Richard Long

(December 17, 1927 – December 21, 1974)

Early in his career, Long appeared in several films as a juvenile lead, including the first four of the nine Ma and Pa Kettle pictures. He moved into leading man status in horror movies such as Cult of the Cobra (1954). Long achieved considerable success on television, beginning with Bourbon Street Beat. In 1965, at the age of thirty-eight, Long began his role as attorney Jarrod Barkley, the oldest son to rancher Victoria Barkley (Barbara Stanwyck), in 112 episodes of The Big Valley, the last of the major Four Star Television series, a Western which ran on ABC from 1965–1969. In 1970–71, he and Juliet Mills starred in the ABC sitcom Nanny and the Professor. He then finished a television movie called Death Cruise, which would be his last work before his death from a heart ailment at age 47. Long served in the U.S. Army for two years during the Korean War and was also stationed in Tokyo, Japan.

In The Big Valley series he rode a horse named -Jingo-.

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