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Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 16, 1922
Died
May 15, 1994
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Royal Edward Dano Sr.
Royal Dano
1.1 Popularity
Biography
Royal Edward Dano (November 16, 1922 – May 15, 1994) was an American film and television character actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Royal Dano, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
6.0
Digger Holt
The Dark Half
1993
4.7
Wrenchmuller
Spaced Invaders
1990
8.3
Judge Clinton Sternwood
Twin Peaks
1990
5.1
Nitro Jones
Once Upon a Texas Train
1988
6.6
Farmer Gene Green
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
1988
5.5
Uncle Ned
Ghoulies II
1987
5.5
Gramps
House II: The Second Story
1987
6.0
Self (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
4.8
Larn Claver
Red Headed Stranger
1986
7.4
Salvation Army Officer
Amazing Stories
1985
Credits
The Dark Half
as Digger Holt
1993
6.0
Spaced Invaders
as Wrenchmuller
1990
4.7
Twin Peaks
as Judge Clinton Sternwood
1990
8.3
Once Upon a Texas Train
as Nitro Jones
1988
5.1
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
as Farmer Gene Green
1988
6.6
Ghoulies II
as Uncle Ned
1987
5.5
House II: The Second Story
as Gramps
1987
5.5
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1987
6.0
Red Headed Stranger
as Larn Claver
1986
4.8
Amazing Stories
as Salvation Army Officer
1985
7.4
Amazing Stories
as Elmer Quick
1985
7.4
Cocaine Wars
as Bailey
1985
4.4
Teachers
as Ditto Stiles
1984
5.6
The Right Stuff
as Minister
1983
7.4
Joe Dancer III: The Big Trade
as Cow John
1983
6.8
Something Wicked This Way Comes
as Tom Fury
1983
6.4
Will There Really Be a Morning?
as Ernest Farmer
1983
7.0
Hammett
as Pops
1982
6.2
Take This Job and Shove It
as Beeber
1981
5.3
A Dream Called Walt Disney World
as Abraham Lincoln (voice)
1981
8.7
Back to the Planet of the Apes
as Farrow
1980
5.5
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
as Pa Dalton
1979
1.9
In Search of Historic Jesus
as Prophet #1
1979
4.3
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
as Mr. Willis
1979
9.2
The Crash of Flight 401
1978
7.5
Donner Pass: The Road to Survival
as Sutter
1978
0.0
Huckleberry Finn
as Mark Twain
1978
6.0
Hughes and Harlow: Angels in Hell
as Will Hays
1978
2.0
CHiPs
as Coroner
1977
6.8
Bad Georgia Road
as Arthur Pennyrich
1977
5.5
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
7.1
Code R
as Carson
1977
0.0
Quincy, M.E.
1976
7.5
The Killer Inside Me
as Father
1976
4.3
The Captive: The Longest Drive 2
1976
1.0
Drum
as Zeke Montgomery
1976
4.8
The Outlaw Josey Wales
as Ten Spot
1976
7.4
The Quest
1976
6.4
Messiah of Evil
as Joseph Lang
1975
6.2
Capone
as Anton J. Cermak
1975
5.8
The Wild Party
as Tex
1975
4.7
Big Bad Mama
as Reverend Johnson
1974
5.6
Police Woman
1974
6.2
Planet of the Apes
as Farrow
1974
6.9
Little House on the Prairie
1974
7.9
Doc Elliot
1973
0.0
Cahill: United States Marshal
as MacDonald
1973
6.1
Electra Glide in Blue
as Coroner
1973
6.9
Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
as Jake
1973
4.7
Police Story
1973
6.9
🎬
Howzer
as Nick Murack
1973
0.0
Kung Fu
as Henry Skowrin
1972
7.7
Moon of the Wolf
as Tom Sr.
1972
4.7
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
as Gustavson
1972
5.5
The Culpepper Cattle Co.
as Cattle Rustler
1972
6.3
The Man Hunter
as Pa Bocock
1972
6.0
Emergency!
1972
7.8
Skin Game
as John Brown
1971
6.6
Cannon
1971
6.6
Decisions! Decisions!
as Tex
1971
0.0
Machismo: 40 Graves for 40 Guns
as Zach
1971
5.5
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
7.0
Night Gallery
as Owen
1970
7.8
Run, Simon, Run
as Sheriff Tacksberry
1970
4.7
The Undefeated
as Major Sanders
1969
6.2
Then Came Bronson
as Sheriff Charlie Binns
1969
4.8
My World and Welcome to It
1969
5.5
Backtrack!
as Faraway (archive footage)
1969
5.3
Death of a Gunfighter
as Arch Brandt
1969
6.2
If He Hollers, Let Him Go!
