Edgar Buchanan
Encyclopedia
Edgar Buchanan was an American
actor
with a long career in both film
and television
, most familiar today as Uncle Joe Carson from the Petticoat Junction
, Green Acres
and The Beverly Hillbillies
television sitcom
s of the 1960s. As Uncle Joe, he took over as proprietor of the Shady Rest Hotel following the death of Bea Benaderet
, who had played Kate Bradley.
when he was young. Like his father before him, he was a successful dentist
. He and his wife Mildred were married in 1928. In 1939, they moved from Eugene
, Oregon, to Altadena
, California
. He joined the Pasadena Playhouse
as an actor. He appeared in his first film in 1939, at the age of thirty-six, after which he turned his dentistry practice over to his wife. He was a member of Theta Chi
Fraternity and a Freemason
.
(1941) with Cary Grant
, Tombstone, the Town Too Tough to Die
(1942), The Talk of the Town (1942) with Ronald Colman
and Jean Arthur
, The Man from Colorado
(1948), Cheaper by the Dozen
(1950), She Couldn't Say No (1954), Ride the High Country
(1962) with Randolph Scott
and Joel McCrea
, McLintock!
(1963) with John Wayne
, Move Over, Darling
(1963) with Doris Day
and James Garner
, and Benji
(1974). Television series in which he appeared included Hopalong Cassidy
, Judge Roy Bean
(in which he played the lead, Texas
Justice of the Peace
Judge Roy Bean), the "Duel at Sundown" episode of Maverick
with James Garner
and Clint Eastwood
, Leave It To Beaver
(as both "Uncle Billy" and "Captain Jack"), The Twilight Zone
, Gunsmoke
, Route 66, Bringing Up Buddy
, The Californians
, Bus Stop
, The Lloyd Bridges Show
, Cade's County
and The Rifleman
. He appeared in all 222 episodes of Petticoat Junction, as well as in 17 episodes of Green Acres, and three episodes of The Beverly Hillbillies, always as the character Uncle Joe Carson. From 1960-1962, he appeared four times as Cletus McBain on the NBC
western series Laramie
, with John Smith
and Robert Fuller
.
Buchanan and another star from Petticoat Junction
appeared together in the movie Benji
-The other "star" being Higgins
, the unnamed "dog" from the sitcom, who portrayed the title role in the film. Higgins had been found in an animal shelter and trained by Frank Inn
, who also trained Arnold Ziffel
(the pig) and all the other animals used on The Beverly Hillbillies
, Petticoat Junction
, and Green Acres
sitcoms.
complicated by pneumonia
in Palm Desert, California
, and was interred in the Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery
in Los Angeles
.
United States
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actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
with a long career in both film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
and television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
, most familiar today as Uncle Joe Carson from the Petticoat Junction
Petticoat Junction
Petticoat Junction is an American situation comedy produced by Filmways which originally aired on CBS from 1963 to 1970. The series is one of three interrelated shows about rural characters created by Paul Henning; the others are The Beverly Hillbillies and Green Acres.The setting for the series...
, Green Acres
Green Acres
Green Acres is an American television series starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from New York City to a country farm...
and The Beverly Hillbillies
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Beverly Hillbillies is an American situation comedy originally broadcast for nine seasons on CBS from 1962 to 1971, starring Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, and Max Baer, Jr....
television sitcom
Situation comedy
A situation comedy, often shortened to sitcom, is a genre of comedy that features characters sharing the same common environment, such as a home or workplace, accompanied with jokes as part of the dialogue...
s of the 1960s. As Uncle Joe, he took over as proprietor of the Shady Rest Hotel following the death of Bea Benaderet
Bea Benaderet
Bea Benaderet was an American actress born in New York City and raised in San Francisco, California. She is best remembered for her wide variety of television work, which included a starring role in the 1960s television series Petticoat Junction and Green Acres as Shady Rest Hotel owner Kate...
, who had played Kate Bradley.
