Ken Lynch (July 15, 1910 - February 13, 1990) was an American film and TV actor best known for his starring role as 'the Lieutenant' on the 1949-1954 Dumont detective series The Plainclothesman, on which his face was never seen, and for his co-starring role as Sergeant Grover on McCloud.[1]
Lynch appeared in numerous TV series including Zorro, Have Gun - Will Travel, Perry Mason, Checkmate ("Cyanide Touch"), The Fugitive, The Andy Griffith Show, Bonanza, Adam-12, Gunsmoke, the original Star Trek ("The Devil in the Dark"), All In The Family, The F.B.I., The Twilight Zone, The Rifleman and Maverick. Among the films in which he appeared are I Married a Monster From Outer Space, North By Northwest, Pork Chop Hill and Anatomy of a Murder. His last role was in the 1983 miniseries The Winds of War.
Lynch died on February 13, 1990 in Burbank, California.