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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Roy_Engel > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Roy_Engel.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Engel > Source revision: 1350922107 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/Suddenly_(1954_film))'' (1954) | birth_name = Leroy Englewood Stults Jr. | birth_date = {{Birth date|1913|09|13|mf=yes}} | birth_place = [St. Louis](/source/St._Louis), Missouri, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1980|12|29|1913|09|13|mf=yes}} | death_place = [Burbank, California](/source/Burbank%2C_California), U.S. | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1943–1977 | spouse = | children = [Royan Engel](/source/Royan_Engel) }} '''Roy Engel''' (born '''Leroy Englewood Stults Jr.''';[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. 26. Retrieved November 6, 2024."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. September 13, 1913"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. – December 29, 1980) was an American actor on radio, film, and television. He performed in more than 150 films and almost 800 episodes of television programs. ==Career== Engel's ancestry was Irish and Dutch. His father was Roy Engelwood Stults. Engel was a [letterman](/source/Letterman_(sports)) in football [Rockhurst High School](/source/Rockhurst_High_School) and [Rockhurst College](/source/Rockhurst_University).{{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](/source/Newspapers.com)}} After he graduated from college, he worked in a warehouse.{{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](/source/Newspapers.com)}} 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''. He provided the original voice of the title character on the radio version of ''[Sky King](/source/Sky_King)'' from 1946-1947.{{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}} His film debut came in ''[D.O.A.](/source/D.O.A._(1950_film))'' (1949).[https://www.newspapers.com/image/381275238/?clipping_id=158558215 "D.O.A. Will Screen Today"]. ''Los Angeles Times''. December 23, 1949. p. 11 Retrieved November 6, 2024. On television, Engel made eleven appearances in [Gunsmoke](/source/Gunsmoke) and had recurring roles as a rancher on ''[The Virginian](/source/The_Virginian_(TV_series))'' and as a doctor on ''[Bonanza](/source/Bonanza)''.{{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](/source/Newspapers.com)}} ==Personal life and death== Engel was married, and the couple had a daughter, [Royan](/source/Royan_Engel). On December 29, 1980, Engel died at St. Joseph's Hospital in [Burbank, California](/source/Burbank%2C_California) at age 67.{{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}}}} ==Selected filmography== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * ''[The Flying Saucer](/source/The_Flying_Saucer)'' (1950) as Dr. Carl Lawton * ''[Outrage](/source/Outrage_(1950_film))'' (1950) as Sheriff Charlie Hanlon * ''[Chicago Calling](/source/Chicago_Calling)'' (1951) as Pete * ''[Rogue River](/source/Rogue_River_(film))'' (1951) as Ed Colby * ''[M](/source/M_(1951_film))'' (1951) as Police Chief Regan * ''[The Man from Planet X](/source/The_Man_from_Planet_X)'' (1951) as Tommy - the Constable * ''[The Well](/source/The_Well_(1951_film))'' (1951) as Gleason * ''[The Sellout](/source/The_Sellout_(film))'' (1952) as Sam F. Slaper * ''[Zombies of the Stratosphere](/source/Zombies_of_the_Stratosphere)'' (1952) as Lawson - Boat Charter Operator [Ch. 3] * ''[Breakdown](/source/Breakdown_(1952_film))'' (1952) as Al Bell * ''[Strange Fascination](/source/Strange_Fascination)'' (1952) as Mr. Frim * ''[Jungle Drums of Africa](/source/Jungle_Drums_of_Africa)'' (1953) as First Constable [Chs.7,12] * ''[The Magnetic Monster](/source/The_Magnetic_Monster)'' (1953) as Gen. Behan * ''[The Band Wagon](/source/The_Band_Wagon)'' (1953) as Reporter (uncredited) * ''[Thy Neighbor's Wife](/source/Thy_Neighbor's_Wife_(1953_film))'' (1953) * ''[The Naked Dawn](/source/The_Naked_Dawn)'' (1955) as Guntz * ''[Indestructible Man](/source/Indestructible_Man)'' (1956) as Desk Sergeant * ''[Frontier Gambler](/source/Frontier_Gambler)'' (1956) as Tom McBride * ''[Three Violent People](/source/Three_Violent_People)'' (1956) as Carpetbagger * ''[Not of This Earth](/source/Not_of_This_Earth_(1957_film))'' (1957) as