Tyler MacDuff
Encyclopedia
Tyler MacDuff, born Tyler Glenn Duff, Jr. (September 12, 1925–December 23, 2007), was an American
actor
, primarily on television
westerns
and drama
s who was cast as Billy the Kid
in The Boy from Oklahoma
.
, MacDuff was the son of Tyler Duff, Sr. (1890–1967), originally from Indiana
, and Cecil W. Duff (1893–1978), a Illinois native. In 1943, at the age of eighteen, MacDuff joined the U.S. Navy. In 1944, he drove an LCVP landing craft
in the first wave of the invasions of Saipan
and Guam
. In late 1944 and 1945, he was part of General
Douglas MacArthur
's invasion forces in the Philippine Islands. In 1952, MacDuff graduated from the Pasadena Playhouse
in Pasadena
, California, where his classmates included Dana Andrews
and Harry Dean Stanton
. From 1953-1961, he was married to the former Beverlie Mae Anderson (born 1930) a Pasadena Rpse Princess in 1949, and the couple had three sons, Brandon (born 1954) and Dana J. MacDuff
(born 1955), both film producers, and Tyler Glenn, III (born 1959) is a musician (electric bass and guitar) and an entrepreneur. Dana MacDuff is named for Tyler MacDuff's friend, Dana Andrews. MacDuff added the "Mac" to his name to avoid confusion with actor Howard Duff
.
. He was the only person on the program to say both "Who was that masked man?" and "That was the Lone Ranger!"
In 1954, he appeared on CBS's Schlitz Playhouse in the episode entitled "At the Natchez Inn". That same year, he guest starred on Jim Davis
's syndicated
Stories of the Century
in the role of Bob Ford
, the assassin of Jesse James
in the episode "Frank
and Jesse James". In 1954, he portrayed Billy the Kid
in the film, The Boy from Oklahoma
, with Will Rogers, Jr.
, as Tom Brewster. The film is the basis for the 1957-1961 television western Sugarfoot
, starring Will Hutchins
as a tenderfoot
studying to be a lawyer
. That same year, MacDuff played Frankie in the episode "The Boy Who Hated Superman" on the George Reeves
series, Adventures of Superman
. In 1955, he portrayed a delivery man in the "Olsen's Millions" episode of Superman.
In 1956, MacDuff appeared in the syndicated Death Valley Days
in the role of Norman Berry in the episode "The Hoodoo Mine". That same year, he appeared four times in different roles on the Gail Davis
series, Annie Oakley
. He was the title guest star in the episode "The Saga of Clement O'Toole", the story of a young Philadelphia
grocery store
clerk coming to Arizona
to start a new life but who is mistaken by townspeople for a Kansas
outlaw, who had previously used the alias "Clement O'Toole". That same year, he appeared as Stacy in the episode "Christmas Present" in the series The West Point Story
.
In 1957 and again in 1967, he was the dialog director for Raymond Burr
's two series, Perry Mason
on CBS
and Ironside
on NBC
. He also appeared in two Perry Mason episodes in 1958 and 1965. In "The Case of the Lucky Loser", based on a 1957 Erle Stanley Gardner
novel
, MacDuff, in the role of Theodore Balfour, is charged with the murder of his father, played by Bruce Bennett. The trial ends in a hung jury
, and Theodore's attorney advises him to accept a plea bargain
of involuntary manslaughter. Having believed that his grandson's lawyer erred, the grandfather, Addison, played by Richard Hale, retains Perry Mason to reopen the case, clear Theodore's name, and find the real killer. In 1993, in one of his last acting roles, MacDuff played the part of W.J. Cronkite in Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal, a television movie
.
MacDuff played Emmett Dalton
in the 1957 episode "The End of the Dalton Gang (October 5, 1892)" on the CBS
documentary
series, You Are There
. He appeared that same year in the first season of ABC
's Maverick
as Drake in "Relic of Fort Tejon". He played Bill Corey in "Lost River Roundup" of the series Sergeant Preston of the Yukon. In 1958, he was Townsend in "The Gallant Foe" of the American Civil War
drama Gray Ghost
, based on the exploits of the Confederate
Major John Singleton Mosby. In 1957-1958, MacDuff appeared twice on Dale Robertson
's first and most successful western series, Tales of Wells Fargo
. In 1960, he portrayed Reggie Lemaire in the episode "Mystery at Malibu" on Ronald W. Reagan’s CBS anthology series, General Electric Theater
. Other MacDuff guest-starring role were as Ira Burns in the episode "Get Dawson" of the 1960 police drama This Man Dawson
starring Keith Andes
, Alcoa Theatre
, Lawman
, Lassie
, and James Arness
's Gunsmoke
.
