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{{Infobox person
| name = Skip Homeier
| name = Skip Homeier
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| birth_name = George Vincent Homeier
| image = Skip Homeier in Boys Ranch trailer.jpg
| image = Skip Homeier in Boys Ranch trailer.jpg
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| caption = Homeier in ''[[Boys' Ranch (film)|Boys' Ranch]]'' (1946)
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| birth_name = George Vincent Homeier
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| caption = Homeier in ''[[Boys' Ranch (film)|Boys' Ranch]]'', 1946
| birth_date = {{birth date|1930|10|05}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1930|10|05}}
| birth_place = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], U.S.
| birth_place = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|06|25|1930|10|05}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|06|25|1930|10|05}}
| death_place = [[Indian Wells, California]], U.S.
| death_place = [[Indian Wells, California]], U.S.
| known_for = {{hlist|[[Tomorrow, the World!]]|[[Halls of Montezuma (film)|Halls of Montezuma]]|[[Fixed Bayonets!]]|[[The Ghost and Mr. Chicken]]|[[The Way to Eden]]|[[Beachhead (film)|Beachhead]]}}
| occupation = Actor
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1941–1982
| years_active = 1941–1982
| spouse = {{ubl|{{marriage|Nancy Van Noorden Field|1951|1962}}|{{marriage|Della Sharman|1963|2017}}}}
| spouse = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Nancy Van Noorden Field|1951|1962|end=div}}
* {{marriage|Della Sharman|1963}}
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| children = 2
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'''George Vincent Homeier''' (October 5, 1930 – June 25, 2017), known professionally as '''Skip Homeier''', was an American actor who started his career at the age of eleven and became a child star.
'''George Vincent Homeier''' (October 5, 1930 – June 25, 2017), known professionally as '''Skip Homeier''', was an American actor who started his career at the age of eleven and became a child star.


==Career==
==Career==
===Child Actor===
===Child actor===
Homeier was born in Chicago on October 5, 1930.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Willis|first1=John|last2=Monush|first2=Barry|title=Screen World 1994|date=2000|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9781557832016|page=288|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z8yFlYq1h7IC&pg=PA288&dq=%22George+Vincent+Homeier%22|accessdate=10 October 2016}}</ref> He began to act for radio shows at the age of six as '''Skippy Homeier'''.<ref name="TRead">{{cite news|last=Read|first=Timothy|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/aug/24/skip-homeier-obituary|title=Skip Homeier obituary|work=The Guardian|location=London|date=24 August 2017|accessdate=24 August 2017}}</ref> Then, at the age of 11, he worked on the radio show ''[[Portia Faces Life]]'', as well as making "dramatic commercial announcements" on ''[[The O'Neills]]'' and ''[[Against the Storm]]''.<ref name="bb022142">{{cite journal |last=Lesser |first=Jerry |title=Radio Talent: New York |url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/40s/1942/Billboard%201942-02-21.o.pdf |journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |page=7 |date=February 21, 1942 |issn=0006-2510}}</ref> In 1942, he also joined the casts of ''Wheatena Playhouse'' and ''We, the Abbotts''.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Lesser |first=Jerry |title=Radio Talent: New York |journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=March 7, 1942 |page=7 |issn=0006-2510}}</ref> From 1943 until 1944, he played the role of Emil in the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] play, and film ''[[Tomorrow, the World!]]''. Cast as a child indoctrinated into [[Nazism]], who is brought to the United States from [[Germany]] following the death of his parents, Homeier was praised for his performance. He played the troubled youngster in the film adaptation of ''[[Tomorrow, the World!]]'' (1944) and received good reviews playing opposite [[Fredric March]] and [[Betty Field]] as his American uncle and aunt.
Homeier was born in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], on October 5, 1930.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Willis|first1=John|last2=Monush|first2=Barry|title=Screen World 1994|date=2000|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation | location = New York | isbn=978-1-55783-201-6|page=288|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z8yFlYq1h7IC&pg=PA288 }}</ref> He began to act for radio shows at the age of six as '''Skippy Homeier'''.<ref name="TRead">{{cite news|last=Read|first=Timothy|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/aug/24/skip-homeier-obituary|title=Skip Homeier obituary|work=The Guardian|location=London|date=24 August 2017|access-date=24 August 2017}}</ref> At the age of 11, he worked on the radio show ''[[Portia Faces Life]]'' as well as making "dramatic commercial announcements" on ''[[The O'Neills]]'' and ''[[Against the Storm (radio program)|Against the Storm]]''.<ref name="bb022142">{{cite magazine |last=Lesser |first=Jerry |title=Radio Talent: New York |url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/40s/1942/Billboard%201942-02-21.o.pdf |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |page=7 |date=February 21, 1942 |issn=0006-2510}}</ref> In 1942, he joined the casts of ''Wheatena Playhouse'' and ''We, the Abbotts''.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Lesser |first=Jerry |title=Radio Talent: New York |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=March 7, 1942 |page=7 |issn=0006-2510}}</ref> From 1943 until 1944, he played the role of Emil in the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] play and film ''[[Tomorrow, the World!]]''. Cast as a child indoctrinated into [[Nazism]] who is brought to the United States from [[Germany]] following the death of his parents, Homeier was praised for his performance. He played the troubled youngster in the film adaptation of ''Tomorrow, the World!'' (1944) and received good reviews playing opposite [[Fredric March]] and [[Betty Field]] as his American uncle and aunt.


