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'{{short description|American character actor}} {{Infobox person | name = Tim McIntire | image = | caption = | birth_name = Timothy John McIntire | birth_date = July 19, 1944 | birth_place = [[Los Angeles, California]], US | death_date = {{death date and age|1986|04|15|1944|04|19}} | death_place = Los Angeles, California, US | restingplace =Tobacco Valley Cemetery in [[Eureka, Montana]] | othername = | occupation = Actor, musician | yearsactive = 1963–1984 | spouse = | children = | parents =[[John McIntire]]<br>[[Jeanette Nolan]]<Br> | website = | awards = }} {{Blp imdb refimprove|date=October 2017}} '''Tim McIntire''' (July 19, 1944 &ndash; April 15, 1986) was an American [[character actor]], probably best known for his starring roles as [[disc jockey]] [[Alan Freed]] in the film ''[[American Hot Wax]]'' (1978) and as [[country music]] singer [[George Jones]] in the television movie ''[[Stand by Your Man (film)|Stand By Your Man]]'' (1981). ==Early Life & Career== Tim McIntire was born on July 19, 1944, born to character actor John McIntire and actress Jeanette Nolan, McIntire, and brother of actress Holly McIntire. McIntire first began acting in plays while attending high school. He worked in gas stations and men's stores in order to finance his early theatrical career. Handsome and husky, with a deep, rich and commanding voice of exceptionally exquisite sonority, McIntire made his film debut as James Stewart's son in Shenandoah (1965). Other roles came and by the late 1960s, McIntire co-starred as Dickie, the son-in-law in the 1968 pilot ''[[Justice For All (TV pilot)|Justice For All]]'', which would eventually (1971) get picked up as the series ''[[All In The Family]]'', with [[Rob Reiner]] as the son-in-law. McIntire appeared in a 1965 episode of the television series ''[[Death Valley Days]]'', which featured true stories of the [[American Old West|old American West]]. In the episode "The Lawless Have Laws", McIntire plays Lorenz Oatman, fictional younger brother of historical figure [[Olive Oatman]], trying to find his sister, who had been kidnapped and sold to the [[Mohave people]] years earlier. McIntire played Mike Crawford in a Season 6 episode of [[Bonanza]], "Logan's Treasure". Other television roles include appearances in the [[Western (genre)|western]] ''[[The Legend of Jesse James (TV series)|The Legend of Jesse James]]'' and the 1976 miniseries ''[[Rich Man, Poor Man (TV miniseries)|Rich Man, Poor Man]]''. McIntire's film roles include appearances in ''[[Shenandoah (film)|Shenandoah]]'' (1965), ''[[The Thousand Plane Raid]]'' (1969), ''[[The Sterile Cuckoo]]'' (1969), ''[[Aloha, Bobby and Rose]]'' (1975), ''[[The Gumball Rally]]'' (1976), ''[[The Choirboys (film)|The Choirboys]]'' (1977), ''[[Brubaker]]'' (1980), ''[[Fast-Walking]]'' (1982) and ''[[Sacred Ground (1983 film)|Sacred Ground]]'' (1983). McIntire composed music for the soundtracks of such films as ''[[Jeremiah Johnson (film)|Jeremiah Johnson]]'' (1972) and ''[[A Boy and His Dog (1975 film)|A Boy and His Dog]]'' (1975), for which he also provided the voice of the dog, played by Tiger. He provided the devil's voice for the demon baby on ''[[Soap (TV series)|Soap]]'' (1979). He performed many voice-overs for television and radio commercials in his native [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[California]]. McIntire, along with six studio musicians, formed the band Funzone, which released one self-titled album in 1977.<ref>http://www.discogs.com/Funzone-Funzone/release/891410</ref> McIntire is credited with lead vocal, guitar, and fiddle on the album. When the record label behind the band collapsed, so did the band, and McIntire focused his musical energies on soundtracks. McIntire was the son of actors [[John McIntire]] of the television westerns ''[[Wagon Train]]'' and ''[[The Virginian (TV series)|The Virginian]]'' and [[Jeanette Nolan]], who made more than three hundred television appearances and was nominated for four [[Emmy Award]]s. He had a younger sister named Holly. McIntire appeared four times with both his parents on television, first on the 1966 episode [[The Fugitive (season 3)#ep84|"Ill Wind"]] of the series ''[[The Fugitive (TV series)|The Fugitive]]'', then the 1968 episode [[List of Bonanza episodes#ep244|"Old Charlie"]] of the series ''[[Bonanza]]'', followed by the 1968 episodes [[List of The Virginian episodes#165|"Death Wagon"]] and [[List of The Virginian episodes#187|"Nora"]] of ''The Virginian''. He appeared with his father in the 1966 episode [[List of The F.B.I. episodes#ep36|"The Cave-In"]] of the series ''[[The F.B.I. (TV series)|The F.B.I.]]''. McIntire long struggled with alcohol and other drug problems, which combined with his heavy build in his later years contributed to his death{{cn|date=September 2017}} at the age of forty-one from [[congestive heart failure]] in Los Angeles. ==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1965|| ''[[Shenandoah (film)|Shenandoah]]'' || Henry || |- |1966|| ''[[Follow Me, Boys!]]'' || Corporal || Uncredited |- |1969|| ''[[The Thousand Plane Raid]]'' || Lt. Quimby || |- |1969|| ''[[The Sterile Cuckoo]]'' || Charlie Schumacher || |- |1975|| ''[[A Boy and His Dog (1975 film)|A Boy and His Dog]]'' || Blood || Voice |- |1975|| ''[[Aloha, Bobby and Rose]]'' || Buford || |- |1976|| ''[[The Gumball Rally]]'' || Steve 'Smitty' Smith - Ferrari Team || |- |1977|| ''[[The Choirboys (film)|The Choirboys]]'' || Roscoe Rules || |- |1978|| ''[[American Hot Wax]]'' || Alan Freed || |- |1980|| ''[[Brubaker]]'' || Huey Rauch || |- |1982|| ''[[Fast-Walking]]'' || Wasco || |- |1983|| ''[[Sacred Ground (1983 film)|Sacred Ground]]'' || Matt Colter || |} {{Portalbar|Biography|Los Angeles|California|Film|Television|Music}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0570625|name=Tim McIntire}} *{{Findagrave|6870280}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:McIntire, Tim}} [[Category:American male film actors]] [[Category:American male television actors]] [[Category:Musicians from Los Angeles]] [[Category:1944 births]] [[Category:1986 deaths]] [[Category:Male actors from Los Angeles]] [[Category:20th-century American male actors]] [[Category:20th-century American musicians]] [[Category:Burials in Montana]]'