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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Med_Flory > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Med_Flory.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Med_Flory > Source revision: 1338792660 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Med Flory | image = Publicity_Photo_of_Med_Flory.jpg | caption = Publicity Photo of Med Flory | birth_name = Meredith Irwin Flory | birth_date = {{birth date|1926|08|27}} | birth_place = [Logansport, Indiana](/source/Logansport%2C_Indiana), U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2014|03|12|1926|08|27}} | death_place = [North Hollywood, Los Angeles](/source/North_Hollywood%2C_Los_Angeles), California, U.S. | genre = [Jazz](/source/Jazz) | occupation = Musician, actor, screenwriter | instrument = Saxophone | years_active = | spouse = Joan Barbara Fry (died 2000) | associated_acts = [Supersax](/source/Supersax) }} '''Meredith Irwin Flory''', known professionally as '''Med Flory''' (August 27, 1926 – March 12, 2014), was an American [jazz](/source/jazz) saxophonist, bandleader, and actor. ==Early years== Flory was born in [Logansport, Indiana](/source/Logansport%2C_Indiana), United States.{{cite book|title=[The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music](/source/Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Music)|editor=[Colin Larkin](/source/Colin_Larkin_(writer))|publisher=[Guinness Publishing](/source/Guinness_Publishing)|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-939-0|page=881}} His mother was an organist and encouraged him to learn clarinet as a child. During [World War II](/source/World_War_II), he was an [Army Air Force](/source/United_States_Army_Air_Forces) pilot, and after the war he received his college degree in philosophy from [Indiana University](/source/Indiana_University).{{cite news |url=http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-med-flory-20140316-story.html#axzz2w6Bnhn1H |title=Med Flory dies at 87; alto saxophonist and actor founded Grammy-winning jazz group Supersax |first=Don |last=Heckman |newspaper=[The Los Angeles Times](/source/The_Los_Angeles_Times) |date=March 15, 2014}} == Career == Flory played in the bands of [Claude Thornhill](/source/Claude_Thornhill) and [Woody Herman](/source/Woody_Herman) in the early 1950s, before forming his own ensemble in New York City. In 1955, he relocated to California and started a new group, which played at the 1958 [Monterey Jazz Festival](/source/Monterey_Jazz_Festival). In the late 1950s, he played with [Terry Gibbs](/source/Terry_Gibbs), [Art Pepper](/source/Art_Pepper), and Herman again, playing both tenor and baritone saxophone.{{cite book |title=The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz |last=Pennell |first=Brenda |year=1994 |chapter=Med Flory |page=391 |publisher=[Macmillan](/source/Macmillan_Publishers)}} He was cast in twenty-nine episodes from 1956 to 1957 of the [ABC](/source/American_Broadcasting_Company) [variety show](/source/variety_show), ''[The Ray Anthony Show](/source/Ray_Anthony)''. In the 1960s, Flory was less active in music, working in television and film as an actor and screenwriter; his credits include ''[Wagon Train](/source/Wagon_Train)''; ''[The Rifleman](/source/The_Rifleman)''; ''[Ripcord](/source/Ripcord_(TV_series))'' (twice); ''[Rawhide](/source/Rawhide_(TV_series))'' (twice); ''[Gunsmoke](/source/Gunsmoke)'' (twice); ''[Perry Mason](/source/Perry_Mason_(1957_TV_series))'' (twice - including 'The Case of Crying Comedian'); ''[Maverick](/source/Maverick_(TV_series))'' (twice); ''[The Virginian](/source/The_Virginian_(TV_series))'' (five episodes); ''[Route 66](/source/Route_66_(TV_series))'' (twice); ''[Bronco](/source/Bronco_(TV_series))''; ''[Surfside 6](/source/Surfside_6)''; ''[Mona McCluskey](/source/Mona_McCluskey)''; ''[Run, Buddy, Run](/source/Run%2C_Buddy%2C_Run)''; ''[77 Sunset Strip](/source/77_Sunset_Strip)'' (three episodes); ''[The Dakotas](/source/The_Dakotas_(TV_series))''; ''[Destry](/source/Destry_(TV_series))''; ''[Lawman](/source/Lawman_(TV_series))'' (three episodes); ''[Wendy and Me](/source/Wendy_and_Me)''; ''[It's a Man's World](/source/It's_a_Man's_World_(TV_series))''; ''[The Monroes](/source/The_Monroes_(1966_TV_series))''; ''[Cimarron Strip](/source/Cimarron_Strip)''; ''[Daniel Boone](/source/Daniel_Boone_(1964_TV_series)) (seven