Gregg Palmer
Palmer Edwin Lee (January 25, 1927 – October 31, 2015), known by his stage name Gregg Palmer, was an American film and television actor. He was best known for playing the recurring role of Tom McLowery in the final season of the American western television series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp.
Also recorded as Palmer Edwin Lee
Gregg Palmer
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- Name
- Gregg Palmer
- Birth Name
- Palmer Edwin Lee
- Born
- 25 January 1927
- Birthplace
- San Francisco, California, U.S.
- Died
- 31 October 2015
- Place of death
- Encino, California, U.S.
- Occupation
- Film and television actor
- Full name
- Donald van der Maaten.
- Nationality
- United States
- Fields
- Western
- Languages
- English
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Palmer Edwin Lee (January 25, 1927 – October 31, 2015), known by his stage name Gregg Palmer, was an American film and television actor. He was best known for playing the recurring role of Tom McLowery in the final season of the American western television series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp.
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• Name — Gregg Palmer • Birth Name — Palmer Edwin Lee • Born — 25 January 1927 • Birthplace — San Francisco, California, U.S. • Died — 31 October 2015 • Place of death — Encino, California, U.S. • Occupation — Film and television actor • Years Active — 1950–1982
Life and career
Life and career
Palmer was born in San Francisco, California, He served in the United States Army Air Corps as a cryptographer in World War II. He began his screen career in 1950, with the uncredited role of an ambulance driver in the film My Friend Irma Goes West. • Illustration — Palmer (right) with Kathleen Crowley in The Rebel Set, 1959 Later in his career, Palmer guest-starred in numerous television programs, including Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Wagon Train, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, The Virginian, The Wild Wild West, Sky King, Have Gun – Will Travel, Rawhide, Star Trek: The Original Series, Mannix, 26 Men, Mission: Impossible and Death Valley Days, and played the recurring role of Tom McLowery in the final season of the ABC western television series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp. He also appeared in numerous films such as Big Jake, The Undefeated, Rio Lobo, Magnificent Obsession, Taza, Son of Cochise, To Hell and Back, The Shootist, The Creature Walks Among Us, The Rebel Set, Zombies of Mora Tau, Taza, Son of Cochise, Francis Goes to West Point and The Creature Walks Among Us. Palmer retired from acting in 1982, last appearing in the CBS television miniseries The Blue and the Gray.
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Death
• Illustration — Palmer in Big Jake, 1971 Palmer died on October 31, 2015 in Encino, California, at the age of 88.
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Gregg Palmer was recorded at birth as Donald van der Maaten. The authorities additionally record the heading Palmer Edwin Lee. His recorded language was English.
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Gregg Palmer is recorded as actor.

Gregg Palmer in trailer for "Magnificent Obsession" (1954)
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Gregg Palmer died in 2015 at Encino.
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