Class President Dan Meckley's York Sunday News piece takes note that actor John W. Baer graduated in the William Penn High School Class of 1941. http://www.ydr.com/search/ci_3898204
Baer, off the screen in the 1970s, had a long list of screen credits including TV credits for "The Adventures of Superman," "The Green Hornet" and "Mission Impossible." http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0046359/
(IMDb has screen credits achieved by other York countians, http://www.imdb.com/BornWhere?York,%20Pennsylvania,%20USA.
A 50th anniversary booklet for Bill Penn’s Class of 1941, edited by Jeffrey C. Bortner, says this of Baer:
"Worked and lived in Spain, Canary Island and the Philippines;starred and co-starred in numerous movies, television shows and TV films including “PT-109", and “Beneath These Waters" as exec. Officer of a submarine commanded by Ronald Reagan; Retired from dramatics and real estate business to pursue creative writing ... "
“High Chaparral" is one of Baer’s TV credits. He would have worked with Dallastown-native Cameron Mitchell. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0593192/
It would have been interesting to listen in as they no doubt swapped stories about their home county.
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