Buddy Noonan (April 9, 1937 – July 3, 1989), born Earl Seely Noonan in Glendale, California was an American cinematographer, actor, entertainer, and television producer for nationally syndicated television series such as The Happy Wanderers, Wanderlust, and The Roving Kind, shot on location throughout the United States and Mexico.
Noonan started his career by acting in The Bogus Green [1] and the Oscar-nominated The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima, in which he says, "Lucía, look!
After his father Gustave "Gus" Noonan [2] died of a heart attack when Buddy was 19, he started working for Bill Burrud Productions.
One of Buddy's paternal uncles, Joe T. "Waano-Gano" Noonan, was a Cherokee artist who was active in the Native American community.
His photographic slides of the southwest are on display at the Henry F. Hauser Museum, and at the Geology Department of Cochise College in Sierra Vista, Arizona.