{{short description|Canadian-American film and television actor}}
{{Infobox person |name = Johnny Washbrook |image = Johnny Washbrook My Friend Flicka 1962.JPG |caption = Washbrook (right) in ''My Friend Flicka'', 1962 |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|10|16}} |birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada |occupation = Film and television actor |years_active = 1953–1980 }}
'''Johnny Washbrook''' (born October 16, 1944)<ref name="a">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X95kAAAAMAAJ|title=Television Western Players of the Fifties: A Biographical Encyclopedia of All Regular Cast Members in Western Series, 1949-1959|page=513|first=Everett|last=Aaker|date=1997|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786402847|via=Google Books}}</ref> is a Canadian-American film and television actor.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/580772282/|title='Fever' Hits J. Washbrook|work=Valley Times|location=North Hollywood, California|date=June 9, 1960|access-date=November 3, 2021|page=19|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}</ref><ref name="e">{{Cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/74829/Johnny-Washbrook/filmography|title=Johnny Washbrook|work=The New York Times|access-date=January 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127125844/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/74829/Johnny-Washbrook/filmography|archive-date=January 27, 2016|url-status=live|via=Wayback Machine}}</ref> He is known for playing the role of Ken McLaughlin in the American western television series ''My Friend Flicka''.<ref name="c">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/580052153/|title=Young TV Star Has Busy Life|work=Valley Times|location=North Hollywood, California|date=June 6, 1957|access-date=November 3, 2021|page=9|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mvtimes.com/2018/08/29/john-washbrook-story-tell/|title=John Washbrook has a story to tell|first=Geoff|last=Currier|work=The Martha's Vineyard Times|date=August 29, 2018|access-date=November 12, 2021}}</ref>
== Life and career == Washbrook was born in Toronto, Ontario.<ref name="a" /> He began his career in 1953, appearing in the television series ''Encounter''. In 1956, Washbrook starred in the western television series ''My Friend Flicka'',<ref name="b">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0r8UCwAAQBAJ|title=Keep Watching the Skies!: American Science Fiction Movies of the Fifties, The 21st Century Edition|first=Bill|last=Warren|page=729|publisher=McFarland|date=2010|isbn=9780786442300|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/748038420/|title=Johnny Washbrook of 'My Friend Flicka' Helps Barstow Celebrate New Hospital|work=Desert Dispatch|location=Barstow, California|date=June 6, 1957|access-date=November 3, 2021|page=1|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}</ref> which aired on CBS.<ref name="c" /> After the series ended, Washbrook guest-starred in television programs including ''Trackdown'', ''The Donna Reed Show'', ''My Three Sons'', ''Wagon Train'', ''The Millionaire'', ''Perry Mason'' and ''Dr. Kildare''. He also played the recurring role of Eddy Burke in ''Hazel''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-Rf2aDz4QJQC|title=Shirley Booth: A Biography and Career Record|page=168|first=David|last=Tucker|publisher=McFarland|date=March 26, 2015|isbn=9780786482054|via=Google Books}}</ref>
[[File:My friend flicka 1957.JPG|thumb|upright=1.1|Washbrook (center) with Gene Evans and Anita Louise in ''My Friend Flicka'', 1957]]
Washbrook appeared in three films: ''Lonelyhearts'',<ref name="a" /><ref name="e" /> ''A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square'' and ''The Space Children'',<ref name="e" /> in which he co-starred and played the role of Tim Gamble.<ref name="b" />
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== External links == *{{IMDb name|0913335}} *{{TCMDb name|202343%7C87138}} *[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/johnny_washbrook/ Rotten Tomatoes profile]
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