Allen Case

Vocation

American television actor, most noted for the lead role of Deputy Clay McCord in NBC's "The Deputy" (1959–1961) opposite series regular Henry Fonda, who received top billing but appeared far less frequently. Case made more than thirty television appearances between 1958 and 1982, often in cowboy roles, such as on the ABC/Warner Brothers western series, "Colt .45," starring Wayde Preston. On 3 December 1959, he appeared on NBC's "The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford," a variety program with a Country and Western theme. Case made three guest appearances on the CBS courtroom drama series "Perry Mason" including the role of defendant Adam Conrad in the 1964 episode, "The Case of the Ruinous Road." In the 1965-1966 season, Case co-starred as Frank James with Christopher Jones in the ABC Western series "The Legend of Jesse James." Case grew up in Dallas, Texas. He briefly attended Southern Methodist University in Dallas. He died in Truckee, California, on 25 August 1986, at the age of fifty-one. Link to Wikipedia biography