John A. Doucette Sr.; Character Actor for Stage, Film, TV

John A. Doucette Sr., 73, character actor on stage and in film and television for four decades. Born in Brockton, Mass., he moved to Los Angeles as a youngster. He started acting in the city’s Lincoln High School and later trained at the Pasadena Playhouse. In 1943, Doucette was hired for his first film, “Two Tickets to London,” starring Barry Fitzgerald. But he was drafted two weeks later and spent the remainder of World War II with the Army in France and Germany. Afterward, he toured with a Mae West play, “Come on Up, Ring Twice.” Doucette worked steadily in television series from the early “Lone Ranger” and “Gene Autry” through “Bonanza” and “How the West Was Won” and was a regular for two years on “Lock-up.” He also made films, including the 1963 “Cleopatra” and “Patton.” Doucette’s final role was in the 1982 television drama “Heart of Steel.” On Tuesday in Cabazon, Calif., of cancer.