===Adult Roles===
===Adult roles===
Homeier changed his first name from Skippy to Skip when he became 18. He attended the [[University of California, Los Angeles]].<ref name="pm">{{cite news|last1=Gwynn|first1=Edith|title=Hollywood|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6961975/pottstown_mercury/|work=Pottstown Mercury|date=October 5, 1949|location=Pennsylvania, Pottstown|page=4|via= [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate= October 9, 2016}} {{Open access}}</ref>
Homeier changed his first name from Skippy to Skip when he turned eighteen. He attended the [[University of California, Los Angeles]].<ref name="pm">{{cite news|last1=Gwynn|first1=Edith|title=Hollywood|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6961975/pottstown_mercury/|work=Pottstown Mercury|date=October 5, 1949|location=Pennsylvania, Pottstown|page=4|via= [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date= October 9, 2016}} {{Open access}}</ref>


Although Homeier worked frequently throughout his childhood and adolescence, playing wayward youths with no chance of redemption, he did not become a major star; but he did make a transition from [[child actor]] to adult, especially in a range of roles as delinquent youths, common in Hollywood films of the 1950s.
Although Homeier worked frequently throughout his childhood and adolescence, playing wayward youths with no chance of redemption, he did not become a major star, but he did make a transition from [[child actor]] to adult, especially in a range of roles as delinquent youths, common in Hollywood films of the 1950s. Some of these films were [[film noir]] works.


He also developed a talent for playing strong character roles in [[war film]]s, such as ''[[Halls of Montezuma (film)|Halls of Montezuma]]'' (1950), [[Sam Fuller]]'s ''[[Fixed Bayonets]]'' (1951) and ''[[Beachhead (film)|Beachhead]]'' (1954).
He also developed a talent for playing strong character roles in [[war film]]s, such as ''[[Halls of Montezuma (film)|Halls of Montezuma]]'' (1950), [[Sam Fuller]]'s ''[[Fixed Bayonets!]]'' (1951) and ''[[Beachhead (film)|Beachhead]]'' (1954).


[[File:Skip Homeier Evelyn Ankers GE Theater 1954.jpg|thumb|left|Homeier and [[Evelyn Ankers]] in the [[General Electric Theater]] presentation of "The Hunted", 1954]]
[[File:Skip Homeier Evelyn Ankers GE Theater 1954.jpg|thumb|Homeier and [[Evelyn Ankers]] in the [[General Electric Theater]] presentation of "The Hunted", 1954]]
In 1954, he guest-starred in an episode of the [[NBC]] [[legal drama]] ''[[Justice (1954 TV series)|Justice]]'', based on cases of the Legal Aid Society of [[New York (state)|New York]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of Television Law Shows |first=Hal |last=Erickson |authorlink=Hal Erickson (author) |publisher=[[McFarland & Company]] |year=2009 |page=155 |isbn=978-0786438280}}</ref> He was cast later in an episode of [[Steve McQueen]]'s ''[[Wanted: Dead or Alive (TV series)|Wanted Dead or Alive]]'', a [[CBS]] [[western (genre)|western]] series. Homeier played a man sought for a crime of which he is innocent, but who has no faith in the legal system's ability to provide justice. Fleeing from McQueen's bounty hunter character Josh Randall, Homeier's character's foot slips and he accidentally falls to his death from a cliff.
In 1954, he guest-starred in an episode of the [[NBC]] [[legal drama]] ''[[Justice (1954 TV series)|Justice]]'', based on cases of the Legal Aid Society of [[New York (state)|New York]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of Television Law Shows |first=Hal |last=Erickson |author-link=Hal Erickson (author) |publisher=[[McFarland & Company]] |year=2009 |page=155 | location = Jefferson, NC | isbn=978-0-7864-3828-0}}</ref> He was cast later in an episode of [[Steve McQueen]]'s ''[[Wanted: Dead or Alive (TV series)|Wanted Dead or Alive]]'', a [[CBS]] [[Western (genre)|Western]] series. Homeier played a man sought for a crime of which he is innocent, but who has no faith in the legal system's ability to provide justice. Fleeing from McQueen's bounty hunter character Josh Randall, Homeier's character's foot slips and he accidentally falls to his death from a cliff.


