# Joe Conley

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**Joe Conley** (March 3, 1928 – July 7, 2013) was an [American](/source/Americans) actor who played many small roles on television and is most remembered for his role as the storekeeper Ike Godsey in *[The Waltons](/source/The_Waltons)*.[3][4]

## Personal life and career

Joe Conley was born in [Buffalo, New York](/source/Buffalo,_New_York). He started acting after returning from military service in [Korea](/source/Korea), and was running three real-estate agencies in the [San Fernando Valley](/source/San_Fernando_Valley) area of [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles) by the early 1970s after beginning this second career in 1961. While acting, he continued to work in real estate and, as a result, became wealthy.[5]

By the early 1970s, his career as an actor was in limbo. After twenty years of small parts, mainly in television shows, he performed with [Pat Harrington](/source/Pat_Harrington_Jr.) in an AT&T educational film called *How to Lose Your Best Customer Without Really Trying.*[6] Before long, he was cast as storekeeper Ike Godsey in *[The Waltons](/source/The_Waltons)*. Conley was paired with [Ronnie Claire Edwards](/source/Ronnie_Claire_Edwards), who portrayed his wife Corabeth Walton Godsey; their characters married on the show in 1975. In 2009, Conley published his autobiography, *Ike Godsey of Walton's Mountain*.[7]

In real life, Conley was married to and later divorced from Jacqueline Stakes, with whom he had two children. He married Louise Teechen in 1969, and had two children with her.

### Death

Conley died on July 7, 2013, at a [care facility](/source/Care_facility) in [Newbury Park, California](/source/Newbury_Park,_California) of complications from [dementia](/source/Dementia). He was 85 and is survived by his wife, three daughters, and a son.[8]

## Filmography

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1950 The Sound of Fury Man in Crowd Uncredited 1955 Big Town Albert Hayes Episode: "Honest Cop" The People's Choice Ernie Episode: "Socks new Secretary" 1956 The Scarlet Hour Car Salesman Uncredited The Adventures of Jim Bowie Raino Tante Episode: "The Ghost of Jean Battoo" 1957 Crime of Passion Deliveryman Lassie Episode: "Lassie's Day" The Silent Service Baker Episode: "The Seahorse Story" House of Numbers Convict Uncredited Casey Jones Conductor Addrel Episode: "The Old Timer" The Danny Thomas Show, also known as Make Room For Daddy Earl the Elevator Operator Episode: "Honesty is the Best Policy" 1957-1959 Dragnet Season 7 Episode 4: "The Big Yak" Season 8 Episode 16: "The Big Malcolm" 1958 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Insurance Agent Season 3 Episode 27: "Disappearing Trick" 1958 Juvenile Jungle Duke Boots and Saddles Private Spanner Episode: "The Superstition" A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed Benjy Uncredited When Hell Broke Loose Rookie Uncredited 1959 The D.A.'s Man Smiley Episode: "The Pushter's" Wanted: Dead or Alive Henry Jackson Episode: "The Hostage" M Squad Jack Moreno Episode: "Mama's Boy" Flight Sergeant Pachek Episode: "Chopper Four" Richard Diamond, Private Detective Joe / Bartender 3 episodes 1960 Stagecoach West Henry Episode: "The Saga of Jeremy Boone" The Best of the Post Elevator Boy Episode: "The Little Terror" Death Valley Days Alf Episode: Devil's Bar 1960-1962 Dennis the Menace Nelson / Open House Looker 2 episodes 1961 Blueprint for Robbery Jock McGee All Hands on Deck Sailor Uncredited 1962 Patty Johnny The Dick Powell Theater Tom Episode: "Special Assignment" 1963-1965 Mister Ed TV Man / Sam Easterbrook / Joe / Frank / Photographer / Charley Grant 6 episodes 1964 Kraft Suspense Theater Dom Episode: "Charlie, He Couldn't Kill a Fly" Gunsmoke Carl (Stagecoach Driver) Episode: "Help me Kitty" 1966 Green Acres Heston Haney Episode: "The Deputy" 1967 The Beverly Hillbillies Sergeant Episode: "The Army Game" Felony Squad Cabbie Episode: "Time of Trial" 1969 80 Steps to Jonah Jenkins 1969-1970 Bracken's World Alvin Sloane / Art Director 2 episodes 1970 The Brady Bunch Delivery Man Episode: "The Hero" 1971 How to Lose Your Best Customer Without Really Trying Charlie 1972-1981 The Waltons Ike Godsey 172 episodes 1972 The Longest Night Salesman TV movie 1982 A Day for Thanks on Walton's Mountain Ike Godsey Mother's Day on Walton's Mountain A Wedding on Walton's Mountain 1983 Knight Rider Manager Episode: "Short Notice" 1986 Impure Thoughts Father Minnelli 1993 A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion Ike Godsey TV movie 1995 A Walton Wedding 1996 Night Stand with Dick Dietrick Claude Episode: "Dick Goes Home" 1999 Whatever it Takes Frank 2000 Cast Away Joe Wally 2001 Blind Obsession (final film role)

## References

1. ["Rome News-Tribune - Google News Archive Search"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=348&dat=19751119&id=iustAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NTMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7073,2549236)

1. ["The Waltons - Ike Godsey - Joe Conley"](http://www.rockfish-river.com/en/ike-godsey.html)

1. Scott, Vernon (1 July 1977). ["Waltons' storekeeper juggles four careers"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=h94PAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xIwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4408,127118&dq=joe-conley&hl=en). *[Boca Raton News](/source/Boca_Raton_News)*. Retrieved 20 February 2011.

1. Pearson, Howard (27 February 1978). ["T. V. star set for S. L. show"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VrdSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-n8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=7071,7103532&dq=joe-conley&hl=en). *[Deseret News](/source/Deseret_News)*. p. C5. Retrieved 20 February 2011.

1. Anthony Hayward ["Joe Conley: Actor best known as Ike Godsey in *The Waltons*"](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/joe-conley-actor-best-known-as-ike-godsey-in-the-waltons-8732576.html), *The Independent* (London), 25 July 2013

1. ["How to Lose Your Best Customer Without Even Trying"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IezKAfbuHo). AT&T. Retrieved 17 May 2024.

1. ["Actor Joe Conley, who played Ike Godsey on 'The Waltons,' dies at 85"](http://www.today.com/entertainment/actor-joe-conley-who-played-ike-godsey-waltons-dies-85-6C10566693). NBC Today. 9 July 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2013.

1. ["TV'S 'Walton's Storekeeper Joe Conley Dies at 85"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130715031458/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/tvs-waltons-storekeeper-joe-conley-dies-85). AP. Archived from [the original](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/tvs-waltons-storekeeper-joe-conley-dies-85) on 15 July 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2013.

## Bibliography

- *[Zoobilee Zoo](/source/Zoobilee_Zoo)* (1986)
- *Ike Godsey of Walton's Mountain.* Albany: BearManor Media, 2010. ISBN 978-1-59393-508-5. [\[1\]](https://web.archive.org/web/20091111151307/http://bearmanormedia.bizland.com/id435.html)

## External links

- [Joe Conley](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0174783/) at IMDb

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