Andrew Duggan

Andrew Duggan
Born	December 28, 1923(1923-12-28) Franklin, Indiana, U.S.
Died	May 15, 1988 (aged 64) Hollywood, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, Director, Screenwriter
Years active	1949 - 1987

Andrew Duggan (December 28, 1923, Franklin, Indiana - May 15, 1988, Westwood, California) was a tall and authoritative character actor who appeared in 70 movies including The Incredible Mr. Limpet as Harlock with Don Knotts , and over 140 television shows between 1949 and 1987. He was also known for being the main character in the Disney theme parks' Carousel of Progress and the singer of the accompanying song The Best Time of Your Life before being updated with new voices and songs in 1993. Duggan had recurring roles in Cimarron Strip and The Great Adventure but seldom played the same role twice except in a couple of short-lived series in which he played the lead, Bourbon Street Beat and Lancer. He also had a recurring role in seasons 2 and 3 of the series Twelve O'Clock High as General Ed Britt. He appeared in a few episodes of Bonanza also the pilot episode of Hawaii Five-0 as an intelligence agent.

Duggan played John Walton in the original 1971 The Waltons movie The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (the part was played by Ralph Waite in the subsequent series).

In 1980, Duggan appeared in an episode of the television series M*A*S*H as Col. Alvin 'Howitzer Al' Houlihan, the legendary father of Margaret Houlihan.

One of Duggan's last parts was as Dwight D. Eisenhower in a TV biography called J. Edgar Hoover (1987), a role he had played earlier in Backstairs at the White House (1979). He also played Lyndon Johnson in a different biography of Hoover, The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977). He portrayed the fictional President Trent in the spy-spoof In Like Flint (1967).

Bourbon Street Beat

Duggan seemed ubiquitous on television screens in the 1950s and 1960s, appearing in practically every narrative television series in production more than once; between new appearances and reruns, it was not unusual to see him on television several times in a single week on different shows. He appeared on ABC's western series Tombstone Territory in the episode "The Epitaph". In 1959, he was cast in Bourbon Street Beat, in which he portrayed Cal Calhoun, the head of a New Orleans detective agency. (When Bourbon Street Beat was cancelled after a single season, the two other detectives in the series moved on to other Warner Brothers detective shows: Van Williams as Kenny Madison remained in the same time slot with the new series Surfside Six. Richard Long as Rex Randolph assumed ailing Roger Smith's prominent position on the hit series 77 Sunset Strip.

In 1962, Duggan starred in the 26-week ABC situation comedy, Room for One More, with co-stars Peggy McCay, Ronnie Dapo, and Tim Rooney. The story line is about a couple with two children who adopt two others. He guest starred on many television programs, including an appearance on Jack Palance's 1963-1964 ABC circus drama, the The Greatest Show on Earth and the NBC medical drama about psychiatry, The Eleventh Hour as Carl Quincy in the 1963 episode entitled "Four Feet in the Morning".

Lancer TV Series (1969)

Duggan portrayed the patriarch in a 1968-1970 series inspired by Bonanza called Lancer, playing a darker and more complex counterpart of Ben Cartwright named "Murdoch Lancer," while James Stacy portrayed Lancer's gunfighter son. Wayne Maunder portrayed the older son, Scott Lancer, who had been educated in Boston. Ironically, Maunder in real life had been reared in nearby Bangor, Maine. Unlike Bonanza, Lancer lasted for only fifty-one episodes, but critics cited the scripts and performances as excellent. Paul Brinegar co-starred as Jelly Hoskins, having played a similar role of "Wishbone" on CBS's earlier western series Rawhide.

Duggan's death

Duggan died of throat cancer at the age of sixty-four. His career was still flourishing when he became ill.

External links

• Andrew Duggan at the Internet Movie Database
• Andrew Duggan at the Internet Broadway Database