Jon Provost - wikipedia Jon Provost This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. ( October 2009 ) Jon Provost Provost reading his autobiography Timmy 's in the Well in 2009 Jonathan Bion Provost ( 1950 - 03 - 12 ) March 12, 1950 ( age 67 ) Los Angeles, California, U.S. Occupation Actor Years active 1953 -- present Spouse ( s ) Sandra Goosens ( 1979 - 1993 ; divorced ) 2 children Laurie Jacobson ( 1999 - present ) Website Official website Jonathan Bion `` Jon '' Provost ( born March 12, 1950 ) is an American actor, best known for his role as young Timmy Martin in the CBS series Lassie. Contents 1 Life and career 2 Partial filmography 3 References 4 Bibliography 5 External links Life and career Provost was born in Los Angeles. At the age of four, Provost was cast in the film The Country Girl ( 1954 ), starring Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly. He then appeared in Back from Eternity ( 1956 ) with Anita Ekberg and Escapade in Japan ( 1957 ), with Teresa Wright, Cameron Mitchell, and an unknown and uncredited Clint Eastwood. In 1957, Provost won the role of Timmy Martin in the CBS television series Lassie. He joined the show at the top of the fourth season as co-star to Tommy Rettig, Jan Clayton, and George Cleveland. Midpoint in the season, George Cleveland died and the show was completely revamped with Provost becoming the primary human star after the departures of Rettig and Clayton. The following year, he met June Lockhart on the set, who would play his mother, Ruth Martin, on the set, and would remain close friends. On December 25, 1958, Provost and Lassie were holiday guests on NBC 's The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford. Provost as Timmy Martin in the television series Lassie, c. 1962 For seven seasons, 1957 -- 1964, audiences grew to love Timmy and his adventures with Lassie. Timmy 's canine companion was played by three dogs that were all descendants of Pal, the original Lassie from the MGM films : Pal 's son Lassie Jr. and his grandsons Baby and Spook. In a 2014 interview, Provost said : `` I worked with Baby for five years straight. Obviously, he and I really bonded. He was my favorite and I also thought he was the most intelligent of the ones I worked with. They were all great dogs. '' In 1964, however, Provost was 14 and chose not to renew his contract though Campbell 's Soup Company, the sponsor, wanted three more years. Provost continued working in television and in films, including `` This Property is Condemned '' with Natalie Wood and Robert Redford and `` The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes '' with Kurt Russell. Jon left Hollywood for college at Sonoma State and chose to remain there, returning for occasional roles. Later, he sold real estate in Sonoma County, California and donated his time to various causes. In 1990, Provost was honored by the Young Artist Foundation with its Former Child Star `` Lifetime Achievement '' Award for his role as Timmy Martin on the original Lassie series, and in 1989, he returned to television with a recurring role on The New Lassie series as real estate agent Steve McCullough. He also attends celebrity conventions and autograph shows and works for animal causes. In 1994, Provost received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7080 Hollywood Blvd. His memoirs, Timmy 's in the Well : The Jon Provost Story, were released in December 2007 ( Cumberland House Publishing, ISBN 1 - 58182 - 619 - 2 ). In August 2008, Provost was honored with a `` Lifetime Achievement Award '' at the Pocono Mountains Film Festival. Partial filmography 2013 : Susie 's Hope, as Don Vaughan, a former member of the North Carolina State Senate 1970 : The Secret of the Sacred Forest 1969 : The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, starring Kurt Russell 1966 : This Property Is Condemned 1964 : The Wayfarers ( TV ) 1964 : The Disappearance ( TV ) 1962 : Lassie 's Great Adventure ( The Odyssey ) ( TV ) 1957 : Escapade in Japan 1956 : Toward the Unknown 1956 : All Mine to Give 1956 : Back from Eternity 1954 : The Country Girl 1953 : So Big References Jump up ^ Armstrong, Richard ( July 2014 ). `` An Interview with Jon Provost from Lassie ''. Classic Film & TV Cafe. Jump up ^ Provost, Jon. Timmy 's in the Well : The Jon Provost Story. Cumberland, 2007. Jump up ^ `` 11th Annual Youth in Film Awards ''. YoungArtistAwards.org. Archived from the original on 2014 - 04 - 09. Retrieved 2011 - 03 - 31. Bibliography Goldrup, Tom and Jim ( 2002 ). Growing Up on the Set : Interviews with 39 Former Child Actors of Film and Television. McFarland & Co. pp. 233 -- 241. ISBN 1476613702. Holmstrom, John ( 1996 ). The Moving Picture Boy : An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995. Norwich : Michael Russell, p. 279 - 280. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jon Provost. Official website Jon Provost interview at Classic Film & TV Cafe Jon Provost on IMDb VIAF : 16315958 LCCN : n88100792 ISNI : 0000 0000 6636 0886 GND : 1019147482 IATH : w67x053q Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jon_Provost&oldid=787555563 '' Categories : 1950 births Living people Male actors from Los Angeles American male child actors American male television actors American male film actors Hidden categories : BLP articles lacking sources from October 2009 All BLP articles lacking sources Articles with hCards All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from December 2015 Articles with unsourced statements from March 2017 Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with SNAC - ID identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch فارسی Français Polski Edit links This page was last edited on 26 June 2017, at 01 : 43. 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Question: who played timmy in the tv series lassie
Answer: Jonathan Bion "Jon" Provost