| Donald Elson | |
| Birth Name: | 31 March 1923 |
| Birth Place: | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Film, stage and television actor |
Donald Elson (March 31, 1923 – May 7, 2022) was an American film, stage and television actor.
Elson was born in Chicago, Illinois. He began his career in 1952, appearing in the Broadway play Desire Under the Elms. He appeared in such other plays as Inherit the Wind,[1] and Threepenny Opera[2] and The Silver Whistle.[3]
Elson appeared in television programs including The Red Skelton Show, Bonanza, Tales of Wells Fargo, Lawman, Death Valley Days, Sugarfoot and The Rifleman,[4] and also in films such as Julius Caesar,[5] Inherit the Wind, Day of the Outlaw, Gremlins, The Cincinnati Kid, The Affairs of Dobie Gillis and Chaplin.[6]
Elson retired in 2008; his last credit was in the police procedural drama television series Bones.[7]
Elson died on May 7, 2022[8] in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 99.