Nesdon Booth

Nesdon Foye Booth was an American film and television actor He appeared in over 100 films and television programs and was known for his recurring role as Frank the bartender in the American western television series Cimarron City Nesdon aka Ned was born in Baker City Oregon He began his career in Portland Oregon acting on oldtime radio programs then served during WW2 in a field artillery division at Fort MacArthur in San Pedro CA He was among a group of soldiers stationed there some of whom such as Sterling Holloway and Tex Terry were established Hollywood actors who wrote produced and performed a moraleboosting stage production initially called the Yardbirds of Fort MacArthur but which proceeded to become a successful stage musical titled Hey Rookie Nesdon played numerous roles but was most notable as the companys the prima ballerina Following the war he attended the newly chartered California State College Los Angeles now called California State University Los Angeles on the site of Los Angeles City College graduating in 1949 with a Bachelors degree in theater He continued to work as character actor gueststarring and as a bit player in numerous television programs including Gunsmoke Bonanza The Twilight Zone Sky King Colt 45 Tales of Wells Fargo 77 Sunset Strip The Lawless Years Lawman Father Knows Best The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp Man with a Camera Peter Gunn and Perry Mason Booth died in March 1964 of a heart attack in Hollywood California at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital now known as Cedars Sinai Medical Center He was buried in Olive Lawn Memorial Park