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Joe Flynn Net Worth

By John Castro |


Joseph A. Flynn net worth is
$600,000

Joseph A. Flynn Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family

Born on November 8, 1924, in Youngstown, Ohio and after attending Northwestern University, Flynn began his entertainment career as a ventriloquist and as a radio performer. During World War II, he served in the Army's Special Services Branch (formerly the Morale Branch) entertaining the troops in the United States. After the war, Flynn moved to ... 
Full NameJoseph A. Flynn
Net Worth$600,000
Date Of BirthNovember 8, 1924
Place Of BirthYoungstown, Ohio, USA
Height5' 6" (1.68 m)
ProfessionActor, Soundtrack
Known ForMcHale's Navy (1962), The Rescuers (1977), The Love Bug (1968), Lover Come Back (1961)
Star SignScorpio
#Trademark
1Specialist in playing bespectacled, irascible authority figure types
2Worked in a reference to his home town, Youngstown, Ohio, whenever the script permitted
#Fact
1He was watching himself in Indestructible Man (1956) when the audience began laughing, even though he was playing a serious role. This made him realize that comedy was his forte.
2Was part of the cast of the movie Rear Window (1954), but his scene was ultimately cut.
3In April, 1974, he was beaten and robbed of a watch at a Florence, South Carolina motel. He was in town with his wife as a guest speaker for a meeting of the American Cancer Society.
4Flynn's body was found lying at the bottom of his swimming pool, weighted down by the weight of a cast on his broken leg, having suffered a heart attack while in the pool.
5Interred at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California, USA, in section B, L320, #10.
6Died before last two films were released.
7Best known as the co-star of many Disney films in the 1960s and '70s.
8During World War II, served stateside in a performance troupe called Hank's Yank's. Did ventriloquism with a dummy named MacGreggor.

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Rescuers1977Mr. Snoops (voice)
The Strongest Man in the World1975Dean Higgins
Superdad1973Cyrus Hershberger
The Magician1973TV SeriesGeorge Blaisdell
The Girl Most Likely to...1973TV MovieDr. Green
Faraday and Company1973TV SeriesBanjo Hawkins
The Barbara Eden Show1973TV MovieBrad Newton
The Toy Game1973TV MovieBradford Newton
Gentle Savage1973Chief Deputy Moody
Now You See Him, Now You Don't1972Dean Higgins
Insight1965-1972TV SeriesTV Talk Show Host
Night Gallery1972TV SeriesMorton Silkline (segment "The Funeral")
Love, American Style1969-1971TV Series segment "Love and the Eskimo's Wife" / Dad segment "Love and the Mixed Marriage" / Walter segment "Love and the Shower"

- Love and the Accidental Passion/Love and the Black Limousine/Love and the Eskimo's Wife/Love and the Tuba 1971 ... segment "Love and the Eskimo's Wife"