Homeier appeared as Kading in an episode of the NBC western ''[[Jefferson Drum]]'' ("The Post", 1958), starring [[Jeff Richards (baseball player/actor)|Jeff Richards]]. In 1959, he appeared as a drover named Lucky in Rawhide, ''Incident of the Blue Fire.'' In 1960, Skip appeared on an episode of The Rifleman: The Spoiler as Brud Evans. Then, from 1960 to 1961, he starred in the title role in ''[[Dan Raven]]'', a [[crime drama]] also on NBC set on [[Sunset Strip]] of [[West Hollywood, California|West Hollywood]], [[California]], with a number of celebrities playing themselves in guest roles. The series only lasted for 13 episodes.<ref name="TRead"/> In the summer of 1961, he appeared in an episode of ''[[The Asphalt Jungle (TV series)|The Asphalt Jungle]]'', and later that same year he performed as a replacement drover and temporary "ramrod" in an episode of ''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]'' ("Incident of the Long Shakedown").<ref>[http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/rawhide/episode-3-season-4/incident-of-the-long-shakedown/100368/ "Incident of the Long Shakedown",] ''Rawhide,'' S04E03, originally aired October 13, 1961. ''[[TV Guide]].'' Retrieved May 20, 2017.</ref> Homeier also made two guest appearances on ''[[Perry Mason (TV series)|Perry Mason]]'', both times as the defendant. In 1961, he played Dr. Edley in "The Case of the Pathetic Patient", and in 1965 he played the police sergeant Dave Wolfe in "The Case of the Silent Six". In 1964, he guest-starred in ''[[The Addams Family (1964 television series)|The Addams Family]]'' episode "Halloween With The Addams Family" with [[Don Rickles]]. Also in 1964, he portrayed the Dr. Clinton role in The Outer Limits episode "[[Expanding Human]]".
He appeared in a 1956 episode of ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'', with co-star [[Joanne Woodward]] entitled "Momentum". Homeier appeared as Kading in an episode of the NBC western ''[[Jefferson Drum]]'' ("The Post", 1958), starring [[Jeff Richards (baseball player/actor)|Jeff Richards]]. In 1959, he appeared as a drover named Lucky in Rawhide, ''Incident of the Blue Fire.'' In 1960, Skip appeared on an episode of ''[[The Rifleman]]'': The Spoiler as Brud Evans. Then, from 1960 to 1961, he starred in the title role in ''[[Dan Raven]]'', a short-lived NBC [[crime drama]] set on [[Sunset Strip]] of [[West Hollywood, California|West Hollywood]], [[California]], with a number of celebrities playing themselves in guest roles. The series only lasted for thirteen episodes.<ref name="TRead" /> In the summer of 1961, he appeared in an episode of ''[[The Asphalt Jungle (TV series)|The Asphalt Jungle]]'', and later that same year, he performed as a replacement drover and temporary "ramrod" in an episode of ''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]'' ("Incident of the Long Shakedown").<ref>[http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/rawhide/episode-3-season-4/incident-of-the-long-shakedown/100368/ "Incident of the Long Shakedown"], ''Rawhide'', S04E03, originally aired October 13, 1961. ''[[TV Guide]].'' Retrieved May 20, 2017.</ref>
Homeier was also cast as “Wichita Kid” in a ''Rawhide'' episode airing November 23, 1965, entitled “Brush War at Buford”.


