THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. – Joe Conley, an actor best known as the small town storekeeper on the TV series “The Waltons,” has died at age 85.

The Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday that according to wife Louise Conley, Joe Conley died at a care facility in Southern California on Sunday. She says he had suffered from dementia.

A native of Buffalo, N.Y., Conley had bit parts on 1960s series like “Green Acres” and “The Beverly Hillbillies” before he landed the role on CBS’s “The Waltons” in 1972 .