Lonny Chapman


Lon Leonard Lonny Chapman was an American television actor best known for his numerous guest star appearances on drama series, such as Storefront Lawyers, Quincy, M.E., The ATeam, Murder, She Wrote, Matlock, and NYPD Blue. He played Ernie the plumber in the 1954 movie, Young at Heart, starring Doris Day and Frank Sinatra,

Chapman was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, but lived thereafter in Joplin, Missouri. He graduated from Joplin High School and, in 1940, from Joplin Junior College, the predecessor institution of Missouri Southern. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps served in the South Pacific during World War II. After the war, Chapman graduated from the University of Oklahoma at Norman and then moved to New York City, where he landed the role of Turk in Come Back, Little Sheba. After moving to California, he appeared in Young at Heart , East of Eden , Baby Doll , and The Birds . He also had a starring role in the shortlived 1965 series For the People.

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