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Wayne Maunder, Star of the 1960s Western ‘Lancer,’ Dies at 80
Wayne Maunder, who starred on the TV Westerns Custer and Lancer in the 1960s, has died. He was 80.
Maunder died unexpectedly Nov. 11 in his home in Brattleboro, Vt., a spokesman for the state’s Department of Health confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. The actor had a history of heart disease.
The handsome Maunder wore his blond hair long to play Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer (in the days before Little Bighorn) on Custer, a 1967 ABC action drama that lasted just 17 episodes. (Footage was later edited into a feature called The Legend of Custer.)
On Lancer, a CBS Western that ran for two seasons from September 1968 to June 1970, Maunder portrayed Scott Lancer, the Boston-educated older son of Murdoch Lancer (Andrew Duggan) and half-brother of gunslinger Johnny Madrid Lancer (James Stacy). The boys, who had different mothers and had never met, come to California’s San Joaquin Valley to assist their father on his sprawling ranch.
Both shows were created by Western writer Samuel A. Peeples at 20th Century Fox Television.
Maunder then played Sgt. Sam MacCray opposite Mitchell Ryan on the 1973-74 NBC drama Chase, a show about undercov
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Wayne Maunder, 1960s Western Star, Dies at 80
Wayne Maunder, the star of 1960s TV Westerns who may have inspired a character in Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming film, died of cardiovascular disease Nov. 11 in Battleboro, Vt., a Vermont Department of Health spokesperson confirmed to Variety. He was 80.
Maunder starred in ABC’s “Custer” as the titular Lt. Col. Custer. The Western aired just 17 episodes before it was canceled in 1967. He also appeared in another Western, CBS’ “Lancer,” as Scott Lancer. The show ran for two seasons from 1968 to 1970.
The actor also appeared on shows like “Kung Fu” with David Carradine, “The F.B.I.,” and “The Rookies,” as well as the 1971 film “The Seven Minutes,” in which he starred as attorney Mike Barrett.
Tarantino’s upcoming film, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” is set in 1969 and features Luke Perry as the character Scott Lancer. Based on real events surrounding the Manson murders, the movie stars actors as recognizable Hollywood figures from the era, like Sharon Tate (Margot Robbie) and Steve McQueen (Damian Lewis).
Born Dec. 19, 1937, in New Brunswick, Canada, Maunder was raised in Bangor, Maine. Following high schoo
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