{{Short description|American television actor (born 1932)}} {{Infobox person | name = Ron Hagerthy | image = Sky King cast.JPG | caption = Hagerthy at right with Kirby Grant and Gloria Winters in ''Sky King''. | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1932|03|09}} | birth_place = Aberdeen, South Dakota, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = | height = | spouse = Patti Taylor | children = | parents = | occupation = Actor }}
'''Ronald F. Hagerthy''' (born March 9, 1932)<ref>{{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=254|first=Everett|last=Aaker|date=1997|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786402847|via=Google Books}}</ref> is an American actor on television and in films.
==Early years== Hagerthy was born in Aberdeen, South Dakota, but moved to Glendale, California, before he started school. He attended Glendale City College<ref name="bg">{{cite news |last1=Adams |first1=Marjory |title=Movie Question Box |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68018342/the-boston-globe/ |access-date=January 19, 2021 |work=The Boston Globe |date=May 7, 1953 |page=10|via = Newspapers.com}}</ref> and once worked as an ambulance driver.<ref name="ma">{{cite news |last1=Varner |first1=Fields |title=Two Hollywood Newcomers Visit Montgomery To Boos New Movie, Appear At Local Theatre |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68016111/the-montgomery-advertiser/ |access-date=January 19, 2021 |work=The Montgomery Advertiser |date=November 17, 1957 |location=Alabama, Montgomery |page=6|via = Newspapers.com}}</ref> His acting career was interrupted by two years' service in the Army.<ref name="aa">{{cite news |title=Five Young Stars Due In Austin |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68017755/the-austin-american/ |access-date=January 19, 2021 |work=The Austin American |date=November 10, 1957 |location=Texas, Austin |page=27|via = Newspapers.com}}</ref>
== Career == On television, in the 1950s, Hagerthy portrayed Clipper King (nephew of the title character) in the modern Western series, ''Sky King''.<ref name="tt">{{cite book|last1=McNeil|first1=Alex|title=Total Television|date=1996|publisher=Penguin Books USA, Inc.|location=New York, New York|isbn=0-14-02-4916-8|page= 763|edition=4th}}</ref> He also appeared on ''Matinee Theater'',<ref name="aa" /> ''Bonanza'', ''Gunsmoke'' (as "Blackie" in S1E38's "Unknown Grave" – 1956), ''Navy Log'', ''Tales of Wells Fargo'',<ref name="ma" /> and ''New Comedy Showcase''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tvobscurities.com/articles/unsold_pilots_on_television_56_66/ |title=Unsold Pilots on Television, 1956–1966 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=15 August 2019 |website=tvobscurities.com |publisher=Television Obscurities |access-date= 3 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tvobscurities.com/2009/06/status-guide-new-comedy-showcase/ |title=Status of New Comedy Showcase |author=Robert Jay |date=13 June 2009 |website=tvobscurities.com |publisher=Television Obscurities |access-date= 4 June 2024}}</ref> He also appeared in an episode of Death Valley Days as Felix Bridger, son of mountain man Jim Bridger played by Harry Shannon (1958) and an episode of The Rifleman, "The Deserter" (March 15, 1960, S2E25).
On film, Hagerthy portrayed Dick Cvetic in ''I Was a Communist for the FBI'' (1951)<ref name="bg" /> and Cpl. Rich Williams in ''Starlift'' (1951).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Crowther |first1=Bosley |title=The Screen in Review: 'Starlift' Provides Warners With Opportunity to Parade Its Stable of Stars |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/112102733 |access-date=January 19, 2021 |work=The New York Times |page=11|id={{ProQuest|112102733}}}}</ref> He also appeared in ''Make Haste to Live'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Tourist Mecca Locale of Film |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68030633/the-los-angeles-times/ |access-date=January 19, 2021 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=April 28, 1954 |page=63|via = Newspapers.com}}</ref> ''Eighteen and Anxious'',<ref name="ma" /> ''Charge at Feather River'', ''City That Never Sleeps'', and ''Force of Arms''.<ref name="aa" />
== Personal life == Hagerthy married Patti Taylor, who was his sweetheart from his school days.<ref name="bg" />
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|0353543}}
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