Tuesday's character actor profile, Med Flory. Meredith Irwin Flory, known as Med Flory (August 27, 1926 – March 12, 2014), was an American jazz saxophonist and bandleader and television and film actor, originally from Logansport, Indiana. He was the founder and leader of Supersax, an incredible group that took impossible to play Charlie Parker lines and played them in five part harmony. Sample enclosed here..
In the 1960s, Flory was less active in music, working in television and film as an actor and screenwriter; his credits include Wagon Train, The Rifleman, Ripcord (twice), Rawhide (twice), Gunsmoke (twice), Perry Mason (twice - including 'The Case of Crying Comedian', Maverick (twice), The Virginian (five episodes), Route 66 (twice), Bronco, Surfside 6, Mona McCluskey, Run Buddy Run, 77 Sunset Strip (three episodes), The Dakotas, Destry, Lawman (three episodes), Wendy and Me, It's a Man's World, The Monroes, Cimarron Strip, Daniel Boone (seven episodes), Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (twice), Bonanza (three episodes), Mannix, Lassie (ten episodes), How the West Was Won (three episodes), High Mountain Rangers (four episodes as Sheriff Mike McBride) and the films, The Night of the Grizzly with Clint Walker and The Nutty Professor with Jerry Lewis.
Gun Street (1961) - Willie Driscoll
Spencer's Mountain (1963) - Spencer Brother (uncredited)
The Nutty Professor (1963) - Warzewski
Move Over, Darling (1963) - Seaman (uncredited)
Man's Favorite Sport? (1964) - Tucker (uncredited)
Mike and the Mermaid (1964) - Dad
The Night of the Grizzly (1966) - Duke Squires
Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding! (1967) - Policeman
The Reluctant Astronaut (1967) - White Shirt in Bar (uncredited)
Rough Night in Jericho (1967) - Weaver (uncredited)
The Big Mouth (1967) - Male Nurse (uncredited)
The Trouble with Girls (1969) - Constable
Which Way to the Front? (1970) - G.I. Sentry (uncredited)
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came (1970) - Military Policeman (uncredited)
The Teacher (1974) - Joe Roberts
Let's Do It Again (1975) - Rufus
Hustle (1975) - Albino-Beating Cop
The Gumball Rally (1976) - Officer Williams
Uncle Joe Shannon (1978) - Humphreys / Shannon's Musicians - Keyboard
The Hearse (1980) - Sheriff Denton
The Boogens (1981) - Dan Ostroff