In context
- When
- Tuesday, December 30 201412 years ago
- Category
- DeathA notable person who died on this day.
- Era
- 21st century · 2010s
- Recorded from
- Wikipedia “On this day” feed
- Person
- Terry Becker
At a glance
Born 1930-08-05; died 2014-12-30.
Known as: actor, film director, television actor, and film producer. Citizenship: United States.
Listed as: human.
Who they were
Terry Becker was an American film and television actor, director and producer.
Path and career
Career Becker portrayed Chief Francis Ethelbert Sharkey in seasons 2 through 4 of the television series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea . Becker took the role after the death of actor Henry Kulky , [ 1 ] who had played the submarine's Chief (Curly Jones) during the first season of the series. Becker also made two guest appearances on Perry Mason . In 1958 he played murder victim Philip Larkin in "The Case of the Prodigal Parent",
Why this date
Terry Becker appears on our December 30 calendar for 2014 as a death entry.
December 30 through the years
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December 30 2014 — 12 years ago, on a Tuesday.
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