Homeier also made two guest appearances on ''[[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|Perry Mason]]'', both times as the defendant. In 1961, he played Dr. Edley in "The Case of the Pathetic Patient", and in 1965, he played the police sergeant Dave Wolfe in "The Case of the Silent Six". In 1964, he guest-starred in ''[[The Addams Family (1964 TV series)|The Addams Family]]'' episode "Halloween with the Addams Family" with [[Don Rickles]]. Also in 1964, he portrayed Dr. Roy Clinton in ''[[The Outer Limits (1963 TV series)|The Outer Limits]]'' episode "[[Expanding Human]]" (1963). In a very busy year, he also appeared in the ''[[Combat!]]'' episode "The Impostor" (1964, S3 E10). He also appeared in the ''Combat!'' episode "Night Patrol" (1963, S1 E22) as Lt. Billy Joe Cranston.
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Homeier was cast in the feature film ''[[The Ghost and Mr. Chicken]]'' (1966) with [[Don Knotts]]; and he continued to be frequently cast on television as a guest star, often as a villain, including in all four of [[Irwin Allen]]'s science-fiction series in the mid-to-late 1960s. He guest-starred as well on ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' in two episodes: as the Nazi-like character Melakon in "[[Patterns of Force (Star Trek: The Original Series)|Patterns of Force]]" (1968), and as Dr. Sevrin in "[[The Way to Eden]]" (1969). One of his last roles was a one-liner in the television film ''[[The Wild Wild West Revisited]]'' (1979) as a senior [[United States Secret Service|Secret Service]] official. He retired from acting aged 50.<ref name="TRead"/>

Homeier was cast in the feature film ''[[The Ghost and Mr. Chicken]]'' (1966) with [[Don Knotts]].

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He continued to be cast frequently on television as a guest star, often as a villain. He appeared in all four of [[Irwin Allen]]'s science-fiction series in the mid-to-late 1960s. He guest-starred on ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' in two episodes: as the Nazi-like character Melakon in "[[Patterns of Force (Star Trek: The Original Series)|Patterns of Force]]" (1968) and as Dr. Rota Sevrin in "[[The Way to Eden]]" (1969). He appeared on ''[[Longstreet (TV series)|Longstreet]]'' (1971). In 1969, he was a guest star on the TV show ''[[Mannix]]'', in the third-season episode called "A Sleep in the Deep". One of his last roles was a one-liner in the television film ''[[The Wild Wild West Revisited]]'' (1979) as a senior [[United States Secret Service|Secret Service]] official. He retired from acting aged 50.<ref name="TRead" />


===Death===
===Death===
Homeier died on June 25, 2017 at the age of 86 from spinal [[myelopathy]] at his home in Indian Wells, California. He is survived by his wife, Della, and Homeier's sons Peter and Michael from his first marriage (1951-1962) to Nancy Van Noorden Field.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/skip-homeier-dead-tomorrow-world-star-trek-actor-was-86-1018507 |title=Skip Homeier, Nazi Child in 'Tomorrow, the World!' and 'Star Trek' Actor, Dies at 86 |first=Mike |last=Barnes |magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=July 3, 2017 |issn=0018-3660}}</ref><ref>http://www.startrek.com/article/remembering-tos-guest-star-skip-homeier-1930-2017</ref>
Homeier died on June 25, 2017, at the age of 86 from spinal [[myelopathy]] at his home in [[Indian Wells, California]]. He is survived by his wife, Della, and his sons Peter and Michael from his first marriage (1951–1962) to Nancy Van Noorden Field.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/skip-homeier-dead-tomorrow-world-star-trek-actor-was-86-1018507 |title=Skip Homeier, Nazi Child in 'Tomorrow, the World!' and 'Star Trek' Actor, Dies at 86 |first=Mike |last=Barnes |magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=July 3, 2017 |issn=0018-3660}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.startrek.com/article/remembering-tos-guest-star-skip-homeier-1930-2017|title=Remembering TOS Guest Star Skip Homeier, 1930–2017|website=Star Trek}}</ref>


