{{short description|American television actor and producer}} {{Infobox person |name = Jock Gaynor |image = Outlaws cast 1960.JPG |caption = Gaynor (left) with Barton MacLane and Don Collier in ''Outlaws'', 1960 |birth_name = Jock William Gaynor<ref name="a">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yXAkDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1962|title=Television Western Players, 1960-1975: A Biographical Dictionary|page=188|first=Everett|last=Aaker|publisher=McFarland|date=May 16, 2017|isbn=9781476628561|via=Google Books}}</ref> |birth_date = {{birth date|1929|09|14}} |birth_place = Queens, New York, U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|1998|04|02|1929|09|14}} |death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. |occupation = Television actor and producer |spouse = Grace Gaynor<ref name="latimes">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87272130/jock-gaynor/|title=Jock Gaynor|work=Los Angeles Times|location=Los Angeles, California|date=April 5, 1998|access-date=October 31, 2021|page=44|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}</ref> |children = 1<ref name="a" /> |years_active = 1960–1986 }}
'''Jock William Gaynor''' (September 14, 1929 – April 2, 1998) was an American television actor and producer.<ref name="b" /> He was known for playing the role of Deputy Marshal Heck Martin in the first season of the American western television series ''Outlaws''.<ref name="b">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fw-4MQEACAAJ|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 1998|pages=84–85|first=Harris|last=Lentz|publisher=McFarland|date=July 1999|isbn=9780786407484|via=Google Books}}</ref>
== Life and career == Gaynor was born in Queens, New York, the son of Louise and Ira. His father was a police officer.<ref name="a" /> He was introduced to public performance by playing the piano as a child.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/10879503/ |title=Jock Gaynor Has Numerous Talents |work=The Titusville Herald |location=Titusville, Pennsylvania |date=December 10, 1960 |access-date=October 31, 2021 |page=8 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}</ref> Gaynor served in the United States Air Force from October 25, 1950 to February 25, 1954.<ref name="a" /> He also worked as an artist, professional baseball player<ref name="a" /> and stage designer, working on plays, stock companies and television programs.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/86109176/ |title=Jock Gaynor Is Star Of Doctors |work=Biddeford-Saco Journal |location=Biddeford, Maine |date=April 11, 1964 |access-date=October 31, 2021 |page=9 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}</ref> Gaynor began his acting career in 1960, joining the cast of western television series ''Outlaws'' for its first season as Deputy Marshal Heck Martin.<ref name="a" /> He was not liked by other cast members, his character did not appeal to the viewers,<ref name="a" /> and he only appeared in nine episodes before being replaced by Wynn Pearce.<ref name="c">{{Cite web|url=http://ctva.bi/US/Western/Outlaws1960.htm|title=Outlaws (1960-62)|work=The Classic TV Archive|access-date=January 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123203418/http://ctva.biz/US/Western/Outlaws1960.htm|archive-date=January 23, 2021|url-status=live|via=Wayback Machine}}</ref><ref name="b" />
Gaynor continued appearing in television programs, with his credits including ''Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea'', ''Rawhide'', ''Mission: Impossible'', ''Batman'', ''The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp'', ''The Invaders'', ''Iron Horse'', ''Coronet Blue'' and ''Colt .45''.<ref name="b" /> His only film credit was starring in the 1974 film ''The Deathhead Virgin''.<ref name="b" /> Gaynor also played the recurring role of Dr. William Scott in the television soap opera ''The Doctors''.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/734659343/ |title=Jock Gaynor Talented In Many Fields |work=The News Tribune |location=Tacoma, Washington |date=March 31, 1963 |access-date=October 31, 2021 |page=107 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}</ref> He retired in 1986; his last television credit being in ''Knight Rider''.<ref name="b" />
== Death == Gaynor died on April 2, 1998 in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 68.<ref name="a" /><ref name="latimes" /><ref name="b" />
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== External links == *{{IMDb name|0310981}} *{{TCMDb name|0%7C83963}} *[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/jock_gaynor/ Rotten Tomatoes profile]
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