Stacy Keach Sr.

Stacy Keach Sr. was an American actor whose screen work lasted more than five decades. Born in Chicago, he performed with the Peninsula Players in their summer theater program in the 1930s. On television he appeared in many Westerns, beginning with a 1955 episode of The Lone Ranger. He played Sheriff Ben Mason on Colt .45 and Jed Hammer on Sugarfoot in 1957, spent 1957 and 1958 as Bill Coleman in five episodes of The Californians, portrayed General Phil Sheridan on Wagon Train in 1959, and was seen as assorted lawmen on Maverick. He earned particular notice as Carlson on the NBC sitcom Get Smart, a CONTROL scientist who devised gadgets such as an umbrella rifle and edible buttons. He also played Dr. Walter in the first episode of the sitcom The Dick Van Dyke Show in 1961, appeared twice on Perry Mason in 1964 and 1965, and was in an episode of Hawkins in 1974.