Acting
Community Rating
6.5
TMDB estimate
Born
March 23, 1912
Died
October 11, 1995 (age 83)
Born in
Los Angeles, California, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jeff York (March 23, 1912 - October 11, 1995) was an American film and television actor who began his career in the late 1930s using his given name Granville Owen Schofield. He was also sometimes credited as Jeff Yorke. During his early career, the tall, dark haired actor was a natural to play characters such as Pat Ryan in the 1940 serial Terry and the Pirates and was given the lead in the 1940 film Li'l Abner. However, he is perhaps most remembered for his role as Bud Searcy in Disney's classic Old Yeller and its 1963 sequel Savage Sam. Beverly Washburn played Lisbeth Searcy, Bud's daughter. York also appeared in The Great Locomotive Chase, Westward Ho, the Wagons!, and Johnny Tremain which were all part of Walt Disney's productions. York attracted considerable attention in the mid-1950s with his television portrayal of Mike Fink, the flamboyant keelboat operator in two episodes of Disney's hugely popular Davy Crockett miniseries in the episodes "Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race" and "Davy Crockett and the River Pirates." York was cast opposite Fess Parker in the role. The first episode featured a memorable boasting contest and a keelboat race, with Fink's boat named The Gullywumper; in the second, Crockett and Fink join forces to fight a band of river pirates who blame their depredations on local Native Americans. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeff York,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Daniel Boone
as Big Zack
1964

Savage Sam
as Bud Searcy
1963

Outlaws
1960

The Alaskans
1959

Lawman
1958

The Rifleman
1958

Bronco
1958

Peter Gunn
1958

Old Yeller
as Bud Searcy
1957

Zorro
1957

Perry Mason
as Pete Mallory
1957

Johnny Tremain
as James Otis
1957

The Liberty Story
1957

Westward Ho, The Wagons!
as Hank Brekenridge
1956

Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
as Mike Fink
1956

The Great Locomotive Chase
as William Campbell
1956

Behind the Scenes with Fess Parker
1956

Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race
as Mike Fink
1955

Cheyenne
1955

Davy Crockett
1954