“Walter O’Malley appeared as “Dr. Woods” in “Branded” in the “Bar Sinister” episode taped at Paramount Studios on August 18, 1965. He appeared as a favor to his friend Chuck Connors, the former Dodger in 1949, who was known as Kevin Joseph Aloysius Connors before his successful acting career. Connors played in one game for the Dodgers.

The episode first aired on Oct. 10, 1965. An interesting fact, Walter played frontier doctor “Doc Woods”, which was the same name as the actual Dodger team doctor (Dr. Robert Woods). O’Malley received $300 for his appearance, which he then donated to the Motion Picture Relief Fund.

Episode outtakes and more background information is available at [this page on] WalterOMalley.com, including Connors’ reason for asking Walter to appear on the show, as well as Walter’s comments in Hedda Hopper’s column.

Walter had invited Connors to entertain some friends by reciting “Casey at the Bat” and Connors agreed to do it as long as Walter would play a part in the western-themed TV series.