Catherine McLeod

Who was Catherine McLeod?

Catherine McLeod was an American actress who made over sixty television and movie appearances between 1944 and 1976. She memorably portrayed the one woman whom James Garner's character Bret Maverick wanted to marry on the 1957 ABC/Warner Brothers television series Maverick, in the episode "Rage for Vengeance." She made two guest appearances on Perry Mason: Lorraine Ferrell in "The Case of the Vagabond Vixen,", and Nora Huxley in "The Case of the Glittering Goldfish." In both roles she played the wife of the murder victim, but was neither the defendant nor actual murderer.

McLeod appeared in dozens of other series including The Millionaire, Meet McGraw, Richard Diamond, Private Detective, 77 Sunset Strip, Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, Bronco, Colt .45, Lawman, Bonanza, Hazel, Hawaiian Eye, Have Gun - Will Travel, The Outer Limits, The Virginian, and the Ten Thousand Horses Singing episode of Studio One opposite James Dean and John Forsythe.