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 LawtonOutrage as Sheriff Charlie HanlonChicago Calling as PeteRogue River as Ed ColbyM as Police Chief ReganThe Man from Planet X as Tommy - the ConstableThe Well as GleasonThe Sellout as Sam F. SlaperZombies of the Stratosphere as Lawson - Boat Charter Operator Breakdown as Al BellStrange Fascination as Mr. FrimJungle Drums of Africa as First Constable The Magnetic Monster as Gen. BehanThe Band Wagon as Reporter Thy Neighbor's Wife The Naked Dawn as GuntzIndestructible Man as Desk SergeantFrontier Gambler as Tom McBrideThree Violent People as CarpetbaggerNot of This Earth as Sgt. WaltonThe Storm Rider as Major BonnardEscape from San Quentin as Hap GrahamDeath in Small Doses as Wally MorseThe Veil as Wally HoffmanJoy Ride as BarrettA Dog's Best Friend as Sheriff Dan MurdockGunsmoke as Grimes in “Don Matteo” The Sergeant Was a Lady as Sgt. BrickerThe Flight That Disappeared as JamesonMy Three Sons "Innocents Abroad" as Steve's visiting old friend