Morgan Woodward

Thomas Morgan Woodward (September 16, 1925 – February 22, 2019) was an American actor who is best known for his recurring role as Marvin "Punk" Anderson on the television soap opera Dallas and for his portrayal of Boss Godfrey, the sunglasses-wearing "man with no eyes", in the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke. On TV, he was a familiar guest star on cowboy shows. On the long-running Western Gunsmoke, he played 16 different characters in 19 episodes (including a pair of two-part stories), most appearances of any actor on the show. where he was active in the theater. He graduated in 1948 with a Bachelor's of Business Administration in Finance. He attended law school at the University of Texas at Austin. During that time, he hosted a local radio talk show and sang with a barbershop quartet and a dance band.

Woodward also played on The Waltons as Boone Walton, the nephew of Walton's grandfather, Zeb Walton, and the son of Zeb's eldest brother, Henry.

Star Trek Woodward guest-starred in two episodes of the original series of Star Trek as two different characters. In the first-season episode, "Dagger of the Mind" (1966), Woodward plays Dr. Simon van Gelder, a deputy director of a facility for the criminally insane.

Dallas Woodward was a familiar face on the television drama series Dallas from 1980 to 1987. His recurring role was Marvin "Punk" Anderson.

Death Woodward died at age 93 on February 22, 2019, at his Hollywood Hills house in California.

Recognition In 2009, Woodward was inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. In 1986, he was inducted into the Order of West Range of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.

In 1988, he received the Golden Lariat Award at the National Western Film Festival for his contributions to the Western genre. He won the Golden Boot Award given by the Hollywood Motion Picture and Television Fund. Planet of the Apes (1974) - Martin the blacksmith The Waltons (1974, 1978: 2 episodes) - Boone Walton The X-Files (1995) - Old Harry Cokely in S2.E12, "Aubrey" Millennium (1997) - Iron Lung Man (final appearance)