# Roy Engel

Roy Engel (born Leroy Englewood Stults Jr.; September 13, 1913 – December 29, 1980) 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. (1949).
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 (1950) as Dr. Carl Lawton
* Outrage (1950) as Sheriff Charlie Hanlon
* Chicago Calling (1951) as Pete
* Rogue River (1951) as Ed Colby
* M (1951) as Police Chief Regan
* The Man from Planet X (1951) as Tommy - the Constable
* The Well (1951) as Gleason
* The Sellout (1952) as Sam F. Slaper
* Zombies of the Stratosphere (1952) as Lawson - Boat Charter Operator [Ch. 3]
* Breakdown (1952) as Al Bell
* Strange Fascination (1952) as Mr. Frim
* Jungle Drums of Africa (1953) as First Constable [Chs.7,12]
* The Magnetic Monster (1953) as Gen. Behan
* The Band Wagon (1953) as Reporter (uncredited)
* Thy Neighbor's Wife (1953)
* The Naked Dawn (1955) as Guntz
* Indestructible Man (1956) as Desk Sergeant
* Frontier Gambler (1956) as Tom McBride
* Three Violent People (1956) as Carpetbagger
* Not of This Earth (1957) as Sgt. Walton
* The Storm Rider (1957) as Major Bonnard
* Escape from San Quentin (1957) as Hap Graham
* Death in Small Doses (1957) as Wally Morse
* The Veil (1958, TV Mini-Series) as Wally Hoffman
* Joy Ride (1958) as Barrett
* A Dog's Best Friend (1959) as Sheriff Dan Murdock
* Gunsmoke (1960) as Grimes in “Don Matteo” (S6E7)
* The Sergeant Was a Lady (1961) as Sgt. Bricker
* The Flight That Disappeared (1961) as Jameson
* My Three Sons (04/12/1962) "Innocents Abroad" as Steve's visiting old friend
* The Virginian (1964 episode "The Intruders") as Barney Wingate
* Your Cheatin' Heart (1964) as Joe Rauch
* Wild Wild West (1967) as General Grant
* Lawman (1971) as Bartender
* The Last Movie (1971) as Harry Anderson
* The Last Child (1971, TV Movie) as Conductor
* Skyjacked (1972) as Pilot
* When the Legends Die (1972) as Sam Turner
* Charley and the Angel (1973) as Driver
* Switchblade Sisters (1975) as Jobo
* The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977, TV Movie) as Production Manager
* Kingdom of the Spiders (1977) as Mayor Connors

## Selected Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1958 | Cheyenne (TV series) | U.S. Marshal Thad Veck | Season 3/Episode 15 - “Wagon-Tongue North" |
| 1960 | Death Valley Days | John Fremont | Season 9/Episode 7 - The Gentle Sword |
| 1961 | Have Gun-Will Travel | Sheriff | Season 4/Episode 27 - “Everyman" |
| 1961 | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Art Hampton | Season 3 Episode 25 (Dead Reckoning) |
| 1962 | Rawhide | Whit Stokes | Season 5/Episode 6 - "Incident of the Lost Woman" |
| 1962 | The Andy Griffith Show | Jess Morgan | Season 3/Episode 3 - “Andy and the New Mayor" |
| 1966 | The Wild Wild West | President Ulysses S. Grant | Season 1/Episode 16 - "The Night of the Steel Assassin" |
| 1967 | The Wild Wild West | President Ulysses S. Grant | Season 2/Episode 24 - "The Night of the Colonel's Ghost" |
| 1967 | The Wild Wild West | President Ulysses S. Grant | Season 3/Episode 16 - "The Night of the Arrow" |
| 1968 | The Wild Wild West | President Ulysses S. Grant | Season 3/Episode 24 - "The Night of the Death-Maker" |
| 1968 | The Wild Wild West | President Ulysses S. Grant | Season 4/Episode 1 - "The Night of the Big Blackmail" |
| 1969 | The Wild Wild West | President Ulysses S. Grant | Season 4/Episode 15 - "The Night of the Winged Terror, Part 1" |
| 1972 | Mission Impossible | Judge (uncredited) | Episode "Committed" |