Britt Leach

Britt Leach (born July 18, 1938, in Gadsden, Alabama) is an American character actor.

Britt Leach
Born	(1938-07-18) July 18, 1938 (age 86) Gadsden, Alabama, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1971–1991

Biography and acting career

Leach was born on July 18, 1938, in Gadsden, Alabama. He graduated from McCallie School, a boy's college-preparatory school in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 1956. He graduated from Birmingham Southern College, where he was active in college theater, in the mid-1960s. He attended Northwestern University and briefly worked in Army intelligence.

Leach's film and television career started in the early 1970s. His most memorable movie roles include boorish hick bartender Dan Oldum in Jackson County Jail, hard-nosed detective Sergeant Cook in Night Warning, cranky toy store manager Mr. Sims in Silent Night, Deadly Night, trailer park resident Mr. Potter in The Last Starfighter, Anthony Michael Hall's plumber father in Weird Science and redneck hunter Reg in The Great Outdoors.

During the fall of 1976, Leach was cast in the role of Mickey "Wig" Wiggins, an airplane mechanic, in the eleven-episode CBS adventure series Spencer's Pilots, starring Gene Evans, Christopher Stone and Todd Susman. Among the many television shows on which he has appeared are The Brady Bunch, The Partridge Family, Insight, Bonanza, Hawkins, Three's Company, Tales from the Crypt, and Newhart. He is probably most recognized for his reoccurring role as Easy Jackson on The Waltons.

Leach left acting in the early 1990s. His final film role was an uncredited appearance in the 1991 film Father of the Bride, in which his character, a supermarket assistant manager, confronts Steve Martin's character for making a scene in the supermarket and has him imprisoned for it.

From 1992 to 1999, Leach was co-editor and publisher of Country Connections, an award-winning bi-monthly magazine which covered environmental and progressive social issues. He has also written poems.

In 2007, Leach did not renew his membership in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and wrote of his frustration with DVD screeners in a satirical piece on his website.^{[1][clarification needed]}

Leach resides in Sherman Oaks, California, with his wife, Catherine Roberts Leach.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1971	The Brady Bunch	Davy Jones' Manager
1971, 1973	The Odd Couple	Morris / Hobart	Episodes: "Oscar's New Life", "That Is the Army, Mrs. Madison"
1972	Fuzz	Detective #1
1973	Interval	Leonard
1973	Hawkins	Technician	Episode: "A Life for a Life"
1974	The California Kid	Johnny	TV movie
1974	Happy Days	Reverend Harlan	Episode: "A Star is Bored"
1976	Jackson County Jail	Dan Oldum (Bartender)
1978	Loose Shoes	Billy-Joe
1978	Goin' South	Parson Weems
1978	The New Adventures of Wonder Woman	Billy	Episode: "The Deadly Dolphin"
1980	Hardly Working	Gas Station Manager
1980	High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane	Virgil
1980	PSI Factor	Biker
1981	Night Warning	Sergeant Cook
1981	Three's Company	Angry Husband, Bartender	(2 episodes)
1982	M*A*S*H	Dan Blevik	Episode: “Heroes”
1984	The Last Starfighter	Mr. Potter
1984	Silent Night, Deadly Night	Mr. Sims
1985	Weird Science	Al Wallace
1987	Baby Boom	Verne Boone
1988	The Great Outdoors	Reg
1989	Tales from the Crypt	Pawnbroker	Episode: "Only Sin Deep"
1991	Father of the Bride	Assistant manager of Supermarket	Uncredited, (final film role)

References

1. Leach, Britt (2007-11-30). "Screeners: For my consideration". Veritas: Any Day Now.

External links

• Britt Leach at IMDb