Lonny Chapman
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Lonny Chapman (born October 1, 1921 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American television actor best known for his numerous guest star appearances on detective dramas, including Quincy, M.E., The A-Team, Murder, She Wrote, Matlock, and NYPD Blue. He also appeared as a guest star on several episodes of McCloud, which starred his long-time friend Dennis Weaver, whom he originally urged to go into show business.
Following service in the South Pacific during World War II, Chapman graduated from the University of Oklahoma and then moved to New York City where he landed the lead in Come Back, Little Sheba. After moving to California he appeared in East of Eden and The Birds.
He had a starring role in the short-lived 1965 series For the People.
He appeared in several motion pictures, including the 2000 movie Reindeer Games.
In the fall of 2005, Lonny Chapman was named "Outstanding Alumnus" at Missouri Southern State University in Joplin, Missouri. Chapman graduated from Joplin High School and, in 1940, Joplin Junior College, Missouri Southern's predecessor institution.
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