John Kellogg (actor)
Introduction '''John Kellogg''' (June 3, 1916 – February 22, 2000) was an American actor in film, stage and television. Some sources, including ancestry.com, state that his given name was '''Giles Vernon Kellogg, Jr.'''
Biography Kellogg began his acting career in the 1930s as ''Giles V. Kellogg'', starring in the long-running comedy ''Brother Rat''. Meanwhile, he acted on stage in several plays until World War II broke out. He turned to the film industry, playing bit parts in several films. In 1946, he signed a contract at Columbia Pictures. Throughout his career, Kellogg played mostly secondary roles. In a Season 6 episode of Bonanza, he played "Frank Reed" alongside Dan Duryea in "Logan's Treasure". In 1969 Kellogg appeared as Mel Dover on the TV western ''The Virginian'' in the Episode titled Stopover.Kellogg died in Los Angeles in 2000 of Alzheimer's disease.
Selected filmography In the 1950s and 1960s, Kellogg was mostly seen on television. He guest starred in several TV series, including three episodes of ''Adventures of Superman'' (coincidentally and prominently sponsored by Kellogg's). He is most famous for his portrayal of bad guy Jack Chandler in the soap opera ''Peyton Place'', a role he played between 1966 and 1967.In 1966 he starred as murderous bank robbing cowboy “T.R. Stark” in a rare two part episode of   ''Gunsmoke'' called “The Raid” (S11E19) along with actors John Anderson, Michael Conrad, Jim Davis, Richard Jaeckel & Gary Lockwood. * ''High School'' (1940) - Tommy Lee* ''Young Tom Edison'' (1940) - Bill Edison* ''Sailor's Lady'' (1940) - Sailor (uncredited)* ''Yesterday's Heroes'' (1940) - Ticket Seller (uncredited)* ''The Monster and the Girl'' (1941) - Cub Reporter (uncredited)* ''Knockout'' (1941) - Murphy, a Fighter (uncredited)* ''Mob Town'' (1941) - Brick (uncredited)* ''Among the Living'' (1941) - Reporter (uncredited)* ''Pacific Blackout'' (1941) - Bombardier Sergeant (uncredited)* ''Captains of the Clouds'' (1942) - Aircraftsman Lawrence (uncredited)* ''To Be or Not to Be'' (1942) - Polish RAF Flyer (uncredited)* ''Come on Danger'' (1942) - Kid (uncredited)* ''The Pride of the Yankees'' (1942) - Fraternity Boy (uncredited)* ''Wing and a Prayer'' (1944) - Assistant Air Officer (uncredited)* ''Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo'' (1944) - C-47 Transport Pilot (uncredited)* ''This Man's Navy'' (1945) - Junior Pilot (uncredited)* ''Main Street After Dark'' (1945) - Soldier Assisting Police (uncredited)* ''The Crimson Canary'' (1945) - Keys* ''What Next, Corporal Hargrove?'' (1945) - Wilkins (uncredited)* ''A Walk in the Sun'' (1945) - Riddle* ''Because of Him'' (1946) - Reporter (uncredited)* ''Miss Susie Slagle's'' (1946) - Dark-Haired Boy (uncredited)* ''Without Reservations'' (1946) - Reporter (uncredited)* ''Somewhere in the Night'' (1946) - Hospital Medical Attendant* ''The Strange Love of Martha Ivers'' (1946) - Joe (uncredited)* ''Johnny O'Clock'' (1947) - Charlie* ''Out of the Past'' (1947) - Charlie Cook* ''Suddenly It's Spring'' (1947) - Newsreel Man (uncredited)* ''Mr. District Attorney'' (1947) - Franzen* ''King of the Wild Horses'' (1947) - Danny Taggert* ''Robin Hood of Texas'' (1947) - Nick* ''The Gangster'' (1947) - Sterling* ''Out of the Past'' (1947) - Lou Baylord (uncredited)* ''Killer McCoy'' (1947) - Svengross - Pool Player (uncredited)* ''Secret Service Investigator'' (1948) - Benny Deering* ''Sinister Journey'' (1948) - Lee Garvin* ''Fighting Back'' (1948) - Sam Lang* ''Station West'' (1948) - Ben* ''Bad Men of Tombstone'' (1949) - Curly* ''The Doolins of Oklahoma'' (1949) - Townsman (uncredited)* ''Hold That Baby!'' (1949) - Mason* ''House of Strangers'' (1949) - Danny (uncredited)* ''Port of New York'' (1949) - Lenny* ''Samson and Delilah'' (1949) - Temple Spectator (uncredited)* ''Twelve O'Clock High'' (1949) - Major Cobb* ''Bunco Squad'' (1950) - Fred Reed* ''Kansas Raiders'' (1950) - Red Leg leader* ''The Du Pont Story'' (1950) - John (uncredited)* ''Hunt the Man Down'' (1950) - Kerry 'Lefty' McGuire* ''The Enforcer'' (1951) - Vince* ''Tomorrow Is Another Day'' (1951) - Dan Monroe* ''Come Fill the Cup'' (1951) - Don Bell* ''Elephant Stampede'' (1951) - Bob Warren* ''The Greatest Show on Earth'' (1952) - Harry* ''Rancho Notorious'' (1952) - Jeff Factor* ''Jet Job'' (1952) - Alvin Fanchon* ''The Raiders'' (1952) - Jack Welch* ''The Silver Whip'' (1953) - Slater* ''Fighting Lawman'' (1953) - Lem Slade - aka Sam Logan* ''Those Redheads from Seattle'' (1953) - Mike Yurkil* ''Gorilla at Large'' (1954) - Morse * ''African Manhunt'' (1955) - Sergeant Jed Drover* ''Edge of the City'' (1957) - Detective* ''Go Naked in the World'' (1961) - Cobby - Hotel Detective* ''Convicts 4'' (1962) - Guard #2* ''Knife for the Ladies'' (1974) - Hollyfield* ''Blind Justice'' (1986) - Jim's father* ''Violets Are Blue'' (1986) - Ralph Sawyer* ''Orphans'' (1987) - Barney
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