==Selected filmography==
==Selected filmography==
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*''[[Boys' Ranch (film)|Boys' Ranch]]'' (1946)
*''[[Tomorrow, the World!]]'' (1944) – Emil Bruckner
*''[[Arthur Takes Over]]'' (1948)
*''[[Boys' Ranch (film)|Boys' Ranch]]'' (1946) – Skippy
*''[[The Gunfighter]]'' (1950)
*''[[Arthur Takes Over]]'' (1948) – Arthur Bixby
*''[[Halls of Montezuma (film)|Halls of Montezuma]]'' (1951)
*''[[Mickey (1948 film)|Mickey]]'' (1948) – Hank Evans
*''[[The Big Cat (film)|The Big Cat]]'' (1949) – Jim Hawks – Gil's Son
*''[[Fixed Bayonets]]'' (1951)
*''[[The Gunfighter]]'' (1950) – Hunt Bromley
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*''[[Black Widow (1954 film)|Black Widow]]'' (1954)
*''[[Beachhead (film)|Beachhead]]'' (1954)
*''[[Halls of Montezuma (film)|Halls of Montezuma]]'' (1951) – Pretty Boy
*''[[Cry Vengeance]]'' (1954)
*''[[Sealed Cargo]]'' (1951) – Steve
*''[[Ten Wanted Men]]'' (1955)
*''[[Fixed Bayonets!]]'' (1951) – Whitey
*''[[The Road to Denver]]'' (1955)
*''[[Sailor Beware (1952 film)|Sailor Beware]]'' (1952) – Mac
*''[[Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (film)|Has Anybody Seen My Gal?]]'' (1952) – Carl Pennock
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*''[[Dakota Incident]]'' (1956)
*''[[The Burning Hills]]'' (1956)
*''[[The Last Posse]]'' (1953) – Art Romer
*''[[The Tall T]]'' (1957)
*''[[Beachhead (film)|Beachhead]]'' (1954) – Reynolds
*''[[Comanche Station]]'' (1960)
*''[[The Lone Gun]]'' (1954) – Cass Downing
*''[[Dawn at Socorro]]'' (1954) – Buddy Ferris
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*’’[[The Rifleman]] (1960)
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*''[[Black Widow (1954 film)|Black Widow]]'' (1954) – John Amberly
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*''[[Stark Fear]]'' (1962)
*''[[Showdown (1963 film)|Showdown]]'' (1963)
*''[[Cry Vengeance]]'' (1954) – Roxey Davis
*''[[Bullet for a Badman]]'' (1964)
*''[[Ten Wanted Men]]'' (1955) – Howie Stewart
*''[[The Ghost and Mr. Chicken]]'' (1966)
*''[[The Road to Denver]]'' (1955) – Sam Mayhew
*''[[The Way to Eden]]'' (Star Trek episode), Dr. Sevrin (1969)
*''[[At Gunpoint]]'' (1955) – Bob Dennis
*''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'' (1956) (Season 1 Episode 39: "Momentum") – Richard Paine
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*''[[Tiger by the Tail (1970 film)|Tiger by the Tail]]'' (1970)
*''[[Helter Skelter (1976 film)|Helter Skelter]]'' (1976)
*''[[Stranger at My Door (1956 film)|Stranger at My Door]]'' (1956) – Clay Anderson
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*''[[Dakota Incident]]'' (1956) – Frank Banner
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*''[[The Greatest (1977 film)|The Greatest]]'' (1977)
*''[[Thunder Over Arizona]]'' (1956) – Tim Mallory
*''[[The Burning Hills]]'' (1956) – Jack Sutton
*''[[Between Heaven and Hell (film)|Between Heaven and Hell]]'' (1956) – Private Swanson – Company G
*''[[The Human Barrier (Studio One)|The Human Barrier]] (1957) – Capt. Gene Lipton
*''[[No Road Back]]'' (1957) – John Railton
*''[[The Tall T]]'' (1957) – Billy Jack
*''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'' (1958) (Season 3 Episode 17: "The Motive") – Tommy Greer
*''[[Day of the Badman]]'' (1958) – Howard Hayes
*''[[Plunderers of Painted Flats]]'' (1959) – Joe Martin
*''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]'' (1959) – Lucky Markley in S2:E11, "Incident of the Blue Fire"
*''[[Lawman (TV series)|Lawman]]'' Season 2 Episode 20 " Gunman" (1959)
*''[[Comanche Station]]'' (1960) – Frank
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*''[[The Rifleman]]'' (1960, TV Series) – Brud Evans
*''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]'' (1961) – Jess Clayton in S4:E3, "The Long Shakedown"
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*''[[Stark Fear]]'' (1962) – Gerald Winslow
*''[[The Virginian (TV series)|The Virginian]]''
**(Season 1 Episode 27 "Strangers At Sundown") (1963) – Jed Carter
**(Season 2 Episode 8 "A Portrait of Marie Valonne") (1963) – Sergeant Danny Bohannon
**(Season 3 Episode 6 "The Brazos Kid" (1964) – Joe Cleary
**(Season 7 Episode 18 "The Price of Love") – Callan
*''[[Showdown (1963 film)|Showdown]]'' (1963) – Caslon
*''[[Combat!]]'' (1963 episode – "Night Patrol") – Billy Joe
*''[[Bullet for a Badman]]'' (1964) – Pink
*''[[Combat!]]'' (1964 episode – "The Imposter") – Sergeant Morgan
*''[[The Outer Limits (1963 TV series)|The Outer Limits]]'' (1964 episode – "[[Expanding Human]]") – Dr. Roy Clinton
*''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]'' (1965) – Wichita Kid in S8:E11, "Brush War at Buford"
*''[[The Ghost and Mr. Chicken]]'' (1966) – Ollie Weaver
*’’[[Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series)|Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea]]’’ (1966 episode – “The Day the World Ended”) – Senator William Dennis
*''[[Combat!]]'' (1967 episode – "Entombed") – Lieutenant Karl Mauer
*"[[Patterns of Force (Star Trek: The Original Series)|Patterns of Force]]" (''Star Trek'' episode, 1968) – Deputy Führer Melakon
*"[[The Way to Eden]]" (''Star Trek'' episode, 1969) – Dr. Rota Sevrin
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*''[[Tiger by the Tail (1970 film)|Tiger by the Tail]]'' (1970) – Deputy Sheriff Laswell
*''Starbird and Sweet William'' (1973) – Ranger
*''[[Helter Skelter (1976 film)|Helter Skelter]]'' (1976, television movie) – Judge Older
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*''[[The Greatest (1977 film)|The Greatest]]'' (1977) – Major
*''[[The Incredible Hulk (TV Series)|The Incredible Hulk]]'' (1979) – Dr. Robert Stanley
*''[[Showdown at Eagle Gap]]'' (1982) – Alexander Kirk (final film role)
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Skip Homeier
Homeier in Boys' Ranch (1946)
Born
George Vincent Homeier

