Damian O'Flynn (January 29, 1907 – August 8, 1982) was an
Irish-
American actor of film and television originally from
Boston,
Massachusetts. O'Flynn made his screen debut in
Marked Woman (1937), after which he was a freelance player for such studios as
Warner Brothers,
Paramount, and
RKO Pictures. While serving in
World War II, he was cast with several other actors-in-uniform in
Winged Victory, a production of
20th Century Fox. O'Flynn appeared in many
western films and
television series. He was cast with
Ben Cooper in
Gunfight at Comanche Creek (1963) and had a bit part in
The Far Country (1954) with
Jimmy Stewart and
Walter Brennan . He appeared in two secondary roles in sixty episodes of the
American Broadcasting Company/
Desilu series,
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, with
Hugh O'Brian in the title role of Marshal
Wyatt Earp. When the series was set in
Dodge City,
Kansas, O'Flynn played Judge Tobin; when the locale was moved to
Tombstone,
Arizona, he became Dr. Goodfellow.