Bruce Yarnell (December 28, 1935 – November 30, 1973) was an American actor who co-starred in the second season (1961-1962) of NBC's Western television series Outlaws, set in the lawless Oklahoma Territory. He was also a noted Broadway and opera baritone.

Biographie

Yarnell was born in Los Angeles and graduated from Hollywood High School.


Death
A week after finishing an engagement as Marcello in La Boheme at the San Francisco Opera, he and two passengers, David and Teri Wirsching, were killed when the small-craft airplane that Yarnell was piloting went down over Los Angeles. Yarnell had radioed prior to the crash that he had lost electrical power and was disoriented.


Legacy
Yarnell's widow, the singer and voice instructor Joan Patenaude-Yarnell (born in Ottawa, Canada, on September 12, 1941), instituted the Bruce Yarnell Scholarship to honor young baritones. As stated above, Yarnell made a successful transition from Broadway to opera and sang principal roles at the San Francisco Opera from 1971 until his death. His interpretations of Dr. Falke in SFO's Die Fledermaus and Sharpless in SFO's Madama Butterfly are preserved on rare recordings. Yarnell also produced two solo albums, House of the Lord and Bruce Yarnell Sings. Joan Yarnell has been a faculty member at the Manhattan School of Music since 1997.

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