Allyn Joslyn

Allyn Morgan Joslyn (July 21, 1901 – January 21, 1981) was an American character actor of theatre, radio, film and television, specializing in comic roles.

Early life and career Born in Milford, Pennsylvania Joslyn was the son of Orlando West Joslyn Jr. and Gertrude Meyer. and later attended Columbia University.

By 1921, Joslyn had joined the Greenwich Village Follies.

It was his acclaimed performance as Robert Law—a character reputedly modeled on screenwriter Charles MacArthur —in the 1935 hit Broadway comedy Boy Meets Girl that first caught Hollywood producer-director Mervyn LeRoy's eye, leading to Joslyn making his 1937 screen debut, alongside that of Lana Turner, in LeRoy's They Won't Forget.

Personal life and death One of Joslyn's great-uncles was the former governor of New York, Edwin D. Morgan. —with whom he had frequently co-starred during the late 1920s. Their union produced one child, a daughter. Expensive Husbands (1938) as Joe Craig Sweethearts (1938) as Dink Cafe Society (1939) as Sonny De Witt Only Angels Have Wings (1939) as Les Peters The Great McGinty (1940) as George No Time for Comedy (1940) as Morgan Carrel This Thing Called Love (1940) as Harry Bertrand I Wake Up Screaming (1941) as Larry Evans Bedtime Story (1941) as William Dudley The Wife Takes a Flyer (1942) as Major Zellfritz Immortal Sergeant (1943) as Cassidy Young Ideas (1943) as Adam Trent Heaven Can Wait (1943) as Albert Van Cleve Dangerous Blondes (1943) as Barry Craig The Impostor (1944) as Bouteau Bride by Mistake (1944) as Phil Vernon Strange Affair (1944) as Bill Harrison The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945) Junior Miss (1945) as Harry Graves It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog (1946) as Henry Barton The Thrill of Brazil (1946) as John Habour If You Knew Susie (1948) as Mike Garrett Moonrise (1948) as Sheriff Clem Otis Harriet Craig (1950) as Billy Birkmire As Young as You Feel (1951) as George Hodges I Love Melvin (1953) as Frank Schneider Titanic (1953) as Earl Meeker Island in the Sky (1953) as J.H. Handy The Fastest Gun Alive (1956) as Harvey Maxwell

Television The Eve Arden Show (1957-1958) (9 episodes) as George Howell Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1959) (Season 4 Episode 22: "The Right Price") as Mort Barnhardt Gunsmoke (1960) (Season 5 Episode 31: "I Thee Wed") as Sam Have Gun - Will Travel (1961) (Season 4 Episode 23: "The Fatal Flaw") as Marshal Lyle McKendrick The Untouchables (1962) (Season 3 Episode 14: "Silent Partner") as Wallace Laughton Target: The Corruptors (1962) (Season 1 Episode 29: A Book of Faces") as Frank Brandon McKeever and the Colonel (1962-1963) (26 episodes) as Colonel Harvey T. Blackwell Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964) (Season 1 Episode 18: "The Square Peg") as Keegan Rawhide (1964) (Season 6 Episode 25: "Incident of the Banker") as Albert Ashton-Warner My Three Sons (1964) (Season 5 Episode 6: "One of Our Moose is Missing") as George Summers The Addams Family (1964) (Season 1 Episode 1: "The Addams Family Goes to School") as Mr. Hilliard The Addams Family (1964) (Season 1 Episode 4: "Gomez, the Politician") as Mr. Hilliard F Troop (1965) (Season 1 Episode 16: "Iron Horse Go Home") as Colonel Parmenter Ben Casey (1965) (Season 5 Episode 11: "When Givers Prove Unkind") as Alec Bateman The Addams Family (1966) (Season 2 Episode 25: "Addams Cum Laude") as Sam Hilliard