Posted by Cathy Gowdy on Friday, December 18, 2009 at 05:24:32 :
Independent Journal
Friday, October 23, 1964
Page 4
Western Actor Whip Wilson Dies
Western cowboy actor Whip Wilson, who played in 30 Western movies and starred in Broadway musicals, died last night in San Rafael where he had been living for a little more than a month.
Wilson, whose real name was Roland Charles Meyers, had several careers. He was an engineer and had worked for several electronic firms in the Los Angeles area after his last picture in 1954.
Also a singer, he appeared in the Broadway productions of “Annie Get Your Gun” and “Oklahoma.”
He and his wife also owned and operated the Happy Holiday House on the north shore of Lake Tahoe. Stricken with a heart attack, he was forced to move to a lower altitude. After a recovery in a hospital, the couple settled in San Rafael last month, making their home at 400 Canal Street, Apt. 111.
He suffered another attack last night and was dead on arrival at San Rafael General Hospital. He was 53.
Meyers was a native of Granite City, Ill. He moved to Texas as a youth and worked on several ranches as a cow hand. He later attended Missouri School of Mines where he received an engineering degree.
He was a member of the North Hollywood Masonic Lodge and El Bekel Shriners in Long Beach and El-Ta-Ho Shriners at Lake Tahoe.
He leaves his wife, Monica H. Meyers of San Rafael; his mother, Sylvia D. Meyers of Granite City; two sisters, Mrs. Harold Harmon of Park Forest, Ill., and Mrs. Nick Marnye of Indiana, and three brothers, William G. Meyers of Granada Hills, San Bernardino County; Byron P. Meyers of Anaheim, Orange County, and Loren Meyers of La Habra, Orange County.
Funeral will be held at Bercer Brothers Motuary in Granite City.
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