his old friend's death. The president had called the actor at the hospital just days before his death. Filmography Short Subjects: A Dream Comes True (1935) A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio (1935) Swingtime in the Movies (1938) Out Where the Stars Begin (1938) Screen Snapshots: Famous Fathers and Sons (1946) Screen Snapshots: Hollywood's Happy Homes (1949) Screen Snapshots: Motion Picture Mothers, Inc. (1949) Screen Snapshots: Hopalong in Hoppy Land (1951) Screen Snapshots: Memorial to Al Jolson (1952) Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Mothers and Fathers (1955) Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Beauty (1955) Television credits Place the Face (CBS television series, March 11, 1954) Crossroads (three episodes, 1955–1957) as Father Patrick O'Neil / Father Edward Sullivan / Father Jim / Father Edmund Boyle Science Fiction Theatre (1955) (Are We Invaded?) as Dr. Arnold What's My Line? (10/13/1957) (Episode #384) (Season 9, Ep 7) as Mystery Guest Joyful Hour (1960, TV Movie) as Host Harrigan and Son (1960–1961) as James Harrigan Sr. Going My Way in "The Boss of the Ward" (1963) as Frank McCaffey Hazel (1966) as Uncle Jerome Van Meter The Over-the-Hill Gang (1969, TV Movie) as Capt. Oren Hayes Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol (1972, TV Movie) as Sgt. McGll Adventures of Nick Carter (1972, TV Movie) as Hallelujah Harry (unsold pilot) McCloud (1973) as Mac Ferguson Kiss Me, Kill Me (1976, TV Movie) as Jimmy, morgue attendant Scout's Honor (1980, TV Movie) as Mr. Caboose WKRP In Cincinnati (1981) as Col. H. Buchanan Happy Days (1980–1982) as Uncle Joe (final appearance) Radio appearances Further reading Wise, James. Stars in Blue: Movie Actors in America's Sea Services. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1997. References External links 1899 births 1983 deaths 20th-century American male actors American Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni American male comedy actors United States Navy personnel of World War I American male film actors American male radio actors American male stage actors American people of Irish descent American Roman Catholics Burials at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City California Republicans Daytime Emmy Award winners Male actors from Milwaukee Marquette University alumni Warner Bros. contract players Columbia Pictures contract players RKO Pictures contract players Wisconsin Republicans Marquette University High School alumni