Jeff York
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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.
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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 8.808 |
Birthday | 1912-03-23 |
Place of Birth | Los Angeles, California, USA |
Also Known As | Granville Owen Scofield, Granville Owen, Jeff Yorke, |
1947
Blondie's Holiday
6/2
Dagwood gets a raise due to a new contract with a bank manager. Blondie misunderstanding the amount of the raise pledges more than they can afford to...
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Blondie's Holiday
1957
Old Yeller
6.906/260
Young Travis Coates is left to take care of the family ranch with his mother and younger brother while his father goes off on a cattle drive in the 18...
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Old Yeller
1940
Li'l Abner
5.909/11
Li'l Abner becomes convinced that he is going to die within twenty-four hours, so agrees to marry two different girls: Daisy Mae (who has chased him f...
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Li'l Abner
1946
The Postman Always Rings Twice
7.034/325
A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband.
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The Postman Always Rings Twice
1947
Fear in the Night
5.4/27
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Fear in the Night
1956
The Great Locomotive Chase
5.9/22
During the Civil War, a Union spy, Andrews, is asked to lead a band of Union soldiers into the South so that they could destroy the railway system. Ho...
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The Great Locomotive Chase
1957
Johnny Tremain
5.8/29
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Johnny Tremain
1956
Westward Ho, The Wagons!
5.5/10
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Westward Ho, The Wagons!
1948
The Paleface
6.062/65
Bob Hope stars in this laugh-packed wild west spoof co-starring Jane Russell as a sexy Calamity Jane, Hope is a meek frontier dentist, "Painless" Pete...
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The Paleface
1963
Savage Sam
5.2/23
Travis, Arliss, and Lisbeth are captured by Apaches while Old Yeller's son, Sam, tracks their trail.
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Savage Sam
1956
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
6.3/58
Davy Crockett and his sidekick Georgie compete against boastful Mike Fink ("King of the River") in a boat race to New Orleans. Later, Davy and Georgie...
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Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
1949
Special Agent
0/0
A California railroad agent hunts two brothers for murder and robbing a payroll express.
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Special Agent
1948
Isn't It Romantic?
7/2
Three sisters find romance in post-Civil War Indiana.
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Isn't It Romantic?
1946
Alias Mr. Twilight
5.1/4
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Alias Mr. Twilight
1937
Expensive Husbands
4.8/3
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Expensive Husbands
1938
Start Cheering
7/6
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Start Cheering
1937
The Devil's Saddle Legion
0.5/1
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The Devil's Saddle Legion
1940
Terry and the Pirates
4.5/1
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Terry and the Pirates
1950
Short Grass
6/1
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Short Grass
1950
Surrender
4.8/4
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Surrender
1946
Up Goes Maisie
6.7/3
A showgirl working for an inventor battles crooks, who want to steal his ideas.
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Up Goes Maisie
1946
The Yearling
6.6/89
Jody convinces his parents to allow him to adopt a young deer, but what will happen if the deer misbehaves?
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The Yearling
1945
They Were Expendable
6.514/111
After a demonstration of new PT boats, navy brass are still unconvinced of their viability in combat, leaving Lt. "Rusty" Ryan frustrated. After the a...
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They Were Expendable
1954
The Camera Caught It
0/0
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The Camera Caught It
1937
The Adventurous Blonde
5.4/11
The third of nine Torchy Blane movies. Angry that police detective Steve McBride (Barton MacLane) is giving preferential treatment to his reporter-fi...
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The Adventurous Blonde
1949
The Inspector General
6.4/49
An illiterate stooge in a traveling medicine show wanders into a strange town and is picked up on a vagrancy charge. The town's corrupt officials mist...
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The Inspector General
1950
Father of the Bride
6.972/197
Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she announces her engagement through to the wedding itself,...
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Father of the Bride
1952
The Lady Says No
4.5/11
The feminist author of a national best-seller titled The Lady Says No meets a sexist magazine photographer and decides she'd rather say yes.
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The Lady Says No
1940
The Great Plane Robbery
0/0
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The Great Plane Robbery
1957
The Liberty Story
9/2
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The Liberty Story
1946
Little Miss Big
6/1
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Little Miss Big
1952
Kansas City Confidential
7.1/125
An ex-convict sets out to uncover who framed him for an armored car robbery.
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Kansas City Confidential
1948
Panhandle
5.8/10
An ex-gunfighter woos two women while avenging his brother, victim of a crooked gambler.
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Panhandle
1950
Kill the Umpire
6.2/5
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Kill the Umpire
1937
Kid Galahad
6.9/43
Fight promoter Nick Donati grooms a bellhop as a future champ, but has second thoughts when the 'kid' falls for his sister.
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Kid Galahad
1951
The Unknown Man
4.8/13
A scrupulously honest lawyer discovers that the client he's gotten off was really guilty.
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The Unknown Man
1957
The Saga of Andy Burnett
0/0
Andy's ambition is to become a farmer, but a penniless mountain man convinces him that is not the life for him. His band puts Andy through a series of...
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The Saga of Andy Burnett
1950
The Asphalt Jungle
7.491/464
Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of v...
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The Asphalt Jungle
1942
Nazi Agent
6.6/11
Humble stamp dealer Otto Becker has little to do with international politics, so when he receives a surprise visit from his estranged twin brother and...
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Nazi Agent
1948
Jingle, Jangle, Jingle
0/0
Ranchers Margaret Field and Will Wright compete in a race between their chuck-wagons and drivers. In and around the race, the Page Cavanaugh Trio perf...
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Jingle, Jangle, Jingle
1955
Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race
7/2
Davy and Georgie end a particularly successful season of trapping and hunting with the hopes of easy sales, only for such hopes to be dashed by the se...
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Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race
1952
The Duel at Silver Creek
6.9/34
When a gang of ruthless claim jumpers brutally murders his miner father, a gunman known as the Silver Kid joins forces with the local marshal to free...
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The Duel at Silver Creek
1948
The Three Musketeers
6.7/134
Athletic adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' classic adventure about the king's musketeers and their mission to protect France.
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