Jeff York
Professional Boxer, TV Actor
1912 – 1995
Who was Jeff York?
Jeff York was an American film and television actor who began his career in the late 1930s using his given name Granville Owen Scofield. He was also sometimes credited as Jeff Yorke.
During his early career, the tall, dark haired actor was a natural to play characters such as Pat Ryan in the 1940 serial Terry and the Pirates and was given the lead in the 1940 film Li'l Abner. However, he is perhaps most remembered for his role as Bud Searcy in Disney's classic Old Yeller and its 1963 sequel Savage Sam. Beverly Washburn played Lisbeth Searcy, Bud's daughter. York also appeared in The Great Locomotive Chase, Westward Ho, the Wagons!, and Johnny Tremain which were all part of Walt Disney's productions.
York attracted considerable attention in the mid-1950s with his television portrayal of Mike Fink, the flamboyant keelboat operator in two episodes of Disney's hugely popular Davy Crockett miniseries in the episodes "Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race" and "Davy Crockett and the River Pirates." York was cast opposite Fess Parker in the role.
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- Born
- Mar 23, 1912
Los Angeles - Also known as
- Granville Owen
- Jeff Yorke
- Granville Owen Scofield
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Moselle Kimbler
(1936/11 - 1941)
- Moselle Kimbler
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Oct 11, 1995
Woodland Hills
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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