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Victor Edwin French (December 4, 1934 – June 15, 1989) was an American actor and director. He is remembered for roles on the television programs ''Little House on the Prairie'', ''Highway to Heaven'' and ''Carter Country''. ==Early career== Born in Santa Barbara, California, to Ted French, an actor and stuntman who appeared in westerns in the 1940s, French later appeared with his father in one episode of ''Gunsmoke'' entitled "Prime Of Life" in 1966, as well as a war film in 1963 called ''The Quick And The Dead''. Ted French died in 1978. Following in his father's footsteps, French also began his television career as a stuntman in mostly westerns and anthology shows. During this period, he guest starred in some thirty-nine television series. Though he was uncredited as an office clerk in the film, ''The Magnificent Seven'', French's first real western role was the 1961 episode "The Noose" of the syndicated series, ''Two Faces West''; his fellow guest star on the segment was L.Q. Jones, another actor destined to become well known in western roles.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title="The Noose", ''Two Faces West'', May 15, 1961 )〕 French was cast as Larrimore in the episode "Fargo" on the ABC/Warner Brothers western series, ''The Dakotas''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title="Fargo," ''The Dakotas'', February 25, 2013 )〕 French appeared twenty-three times on ''Gunsmoke'', often playing a crook, whether dangerous or bumbling. On October 25, 1971, he portrayed a cold-hearted gunman named "Trafton", who while robbing the communion vessels in a Roman Catholic church murders a priest. As the clergyman lies dying, he forgives his killer, a development which dogs Trafton, who holds human life in low regard, for the entire episode until he is shot to death by Marshal Matt Dillon. French guest starred in another episode, titled ''Matt's Love Story'', in which Dillon falls in love with a character played by Michael Learned. This episode would then lead to the story line in the 1990 made-for-television movie, ''Gunsmoke: The Last Apache'' in which Matt rejoins with Learned's character "Mike" and he learns that he has a grown daughter. The appearance also led to French's re-teaming with Learned in a guest-actor role on ''The Waltons'' a year later. In "The Fulfillment", French plays a blacksmith named Curtis Norton whose wife could not have children and subsequently adopts an eight-year-old orphan boy who has come to spend the week on Walton's Mountain. This led to his being cast in his most well-known role as Mr. Edwards in the series based on the books of Laura Ingalls Wilder entitled ''Little House on the Prairie'', beginning in 1974. In other work, French also starred opposite Elvis Presley in the 1969 western, ''Charro!'' and played the recurring character "Agent 44" in the NBC series ''Get Smart'' in 1965-1966, where he portrayed an undercover spy who showed up in the worst, most unlikely of places (like a mailbox or a porthole in a boat) and appeared in a few episodes of ''Bonanza'', with Michael Landon. The two young actors found considerable common ground and became each other's best friends as a result. Shortly before being teamed up once again, French made a guest appearance on ''Kung Fu'' as a corrupt, bigoted sheriff in 1973. French also guest starred in episode 24 ("Trial by Fury") of season 2 of ''Mission: Impossible'', in which he played the informer in a prison. In 1976, French appeared in an episode of the western series ''Sara''. In 1982, French appeared in the film ''An Officer and a Gentleman'' as the stepfather of protagonist Paula Pokrifki, played by Debra Winger. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Victor French」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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