Judson Pratt

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Judson Pratt
Northridge, California, U.S.
Alma materIthaca College
OccupationActor
Years active1941–1980
Spouse(s)Roberta Jonay
(m. 1950; died 1976)

Judson Pratt (December 6, 1916[1] – February 9, 2002) was an American film, television, and theatre actor. He was known for playing Billy Kinkaid in the American Western television series Union Pacific.[1]

Early life

Pratt was born in Hingham, Massachusetts.[2] He attended Hingham High School, class of 1934,[3] and graduated from Ithaca College in 1938.[4] He made his theatre debut in 1941, playing a Western Union messenger in the Broadway play Popsy.[2]

Career

In 1950, Pratt made his screen debut in the anthology series Armstrong Circle Theatre,[citation needed] starring opposite Mary Patton in "Blaze of Glory".[5] His first feature film appearance came three years later, under Alfred Hitchcock's direction, in I Confess.[4]

Pratt guest-starred in numerous television programs, including

Mayberry, R.F.D., Nanny and the Professor, Mission: Impossible, The Guns of Will Sonnett, The Partridge Family, Bewitched and Charlie's Angels.[6] He also appeared in films such as The Horse Soldiers,[7] The Toy Tiger, Outside the Law, I Confess, Four Girls in Town, The Great American Pastime, Man Afraid, Vigilante Force,[8] Somebody Up There Likes Me, Cheyenne Autumn, A Distant Trumpet,[9] The Ugly American[10] and The Barefoot Executive.[6] Pratt retired in 1980,[11] last appearing in the television soap opera Days of Our Lives.[12]

Personal life and death

Pratt was married to actress

Northridge, California, at the age of 85.[6][15] His body was cremated.[15]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ a b Mayers, Boyd. "Do You Remember... Union Pacific". westernclippings.com. Archived from the original on July 6, 2014. Retrieved August 8, 2021 – via Wayback Machine.
  2. ^ a b "Judson Pratt". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
  3. ^ "Hingham Boy Awarded Dramatic Scholarship". The Boston Globe. May 18, 1934. p. 5. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
  4. ^ a b "College Graduate Has Part in Movie". The Ithaca Journal. p. 4. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
  5. ^ "Television News and Programs". The Buffalo News. August 29, 1950. p. 20. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
  6. ^
    ISBN 9780786414642 – via Google Books
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  7. ISBN 9781476607528 – via Google Books
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  8. Newspapers.com
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  9. ISBN 9780786451821 – via Google Books
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  10. ^ "The Ugly American (1963)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016. Retrieved August 8, 2021 – via Wayback Machine.
  11. ISBN 979-8-88771-072-3
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  12. ISBN 0786401125
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  13. ProQuest 1286073758
    . Roberta Jonay to Judson Pratt, New York, May 21. Both are thespers.
  14. ProQuest 922596072
    . Funeral services for former Broadway singer Roberta Jonay Pratt are scheduled for tomorrow. Mrs. Pratt, 54, died of cancer Monday at Northridge Hospital. [...] She is survived by her husband, Judson Pratt, an actor, and two sons, Michael, 22, and Mitchell, 16.
  15. ^
    ISBN 978-0786479924 – via Google Books
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