Merle Haggard Played a Musician in a 1976 Episode of 'The Waltons'
Merle Haggard Played a Musician in a 1976 Episode of 'The Waltons' Acting gigs for Merle Haggard, a country music legend and key cog in the Bakersfield Sound, range from an appearance alongside then-wife Killers Three (1968) to a role in Wag the Dog (1997). Yet those big screen appearances probably impress country folks less than Haggard's trip to Haggard plays country singer Red Turner in The Waltons' season five episode "The Comeback," which debuted on October 7, 1976. The Turner character first appeared in season two's "The Gift" and was originally portrayed by Ken Swofford. In "The...
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