Jeff York

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Jeff York
York in The Lady Says No (1952)
Born
Granville Owen Scofield

(1912-03-23)March 23, 1912
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
DiedOctober 11, 1995(1995-10-11) (aged 83)
Woodland Hills, California, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1937–1967
Spouse
Moselle Kimbler
(m. 1936; div. 1941)

Jeff York (March 23, 1912 – October 11, 1995), aka Granville Owen, was an American film and television actor who began his career in the late 1930s using his given name, Granville Owen Scofield. He was also sometimes credited as Jeff Yorke. He died in 1995, at age 83.

Career

York served in the

Westward Ho, the Wagons!, and Johnny Tremain which were all Walt Disney
's productions.

York attracted considerable attention in the mid 1950s with his television portrayal of

Davy Crockett miniseries
in the episodes "Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race" and "Davy Crockett and the River Pirates." York was cast opposite Fess Parker in the role. The first episode featured a memorable boasting contest and a keelboat race, with Fink's boat named The Gullywumper; in the second, Crockett and Fink join forces to fight a band of river pirates who blame their depredations on local Indians.

Girls run and hide, brave men shiver...I'm Mike Fink, king of the river!

He also starred as mountain man/fur trapper Joe Crane in two different Disney series, The Saga of Andy Burnett, adapted from the Stewart Edward White novel The Long Rifle and Zorro.

You see before you Joe Crane, as big as life and twice as nasty!

In addition, York was a guest star of

The Iron Horse
.

He co-starred as "Reno McKee" with

television series, The Alaskans
.

Among his three appearances on Perry Mason, York played roles as the defendant in two 1961 episodes: Pete Mallory in "The Case of the Difficult Detour", and Scott Cahill in "The Case of the Traveling Treasure." In 1964, he played murderer and title character Ross Walker in "The Case of the Arrogant Arsonist."

Filmography

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