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Merle Haggard Played a Musician in a 1976 Episode of The Waltons Acting gigs for Merle Haggard, a country music legend and key cog in the Bakersfield Sound, range from an appearance alongside then-wife Killers Three (1968) to a role in Wag the Dog (1997). Yet those big screen appearances probably impress country folks less than Haggard s trip to Haggard plays country singer Red Turner in The Waltons season five episode The Comeback, which debuted on October 7, 1976. The Turner character first appeared in season two s The Gift and was originally portrayed by Ken Swofford. In The Comeback, Turner s still reeling from the death of his son, who d been played in The Gift by another favorite of classic country fans, ....