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Remembered best for his role as Captain Wallace B. Binghamton in the 1960s ABC series McHale's Navy, this well-known character actor also contributed his voice to several animated Disney films. In addition, he appeared regularly on both The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet and The Life of Riley.Tragically, he drowned at the age of forty-nine while relaxing in his personal swimming pool.During the 1960s, he briefly appeared on The Joey Bishop Show. His contract ended after the show's first season, allegedly because he was better-liked by fans than was the series' star, Joey Bishop.
BEFORE FAMEBefore beginning his screen acting career, he attempted to enter Ohio politics -- he ran for a 1950 Republican seat in the state Senate -- and also worked as a theater actor, disc jockey, and ventriloquist.
PERSONAL LIFEA native of Youngstown, Ohio, he later settled in Los Angeles, California with his wife Shirley Haskin Flynn and the couple's two children.
The meaning of the name Flynn: Descendant Of The Red-haired Man FUN FACTSTV Actor Joe Flynn were born on Saturday, in a leap year, birthstone is Topaz, the seaon was Fall in the Chinese year of Rat, it is 308 days until Joe Flynn next birthday.