, Nevada
, where his sons started Oakdale Pictures. MacDuff is interred at Riverside National Cemetery
in Riverside
, California.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, primarily on television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
westerns
Western (genre)
The Western is a genre of various visual arts, such as film, television, radio, literature, painting and others. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, hence the name. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of...
and drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
s who was cast as Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid
William H. Bonney William H. Bonney William H. Bonney (born William Henry McCarty, Jr. est. November 23, 1859 – c. July 14, 1881, better known as Billy the Kid but also known as Henry Antrim, was a 19th-century American gunman who participated in the Lincoln County War and became a frontier...
in The Boy from Oklahoma
The Boy from Oklahoma
The Boy from Oklahoma is a 1954 Western movie directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Will Rogers, Jr. The film became the basis for the 1957 Warner Bros. television series Sugarfoot, in which Will Hutchins replaced Rogers as lead character Tom Brewster. The movie features Lon Chaney, Jr. and...
.
Biography
A native of Hollywood, CaliforniaCalifornia
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, MacDuff was the son of Tyler Duff, Sr. (1890–1967), originally from Indiana
Indiana
Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...
, and Cecil W. Duff (1893–1978), a Illinois native. In 1943, at the age of eighteen, MacDuff joined the U.S. Navy. In 1944, he drove an LCVP landing craft
LCVP
The Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel or Higgins boat was a landing craft used extensively in amphibious landings in World War II. The craft was designed by Andrew Higgins of Louisiana, United States, based on boats made for operating in swamps and marshes...
in the first wave of the invasions of Saipan
Saipan
Saipan is the largest island of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands , a chain of 15 tropical islands belonging to the Marianas archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean with a total area of . The 2000 census population was 62,392...
and Guam
Guam
Guam is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States located in the western Pacific Ocean. It is one of five U.S. territories with an established civilian government. Guam is listed as one of 16 Non-Self-Governing Territories by the Special Committee on Decolonization of the United...
. In late 1944 and 1945, he was part of General
General
A general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....
Douglas MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
General of the Army Douglas MacArthur was an American general and field marshal of the Philippine Army. He was a Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for his service in the...
's invasion forces in the Philippine Islands. In 1952, MacDuff graduated from the Pasadena Playhouse
Pasadena Playhouse
The Pasadena Playhouse is a historic performing arts venue located 39 S El Molino Avenue in Pasadena, California. The 686-seat auditorium produces a variety of cultural and artistic events, professional shows, and community engagements each year.-History:...
in Pasadena
Pasadena, California
Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Although famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl football game and Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home to many scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology , the Jet...
, California, where his classmates included Dana Andrews
Dana Andrews
Dana Andrews was an American film actor. He was one of Hollywood's major stars of the 1940s, and continued acting, though generally in less prestigious roles, into the 1980s.-Early life:...
and Harry Dean Stanton
Harry Dean Stanton
Harry Dean Stanton is an American actor, musician, and singer. Stanton's career has spanned over fifty years, which has seen him star in such films as Paris, Texas, Kelly's Heroes, Dillinger, Alien, Repo Man, The Last Temptation of Christ, Wild at Heart, The Green Mile and The Pledge...
. From 1953-1961, he was married to the former Beverlie Mae Anderson (born 1930) a Pasadena Rpse Princess in 1949, and the couple had three sons, Brandon (born 1954) and Dana J. MacDuff
Dana MacDuff
Dana John MacDuff is a film producer and actor in Hollywood, California, and Reno, Nevada.He was born in Pasadena, California, to the actor Tyler MacDuff and the former Beverlie May Anderson , who divorced in 1961. He is named for his father's close friend, the actor Dana Andrews...
(born 1955), both film producers, and Tyler Glenn, III (born 1959) is a musician (electric bass and guitar) and an entrepreneur. Dana MacDuff is named for Tyler MacDuff's friend, Dana Andrews. MacDuff added the "Mac" to his name to avoid confusion with actor Howard Duff
Howard Duff
Howard Green Duff was an American actor of film, television, stage, and radio.Duff was born in Charleston, Washington, now a part of Bremerton. He graduated from Roosevelt High School in Seattle in 1932 where he began acting in school plays only after he was cut from the basketball team...
.
