol officer The Virginian (1964 episode "The Intruders") as Barney Wingate Your Cheatin' Heart (1964) as Joe Rauch Wild Wild West (1967) as General Grant Lawman (1971) as Bartender The Last Movie (1971) as Harry Anderson The Last Child (1971, TV Movie) as Conductor Skyjacked (1972) as Pilot When the Legends Die (1972) as Sam Turner Charley and the Angel (1973) as Driver Switchblade Sisters (1975) as Jobo The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977, TV Movie) as Production Manager Kingdom of the Spiders (1977) as Mayor Connors
Selected Television YearTitleRole Notes 1958 Cheyenne (TV series) U.S. Marshal Thad Veck Season 3/Episode 15 - “Wagon-Tongue North" 1960 Death Valley Days John Fremont Season 9/Episode 7 - The Gentle Sword 1961 Have Gun-Will Travel Sheriff Season 4/Episode 27 - “Everyman" 1961 Wanted: Dead or Alive Art HamptonSeason 3 Episode 25 (Dead Reckoning) 1962 Rawhide Whit Stokes Season 5/Episode 6 - "Incident of the Lost Woman" 1962 The Andy Griffith Show Jess Morgan Season 3/Episode 3 - “Andy and the New Mayor"1966The Wild Wild WestPresident Ulysses S. GrantSeason 1/Episode 16 - "The Night of the Steel Assassin"1967The Wild Wild WestPresident Ulysses S. GrantSeason 2/Episode 24 - "The Night of the Colonel's Ghost"1967The Wild Wild WestPresident Ulysses S. GrantSeason 3/Episode 16 - "The Night of the Arrow"1968The Wild Wild WestPresident Ulysses S. GrantSeason 3/Episode 24 - "The Night of the Death-Maker"1968The Wild Wild WestPresident Ulysses S. GrantSeason 4/Episode 1 - "The Night of the Big Blackmail"1969The Wild Wild WestPresident Ulysses S. GrantSeason 4/Episode 15 - "The Night of the Winged Terror, Part 1"1972Mission ImpossibleJudge (uncredited)Episode "Committed"
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