episodes); [Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.](/source/Gomer_Pyle%2C_U.S.M.C.)'' (twice); ''[Bonanza](/source/Bonanza)'' (three episodes); ''[Mannix](/source/Mannix)''; ''[Lassie](/source/Lassie_(1954_TV_series))'' (ten episodes); ''[How the West Was Won](/source/How_the_West_Was_Won_(TV_series))'' (three episodes); and ''[High Mountain Rangers](/source/High_Mountain_Rangers)'' (four episodes as [Sheriff](/source/Sheriff) Mike McBride). He appeared in the films ''[The Gumball Rally](/source/The_Gumball_Rally)'', ''[The Night of the Grizzly](/source/The_Night_of_the_Grizzly)'', and ''[The Nutty Professor](/source/The_Nutty_Professor_(1963_film))''. In the mid-1960s Flory worked with [Art Pepper](/source/Art_Pepper) and [Joe Maini](/source/Joe_Maini) on transcriptions and arrangements of [Charlie Parker](/source/Charlie_Parker) recordings.{{cn|date=April 2025}} In 1972, he co-founded [Supersax](/source/Supersax), an ensemble devoted to Parker's work. Supersax's debut album, ''Supersax Plays Bird'', won a [Grammy Award](/source/Grammy_Award).{{cn|date=April 2025}} ==Personal life== Flory was married to Joan Barbara Fry until her death in 2000. == Death == Flory died of a heart ailment{{cite book|last1=Lentz|first1=Harris M. III|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2014 |date=2015 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9780786476664 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=11diCQAAQBAJ&q=%22Med+Flory%22&pg=PA114|page=114|access-date=November 8, 2017|language=en}} on March 12, 2014, in [Hollywood](/source/Hollywood%2C_Los_Angeles), [California](/source/California), at the age of 87. ==Filmography== {{div col|colwidth=26em}} *''[Gun Street](/source/Gun_Street_(film))'' (1961) - Willie Driscoll *''[Spencer's Mountain](/source/Spencer's_Mountain)'' (1963) - Spencer Brother (uncredited) *''[The Nutty Professor](/source/The_Nutty_Professor_(1963_film))'' (1963) - Warzewski *''[Move Over, Darling](/source/Move_Over%2C_Darling)'' (1963) - Seaman (uncredited) *''[Man's Favorite Sport?](/source/Man's_Favorite_Sport%3F)'' (1964) - Tucker (uncredited) *''Mike and the Mermaid'' (1964) - Dad *''[The Night of the Grizzly](/source/The_Night_of_the_Grizzly)'' (1966) - Duke Squires *''[Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding!](/source/Doctor%2C_You've_Got_to_Be_Kidding!)'' (1967) - Policeman *''[The Reluctant Astronaut](/source/The_Reluctant_Astronaut)'' (1967) - White Shirt in Bar (uncredited) *''[Rough Night in Jericho](/source/Rough_Night_in_Jericho_(film))'' (1967) - Weaver (uncredited) *''[The Big Mouth](/source/The_Big_Mouth)'' (1967) - Male Nurse (uncredited) *''[The Trouble with Girls](/source/The_Trouble_with_Girls_(film))'' (1969) - Constable *''[Which Way to the Front?](/source/Which_Way_to_the_Front%3F)'' (1970) - G.I. Sentry (uncredited) *''[Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came](/source/Suppose_They_Gave_a_War_and_Nobody_Came)'' (1970) - Military Policeman (uncredited) *''[Home for the Holidays](/source/Home_for_the_Holidays_(1972_film))'' (1972) - Sheriff Nolan *''[The Teacher](/source/The_Teacher_(1974_film))'' (1974) - Joe Roberts *''[Let's Do It Again](/source/Let's_Do_It_Again_(1975_film))'' (1975) - Rufus *''[Hustle](/source/Hustle_(1975_film))'' (1975) - Albino-Beating Cop *''[The Gumball Rally](/source/The_Gumball_Rally)'' (1976) - Officer Williams *''[Uncle Joe Shannon](/source/Uncle_Joe_Shannon)'' (1978) - Humphreys / Shannon's Musicians - Keyboard *''[The Hearse](/source/The_Hearse)'' (1980) - Sheriff Denton *''[The Boogens](/source/The_Boogens)'' (1981) - Dan Ostroff {{div col end}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{AllMusic |class=artist |id=med-flory-mn0000403563}} *{{Discogs artist}} *{{IMDb name|0283095}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Flory, Med}} Category:1926 births Category:2014 deaths Category:Musicians from Indiana Category:People from Logansport, Indiana Category:American male actors Category:American jazz saxophonists Category:American male saxophonists Category:American male jazz musicians Category:United States Army Air Forces pilots of World War II Category:20th-century American saxophonists --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Med Flory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Med_Flory) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Med_Flory?action=history)). 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