Shep Houghton

Shep Houghton was an American actor and dancer whose career ran from 1927 to 1976, mostly in minor uncredited parts, with many television guest spots. He started as a dancer and showed Greta Garbo how to waltz for her role in Conquest (1937). In 1939 he appeared in two classics: he was an Ozmite and one of the Winkie Guards in The Wizard of Oz, and for Gone with the Wind he played a Southern dandy. On television he worked on The Jack Benny Program from 1950 to 1965, appeared on I Love Lucy between 1951 and 1957, and was in the first three Star Trek: The Original Series episodes. Other credits included Wagon Train, Perry Mason, The Twilight Zone, My Three Sons, The Andy Griffith Show and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. His films included Spartacus, as a slave, and Hello, Dolly!, as a dancer, and his last role was a juror on Ellery Queen.