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| | Palmer was cast as Ezra Parker in the 1969 film ''The Undefeated.'' That same year, he played the role of Jacob in the episode "A Key for the Fort" in the syndicated series ''Death Valley Days,'' hosted by Robert Taylor not long before Taylor's own death. The story line focuses on a young Eliza Stewart Udall, who sends the first [[telegraph]] message from [[Arizona|Arizona Territory]] and works with her Aunt Cora (Ivalou Redd) to nurse an ill [[Ute]] chief, Black Wing (George Keymas), back to health. The episode was filed at Pipe Spring National Monument.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0954622/?ref_=tt_ep_nx|title=A Key for the Fort on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Database|date=March 26, 1969|accessdate=October 30, 2019}}</ref> | | Palmer was cast as Ezra Parker in the 1969 film ''The Undefeated.'' That same year, he played the role of Jacob in the episode "A Key for the Fort" in the syndicated series ''Death Valley Days,'' hosted by Robert Taylor not long before Taylor's own death. The story line focuses on a young Eliza Stewart Udall, who sends the first [[telegraph]] message from [[Arizona|Arizona Territory]] and works with her Aunt Cora (Ivalou Redd) to nurse an ill [[Ute]] chief, Black Wing (George Keymas), back to health. The episode was filed at Pipe Spring National Monument.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0954622/?ref_=tt_ep_nx|title=A Key for the Fort on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Database|date=March 26, 1969|accessdate=October 30, 2019}}</ref> |
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| − | He played Karl Riker in the 1970 film ''Chisum'' and John Goodfellow in the 1971 film ''Big Jake,'' both starring [[John Wayne]]. He also became a member of the John Wayne Stock Company, founded in 1945, with original members including Ward Bond, Grant Withers, and Paul Fix.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S6XlR9_emRQC&pg=PA275 |title=John Wayne|author=Randy Roberts and James Stuart Olson| |publisher=books.google.com |accessdate=February 22, 2009 | isbn=978-0-02-923837-0}}</ref> In 1976, Palmer was cast as the unnamed "Burly Man" in the last of Wayne's films, ''[[The Shootist]]''.<ref>{{cite web | + | He played Karl Riker in the 1970 film ''Chisum'' and John Goodfellow in the 1971 film ''Big Jake,'' both starring [[John Wayne]]. He also became a member of the John Wayne Stock Company, founded in 1945, with original members including Ward Bond, Grant Withers, and Paul Fix.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S6XlR9_emRQC&pg=PA275 |title=John Wayne|author=Randy Roberts and James Stuart Olson| |publisher=books.google.com |accessdate=February 22, 2009 | isbn=978-0-02-923837-0}}</ref> In 1976, Palmer was cast as the unnamed "Burly Man" in the last of Wayne's films, ''The Shootist.''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dukewayne.com/showthread.php?t=6442 |
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| | In 1977, Palmer appeared as mountain man Jim Bridger in the two-part anthology series, ''Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color.'' In the | | In 1977, Palmer appeared as mountain man Jim Bridger in the two-part anthology series, ''Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color.'' In the |
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| | He also appeared in the 1981 slasher film ''Scream.'' There were even a few situation comedy appearances, including a recurring role as Harry on the CBS series ''Run, Buddy, Run,'' starring Jack Sheldon. He appeared too on CBS's ''Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.,'' and the 1968 series, ''The Good Guys,'' on NBC's ''Get Smart'' and the 1957 version of ''Blondie.''<ref name=imdb/>Palmer's last screen appearance was as a [[colonel]] in the 1982 ABC miniseries, ''The Blue and the Gray.''<ref name=imdb/> | | He also appeared in the 1981 slasher film ''Scream.'' There were even a few situation comedy appearances, including a recurring role as Harry on the CBS series ''Run, Buddy, Run,'' starring Jack Sheldon. He appeared too on CBS's ''Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.,'' and the 1968 series, ''The Good Guys,'' on NBC's ''Get Smart'' and the 1957 version of ''Blondie.''<ref name=imdb/>Palmer's last screen appearance was as a [[colonel]] in the 1982 ABC miniseries, ''The Blue and the Gray.''<ref name=imdb/> |
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| | His wife, Ruth, died in 1999. Palmer lived in Encino, California, and was an avid [[golf]]er. Palmer died in 2015 at the age of eighty-eight.<ref name="PalmerObit">{{cite web | url=http://westernboothill.blogspot.se/ | title=RIP Gregg Palmer | publisher=Western Boot Hill (blog) | date=November 1, 2015 | accessdate=November 2, 2015}}</ref> | | His wife, Ruth, died in 1999. Palmer lived in Encino, California, and was an avid [[golf]]er. Palmer died in 2015 at the age of eighty-eight.<ref name="PalmerObit">{{cite web | url=http://westernboothill.blogspot.se/ | title=RIP Gregg Palmer | publisher=Western Boot Hill (blog) | date=November 1, 2015 | accessdate=November 2, 2015}}</ref> |