Don Haggerty

Don Haggerty b July 3 1914 Poughkeepsie New York d August 19 1988 Cocoa Beach Florida was an American film actor appearing in films in the 1940s and 1950s  Before entering films in 1947 Haggerty was a Brown University athlete and served in the US military Usually cast as tough policemen or cowboys he appeared in a number of memorable films including Sands of Iwo Jima 1949 The Asphalt Jungle 1951 Angels in the Outfield 1951 and The Narrow Margin The Bmovie actor continued to appear in films until the early 1980s In the 19551956 season he appeared as the outlaw Sam Bass in an episode of Jim Daviss syndicated Stories of the Century In 19561957 Haggerty appeared as Sheriff Elder in Rod Camerons syndicated westernthemed crime drama State Trooper He appeared at this time in three episodes of the syndicated western 26 Men about the Arizona Rangers In 1959 he guest starred in Bruce Gordons docudrama about the Cold War Behind Closed Doors In 1960 Haggerty guest starred on the NBC crime drama Dan Raven starring Skip Homeier He also appeared as Joe Wine in the 1961 episode Alien Entry of the syndicated series The Blue Angels About this time he also appeared in the episode The Green Gamblers of the crime drama The Brothers Brannagan