Med Flory

Meredith Irwin Flory, known professionally as Med Flory (August 27, 1926 – March 12, 2014), His mother was an organist and encouraged him to learn clarinet as a child. During World War II, he was an Army Air Force pilot, and after the war he received his college degree in philosophy from Indiana University.

Career Flory played in the bands of Claude Thornhill and Woody Herman in the early 1950s, before forming his own ensemble in New York City. He was cast in twenty-nine episodes from 1956 to 1957 of the ABC variety show, The Ray Anthony Show.

In the 1960s, Flory was less active in music, working in television and film as an actor and screenwriter; his credits include Wagon Train; The Rifleman; Ripcord (twice); Rawhide (twice); Gunsmoke (twice); Perry Mason (twice - including 'The Case of Crying Comedian'); Maverick (twice); The Virginian (five episodes); Route 66 (twice); Bronco; Surfside 6; Mona McCluskey; Run, Buddy, Run; 77 Sunset Strip (three episodes); The Dakotas; Destry; Lawman (three episodes); Wendy and Me; It's a Man's World; The Monroes; Cimarron Strip; Daniel Boone (seven episodes); Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (twice); Bonanza (three episodes); Mannix; Lassie (ten episodes); How the West Was Won (three episodes); and High Mountain Rangers (four episodes as Sheriff Mike McBride). He appeared in the films The Gumball Rally, The Night of the Grizzly, and The Nutty Professor.

In the mid-1960s Flory worked with Art Pepper and Joe Maini on transcriptions and arrangements of Charlie Parker recordings. In 1972, he co-founded Supersax, an ensemble devoted to Parker's work. on March 12, 2014, in Hollywood, California, at the age of 87.

Filmography

Gun Street (1961) - Willie Driscoll Spencer's Mountain (1963) - Spencer Brother (uncredited) The Nutty Professor (1963) - Warzewski Move Over, Darling (1963) - Seaman (uncredited) Man's Favorite Sport? (1964) - Tucker (uncredited) Mike and the Mermaid (1964) - Dad The Night of the Grizzly (1966) - Duke Squires Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding! (1967) - Policeman The Reluctant Astronaut (1967) - White Shirt in Bar (uncredited) Rough Night in Jericho (1967) - Weaver (uncredited) The Big Mouth (1967) - Male Nurse (uncredited) The Trouble with Girls (1969) - Constable Which Way to the Front? (1970) - G.I. Sentry (uncredited) Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came (1970) - Military Policeman (uncredited) Home for the Holidays (1972) - Sheriff Nolan The Teacher (1974) - Joe Roberts Let's Do It Again (1975) - Rufus Hustle (1975) - Albino-Beating Cop The Gumball Rally (1976) - Officer Williams Uncle Joe Shannon (1978) - Humphreys / Shannon's Musicians - Keyboard The Hearse (1980) - Sheriff Denton The Boogens (1981) - Dan Ostroff