Acting roles
In 1952, MacDuff in one of his first uncredited role appeared as a cheerleader in the film Bonzo Goes to College. From 1953-1957, he appeared three times as Brad Stanton, Clint Harkey, and Kip Holloway on the series The Lone RangerThe Lone Ranger
The Lone Ranger is a fictional masked Texas Ranger who, with his Native American companion Tonto, fights injustice in the American Old West. The character has become an enduring icon of American culture....
. He was the only person on the program to say both "Who was that masked man?" and "That was the Lone Ranger!"
In 1954, he appeared on CBS's Schlitz Playhouse in the episode entitled "At the Natchez Inn". That same year, he guest starred on Jim Davis
Jim Davis (actor)
Jim Davis was an American actor, best known for his role as Jock Ewing in the CBS prime-time soap Dallas, a role which he held up until his death in April 1981.-Biography:...
's syndicated
Television syndication
In broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast radio shows and television shows by multiple radio stations and television stations, without going through a broadcast network, though the process of syndication may conjure up structures like those of a network itself, by its very...
Stories of the Century
Stories of the Century
Stories of the Century is a Western television series that ran in syndication through Republic Pictures between January 23, 1954, and March 11, 1955.-Synopsis:...
in the role of Bob Ford
Robert Ford (outlaw)
Robert Newton "Bob" Ford was an American outlaw best known for killing his gang leader Jesse James in 1882. Ford was shot to death by Edward O'Kelley in his tent saloon with a shotgun blast to the front upper body...
, the assassin of Jesse James
Jesse James
Jesse Woodson James was an American outlaw, gang leader, bank robber, train robber, and murderer from the state of Missouri and the most famous member of the James-Younger Gang. He also faked his own death and was known as J.M James. Already a celebrity when he was alive, he became a legendary...
in the episode "Frank
Frank James
Alexander Franklin "Frank" James was a famous American outlaw. He was the older brother of outlaw Jesse James.-Childhood:...
and Jesse James". In 1954, he portrayed Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid
William H. Bonney William H. Bonney William H. Bonney (born William Henry McCarty, Jr. est. November 23, 1859 – c. July 14, 1881, better known as Billy the Kid but also known as Henry Antrim, was a 19th-century American gunman who participated in the Lincoln County War and became a frontier...
in the film, The Boy from Oklahoma
The Boy from Oklahoma
The Boy from Oklahoma is a 1954 Western movie directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Will Rogers, Jr. The film became the basis for the 1957 Warner Bros. television series Sugarfoot, in which Will Hutchins replaced Rogers as lead character Tom Brewster. The movie features Lon Chaney, Jr. and...
, with Will Rogers, Jr.
Will Rogers, Jr.
William Vann Rogers, generally known as Will Rogers, Jr. , was a son of legendary humorist Will Rogers and his wife, the former Betty Blake . He was a Democratic U. S. Representative from California from January 3, 1943 until May 23, 1944, when he resigned to return to the United States Army...
, as Tom Brewster. The film is the basis for the 1957-1961 television western Sugarfoot
Sugarfoot
Sugarfoot is the title of a TV western that aired from 1957 to 1961. The series featured Will Hutchins as fledgling frontier lawyer Tom Brewster and Jack Elam as sidekick Toothy Thompson...
, starring Will Hutchins
Will Hutchins
Will Hutchins is an American actor most noted for playing the lead role of the young lawyer Tom Brewster in the Warner Brothers Western television series Sugarfoot on ABC from 1957-1961.-Biography:...
as a tenderfoot
Tenderfoot
A tenderfoot is slang for an inexperienced person, or someone who exhibits tenderness as a personality trait.Tenderfoot may also refer to:* One of the ranks in the Boy Scouts of America* A guest at a guest ranch, also known as a "dude"...
studying to be a lawyer
Lawyer
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
. That same year, MacDuff played Frankie in the episode "The Boy Who Hated Superman" on the George Reeves
George Reeves
George Reeves was an American actor best known for his role as Superman in the 1950s television program Adventures of Superman....
series, Adventures of Superman
Adventures of Superman (TV series)
Adventures of Superman is an American television series based on comic book characters and concepts created in 1938 by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The show is the first television series to feature Superman and began filming in 1951 in California...
. In 1955, he portrayed a delivery man in the "Olsen's Millions" episode of Superman.
