Richard Garland

Richard Garland was an American actor who worked in film, television and the theater. A native of Mineral Wells, Texas, he started acting in 1951, taking a part in Dark of the Moon, a stage production at the Circle in the Square Theatre. His first screen role came that year in Week-End with Father. In 1952 he played Big Jim Moore in The Cimarron Kid and appeared in The Battle at Apache Pass (1952). He was perhaps best known as Clay Horton, the constable in the children's adventure series Lassie, from 1954 to 1956. His television debut had come in 1953 on My Little Margie, and he later guest-starred on programs such as Perry Mason, Maverick, The Rifleman, Mission: Impossible and The Virginian. Other films included My Gun Is Quick (1957) and Panic in Year Zero! (1962). His final credit was The Chase in 1966. He died in 1969.