‘Waltons’ Actor Joe Conley Dies at 85

Joe Conley, who played general store proprietor Ike Godsey on the beloved CBS family drama The Waltons, has died, his co-star Mary Beth McDonough reported Monday on her Facebook page. He was 85.

Conley died July 7. No other details of his death were immediately known.

Conley appeared in 172 of the 212 episodes of Earl Hamner Jr.’s The Waltons -- which debuted with a December 1971 pilot and then ran for nine seasons through June 1981 -- as well as in all six of the Lorimar series’ reunion telefilms. (Woodrow Parfrey played Ike in the series’ two-hour pilot titled “The Homecoming: A Christmas Story.”)

His résumé also includes the films Crime of Passion (1957), Blueprint for Robbery (1961) and Cast Away (2000) and scores of TV commercials.

A successful businessman, Conley at one time owned a string of real estate offices and a restaurant in the San Fernando Valley.

Survivors include by his wife of 44 years, Louise, and children Kevin, Julie, Erin and Jana.