Actor turned Eugene retiree Craig Huebing dies at age 77.Byline: Mark Baker The Register-Guard He left behind a box of black-and-white publicity stills, a book of poems, one close friend and his final fan letter, written the day he died, by a "TV Land" buff 2,500 miles away. It arrived in Craig Huebing's mailbox earlier this week. "Hello sir ... I'm very interested in your acting career. Enjoyed your efforts on "Gomer Pyle Gomer Pyle was the simple-minded gas station attendant and later auto mechanic in the American TV sitcom The Andy Griffith Show, played by Jim Nabors. Nabors continued the character in his own starring vehicle, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. from 1964-69. , U.S.M.C.," "Green Acres," "Love, American Style Love, American Style was an hour-long television anthology which originally aired between September 1969 and January 1974. For the 1971 and 1972 seasons it was a part of an ABC Friday prime-time lineup that also included Brady Bunch, The Partridge Family " ... thank you for your contributions to television. The hard work, dedication and long hours will always be appreciated by this viewer ... ' - Chris Eldred, Rocky River, Ohio Rocky River is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. It is named after the river of the same name that forms its eastern border. The population was 20,735 at the 2000 census. Geography Rocky River is located at (41. "I don't think he's had a fan letter in 20 years," said the former actor's best friend for the past two decades, Eugene real estate agent Bonnie Fick. "It's kind of sad." If you watched the ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. soap opera soap opera Broadcast serial drama, characterized by a permanent cast of actors, a continuing story, tangled interpersonal situations, and a melodramatic or sentimental style. "General Hospital" in the 1970s, then you probably recognize Huebing's face. He played Dr. Peter Taylor People called Peter Taylor include:
He died a week ago today, six days after his 77th birthday, after a lengthy illness, said Fick, who met Huebing in 1985 when he called her to list his Fern Ridge home. She helped him sell it and then find a new one off Fox Hollow Road, on the southwest outskirts of Eugene. A home he rarely left and where he died a week ago today, Fick said. "He didn't talk much about it," Fick said of Huebing's acting career. "He just left it behind and just kind of wanted to get into oblivion with his birds and deer," she said, referring to the sanctuary Huebing, an animal lover and avid fly fisherman, created in his backyard. Married and divorced three times with no children, Huebing moved to Oregon 25 years ago because he had been through the area on vacation and liked it, Fick said. Born March 4, 1929, in Reedsburg, Wis., Huebing studied acting at Chicago's prestigious Goodman Theatre in the early 1950s and was a stage actor in Chicago and New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of before landing his first TV roles in the latter part of the decade. In addition to appearing on such 1960s and '70s TV shows as "The Doctors," "Get Smart," "The Six Million Dollar Man" and "Green Acres, Huebing also appeared in two 1969 films. "The Comic" was about a silent movie clown with a destructive ego and starred Carl Reiner, Dick Van Dyke  This page is protected from moves until disputes have been resolved on the .The reason for its protection is listed on the protection policy page. and Mickey Rooney, and "Marooned" was about astronauts stuck in space and starred Gregory Peck and Gene Hackman. With dapper Dapper lawyer’s clerk; swindled into believing himself perfect gambler. [Br. Lit.: The Alchemist] See : Dupery good looks that resembled the late movie star Steve McQueen, Huebing obviously had a comedic bone or two. Besides "Get Smart" and "Green Acres," his TV credits list eight episodes of "Gomer Pyle." Huebing could also write. In 1976, he published a book of poems titled "Daylight Moon." "He was very quiet and humble," Fick said. "A wonderful, wonderful heart. Anyone who was fortunate enough to know him, loved him." No service is planned. Chapel of Memories Funeral Home in Eugene is in charge of arrangements. Contributions may be made to the Greenhill Humane Society. |
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