{{Short description|American actor (1913–1980)}} {{Use American English|date=July 2022}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Roy Engel | image = Roy Engel in Suddenly (1954).jpg | caption = Engel in ''Suddenly'' (1954) | birth_name = Leroy Englewood Stults Jr. | birth_date = {{Birth date|1913|09|13|mf=yes}} | birth_place = St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1980|12|29|1913|09|13|mf=yes}} | death_place = Burbank, California, U.S. | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1943–1977 | spouse = | children = Royan Engel }}

'''Roy Engel''' (born '''Leroy Englewood Stults Jr.''';<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/282245807/?clipping_id=99621396 "Roy Engel Personifies Character He Portrays on WTJS-ABC Juvenile Show"]. ''The Jackson Sun''. December 28, 1947. p.&nbsp;26. Retrieved November 6, 2024.</ref><ref name="WWIIDRRC">"Missouri, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLFM-JTCJ : Thu Jul 18 04:43:41 UTC 2024), Entry for Leroy Englewood Stults and Virginia Groves Stults, 16 Oct 1940.</ref> September 13, 1913<ref name="cdi">"California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPC2-HDQ : 26 November 2014), Roy Engel, 29 Dec 1980; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.</ref><ref name="WWIIDRRC"/> &ndash; December 29, 1980<ref name="cdi"/>) was an American actor on radio, film, and television. He performed in more than 150 films and almost 800 episodes of television programs.<ref name="vnnvgs"/>

==Career== Engel's ancestry was Irish and Dutch. His father was Roy Engelwood Stults. Engel was a letterman in football Rockhurst High School and Rockhurst College.<ref name="js">{{cite news |title=Roy Engel Stars In 'Sky King,' Heard On WTJS |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99600773/roy-engel/ |access-date=April 12, 2022 |work=The Jackson Sun |date=November 3, 1946 |page=12|via = Newspapers.com}}</ref> After he graduated from college, he worked in a warehouse.<ref name="js1">{{cite news |title=Roy Engel Personifies Character He Portrays On WTJS-ABC Juvenile Show |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99621396/roy-engel/ |access-date=April 12, 2022 |work=The Jackson Sun |date=December 28, 1947 |page=26|via = Newspapers.com}}</ref>

Engel's career in radio began at KCMO in Kansas City. His first work on network radio came when he had a role on ''Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy''.<ref name="js1" /> He provided the original voice of the title character on the radio version of ''Sky King'' from 1946-1947.<ref name="rm">{{cite book |last1=Harmon |first1=Jim |title=Radio Mystery and Adventure and Its Appearances in Film, Television and Other Media |date=2011 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-8508-6 |page=187 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fReqCt2Nqk4C&dq=%22Roy+Engel%22+actor&pg=PA187 |access-date=April 12, 2022 |language=en}}</ref> His film debut came in ''D.O.A.'' (1949).<ref name="variety obit"/><ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/381275238/?clipping_id=158558215 "D.O.A. Will Screen Today"]. ''Los Angeles Times''. December 23, 1949. p.&nbsp;11 Retrieved November 6, 2024.</ref>

On television, Engel made eleven appearances in Gunsmoke and had recurring roles as a rancher on ''The Virginian'' and as a doctor on ''Bonanza''.<ref name="vnnvgs">{{cite news |title=Toyota Signs Roy Engel to Exhibit Pact |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99622192/roy-engel/ |access-date=April 12, 2022 |work=The Van Nuys News and Valley Green Sheet |date=April 7, 1964 |page=20|via = Newspapers.com}}</ref>

==Personal life and death== Engel was married, and the couple had a daughter, Royan.<ref name="js" />

On December 29, 1980, Engel died at St. Joseph's Hospital in Burbank, California at age 67.<ref name="variety obit">{{Cite news|title=Obituaries: Roy Engel|author=|date=March 4, 1981|work=Variety|page=111|quote=Roy Engel, character actor, died recently at St. Joseph's Hospital in Burbank. After a career in radio, where he was the original 'Sky King' and also appeared on 'The Whistler,' Engel made his film debut in 'D.O.A.' in 1949.|id={{ProQuest|963289463}}}}</ref>