(1930-10-05)October 5, 1930
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
DiedJune 25, 2017(2017-06-25) (aged 86)
Indian Wells, California, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1941–1982
Known for
Spouses
Nancy Van Noorden Field
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(m. 1951; div. 1962)​
Della Sharman
​
(m. 1963)​
Children2

George Vincent Homeier (October 5, 1930 – June 25, 2017), known professionally as Skip Homeier, was an American actor who started his career at the age of eleven and became a child star.

Career

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Child actor

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Homeier was born in Chicago, Illinois, on October 5, 1930.[1] He began to act for radio shows at the age of six as Skippy Homeier.[2] At the age of 11, he worked on the radio show Portia Faces Life as well as making "dramatic commercial announcements" on The O'Neills and Against the Storm.[3] In 1942, he joined the casts of Wheatena Playhouse and We, the Abbotts.[4] From 1943 until 1944, he played the role of Emil in the Broadway play and film Tomorrow, the World!. Cast as a child indoctrinated into Nazism who is brought to the United States from Germany following the death of his parents, Homeier was praised for his performance. He played the troubled youngster in the film adaptation of Tomorrow, the World! (1944) and received good reviews playing opposite Fredric March and Betty Field as his American uncle and aunt.

Adult roles

[edit]

Homeier changed his first name from Skippy to Skip when he turned eighteen. He attended the University of California, Los Angeles.[5]

Although Homeier worked frequently throughout his childhood and adolescence, playing wayward youths with no chance of redemption, he did not become a major star, but he did make a transition from child actor to adult, especially in a range of roles as delinquent youths, common in Hollywood films of the 1950s. Some of these films were film noir works.

He also developed a talent for playing strong character roles in war films, such as Halls of Montezuma (1950), Sam Fuller's Fixed Bayonets! (1951) and Beachhead (1954).

