Post by telegonus on Oct 28, 2018 8:04:22 GMT
I don't have a picture to post but I imagine most people here would remember the face of longtime character actor Harry Townes, who appeared in many episodes of dramatic TV series of the Fifties-Sixties. Fans of Perry Mason should recognize him right away. He appeared in a number of "Perrys" over the years.
Townes also appeared in episodes of many horror and supernaturally (sic?) themed anthology series such as The Outer Limits, One Step Beyond, The Twilight Zone, Thriller and The Outer Limits. Townes was the D.A. who prosecuted Dennis Weaver's character in the Shadow Play episode of The Twilight Zone; and later that year an unusual pair of spectacles came into his possession in The Cheaters episode of Thriller.
With his refined features and classically trained voice, Townes was particularly well suited to playing professional men, though he seldom played strong men, as he seemed to specialize in playing secondary characters, not heroic ones. I've always liked his acting, was pleasantly surprised to learn that in late middle age Mr. Townes enrolled in divinity school and became in time an ordained Episcopal minister.
Townes also appeared in episodes of many horror and supernaturally (sic?) themed anthology series such as The Outer Limits, One Step Beyond, The Twilight Zone, Thriller and The Outer Limits. Townes was the D.A. who prosecuted Dennis Weaver's character in the Shadow Play episode of The Twilight Zone; and later that year an unusual pair of spectacles came into his possession in The Cheaters episode of Thriller.
With his refined features and classically trained voice, Townes was particularly well suited to playing professional men, though he seldom played strong men, as he seemed to specialize in playing secondary characters, not heroic ones. I've always liked his acting, was pleasantly surprised to learn that in late middle age Mr. Townes enrolled in divinity school and became in time an ordained Episcopal minister.