Grandpa walton gay

On-screen, Ellen Corby and Will Geer played Grandma and Grandpa Walton, but both were actually gay, with Ellen Corby gay in real life, protecting their careers.

He was blacklisted in the s by Hollywood after refusing, in testimony before Congress, to name persons who had joined the Communist Party USA. In his later years, Geer was best known for his role as Grandpa Zebulon "Zeb" Walton in the TV series The Waltons from until his death in