Vernon Weddle Jr. (born August 23, 1935)[1] is an American film, stage and television actor.
Weddle appeared in numerous television programs including Barney Miller,[5] The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Three's Company (and its spin-off The Ropers), Archie Bunker's Place, The Mod Squad, Sanford and Son,[3] Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Hill Street Blues, The Jeffersons, The Rockford Files, Trapper John, M.D., The Dukes of Hazzard and Lou Grant.
He also appeared in television soap operas, such as, General Hospital, Dynasty, Knots Landing, Dallas, Hotel, The Colbys, Filthy Rich and Days of Our Lives, playing Bruce Fischell.
Book II, The Devil and Max Devlin, Norma Rae, Carbon Copy, Harry's War, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, and Endangered Species.
Weddle met his wife, Gerri at the Lon Morris College, where they both shared the same bill on the musical Roberta.