Homeier and Evelyn Ankers in the General Electric Theater presentation of "The Hunted", 1954

In 1954, he guest-starred in an episode of the NBC legal drama Justice, based on cases of the Legal Aid Society of New York.[6] He was cast later in an episode of Steve McQueen's Wanted Dead or Alive, a CBS Western series. Homeier played a man sought for a crime of which he is innocent, but who has no faith in the legal system's ability to provide justice. Fleeing from McQueen's bounty hunter character Josh Randall, Homeier's character's foot slips and he accidentally falls to his death from a cliff.

He appeared in a 1956 episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, with co-star Joanne Woodward entitled "Momentum". Homeier appeared as Kading in an episode of the NBC western Jefferson Drum ("The Post", 1958), starring Jeff Richards. In 1959, he appeared as a drover named Lucky in Rawhide, Incident of the Blue Fire. In 1960, Skip appeared on an episode of The Rifleman: The Spoiler as Brud Evans. Then, from 1960 to 1961, he starred in the title role in Dan Raven, a short-lived NBC crime drama set on Sunset Strip of West Hollywood, California, with a number of celebrities playing themselves in guest roles. The series only lasted for thirteen episodes.[2] In the summer of 1961, he appeared in an episode of The Asphalt Jungle, and later that same year, he performed as a replacement drover and temporary "ramrod" in an episode of Rawhide ("Incident of the Long Shakedown").[7] Homeier was also cast as “Wichita Kid” in a Rawhide episode airing November 23, 1965, entitled “Brush War at Buford”.

Homeier also made two guest appearances on Perry Mason, both times as the defendant. In 1961, he played Dr. Edley in "The Case of the Pathetic Patient", and in 1965, he played the police sergeant Dave Wolfe in "The Case of the Silent Six". In 1964, he guest-starred in The Addams Family episode "Halloween with the Addams Family" with Don Rickles. Also in 1964, he portrayed Dr. Roy Clinton in The Outer Limits episode "Expanding Human" (1963). In a very busy year, he also appeared in the Combat! episode "The Impostor" (1964, S3 E10). He also appeared in the Combat! episode "Night Patrol" (1963, S1 E22) as Lt. Billy Joe Cranston.

Homeier was cast in the feature film The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966) with Don Knotts.

He continued to be cast frequently on television as a guest star, often as a villain. He appeared in all four of Irwin Allen's science-fiction series in the mid-to-late 1960s. He guest-starred on Star Trek: The Original Series in two episodes: as the Nazi-like character Melakon in "Patterns of Force" (1968) and as Dr. Rota Sevrin in "The Way to Eden" (1969). He appeared on Longstreet (1971). In 1969, he was a guest star on the TV show Mannix, in the third-season episode called "A Sleep in the Deep". One of his last roles was a one-liner in the television film The Wild Wild West Revisited (1979) as a senior Secret Service official. He retired from acting aged 50.[2]

Death

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Homeier died on June 25, 2017, at the age of 86 from spinal myelopathy at his home in Indian Wells, California. He is survived by his wife, Della, and his sons Peter and Michael from his first marriage (1951–1962) to Nancy Van Noorden Field.[8][9]

Selected filmography

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References

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  1. ^ Willis, John; Monush, Barry (2000). Screen World 1994. New York: Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 288. ISBN 978-1-55783-201-6.
  2. ^ a b c Read, Timothy (August 24, 2017). "Skip Homeier obituary". The Guardian. London. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
  3. ^ Lesser, Jerry (February 21, 1942). "Radio Talent: New York" (PDF). Billboard. p. 7. ISSN 0006-2510.
  4. ^ Lesser, Jerry (March 7, 1942). "Radio Talent: New York". Billboard. p. 7. ISSN 0006-2510.
  5. ^ Gwynn, Edith (October 5, 1949). "Hollywood". Pottstown Mercury. Pennsylvania, Pottstown. p. 4. Retrieved October 9, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. ^ Erickson, Hal (2009). Encyclopedia of Television Law Shows. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 155. ISBN 978-0-7864-3828-0.
  7. ^ "Incident of the Long Shakedown", Rawhide, S04E03, originally aired October 13, 1961. TV Guide. Retrieved May 20, 2017.
  8. ^ Barnes, Mike (July 3, 2017). "Skip Homeier, Nazi Child in 'Tomorrow, the World!' and 'Star Trek' Actor, Dies at 86". The Hollywood Reporter. ISSN 0018-3660.
  9. ^ "Remembering TOS Guest Star Skip Homeier, 1930–2017". Star Trek.
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