Britt Leach (born July 18, 1938, in Gadsden, Alabama) is an American character actor. He was in "A Single Drop of Rain", the season 4 episode of Quantum Leap.
Biography and acting career Leach was born on July 18, 1938, in Gadsden, Alabama. He graduated from McCallie School, a boy's college-preparatory school in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 1956. He graduated from Birmingham Southern College, where he was active in college theater, in the mid-1960s. He attended Northwestern University and briefly worked in Army intelligence.
Leach's film and television career started in the early 1970s. His most memorable movie roles include boorish hick bartender Dan Oldum in Jackson County Jail, hard-nosed detective Sergeant Cook in Night Warning, cranky toy store manager Mr. Sims in Silent Night, Deadly Night, trailer park resident Mr. Potter in The Last Starfighter, Anthony Michael Hall's plumber father in Weird Science and redneck hunter Reg in The Great Outdoors.
During the fall of 1976, Leach was cast in the role of Mickey "Wig" Wiggins, an airplane mechanic, in the eleven-episode CBS adventure series Spencer's Pilots, starring Gene Evans, Christopher Stone and Todd Susman. Among the many television shows on which he has appeared are The Brady Bunch, The Partridge Family, Insight, Bonanza, Hawkins, Three's Company, Tales from the Crypt, and Newhart. He is probably most recognized for his reoccurring role as Easy Jackson on The Waltons.
Leach left acting in the early 1990s. His final film role was an uncredited appearance in the 1991 film Father of the Bride, in which his character, a supermarket assistant manager, confronts Steve Martin's character for making a scene in the supermarket and has him imprisoned for it.
From 1992 to 1999, Leach was co-editor and publisher of Country Connections, an award-winning bi-monthly magazine which covered environmental and progressive social issues. He has also written poems.
In 2007, Leach did not renew his membership in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and wrote of his frustration with DVD screeners in a satirical piece on his website.
Leach resides in Sherman Oaks, California, with his wife, Catherine Roberts Leach.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1971 The Brady Bunch Davy Jones' Manager 1971, 1973 The Odd Couple Morris / Hobart Episodes: "Oscar's New Life", "That Is the Army, Mrs. Madison"1972 Fuzz Detective #1 1972 Bonanza Postal Clerk Episode: "The Twenty Sixth Grave" 1973 Interval Leonard 1973 Hawkins Technician Episode: "A Life for a Life"1974 The California Kid Johnny TV movie1974 Happy Days Reverend Harlan Episode: "A Star is Bored"1975 Sanford and Son Leonard Johnson Episode: "Earthquake II"1976 Jackson County Jail Dan Oldum (Bartender) 1978 Loose Shoes Billy-Joe 1978 Goin' South Parson Weems 1978 The New Adventures of Wonder Woman Billy Episode: "The Deadly Dolphin"1980 Hardly Working Gas Station Manager 1980 High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane Virgil 1980 PSI Factor Biker 1981 Night Warning Sergeant Cook 1981 Three's Company Angry Husband, Bartender 2 episodes1982 M*A*S*H Dan Blevik Episode: "Heroes"1984 The Last Starfighter Mr. Potter 1984 Silent Night, Deadly Night Mr.Ira Sims 1985 Weird Science Al Wallace 1987 Baby Boom Verne Boone 1988 The Great Outdoors Reg 1989 Tales from the Crypt Pawnbroker Episode: "Only Sin Deep" 1991 Father of the Bride Assistant manager of Supermarket Uncredited (final film role) Quantum Leap Vernon Coutis Episode: "A Single Drop Of Rain"
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