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Jul 20, 1974 · HOLLYWOOD, July 18 (UPI) —Joe Flynn, who played the gruff commander of a PT boat base in the television series “McHale's Navy,” was found dead today in the swimming pool of his home.
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 1533. Source citation. Actor. Born in Youngstown, Ohio, he began his career as a ventriloquist and radio performer shortly after leaving school. During World War II, he served in the United States Army's Special Services Branch in a performance troupe called Hank's Yank's as a ventriloquist with a dummy called MacGregor.
Joe Flynn Born on November 8, 1924, in Youngstown, Ohio and after attending Northwestern University, Flynn began his entertainment career as a ventriloquist and as a radio performer. During World War II, he served in the Army's Special Services Branch (formerly the Morale Branch) entertaining the troops in the United States.
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Dec 5, 2020 · Joe Flynn was born in Youngstown, Ohio on November 8, 1924. After attending Northwestern University he played in local theater and on radio before joining the Special Services Branch of the Army and entertaining troops overseas during World War II.
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Joseph Anthony "Joe" Flynn III was an American character actor and voice actor. His Disney roles included Mr. Snoops in The Rescuers, Dean Higgins in The Strongest Man in the World, Now You See Him, Now You Don't, and The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, Cyrus Hershberger in Superdad, Finley Hooper in The Million Dollar Duck, Francis X. Wilbanks in The Barefoot Executive, P.J. Applegate and Major ...
Oct 10, 2023 · Joe Flynn was a popular American actor and comedian who starred in several TV shows and movies in the 1950s and 1960s. He is best remembered for his role as Captain Wallace B. Binghamton in the sitcom McHale’s Navy, where he played the frustrated and antagonistic superior of a group of mischievous naval officers.
