Joe Conley Dead: The Waltons Actor Dies At Age 85

Joe Conley, the actor best known for his role on 1971’s The Waltons, died Sunday, July 7 in Newbury Park, California of complications from dementia. He was 85.

Joe Conley was born in Buffalo, New York. He started acting after returning from military service in Korea, and ran a real-estate companies on the side. He was married and divorced to Jacqueline Stakes, with whom he had two children. He married Louise Teecher in 1969 and had two children with her. He is probably most remembered for the part of storekeeper “Ike Godsey” in The Waltons opposite Ronnie Claire Edwards, who portrayed the bossy wife Corabeth Walton Godsey. In 2009, Conley published his autobiography, “Ike Godsey of Walton’s Mountain.”