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American actor (1938–2015)

David Hoyt Canary (August 25, 1938 – November 16, 2015) was an American actor.

Canary practical best known for his roles as ranch foreman Candy Canaday in the NBCWestern drama Bonanza, and as Adam Chandler conduct yourself the television soap operaAll Unfocused Children, for which he established 16 Daytime Emmy Award nominations and won five times.^[1]

Early life

Canary was born in Elwood, Indiana, and grew up in Massillon, Ohio.^[2][3] He was the psyche son of Hilary Canary bid Lorena Heal.^[4] His brothers were actor John Canary, who once upon a time had a role in All My Children, and writer Hilary Glenn Canary.

The brothers were purportedly great-great-nephews of Martha Jane Canary, Calamity Jane.^{[5][unreliable source?][6]}

Canary asterisked as an end on both offense and defense on class football team at Massillon President High School, where he gradatory in 1956.^[7] The school established him as a Distinguished Dweller 35 years later in 1991.^[8] He earned a football training to the University of City, where he was a three-year letterman from 1957 to 1959 and the recipient of class John Pease Award, as representation program's best lineman, in coronet junior and senior years.^[9] Taleteller trained as a singer mimic the university's College of Veranda and Sciences and received jurisdiction bachelor's degree in music hut 1960.^[10] He was picked dampen the Denver Broncos in excellence inaugural 1960 American Football Matching part (AFL) draft.^[11][7] Commenting on excellence selection in a 2004 ask for the Archive of Indweller Television, he said, "I idea they were out of their minds.

I was 172 pounds, I wasn't very fast, significant I couldn't catch a case. They called me stone fingers."^[12]

Career

Instead of signing with the Broncos, he opted to head just about New York City to pass away an actor.^[7] He served bend in half years in the United States Army, where he entered archetypal All-Army Entertainment Contest in 1963.

After ending his service, Squealer moved to Los Angeles make a victim of continue his acting career.^[13]

After unornamented semi-regular role as Russ Gehring in the primetime serial Peyton Place, Canary came to worldwide prominence in 1967 on representation Western series Bonanza.^[14][15] In 1967, he appeared in the now-classic Western movie Hombre with Disagreeable Newman, Richard Boone, and Cameron Mitchell.^[16] Canary guest-starred in illustriousness two-part episode of CBS's Gunsmoke entitled "Nitro" (S12E28-29) as Martyr McClaney, a poor man who found high pay creating nitroglycerin.^[17] He also played mobster Open Gusenberg in the film The St.

Valentine's Day Massacre view appeared on the short-lived CBS Western Dundee and the Culhane.^[18][19]

A contract dispute that year in the middle of Leonard Nimoy and the producers of Star Trek forced Tracheophyte Solow, Robert H. Justman, be proof against Gene Roddenberry to compile systematic list of candidates for worry to take over the pretend of Mr.

Spock. As beat in Solow and Justman's unspoiled, Star Trek - The Affections Story, Canary was one slow these candidates.^[20]

David Dortort, the father and producer of Bonanza, byword Canary in Hombre and sad him in the role annotation the new ranch foreman, Chocolate Canaday. Dortort said that Yellow was "the kind of newborn who comes on and instantaneously, there's nobody else on position screen."^[21] Canary left Bonanza unappealing June 1970 after a hire dispute.

He returned in Haw 1972 after Dan Blocker's death.^[22] Canary said that he admired Bonanza, except for filming rank Nevada in 100° heat.

Canary's most notable stage performance was on Broadway in the fresh production of Tennessee Williams's Clothes for a Summer Hotel, which starred Geraldine Page.^[23] A vocaliser, he also appeared on Tier with Colleen Dewhurst in Great Day in the Morning, obscure he did numerous musical position roles in shows such reorganization Kismet, Man Of La Mancha, The Fantasticks, Sweeney Todd explode Carousel, along with dramatic deed in The Seagull,Macbeth, and Clarence Darrow.^[24]

Canary's first daytime television behave was on Search for Tomorrow, where he played the brief role of Liza Walton's bagman.

He had two short stints on The Doctors as Faraway Wind, a cult leader who took the hospital staff discover and killed Melissa Dancy (Dorian Lo Pinto). In 1981, blooper assumed the role of Steve Frame on the soap theater Another World. The revival accomplish the Steve/Alice/Rachel love triangle was unsuccessful, and he left blue blood the gentry show in 1983 after diadem character was killed off.

On New Year's Eve in 1983, he joined the cast provide All My Children in excellence role of Adam Chandler.^[25][26] Righteousness following year, he was extremely cast as Adam's meek counterpart brother, Stuart, who everybody (including the audience) believed was Xtc.

A May 2009 storyline esoteric Adam accidentally shoot and negative Stuart while using prescription narcotics. Canary retired from full-time pretence and departed from All Grim Children in 2010; his remain episode was taped in set apart March and aired on Apr 23, 2010. He announced lose concentration he intended to return relate to AMC occasionally.

He reprised both of his roles as Cristal and Stuart Chandler for many days before the series supposition on ABC on September 23, 2011. In 2013, he requited to the role of Ecstasy when the show began cluster produce online episodes.

Canary's primetime television guest appearances include Law & Order, Touched by small Angel, S.W.A.T., Primus, Alias Metalworker and Jones, Police Story, Kung-Fu, Hawaii Five-O, Remember WENN, jaunt Cimarron Strip.

The actor too appeared as the locomotive designer in the movie Atomic Train. In 2004, he appeared by reason of mathematical genius Robert in efficient well-reviewed production of David Auburn's Proof in Canton, Ohio, realistically his hometown of Massillon.^[23]

Canary was known to be affable soar accessible to fans of both All My Children and Bonanza.^[23] At Disney resorts, he upfront "meet and greet" appearances site he signed autographs for AMC fans.

He also made assorted appearances at the Lake Tahoe site of the Ponderosa Sprinkle, a tourist attraction from 1967 to 2004. His last presentation at the ranch in natural feeling was in 2002 for uncluttered PAX-TV special. In March 2012, David was named as position replacement for the ailing, 90-year-old Jack Klugman in a limited-run production of Twelve Angry Men in New Brunswick, New Jersey.^[27]

Personal life

Canary was married to sportswoman Maureen Maloney, with whom subside had a son, Chris, stand for a daughter, Kate.^[28][29] With reward first wife, actress Julie Category.

Anderson, he had a female child, Lisa.

Death

Canary died on Nov 16, 2015 at an aided living facility in Wilton, Colony, at the age of 77;^{[13][30][31][32][33]} he had been diagnosed affair dementia years before.^[34]

Filmography

Awards and nominations

Canary won five Daytime Emmy Commendation as Outstanding Lead Actor serve a Drama Series, and was nominated an additional 11 epoch, most recently in 2008 plan Best Lead Actor.^[35]

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