Wynn Pearce
{{Short description|American television actor (1929–1990)}}
{{Infobox person
|name = Wynn Pearce
| image = Wynn_Pearce_in_Perry_Mason_1959.jpg
| caption = Pearce in Perry Mason, 1959
|birth_name = Henry Wynne Pearce Jr.
|birth_date = {{birth date|1928|11|07}}
|birth_place = Orange, Texas, U.S.
|death_date = {{death date and age|1990|12|11|1928|11|07}}
|death_place = San Clemente, California, U.S.
|occupation = Television actor
|years_active = 1955–1990
|alma mater = University of Southern California
}}
Henry Wynne Pearce Jr. (November 7, 1928 – December 11, 1990){{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xqUYAQAAIAAJ|title=The Ultimate Directory of Silent and Sound Era Performers: A Necrology of Actors and Actresses|page=429|first1=Billy|last1=Doyle|first2=Anthony|last2=Slide|publisher=Scarecrow Press|date=1999|isbn=9780810835474|via=Google Books}} was an American television actor.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/38841709/|title=Actor Wynn Pearce Has Brief Fling|work=The Gettysburg Times|location=Gettysburg, Pennsylvania|date=July 31, 1957|access-date=January 21, 2021|page=17|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}} He was known for playing the role of Deputy Marshal Steve Corbie in the first season of the American western television series Outlaws.{{Cite web|url=http://ctva.bi/US/Western/Outlaws1960.htm|title=Outlaws (1960–62)|work=The Classic TV Archive|access-date=January 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123203418/http://ctva.biz/US/Western/Outlaws1960.htm|archive-date=January 23, 2021|url-status=live|via=Wayback Machine}}
Life and career
Pearce was born in Orange, Texas,{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/wynn-pearce-94511|title=Wynn Pearce|work=Internet Broadway Database|access-date=January 21, 2022}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89409948/writing-award-goes-to-pearce/|title=Writing Award Goes to Pearce|work=Los Angeles Times|location=Los Angeles, California|date=November 6, 1967|access-date=January 21, 2022|page=77|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} the son of a physician. He served in the United States Army, later being discharged in 1954.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/18794240/|title=Director once-starred in show|first=R. Kent|last=Huston|work=Tucson Daily Citizen|location=Tucson, Arizona|date=February 5, 1972|access-date=January 21, 2022|page=52|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}} Pearce began his career in 1955 in New York, in which he covered for actor, Andy Griffith in playing Captain Charles in the Broadway play No Time for Sergeants. He then played Arthur in the Broadway play Maybe Tuesday, in 1958. With his film and television career, Pearce joined the cast of the western television series Outlaws for its first season, in which he played the role of Deputy Marshal Steve Corbie, after Jock Gaynor left the series after nine episodes. Gaynor played the role of Deputy Marshal Heck Martin.
Pearce guest-starred in television programs including Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Steve Canyon, 12 O'Clock High, Perry Mason, Maverick, Tales of Wells Fargo, Sugarfoot, The Phil Silvers Show and 77 Sunset Strip. In 1968, he played the lead role of "Sir Charles Dilke" in Michael Dynes's presentation.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/580623808/|title=Wynn Pearce In USC Drama|work=Valley Times|location=North Hollywood, California|date=October 18, 1968|access-date=January 21, 2022|page=27|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}} Pearce attended the University of Southern California, earning his master's degree. After attending, he worked at the University of Arizona, where Pearce taught about theatre occupations such as, performing and directing. He also worked at the United States International University in San Diego, California, where he then later worked at the public community college Saddleback College, in which Pearce was an academic professor, from 1974.{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-13-me-8961-story.html|title=Arts Professor Wynn Pearce Dies at Age 62|work=Los Angeles Times|date=December 13, 1990|access-date=January 21, 2022}}
Death
Pearce died on December 11, 1990, in San Clemente, California, at the age of 62. His body was cremated.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0669027}}
- {{TCMDb name|0%7C219432}}
- [https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/wynn_pearce/ Rotten Tomatoes profile]
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Category:People from Orange, Texas
Category:Male actors from Texas
Category:American male television actors
Category:American male stage actors
Category:20th-century American male actors
Category:University of Southern California alumni
Category:Alliant International University faculty
Category:20th-century American academics
Category:University of Arizona faculty