==Selected filmography== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * ''The Flying Saucer'' (1950) as Dr. Carl Lawton * ''Outrage'' (1950) as Sheriff Charlie Hanlon * ''Chicago Calling'' (1951) as Pete * ''Rogue River'' (1951) as Ed Colby * ''M'' (1951) as Police Chief Regan * ''The Man from Planet X'' (1951) as Tommy - the Constable * ''The Well'' (1951) as Gleason * ''The Sellout'' (1952) as Sam F. Slaper * ''Zombies of the Stratosphere'' (1952) as Lawson - Boat Charter Operator [Ch. 3] * ''Breakdown'' (1952) as Al Bell * ''Strange Fascination'' (1952) as Mr. Frim * ''Jungle Drums of Africa'' (1953) as First Constable [Chs.7,12] * ''The Magnetic Monster'' (1953) as Gen. Behan * ''The Band Wagon'' (1953) as Reporter (uncredited) * ''Thy Neighbor's Wife'' (1953) * ''The Naked Dawn'' (1955) as Guntz * ''Indestructible Man'' (1956) as Desk Sergeant * ''Frontier Gambler'' (1956) as Tom McBride * ''Three Violent People'' (1956) as Carpetbagger * ''Not of This Earth'' (1957) as Sgt. Walton * ''The Storm Rider'' (1957) as Major Bonnard * ''Escape from San Quentin'' (1957) as Hap Graham * ''Death in Small Doses'' (1957) as Wally Morse * ''The Veil'' (1958, TV Mini-Series) as Wally Hoffman * ''Joy Ride'' (1958) as Barrett * ''A Dog's Best Friend'' (1959) as Sheriff Dan Murdock * ''Gunsmoke'' (1960) as Grimes in “Don Matteo” (S6E7) * ''The Sergeant Was a Lady'' (1961) as Sgt. Bricker * ''The Flight That Disappeared'' (1961) as Jameson * ''My Three Sons'' (04/12/1962) "Innocents Abroad" as Steve's visiting old friend * "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" (1963) Santa Rosita patrol officer * ''The Virginian'' (1964 episode "The Intruders") as Barney Wingate * ''Your Cheatin' Heart'' (1964) as Joe Rauch * ''Wild Wild West'' (1967) as General Grant * ''Lawman'' (1971) as Bartender * ''The Last Movie'' (1971) as Harry Anderson * ''The Last Child'' (1971, TV Movie) as Conductor * ''Skyjacked'' (1972) as Pilot * ''When the Legends Die'' (1972) as Sam Turner * ''Charley and the Angel'' (1973) as Driver * ''Switchblade Sisters'' (1975) as Jobo * ''The Amazing Howard Hughes'' (1977, TV Movie) as Production Manager * ''Kingdom of the Spiders'' (1977) as Mayor Connors {{div col end}}

==Selected Television== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |- !scope="col"|Year !scope="col"|Title !scope="col"|Role !scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 1958 | ''Cheyenne (TV series)'' | U.S. Marshal Thad Veck | Season 3/Episode 15 - “Wagon-Tongue North" |- | 1960 | ''Death Valley Days'' | John Fremont | Season 9/Episode 7 - The Gentle Sword |- | 1961 | ''Have Gun-Will Travel'' | Sheriff | Season 4/Episode 27 - “Everyman" |- | 1961 | ''Wanted: Dead or Alive'' | Art Hampton |Season 3 Episode 25 (''Dead Reckoning'') |- | 1962 | ''Rawhide'' | Whit Stokes | Season 5/Episode 6 - "Incident of the Lost Woman" |- | 1962 | ''The Andy Griffith Show'' | Jess Morgan | Season 3/Episode 3 - “Andy and the New Mayor" |- |1966 |''The Wild Wild West'' |President Ulysses S. Grant |Season 1/Episode 16 - "The Night of the Steel Assassin" |- |1967 |''The Wild Wild West'' |President Ulysses S. Grant |Season 2/Episode 24 - "The Night of the Colonel's Ghost" |- |1967 |''The Wild Wild West'' |President Ulysses S. Grant |Season 3/Episode 16 - "The Night of the Arrow" |- |1968 |''The Wild Wild West'' |President Ulysses S. Grant |Season 3/Episode 24 - "The Night of the Death-Maker" |- |1968 |''The Wild Wild West'' |President Ulysses S. Grant |Season 4/Episode 1 - "The Night of the Big Blackmail" |- |1969 |''The Wild Wild West'' |President Ulysses S. Grant |Season 4/Episode 15 - "The Night of the Winged Terror, Part 1" |- |1972 |''Mission Impossible'' |Judge (uncredited) |Episode "Committed" |}

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==External links== {{Commons category}} {{Portal|Biography}} *{{IMDb name|0257140|Roy Engel}}

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