Sunshine Parker
{{short description|American character actor (1927–1999)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Sunshine Parker
| birth_name = Lloyd Olen Parker
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|06|10}}
| birth_place = Lawn, Texas, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1999|02|17|1927|06|10}}
| death_place = Burbank, California, U.S.
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1950–1994
}}
Lloyd Olen "Sunshine" Parker (June 10, 1927 – February 17, 1999) was an American character actor. He is best known for his roles as Emmet in Road House and Edgar Deems in Tremors.{{Cite web|title=Welcome on notreCinema|url=https://en.notrecinema.com/communaute/stars/stars.php3?staridx=68876|access-date=2021-08-02|website=en.notrecinema.com}} He typically played minor roles as either a "bum" or an "old codger/geezer" stock character.{{Cite web|title=Sunshine Parker|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/sunshine-parker/credits/3000517837/|access-date=2021-08-02|website=TVGuide.com|language=en}}
Death
Sunshine Parker died on February 17, 1999, in Burbank, California of pneumonia at the age of 71.
Filmography
=Film=
- Hometown U.S.A. (1979) - Derelict
- Heart Beat (1980) - Gas Station Attendant
- Oh, God! Book II (1980) - Railroad Station Derelict
- Any Which Way You Can (1980) - Old Codger
- Spittin Image (1982) - Pete
- Cannery Row (1982) - Maxie "The Seer" Baker
- Kiss My Grits (1983) - Old Geezer
- The Sure Thing (1985) - Cowboy Guy
- Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985) - Hobo
- Double Revenge (1988) - Old Drunkard{{Cite web|title=Sunshine Parker|url=https://www.csfd.cz/tvurce/283280-sunshine-parker/galerie/|access-date=2021-08-02|website=csfd.cz|language=cs-CZ}}
- Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1989) - Merle
- Road House (1989) - Emmet{{Cite web|title="Actor: Sunshine Parker"|url=https://www.find-dvd.co.uk/actor/Sunshine-Parker/|access-date=2021-08-02|website=www.find-dvd.co.uk}}
- Tremors (1990) - Edgar Deems
- Love At Large (1990) - Ranch Foreman{{Cite web|title=Sunshine Parker|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba8a6e53e|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925234628/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba8a6e53e|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 25, 2020|access-date=2021-08-02|website=BFI|language=en}}
=TV=
- Bonanza (1969–1970) - Wally / Bum #1 / Charley-Boy
- Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983) - Sheriff / Parley / Workman / Freight Man / Driver
- Mr. Horn (1979) - Vern Laughoff
- The Dukes of Hazzard (1979) - Sunshine
- AfterMASH (1984) - The Vagrant / Derelict / Vagrant
- The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (1993) - Stagecoach Driver #2
- Love Street (1994) - Jack (final appearance)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0662641}}
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Category:American male film actors
Category:American male television actors
Category:Male actors from Texas
Category:Deaths from pneumonia in California
Category:People from Taylor County, Texas
Category:20th-century American male actors
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