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Originally from Lubbock, Texas, he attended Baylor University and in 1938 traveled to Bath, England as a drama exchange student.
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Woodrow Chambliss
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He is probably best known for his appearances as several characters in the television hit Gunsmoke, where he eventually settled into the recurring role of storekeeper Mr. Lathrop. He remained in England to act in Michael Chekhov"s theatre company, which lead to his Broadway debut in a 1939 Chekhov production of The Possessed. He served in the navy during World World War II, after which, he, Rainey and others from the Chekhov company established the Ojai Valley Players, a touring repertory troupe that for four years performed in and around Ojai, California.
Chambliss went on to become the manager of the Ojia water company for five years, prior to resuming to his theater career.
In addition to his work on Gunsmoke, where he eventually settled into the recurring role of storekeeper Mr. Lathrop, he also had a recurring roles as riverboat Captain Tom of the "Sultana" on the television show Yancy Derringer.
He also played the role of Zadok Walton, cousin to grandpa Walton, on a Season 8 episode of "The Waltons." He died on January 8, 1981 in Ojia of cancer. "s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978) - old.
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