![]() He reprised that role in the 1958 film adaptation. He starred as Luther Billis in the 1951 London production of South Pacific. After a decade in New York theater, he won a Tony Award. The chemistry between the two was such that they both garnered critical success and won awards for their roles. Applegate") in the 1955 musical Damn Yankees opposite Gwen Verdon as his sexy aide Lola. Gibbons' Boys, directed by George Abbott, who later cast him as Satan (who bore the name "Mr. In 1949, he appeared in the short-lived play Mrs. Three years later, Walston became one of the first members admitted to the newly formed Actors Studio. He then traveled to New York City, where he made his Broadway debut in a 1945 production of Maurice Evans's The G.I. Walston was popular with Margo Jones' team of actors before he traveled to Cleveland, Ohio, where he spent three years with the Cleveland Play House. He stayed at the Houston Civic Theater six years, "averaging 12 roles a year." Career Stage work His family moved to Dallas, Texas, where he joined a repertory theater company under Margo Jones in 1938. He mostly played small roles with stock companies, where he not only starred in traveling shows, but also worked at a movie theater, selling tickets and cleaning the stage floors. He started acting at an early age, beginning his tenure as a spear carrier rounding out productions at many New Orleans theaters. His family moved from Mississippi to New Orleans, Louisiana, around 1925. He had an older sister, Carrie, and an older brother, Earl. Walston was born on November 2, 1914, in Laurel, Mississippi, the second son and youngest of three children born to lumberjack Harry Norman Walston and Mittie (née Kimball) Walston. He also played one of the miners in Paint Your Wagon (1969) with Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood. Hand ( Fast Times at Ridgemont High), Candy ( Of Mice and Men), Glen Bateman ( The Stand), and Judge Henry Bone ( Picket Fences). Singleton ( The Sting), Poopdeck Pappy ( Popeye), Mr. His other major film, television, and stage roles included Luther Billis ( South Pacific), Mr. Herman Raymond Walston (Novem– January 1, 2001) was an American actor and comedian, well known as the title character on My Favorite Martian.
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