Alias Smith and Jones1971TV SeriesRalph Marsden
Amateur's Guide to Love1971TV MovieHost
The Million Dollar Duck1971Finley Hooper
The Barefoot Executive1971Francis X. Wilbanks
How to Frame a Figg1971Kermit Sanderson
That Girl1970TV SeriesUncle Herbert Marie
The Name of the Game1970TV SeriesStu
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color1969-1970TV SeriesP.J. Applegate / Mayor Philbrick / Major Philbrick
The Tim Conway Show1970TV SeriesHerbert T. Kenworth
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir1970TV SeriesGeorge Turner
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes1969Dean Higgins
Vernon's Volunteers1969TV MovieThe Mayor
The Jackie Gleason Show1969TV SeriesStore Manager
Family Affair1969TV SeriesFred Wallace
The Love Bug1968Havershaw
I Dream of Jeannie1968TV SeriesDr. Corbett
Blondie1968TV SeriesBryan Hathaway
Did You Hear the One About the Traveling Saleslady?1968Hubert Shelton
Ready and Willing1967TV MovieSergeant Joe Ready
Divorce American Style1967Lionel Blandsforth
Laredo1967TV SeriesProfessor
Captain Nice1967TV SeriesDr. John Edgars
Batman1966TV SeriesBenton Belgoody
McHale's Navy1962-1966TV SeriesCaptain Wallace B. Binghamton / Captain Binghamton / Seaman Smoot
McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force1965Captain Wallace B. Binghamton
McHale's Navy1964Captain Wallace B. Binghamton
Channing1963TV SeriesMr. Varnkahl
The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet1960-1963TV SeriesMr. Kelley / Charlie
Son of Flubber1963Rex Williams (uncredited)
McKeever & the Colonel1962TV SeriesMajor Harmon
Gunsmoke1959-1962TV SeriesDrummer / Onie Becker
The Jack Benny Program1962TV SeriesBarber
The Joey Bishop Show1961-1962TV SeriesFrank
Calvin and the Colonel1962TV SeriesNewton J. Newton
Zelda1962TV Movie
Lover Come Back1961Hadley
The Hathaways1961TV SeriesFreddie Winkler
Alfred Hitchcock Presents1961TV SeriesKen Taylor
The Last Time I Saw Archie1961Pvt. Russell Drexler
Bachelor Father1961TV SeriesWalt Tatum
Hawaiian Eye1961TV SeriesBunny White
Make Room for Daddy1959-1961TV SeriesJ. R. Willoughby / Joe / Stanley Cooper
Cry for Happy1961John McIntosh
The Tab Hunter Show1960TV SeriesMac
Wagon Train1960TV SeriesEdwin Crook
Pony Express1960TV SeriesApplegate
M Squad1958-1960TV SeriesMr. Fein / Hennessy
Startime1960TV SeriesSidney Sinden
Men Into Space1960TV SeriesCarey Stoddart
Overland Trail1960TV SeriesEddie, Hotel Manager
Johnny Midnight1960TV Series
Lock Up1959TV SeriesChet Turner
-30-1959Hymie Shapiro
Twilight Zone1959TV SeriesSteve
The Dennis O'Keefe Show1959TV SeriesDr. Loomis
Go, Johnny, Go!1959Head Usher (uncredited)
Man with a Camera1959TV SeriesArnie
Rescue 81958TV SeriesDoc Stacey
The Restless Gun1958TV SeriesBert Rossett
Flight1958TV Series
The Real McCoys1958TV SeriesMr. Beecham
This Happy Feeling1958Dr. McCafferty
The Silent Service1957-1958TV SeriesDoc / Doc Hubert Eason
The Life of Riley1957-1958TV SeriesJenkins
Telephone Time1957TV SeriesAssistant
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show1957TV SeriesMr. Clark
Panama Sal1957Barrington C. Ashbrook
The Court of Last Resort1957TV SeriesStan Lemming
Portland Exposé1957Ted Carl (uncredited)
The Ford Television Theatre1957TV SeriesDr. Bevin
The Boss1956Ernie Jackson
Highway Patrol1956TV SeriesSteve Stankey
Indestructible Man1956Bradshaw's Assistant (uncredited)
The Steel Jungle1956Marlin's Henchman (uncredited)
Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre1955-1956TV SeriesPiano Player
Trial1955Speakers Bureau (uncredited)
The Desperate Hours1955Motorist Hijacked by Hal (uncredited)
The Seven Little Foys1955Priest (uncredited)
The George Gobel Show1954TV SeriesRegular Performer (1958-1959)
The Big Chase1954Milton Graves - Reporter (as Joseph Flynn)
Let's Join Joanie1950TV MovieAnatole (uncredited)
The Babe Ruth Story1948Extra (uncredited)

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
McHale's Navy1965TV Series performer - 1 episode

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
It Pays to Be Ignorant1973TV SeriesHimself / Host
The Vin Scully Show1973TV SeriesHimself
The Wacky World of Jonathan Winters1972TV SeriesHimself
The Mouse Factory1972TV SeriesHimself
The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World1971TV Movie documentaryHimself
The Hollywood Squares1969-1971TV SeriesGuest Appearance
The Real Tom Kennedy Show1970TV SeriesHimself
It Takes Two1970TV SeriesHimself
The Tim Conway Comedy Hour1970TV SeriesHimself
Stan Laurel Funeral1965Documentary shortHimself
The Hollywood Palace1964TV SeriesHimself - Comedian
The Bob Newhart Show1961TV SeriesHimself (regular performer)
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show1960-1961TV SeriesHimself
The 12th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards1960TV SpecialHimself
The George Gobel Show1959-1960TV SeriesHimself
The Merv Griffin Show1971-1974TV SeriesHimself
Match Game 731974TV SeriesGuest Panelist
Married Is Better1974TV Special
The World Turned Upside Down1973TV Movie documentary
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1972-1973TV SeriesHimself

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