as Carl Blair
1968
5.3
The Outcasts
1968
5.3
Adam-12
as Walter Covey
1968
7.0
Hawaii Five-O
as Hody Linquist
1968
7.1
Day of the Evil Gun
as Dr. Eli Prather
1968
6.1
The Last Challenge
as Pretty Horse
1967
6.3
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
6.2
Hondo
1967
6.5
Cimarron Strip
1967
5.5
Welcome to Hard Times
as John Bear
1967
5.1
The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones
as Otto
1966
6.0
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1966
7.5
Gunpoint
as Ode
1966
6.0
The F.B.I.
as Newman
1965
5.4
The F.B.I.
as Jess Buford
1965
5.4
Lost in Space
as Major Domo
1965
7.1
The Big Valley
as Ezra
1965
6.1
The Big Valley
as The Vet
1965
6.1
The Big Valley
as Jesse Bleeck
1965
6.1
The Big Valley
as Rufus Morton
1965
6.1
The Legend of Jesse James
as Jailer
1965
4.8
Daniel Boone
as Matty Brenner
1964
7.0
Daniel Boone
as John Maddox
1964
7.0
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
as Carey
1964
6.9
Mr. Novak
as Mr. Metcalfe
1963
6.5
The Fugitive
as Preacher
1963
7.2
Savage Sam
as Pack Underwood
1963
5.1
The Dakotas
1963
5.7
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
as Marley's Ghost (voice)
1962
6.2
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Mr. Miley
1962
7.8
The Virginian
as Dan Molder
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Faraway MacPhail
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Faraway McPhail
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Daniels
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Uncle Dell Benton
1962
6.4
King of Kings
as Peter
1961
7.2
The New Breed
as Harry Tilden
1961
7.0
Ben Casey
1961
5.6
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
3.5
Posse from Hell
as Uncle Billy
1961
6.2
Gunslinger
as El Señor
1961
6.0
Cimarron
as Ike Howes
1960
6.0
The Case of the Dangerous Robin
1960
0.0
Route 66
1960
6.3
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Harlan
1960
5.8
Tate
1960
4.5
Hound-Dog Man
as Fiddling Tom Waller
1959
4.4
The Rebel
as Amos Cooper
1959
4.7
The Rebel
as Ben Crowe
1959
4.7
Johnny Ringo
as Lucas Frome
1959
5.7
Bonanza
as Matt Jeffers
1959
7.5
Bonanza
as Jason Ganther
1959
7.5
Face of Fire
as Jake Winter
1959
5.6
The Boy and the Bridge
as Evangelist
1959
5.0
These Thousand Hills
as Carmichael
1959
6.4
Never Steal Anything Small
as Words Cannon
1959
8.0
Rawhide
as Monty Fox
1959
7.2
Rawhide
as Jeb Newton
1959
7.2
Rawhide
as Mr. Teisner
1959
7.2
Rawhide
as Sam Wentworth
1959
7.2
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
5.8
Man of the West
as Trout
1958
6.6
The Rifleman
1958
7.1
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Charlie Wright
1958
6.8
Handle with Care
as Al Lees
1958
7.2
Saddle the Wind
as Clay Ellison
1958
6.5
Man in the Shadow
as Aiken Clay
1957
6.7
All Mine to Give
as Howard Tyler
1957
6.2
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
7.3
Trooper Hook
as Mr. Trude
1957
6.8
Crime of Passion
as Capt. Charlie Alidas
1956
6.1
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Will
1956
6.0
Wire Service
as Carl Strawn
1956
0.0
Tension at Table Rock
as Harry Jameson
1956
5.9
Santiago
as Lobo
1956
5.2
Moby Dick
as Elijah
1956
7.0
Tribute to a Bad Man
as Abe
1956
7.0
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
5.4
The Trouble with Harry
as Calvin Wiggs
1955
7.0
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Martin Ross
1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Mr. Atkins
1955
7.8
Gunsmoke
as Obie Tater
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Seth Tandy
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Bender
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Praylie
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Lambert
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Rory Luken
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Jefferson Dooley
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Jessup
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Gideon Hale
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Watney
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Henry Mather
1955
6.6
The Millionaire
as Hap Connolly
1955
5.0
Climax!
as Sergeant
1954
3.3
Climax!
as Doctor
1954
3.3
Johnny Guitar
as Corey
1954
7.4
The Far Country
as Luke
1954
6.9
Letter to Loretta
as Roy Henry
1953
6.5
General Electric Theater
as Confederate Deserter
1953
6.4
Mr. Lincoln
as Abraham Lincoln
1952
0.0
Omnibus
1952
6.0
Bend of the River
as Long Tom
1952
6.9
Flame of Araby
as Basra
1951
6.1
The Red Badge of Courage
as The Tattered Man
1951
6.4
Under the Gun
as Sam Nugent, trustee-gunner
1951
6.1
Undercover Girl
as The Moocher
1950
5.2
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Sergeant Finley
1950
6.3
Suspense
1949
4.9
Suspense
as Policeman
1949
4.9
Suspense
as Marvin the Push
1949
4.9
Suspense
as Lucky
1949
4.9
Studio One
1948
5.0
Studio One
as Tom Doan
1948
5.0
Studio One
as Zack
1948
5.0