John R. Albright

By VARIETY STAFF

John R. Albright, longtime actor who worked at various studios including Warner Bros., MGM and Republic Pictures starting in the 1930s, died Oct. 24 of pneumonia in L.A. He was 88.

Albright, a member of the Screen Actors Guild since 1935 and former board member of the Screen Extras Guild, also danced in several Busby Berkeley features and with Fred Astaire in "Easter Parade."

Albright, who served in the Army Air Corps during World War II, had bits in numerous films including "A Star Is Born," "Colleen," "The Wizard of Oz," "Gone With the Wind," "Yankee Doodle Dandy," "Topper," "Robin Hood" and "The Barkleys of Broadway."

His TV appearances included "The Partridge Family" and "Combat!"

He is survived by a brother and several other family members.

Donations in his name be made to the Motion Picture and Television Fund Foundation, 22212 Ventura Blvd., #300, Woodland Hills, CA 91364-1530 or Disabled American Veterans, P.O. Box 14301, Cincinnati, OH 45250-0301.