In 1956, MacDuff appeared in the syndicated Death Valley Days
Death Valley Days
Death Valley Days is an American radio and television anthology series featuring true stories of the old American West, particularly the Death Valley area. Created in 1930 by Ruth Woodman, the program was broadcast on radio until 1945. It continued from 1952 to 1975 as a syndicated television series...
in the role of Norman Berry in the episode "The Hoodoo Mine". That same year, he appeared four times in different roles on the Gail Davis
Gail Davis
Gail Davis was an American actress, best known for her starring role as Annie Oakley in the 1950s television Western series Annie Oakley.-Life and career:...
series, Annie Oakley
Annie Oakley (TV series)
Annie Oakley is an American Western television series which fictionalized the life of famous sharpshooter Annie Oakley. It ran from January 1954 to February 1957 in syndication. ABC showed reruns on Saturday and Sunday daytime from 1959–1960 and from 1964-1965...
. He was the title guest star in the episode "The Saga of Clement O'Toole", the story of a young Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...
grocery store
Grocery store
A grocery store is a store that retails food. A grocer, the owner of a grocery store, stocks different kinds of foods from assorted places and cultures, and sells these "groceries" to customers. Large grocery stores that stock products other than food, such as clothing or household items, are...
clerk coming to Arizona
Arizona
Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
to start a new life but who is mistaken by townspeople for a Kansas
Kansas
Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...
outlaw, who had previously used the alias "Clement O'Toole". That same year, he appeared as Stacy in the episode "Christmas Present" in the series The West Point Story
The West Point Story (TV series)
The West Point Story is a dramatic anthology television series shown in the United States by Columbia Broadcasting System during the 1956-57 season and by ABC during the 1957-58 season....
.
In 1957 and again in 1967, he was the dialog director for Raymond Burr
Raymond Burr
Raymond William Stacey Burr was a Canadian actor, primarily known for his title roles in the television dramas Perry Mason and Ironside. His early acting career included roles on Broadway, radio, television and in film, usually as the villain...
's two series, Perry Mason
Perry Mason (TV series)
Perry Mason is an American legal drama produced by Paisano Productions that ran from September 1957 to May 1966 on CBS. The title character, portrayed by Raymond Burr, is a fictional Los Angeles defense attorney who originally appeared in detective fiction by Erle Stanley Gardner...
on CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
and Ironside
Ironside (TV series)
Ironside is a Universal television series which ran on NBC from September 14, 1967 to January 16, 1975. The show starred Raymond Burr as the wheelchair-using Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside. The character's debut was in a TV-movie on March 28, 1967. The original title of the show in the...
on NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
. He also appeared in two Perry Mason episodes in 1958 and 1965. In "The Case of the Lucky Loser", based on a 1957 Erle Stanley Gardner
Erle Stanley Gardner
Erle Stanley Gardner was an American lawyer and author of detective stories, best known for the Perry Mason series, he also published under the pseudonyms A.A. Fair, Kyle Corning, Charles M. Green, Carleton Kendrake, Charles J...
novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
, MacDuff, in the role of Theodore Balfour, is charged with the murder of his father, played by Bruce Bennett. The trial ends in a hung jury
Hung jury
A hung jury or deadlocked jury is a jury that cannot, by the required voting threshold, agree upon a verdict after an extended period of deliberation and is unable to change its votes due to severe differences of opinion.- England and Wales :...
, and Theodore's attorney advises him to accept a plea bargain
Plea bargain
A plea bargain is an agreement in a criminal case whereby the prosecutor offers the defendant the opportunity to plead guilty, usually to a lesser charge or to the original criminal charge with a recommendation of a lighter than the maximum sentence.A plea bargain allows criminal defendants to...
of involuntary manslaughter. Having believed that his grandson's lawyer erred, the grandfather, Addison, played by Richard Hale, retains Perry Mason to reopen the case, clear Theodore's name, and find the real killer. In 1993, in one of his last acting roles, MacDuff played the part of W.J. Cronkite in Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal, a television movie
Television movie
A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
.
MacDuff played Emmett Dalton
Emmett Dalton
Emmett Dalton was an American outlaw, train robber and member of the Dalton Gang in the American Old West. Part of the ill-fated Dalton raid on two banks in Coffeyville, Kansas, he survived despite receiving 23 gunshot wounds...
in the 1957 episode "The End of the Dalton Gang (October 5, 1892)" on the CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
documentary
Documentary
A documentary is a creative work of non-fiction, including:* Documentary film, including television* Radio documentary* Documentary photographyRelated terms include:...
series, You Are There
You Are There
You Are There is the fourth studio album by the Japanese instrumental rock band Mono, a double album released on 15 March 2006. The album was recorded in 2005 at Electrical Audio in Chicago, Illinois with recording engineer Steve Albini...
