Tyler McVey was an American character actor of film and television.
Career
His first screen role, uncredited, came at the age of 39 in 1951, when he portrayed Brady in the The Day the Earth Stood Still. He was uncredited in two 1953 military films, From Here to Eternity as Major Stern and in Mission over Korea as Colonel Colton.
He made one of his first television appearances in a 1953 episode of Four Star Playhouse. During the 1950s, McVey guest starred in episodes of The Restless Gun, Dragnet, The Lone Ranger, I Love Lucy, Tales of Wells Fargo, Sheriff of Cochise, Colt .45 (as Col. Ben Williams in the 1960 episode "Absent Without Leave"), Bourbon Street Beat, Hallmark Hall of Fame, My Friend Flicka, Highway Patrol, It's a Great Life, Annie Oakley, and The Man and the Challenge. From 1953 to 1956, he guest starred on the CBS educational series You Are There, narrated by Walter Cronkite.
From 1959 to 1960, McVey portrayed Major General Norgath in the CBS series Men into Space. In 1964, McVey was cast as General Hardesty in the political thriller film Seven Days in May. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, McVey continued guest starring in episodic television, including roles on National Velvet, The Rebel, The Everglades, Bat Masterson, Death Valley Days,Checkmate, Redigo, The Wild, Wild West, The F.B.I., Bonanza, Ironside, Ellery Queen, and Eight Is Enough.
McVey's last roles were in 1985 and 1986 as different ministers in two episodes of Michael Landon's NBC drama series, Highway to Heaven.
Personal life and death
McVey was married three times; he first married Lorraine Budge in 1937. After their divorce, he married Rita Ann Stickelmaier in 1950 before divorcing in 1970. McVey married Esther Geddes the following year.
On July 4, 2003, McVey died of leukemia in Rancho Mirage, California.
Source: Wikipedia