Los Angeles Times
March 27, 2017
April 10, 1927 - March 23, 2017 Lee Farr died peacefully
in Woodland Hills, California, on March 23rd, following a long fight against
cancer. He was less than three weeks shy of the 90th birthday that was his
goal. Born Leon Farb in New York on April 10, 1927 (not Liberty, Missouri, as
the Internet insists), Lee grew up in Brooklyn, son of photographer Jacob Farb
and Rose Draisin Farb. He graduated from Boys High School, served in the Navy,
and studied geophysics at Penn State University. After working briefly as a
geologist, he turned to acting, becoming familiar to television viewers as
Detective Lt. Jim Conway on ABC's Robert Taylor's Detectives. His flashing
smile and equally convincing scowl led to roles as both good and bad guys on
Bonanza, Mission Impossible, The Invaders, M Squad, Have Gun Will Travel,
Lassie, The Rifleman, Perry Mason, The Rockford Files, and other iconic series
of the sixties and seventies. His feature films included Gunfighters of
Abilene, Lone Texan, Tarawa Beachhead, and Thundering Jets. He also starred on
the Los Angeles stage in Death of a Salesman; A View from the Bridge; Julius
Caesar; and A Hatful of Rain. Lee was predeceased by his sister, Lottie Kelban
(Harold), and half-brothers Abe and Dave Caroff; survived by daughter Denise;
nephews Russell Kelban, Stuart Kelban (Marjorie Saul), and niece Laurie Kelban
(Eric Schuhmann); cousins Jack Michaelson, Shelley Sosniak Wesolowski, and
Stacy McLaughlin; and great-nephews Oscar Kelban and Daniel Schuhmann.
FARR, Lee (Leon
Farr)
Born: 4/10/1927,
Liberty, Missouri, U.S.A.
Died: 3/23/2017,
Woodland Hills, California, U.S.A.
Lee Farr’s
westerns – actor:
Lone Texasn – 1958 (Riff)
The Sheriff of Cochise (TV) – 1958 (Mack Bannon)
The Rifleman (TV) – 1958, 1961 (Sam Montgomery, Carl
Avery)
Gunfighters of Abilene – 1959 (Judd Hainline)
Have Gun – Will Travel (TV) – 1959 (Jack Wilse)
Lawman (TV) – 1959 (Ben Greene)
The Restless Gun (TV) – 1959 (Jack Wise)
Trackdown (TV) – 1959 (Tris Corey, Charley Wagner)
Wanted: Dead or Alive (TV) – 1959 (Al Calico Jarrett)
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (TV) – 1960 (Claude
Turner)
Laramie (TV) – 1962 (Lon)
Bonanza (TV) – 1962, 1969 (Johnny Simms, Sam Torrance)
Lancer (TV) – 1969 (Lucky Morgan)
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