. He appeared that same year in the first season of ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
's Maverick
Maverick (TV series)
Maverick is a western television series with comedic overtones created by Roy Huggins. The show ran from September 22, 1957 to July 8, 1962 on ABC and stars James Garner as Bret Maverick, a cagey, articulate cardsharp. Eight episodes into the first season, he was joined by Jack Kelly as his brother...
as Drake in "Relic of Fort Tejon". He played Bill Corey in "Lost River Roundup" of the series Sergeant Preston of the Yukon. In 1958, he was Townsend in "The Gallant Foe" of the American Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
drama Gray Ghost
Gray Ghost (TV series)
The Gray Ghost is an American historical series which aired in syndication from October 10, 1957, to July 3, 1958. It depicts the true story of Major John Singleton Mosby, a Virginia officer in the Confederate Army, whose cunning and stealth earned him the nickname "Gray Ghost".-Synopsis:The Gray...
, based on the exploits of the Confederate
Confederate States of America
The Confederate States of America was a government set up from 1861 to 1865 by 11 Southern slave states of the United States of America that had declared their secession from the U.S...
Major John Singleton Mosby. In 1957-1958, MacDuff appeared twice on Dale Robertson
Dale Robertson
Dayle Lymoine "Dale" Robertson is an American actor best known for his starring roles on television. He played the role of Jim Hardie in the TV series, Tales of Wells Fargo, and the owner of an incomplete railroad line in ABC's The Iron Horse, often appearing as the deceptively thoughtful but...
's first and most successful western series, Tales of Wells Fargo
Tales of Wells Fargo
Tales of Wells Fargo is an American Western television series that ran from March 18, 1957 to June 2, 1962 on NBC. Produced by Revue Productions, the series aired in a half-hour format until its final season when it expanded to an hour.-Synopsis:...
. In 1960, he portrayed Reggie Lemaire in the episode "Mystery at Malibu" on Ronald W. Reagan’s CBS anthology series, General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald W. Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.-Radio:...
. Other MacDuff guest-starring role were as Ira Burns in the episode "Get Dawson" of the 1960 police drama This Man Dawson
This Man Dawson
This Man Dawson is a syndicated drama television series starring Keith Andes as a former United States Marine Corps colonel hired to clean up police corruption in an undisclosed American city. The thirty-three episodes, in which Andes portrayed Chief Frank Dawson, aired during the 1959-1960...
starring Keith Andes
Keith Andes
Keith Andes was an American film, radio, musical theatre, stage and television actor.-Early life:John Charles Andes was born in Ocean City, New Jersey on July 12, 1920. By the age of 12, he was featured on the radio....
, Alcoa Theatre
Alcoa Theatre
Alcoa Theatre is a half-hour anthology series telecast on NBC at 9:30 pm on alternate Monday nights from October 7, 1957 to September 16, 1960. The program also aired under the title Turn of Fate, with the stories depicting the difficulties faced by individuals who are suddenly thrust into...
, Lawman
Lawman (tv series)
Lawman is an American Western television series originally telecast from 1958 to 1962 starring John Russell as Marshal Dan Troop and featuring Peter Brown as Deputy Marshal Johnny McKay on the ABC Television Network. The series was set in Laramie, Wyoming during the mid to late 1870s. Warner Bros....
, Lassie
Lassie (1954 TV series)
Lassie is an American television series that follows the adventures of a female Rough Collie named Lassie and her companions, human and animal. The show was the creation of producer Robert Maxwell and animal trainer Rudd Weatherwax and was televised from September 12, 1954, to March 24, 1973...
, and James Arness
James Arness
James King Arness was an American actor, best known for portraying Marshal Matt Dillon in the television series Gunsmoke for 20 years...
's Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West....
.
Last years
MacDuff spent his last years in the Park Marino Rest Home in Pasadena. He died of heart failure. He also lived part of the time in RenoReno, Nevada
Reno is the county seat of Washoe County, Nevada, United States. The city has a population of about 220,500 and is the most populous Nevada city outside of the Las Vegas metropolitan area...
, Nevada
Nevada
Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...
, where his sons started Oakdale Pictures. MacDuff is interred at Riverside National Cemetery
Riverside National Cemetery
Riverside National Cemetery is a cemetery located in Riverside, California, dedicated to the interment of United States military personnel. The cemetery covers , making it the third-largest cemetery managed by the National Cemetery Administration...
in Riverside
Riverside, California
Riverside is a city in Riverside County, California, United States, and the county seat of the eponymous county. Named for its location beside the Santa Ana River, it is the largest city in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metropolitan area of Southern California, 4th largest inland California...
, California.