Gregory Walcott Movies and Career Information

Gregory Walcott (born January 13, 1928) is an American actor television and film actor. He is perhaps most well known for having appeared in the 1959 Ed Wood film, the cult classic Plan 9 from Outer Space. Born Bernard Mattox in Wendell, North Carolina, Walcott was raised in Wilson, North Carolina. While serving in the Army, he appeared as a drill instructor in the film Battle Cry, then as a military policeman in 1955's war-themed classic Mister Roberts with Henry Fonda, as the drill instructor with Tony Curtis in The Outsider, and later Midway as Capt. Elliott Buckmaster. Walcott had roles in many television series, often in Westerns like Bonanza (on which he appeared seven times), Maverick, Wagon Train, 26 Men, Laramie, The Rifleman and in several episodes of Rawhide, where he began a long collaboration with Clint Eastwood. Walcott had featured roles in Eastwood's films Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, The Eiger Sanction, Joe Kidd and Every Which Way But Loose. He also was one of the stars of a 1961-62 NBC television series, 87th Precinct, as Detective Roger Havilland. Walcott went on to guest roles on many popular TV series including recurring ones in Dallas and Murder, She Wrote. His