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==Background==

==Background==

Palmer Edvind Lee was born to [[Norway|Norwegian]] immigrant parents in [[San Francisco]], [[California]]. He entered the [[United States Army]] Air Corps, forerunner of the Air Force, and became a cryptographer during [[World War II]]. He was discharged in 1946 as a sergeant. Palmer, nicknamed '''Grizzly Palmer,''' worked as a bouncer, truck driver, and in construction before he became a [[radio]] disc jockey.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0658250/bio|title=Biography of Gregg Palmer|publisher=Internet Movie Database|accessdate=October 31, 2019}}</ref>

Palmer Edvind Lee was born to [[Norway|Norwegian]] immigrant parents in [[San Francisco]], [[California]]. He entered the [[United States Army]] Air Corps, forerunner of the Air Force, and became a cryptographer during [[World War II]]. He was discharged in 1946 as a sergeant. Palmer, nicknamed '''Grizzly Palmer,''' <ref name="PalmerObit"/> worked as a bouncer, truck driver, and in construction before he became a [[radio]] disc jockey.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0658250/bio|title=Biography of Gregg Palmer|publisher=Internet Movie Database|accessdate=October 31, 2019}}</ref>

In 1950, at the age of twenty-three, he procured his first screen role, as an uncredited [[ambulance]] attendant in the Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis comedy, ''My Friend Irma Goes West.'' In 1952, he had minor roles as Gratton "Grat" Dalton of the Dalton gang in the film, ''The Cimarron Kid,'' and as Joe Bent in ''The Battle at Apache Pass.'' In the early 1950s, Palmer and [[Marilyn Monroe]] both unsuccessfully auditioned for roles as Abner and Daisy Mae in a proposed ''Li'l Abner'' television series based on the [[Al Capp]] cartoon, but the effort never materialized. Palmer was signed to a contract with Universal Pictures. In 1952, he appeared as William Norton in the comedy film ''Francis Goes to West Point,'' starring Donald O'Connor.<ref name=bio/> Palmer claimed that he was going to be pushed as a big star by Universal in a similar manner to their other stable of stars, but in the 1950s the studio changed, hiring out major stars from other studios rather than build up their own.  Palmer was soon dropped and went freelance.<ref>Tom Weaver, ''Return of the B Science Fiction and Horror Heroes: The Mutant Melding of Two Volumes of Classic Interviews'' (Jefferson, [[North Carolina]]: McFarland & Company, 1991), p. 326, ISBN 9780899505947</ref>​

In 1950, at the age of twenty-three, he procured his first screen role, as an uncredited [[ambulance]] attendant in the Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis comedy, ''My Friend Irma Goes West.'' In 1952, he had minor roles as Gratton "Grat" Dalton of the Dalton gang in the film, ''The Cimarron Kid,'' and as Joe Bent in ''The Battle at Apache Pass.'' In the early 1950s, Palmer and [[Marilyn Monroe]] both unsuccessfully auditioned for roles as Abner and Daisy Mae in a proposed ''Li'l Abner'' television series based on the [[Al Capp]] cartoon, but the effort never materialized. Palmer was signed to a contract with Universal Pictures. In 1952, he appeared as William Norton in the comedy film ''Francis Goes to West Point,'' starring Donald O'Connor.<ref name=bio/> Palmer claimed that he was going to be pushed as a big star by Universal in a similar manner to their other stable of stars, but in the 1950s the studio changed, hiring out major stars from other studios rather than build up their own.  Palmer was soon dropped and went freelance.<ref>Tom Weaver, ''Return of the B Science Fiction and Horror Heroes: The Mutant Melding of Two Volumes of Classic Interviews'' (Jefferson, [[North Carolina]]: McFarland & Company, 1991), p. 326, ISBN 9780899505947</ref>​