Sgt. Walton * ''[The Storm Rider](/source/The_Storm_Rider)'' (1957) as Major Bonnard * ''[Escape from San Quentin](/source/Escape_from_San_Quentin)'' (1957) as Hap Graham * ''[Death in Small Doses](/source/Death_in_Small_Doses_(1957_film))'' (1957) as Wally Morse * ''[The Veil](/source/The_Veil_(American_TV_series))'' (1958, TV Mini-Series) as Wally Hoffman * ''[Joy Ride](/source/Joy_Ride_(1958_film))'' (1958) as Barrett * ''[A Dog's Best Friend](/source/A_Dog's_Best_Friend)'' (1959) as Sheriff Dan Murdock * ''[Gunsmoke](/source/Gunsmoke)'' (1960) as Grimes in “Don Matteo” (S6E7) * ''[The Sergeant Was a Lady](/source/The_Sergeant_Was_a_Lady)'' (1961) as Sgt. Bricker * ''[The Flight That Disappeared](/source/The_Flight_That_Disappeared)'' (1961) as Jameson * ''[My Three Sons](/source/My_Three_Sons)'' (04/12/1962) "Innocents Abroad" as Steve's visiting old friend * "[It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World](/source/It's_a_Mad%2C_Mad%2C_Mad%2C_Mad_World)" (1963) Santa Rosita patrol officer * ''[The Virginian](/source/The_Virginian_(TV_series))'' (1964 episode "The Intruders") as Barney Wingate * ''[Your Cheatin' Heart](/source/Your_Cheatin'_Heart_(film))'' (1964) as Joe Rauch * ''[Wild Wild West](/source/The_Wild_Wild_West)'' (1967) as General Grant * ''[Lawman](/source/Lawman_(film))'' (1971) as Bartender * ''[The Last Movie](/source/The_Last_Movie)'' (1971) as Harry Anderson * ''[The Last Child](/source/The_Last_Child)'' (1971, TV Movie) as Conductor * ''[Skyjacked](/source/Skyjacked_(film))'' (1972) as Pilot * ''[When the Legends Die](/source/When_the_Legends_Die)'' (1972) as Sam Turner * ''[Charley and the Angel](/source/Charley_and_the_Angel)'' (1973) as Driver * ''[Switchblade Sisters](/source/Switchblade_Sisters)'' (1975) as Jobo * ''[The Amazing Howard Hughes](/source/The_Amazing_Howard_Hughes)'' (1977, TV Movie) as Production Manager * ''[Kingdom of the Spiders](/source/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)](/source/Cheyenne_(TV_series))'' | U.S. Marshal Thad Veck | Season 3/Episode 15 - “Wagon-Tongue North" |- | 1960 | ''[Death Valley Days](/source/Death_Valley_Days)'' | John Fremont | Season 9/Episode 7 - The Gentle Sword |- | 1961 | ''[Have Gun-Will Travel](/source/Have_Gun-Will_Travel)'' | Sheriff | Season 4/Episode 27 - “Everyman" |- | 1961 | ''[Wanted: Dead or Alive](/source/Wanted_Dead_or_Alive_(TV_series))'' | Art Hampton |Season 3 Episode 25 (''Dead Reckoning'') |- | 1962 | ''[Rawhide](/source/Rawhide_(TV_series))'' | Whit Stokes | Season 5/Episode 6 - "Incident of the Lost Woman" |- | 1962 | ''[The Andy Griffith Show](/source/The_Andy_Griffith_Show)'' | Jess Morgan | Season 3/Episode 3 - “Andy and the New Mayor" |- |1966 |''[The Wild Wild West](/source/The_Wild_Wild_West)'' |President Ulysses S. Grant |Season 1/Episode 16 - "The Night of the Steel Assassin" |- |1967 |''[The Wild Wild West](/source/The_Wild_Wild_West)'' |President Ulysses S. Grant |Season 2/Episode 24 - "The Night of the Colonel's Ghost" |- |1967 |''[The Wild Wild West](/source/The_Wild_Wild_West)'' |President Ulysses S. Grant |Season 3/Episode 16 - "The Night of the Arrow" |- |1968 |''[The Wild Wild West](/source/The_Wild_Wild_West)'' |President Ulysses S. Grant |Season 3/Episode 24 - "The Night of the Death-Maker" |- |1968 |''[The Wild Wild West](/source/The_Wild_Wild_West)'' |President Ulysses S. Grant |Season 4/Episode 1 - "The Night of the Big Blackmail" |- |1969 |''[The Wild Wild West](/source/The_Wild_Wild_West)'' |President Ulysses S. Grant |Season 4/Episode 15 - "The Night of the Winged Terror, Part 1" |- |1972 |''[Mission Impossible](/source/Mission_Impossible)'' |Judge (uncredited) |Episode "Committed" |} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons category}} {{Portal|Biography}} *{{IMDb name|0257140|Roy Engel}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Engel, Roy}} Category:1913 births Category:1980 deaths Category:American male film actors Category:American male television actors Category:20th-century American male actors Category:Deaths from meningitis in California {{US-screen-actor-1900s-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Roy Engel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Engel) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Engel?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.