Joe flynn (american actor)
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Joe Flynn | |
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Flynn as Capt. Binghamton on McHale's Navy in 1963 | |
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| Born | Joseph A. Flynn (1924-11-08)November 8, 1924 Youngstown, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | July 19, 1974(1974-07-19) (aged 49) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Spouse | Shirley Haskin Flynn (married 1955-1974, his death) |
| Children | Two children |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Alma mater | Rayen High School |
Joseph A. "Joe" Flynn (November 8, 1924 – July 19, 1974) was an American character actor.[1] He was best known for his role in the 1960s ABC television situation comedy, McHale's Navy.[2] He was also a frequent guest star on 1960s TV shows, such as Batman, and appeared in several Walt Disney film comedies.[2]
Early years[]
He was born to a physician in Youngstown, Ohio. Flynn graduated from Rayen High School there and attended for one year the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. He then spent three years in the Army Medical Corps during World War II before moving west, in 1946, to pursue acting and to complete his education. He majored in political science at the University of Southern California.[3]
Early career[]
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Born on November 8, 1924, in Youngstown, Ohio and after attending Northwestern University, Flynn began his entertainment career as a ventriloquist and as a radio performer. During World War II, he served in the Army's Special Services Branch (formerly the Morale Branch) entertaining the troops in the United States. After the war, Flynn moved to Hollywood. He made his film debut as Joseph Flynn in the bottom-of-the-barrel, beneath-B-picture potboiler The Big Chase (1954), which co-starred Lon Chaney Jr., which he followed up with a part as a priest in The Seven Little Foys (1955) starring Bob Hope.
Flynn began to achieve success on television in the late 1950s, becoming a regular on The George Gobel Show (1954). This landed him a role on The Joey Bishop Show (1961), but Flynn was dumped after the first season by Bishop for stealing too many scenes. By the time he was booted off, he had developed a reputation as a reliable comic foil.
The termination of his Bishop gig proved fortuitous for he landed the role that made him a television immortal that very next season: Captain Wallace 'Leadbottom' Binghamton on McHale's Navy (1962). The classic sit-com, which co-starred Ernest Borgnine and Tim Conway, ran until 1966 and spawned two theatrical movie releases. It
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Joe Flynn
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