original love of music, having performed in the Spike Jones band. He composed music for the 1958 film Bullwhip and the 1964 picture, Lorna, in which he also had a role and served as screenwriter. Griffith played the Reverend in Black in the opening, closing, and a few in the middle scenes of Lorna, starring Lorna Maitland in one of director Russ Meyer's black-and-white 'skin' movies before the height of Meyer's career in 1968 with Beyond the Valley of the Dolls. Griffith made his last onscreen appearance in a 1984 episode of CBS's Trapper John MD. Death Griffith died of cancer in Avila Beach, California, on September 17, 1993. Filmography References External links 1916 births 1993 deaths Male actors from Los Angeles American male film actors American male screenwriters Deaths from cancer in California Musicians from Los Angeles Male Western (genre) film actors People from San Luis Obispo County, California 20th-century American male actors American male television actors 20th-century American musicians Western (genre) television actors Screenwriters from California 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American screenwriters United States Marine Corps personnel of World War II University of California, Los Angeles alumni