'Waltons' actor Joe Conley diesAssociated Press
Posted: 07/11/2013 08:39:42 AM PDT
Updated: 07/11/2013 08:39:43 AM PDT
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) -- Joe Conley, an actor best known as storekeeper Ike Godsey on the TV series "The Waltons," has died at age 85.
The Los Angeles Times reports Tuesday that according to wife Louise Conley, Joe Conley died at a care facility in Southern California on Sunday. She says he had suffered from dementia.
A native of Buffalo, N.Y., Conley had bit parts on 1960s series like "Green Acres" and "The Beverly Hillbillies" before he landed the role on CBS's "The Waltons" in 1972 that would last nearly a decade.
Conley played Ike Godsey, postmaster and owner of the Jefferson County general store frequented by the Walton family in Depression-era Virginia. He appeared in 172 episodes over nine seasons and in TV movie reunions that lasted into the 1990s.
Born: 3/3/1928, Buffalo, New York, U.S.A.
Died: 7/7/2013, Newbury Park, California, U.S.A.
Joe Conley’s westerns – actor:
The Adventures of Jim Bowie (TV) – 1956 (Raino Tante)
Casey Jones (TV) – 1957 (Conductor Adrrel)
Boots and Saddles (TV) – 1958 (Private Spanner)
Wanted: Dead or Alive (TV) – 1959 (Henry Jackson)
Stagecoach West (TV) – 1960 (Henry)
Gunsmoke (TV) – 1964 (Carl)