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Walter Tetley (born Walter Campbell Tetzlaff; [1] June 2, 1915 – September 4, 1975) [2] was an American actor specializing in child impersonation during radio's classic era. . He had regular roles as Leroy Forrester on The Great Gildersleeve and Julius Abbruzzio on The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show, as well as continuing as a voice-over artist in animated cartoons, commercials, and spoken-word ...
The Great Gildersleeve premiered on NBC on August 31, 1941. It moves the title character from the McGees' Wistful Vista to Summerfield, where Gildersleeve oversees his late sister and brother-in-law's estate (said to have both been killed in a car accident) and rears his orphaned niece and nephew, Marjorie and Leroy Forrester.
The show's humor, like that of McGee, was drawn through clever word-play and phrasemaking as well as Gildersleeve's earnest stumbling and basically warmhearted nature. His on-screen nemesis was Judge Horace Hooker ( Earle Ross ), who oversaw his guardianship of Marjorie and Leroy and became a friend and periodic rival in various schemes.
Willard Lewis Waterman (August 29, 1914 – February 2, 1995) [1] was an American character actor in films, TV and on radio, remembered best for replacing Harold Peary as the title character of The Great Gildersleeve at the height of that show's popularity.
After extensive speculation over who should play young Gibbs (exempting Sean Harmon, the actor's son, who previously played a younger version of Gibbs on NCIS but returned to Origins solely as an ...
After Mark Harmon confirmed that he was leaving the CBS show 'NCIS' in which he played Gibbs, the actor signed with the Gersh Agency for future projects. 'NCIS' Fans Won't Believe the Huge Career ...
In 2012, Baxter played Jesus (of Caesarea) in the episode "Lemons" of the sci-fi sitcom Red Dwarf. He also had a bit part in the BBC's The Revenge Files of Alistair Fury , filmed on Tyneside, and played Alan Maddison in the ITV World War II drama Joe Maddison's War .
"NCIS: Origins" has cast its Gibbs. Austin Stowell will play the younger version of Mark Harmon's signature "NCIS" character, Leroy Jethro Gibbs, in the drama's upcoming CBS prequel.