Jon Lormer


Jon Lormer was an American actor, known for his guest and supporting roles in television series, such as the 1960s' Star Trek, The [Twilight Zone |The Twilight Zone], Perry Mason, Peyton Place, and in Creepshow as Nathan Grantham.

Career

Lormer was both a director and an actor with the American Theatre Wing in New York City. His other work on stage included plays in New York City and productions that toured the United States.
Lormer made guest appearances on dozens of television series, often appearing multiple times on the same series but as different characters. He appeared in three separate roles in the original Star Trek series as Dr. Theodore Haskins, in "The Cage" ; as Tamar in "The [Return of the Archons]" ; and as the Old Man in "For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky" who speaks the title line. He played a recurring role as the postman, Silas Huff, in Lassie during the 1953–54 seasons of the TV series.
From 1959–63, he made 12 appearances on Perry Mason as a medical examiner/autopsy surgeon. In 1959 he appeared in Lawman as Harry Tate, a newspaper editor, in the episodes "The Big Hat" and "The Outsider". In 1960 he played Harry Gillespie in the Rawhide episode "Incident of the Last Chance". Between 1960 and 1963, he was in four episodes of The Twilight Zone: "Execution", "Dust", Strauss in "The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank" and the Minister in "Jess-Belle". In 1961 and 1962, he played three different characters in The Untouchables.
He also appeared three times on The Andy Griffith Show, as Fletch Dilbeck, as Tate Fletcher and in 1964 as Parnell Rigsby, a farmer who lost his wallet. He also played roles in Daniel Boone, as Reverend Jimson's father and Tuscarora tribesman Yellow Knife.
From 1966 to 1968, he made numerous appearances as Judge Chester on the series Peyton Place. In 1967, he played George Ramsey, a building caretaker with a mischievous kitten bent on destruction, for the TV series Lassie episode "The Eighth Life of Henry IV". That same year he appeared as Dr. Pierre Blanchard in the fourth season of the science-fiction television show Voyage to the [Bottom of the Sea |Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea] in the episode named "Fatal Cargo".
In 1971, Lormer appeared as the doctor on The Men From Shiloh in the episode titled "The Angus Killer". In 1980, Lormer portrayed Professor Boggs in the syndicated television drama The [Life and Times of Eddie Roberts].
In 1981, he appeared as Barker, the bumbling butler, in the Magnum, P.I. episode "Ghost Writer".
He appeared in many films, often uncredited. His credited film appearances include One Man's Way, Zebra in the Kitchen, A Fine Madness, The Singing Nun, The Learning Tree, Getting Straight, The Legend of Lizzie Borden, Rooster Cogburn and The Boogens. He also appeared as Nathan Grantham in the 1982 horror-comedy film Creepshow. His last television appearance was in a November 1984 episode of Highway to Heaven.

Death

On March 19, 1986, Lormer died of cancer at Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California. He was 79 years old.

Partial filmography