Age, Biography and Wiki
Who is it? | Actor |
Birth Day | November 21, 1931 |
Birth Place | Ticonderoga, New York, United States |
Age | 89 YEARS OLD |
Died On | November 30, 1983(1983-11-30) (aged 52)\nNew York City |
Birth Sign | Sagittarius |
Occupation | Film and television actor: The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters |
Years active | 1963–1981 |
Spouse(s) | (1) Donna (JoJo) Collette Bailey (married 1956–1976, divorced) (2) Twiggy (married 1977–1983, his death) |
Children | 1 |
Net worth: $100K - $1M
Biography/Timeline
Michael Witney (born Whitney Michael Armstrong November 21, 1931 – November 30, 1983) was an American film and television actor.
Witney married Donna (JoJo) Collette Bailey in 1956 in Helena, Montana. They divorced in 1976.
In 1963–1964 Witney had a recurring part as the first wagon master, Buck Coulter, in the first 14 episodes of the ABC Western television series The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters, starring child actor Kurt Russell in the title role and based on a 1958 novel by Robert Lewis Taylor. Dan O'Herlihy played Jaimie's father, "Doc" Sardius McPheeters, and Charles Bronson at mid-season replaced Witney as the wagon master, cast in the role of Linc Murdock. The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters was Witney's first screen acting role.
In 1975 Witney was cast as Frank Ward in 10 of the 11 episodes of the BBC television series, Oil Strike North, a drama about the Triumph Oil Company and its attempt to extract petroleum from the North Sea.
His last screen appearances were from 1978 to 1981 in different roles in three episodes of ABC's Charlie's Angels.
He married the British model Lesley Hornby ("Twiggy") in 1977, and they had a daughter Carly. Witney died of a heart attack in New York City on November 30, 1983, nine days after his 52nd birthday.