Archie Twitchell
Archie Twitchell | |
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Twitchell in The Missing Corpse (1945) | |
| Born | Archie Raymond Twitchell November 28, 1906 Pendleton, Oregon, U.S. |
| Died | January 31, 1957 (aged 50) Pacoima, California, U.S. |
| Other names | Michael Branden |
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| Years active | 1937–1955 |
Archie Raymond Twitchell (November 28, 1906 – January 31, 1957) was a Hollywood actor (in the 1930s through 1950s) and pilot (between the 1920s and 1950s), appearing in over 110 films during his career and flying in between. He was a captain in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II, becoming a test pilot during the war and continuing in that specialization into the 1950s, making his last film appearance in 1955. He was killed in the mid-air collision during a test flight of a new four-engined Douglas DC-7B airliner that impacted in the Pacoima area of Los Angeles in the northeast San Fernando Valley.