Gary Hunley

Gary Hunley is an American former child actor who appeared in American film and television from 1955 to 1962. His only recurring role was in 1959 as Mickey in three episodes of the children's adventure series, Sky King.[1]

Gary Hunley
Born
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationChild actor

Early career

A native of Los Angeles, California, Hunley appeared in his first television role in the episode "Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid" on December 18, 1955 of the anthology series, Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

In 1956, Hunley was cast as Butch in the episode, "Faro Bill's Layout" on the syndicated anthology series, Death Valley Days.

On January 26, 1957, he was cast as Billy, the Boy on a Train, in another Alfred Hitchcock episode, "The Manacled". Meanwhile, he appeared in two Jack Webb series on NBC in 1956, Dragnet and Noah's Ark. In the latter he played Danny Brown in the episode "The Reluctant Reindeer". Hunley also played the boy called Trap in 1956 in the CBS anthology series, General Electric Theater. In 1957, he was cast as Peter in the episode "Village of Fear" of Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, a western anthology series also on CBS. He appeared as Roy in the episode "The Goose" of CBS's Lassie. He appeared as the child Michael in the 1957 film The Unholy Wife. In 1958, Hunley played the role of Chris Conway in the episode "To Become a Man" of the NBC western series, Cimarron City.

In the episode "Small Hostage" (May 26, 1959) of the ABC/Warner Brothers western series Sugarfoot, Hunley is cast as 10-year-old "Chico", an Anglo boy living in an orphanage in Mexico.

Later work

In 1959, Hunley appeared as The Kid in the film The Legend of Tom Dooley. That same year, he was cast as Brandon McCord in the episode "Shadow of the Noose" of the NBC western series, The Deputy. He was cast as well in 1959 in the CBS series Hennesey with Jackie Cooper in the episode "The Baby Sitter". In 1960, he appeared as Nat Conners in the NBC western Wagon Train in the episode "The Christine Elliott Story". In 1961, Hunley played Jackie Waters in "Beaver's Old Buddy" of the ABC situation comedy, Leave It to Beaver. His acting role was in the 1962 CBS television movie, You're Only Young Once, a pilot for a series that never developed.

References
  1. Terrace, Vincent (January 10, 2014). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 Through 2010, 2d Ed. McFarland. p. 980. ISBN 9780786486410 – via Google Books.
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