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John McIntire

American character actor (1907-1991)

Born
27 June 1907, Spokane
Died
30 January 1991
Citizenship
United States
Occupation
actor, stage actor, television actor, film actor
Films here
2

John Herrick McIntire (June 27, 1907 – January 30, 1991) was an American character actor who appeared in 65 theatrical films and many television series. McIntire is well known for having replaced Ward Bond, upon Bond's sudden death in November 1960, as the star of NBC's Wagon Train. He played Christopher Hale, the leader of the wagon train (and successor to Bond's character, Seth Adams) from early 1961 to the end of the series in 1965. He also replaced Charles Bickford, upon Bickford's death in 1967, as ranch owner Clay Grainger (brother of Bickford's character) on NBC's The Virginian for four seasons.

Filmography (martial arts films)

YearFilmCredit
1952Glory AlleyCast
1956World in My CornerCast

Frequent collaborators

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Facts from Wikidata Q1277934 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.