Roy Engel


Roy Engel was an American actor on radio, film, and television. He performed in more than 150 films and almost 800 episodes of television programs.

Career

Engel's ancestry was Irish and Dutch. His father was Roy Engelwood Stults. Engel was a letterman in football Rockhurst High School and Rockhurst College. After he graduated from college, he worked in a warehouse.
Engel's career in radio began at KCMO in Kansas City. His first work on network radio came when he had a role on Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy. He provided the original voice of the title character on the radio version of Sky King from 1946-1947. His film debut came in D.O.A..
On television, Engel made eleven appearances in Gunsmoke and had recurring roles as a rancher on The Virginian and as a doctor on Bonanza.

Personal life and death

Engel was married, and the couple had a daughter, Royan.
On December 29, 1980, Engel died at St. Joseph's Hospital in Burbank, California at age 67.

Selected filmography

  • The Flying Saucer as Dr. Carl Lawton
  • Outrage as Sheriff Charlie Hanlon
  • Chicago Calling as Pete
  • Rogue River as Ed Colby
  • M as Police Chief Regan
  • The Man from Planet X as Tommy - the Constable
  • The Well as Gleason
  • The Sellout as Sam F. Slaper
  • Zombies of the Stratosphere as Lawson - Boat Charter Operator
  • Breakdown as Al Bell
  • Strange Fascination as Mr. Frim
  • Jungle Drums of Africa as First Constable
  • The Magnetic Monster as Gen. Behan
  • The Band Wagon as Reporter
  • Thy Neighbor's Wife
  • The Naked Dawn as Guntz
  • Indestructible Man as Desk Sergeant
  • Frontier Gambler as Tom McBride
  • Three Violent People as Carpetbagger
  • Not of This Earth as Sgt. Walton
  • The Storm Rider as Major Bonnard
  • Escape from San Quentin as Hap Graham
  • Death in Small Doses as Wally Morse
  • The Veil as Wally Hoffman
  • Joy Ride as Barrett
  • A Dog's Best Friend as Sheriff Dan Murdock
  • Gunsmoke as Grimes in “Don Matteo”
  • The Sergeant Was a Lady as Sgt. Bricker
  • The Flight That Disappeared as Jameson
  • My Three Sons "Innocents Abroad" as Steve's visiting old friend
  • "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" Santa Rosita patrol officer
  • The Virginian as Barney Wingate
  • Your Cheatin' Heart as Joe Rauch
  • Wild Wild West as General Grant
  • Lawman as Bartender
  • The Last Movie as Harry Anderson
  • The Last Child as Conductor
  • Skyjacked as Pilot
  • When the Legends Die as Sam Turner
  • Charley and the Angel as Driver
  • Switchblade Sisters as Jobo
  • The Amazing Howard Hughes as Production Manager
  • Kingdom of the Spiders as Mayor Connors

    Selected Television