Early life
William Edgar Buchanan moved with his family to Humansville, MissouriHumansville, Missouri
Humansville is a city in Polk County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,020 at the 2009 census. It is part of the Springfield, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
when he was young. Like his father before him, he was a successful dentist
Dentistry
Dentistry is the branch of medicine that is involved in the study, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases, disorders and conditions of the oral cavity, maxillofacial area and the adjacent and associated structures and their impact on the human body. Dentistry is widely considered...
. He and his wife Mildred were married in 1928. In 1939, they moved from Eugene
Eugene, Oregon
Eugene is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and the seat of Lane County. It is located at the south end of the Willamette Valley, at the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers, about east of the Oregon Coast.As of the 2010 U.S...
, Oregon, to Altadena
Altadena, California
Altadena is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California, United States, approximately from the downtown Los Angeles Civic Center, and directly north of the city of Pasadena, California...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. He joined the Pasadena Playhouse
Pasadena Playhouse
The Pasadena Playhouse is a historic performing arts venue located 39 S El Molino Avenue in Pasadena, California. The 686-seat auditorium produces a variety of cultural and artistic events, professional shows, and community engagements each year.-History:...
as an actor. He appeared in his first film in 1939, at the age of thirty-six, after which he turned his dentistry practice over to his wife. He was a member of Theta Chi
Theta Chi
Theta Chi Fraternity is an international college fraternity. It was founded on April 10, 1856 as the Theta Chi Society, at Norwich University, Norwich, Vermont, U.S., and was the 21st of the 71 North-American Interfraternity Conference men's fraternities.-Founding and early years at Norwich:Theta...
Fraternity and a Freemason
Freemasonry
Freemasonry is a fraternal organisation that arose from obscure origins in the late 16th to early 17th century. Freemasonry now exists in various forms all over the world, with a membership estimated at around six million, including approximately 150,000 under the jurisdictions of the Grand Lodge...
.
Career
Buchanan appeared in more than 100 movies, including Penny SerenadePenny Serenade
Penny Serenade is a 1941 film melodrama starring Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Beulah Bondi, and Edgar Buchanan. It was directed by George Stevens and written by Martha Cheavens and Morrie Ryskind. It depicts the story of a loving couple who must overcome adversity to keep their marriage and raise a child...
(1941) with Cary Grant
Cary Grant
Archibald Alexander Leach , better known by his stage name Cary Grant, was an English actor who later took U.S. citizenship...
, Tombstone, the Town Too Tough to Die
Tombstone, the Town Too Tough to Die
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die is a Western film released in 1942, starring Richard Dix and Kent Taylor, and directed by William McGann.-Plot:...
(1942), The Talk of the Town (1942) with Ronald Colman
Ronald Colman
Ronald Charles Colman was an English actor.-Early years:He was born in Richmond, Surrey, England, the second son and fourth child of Charles Colman and his wife Marjory Read Fraser. His siblings included Eric, Edith, and Marjorie. He was educated at boarding school in Littlehampton, where he...
and Jean Arthur
Jean Arthur
Jean Arthur was an American actress and a major film star of the 1930s and 1940s. She remains arguably the epitome of the female screwball comedy actress. As James Harvey wrote in his recounting of the era, "No one was more closely identified with the screwball comedy than Jean Arthur...
, The Man from Colorado
The Man from Colorado
The Man from Colorado is a 1948 American western-psychological drama film directed by Henry Levin and produced by Jules Schermer for Columbia Pictures. It stars Glenn Ford as a Union officer who becomes addicted to killing during the American Civil War, William Holden as his best friend, and Ellen...
(1948), Cheaper by the Dozen
Cheaper by the Dozen (1950 film)
Cheaper by the Dozen is a 1950 film based upon the 1948 book Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey. The film and book describe growing up in a family with twelve children in Montclair, New Jersey. It was made in Technicolor with Leon Shamroy as cinematographer...
(1950), She Couldn't Say No (1954), Ride the High Country
Ride the High Country
Ride the High Country is a noted 1962 American Western film. It stars Joel McCrea, Randolph Scott, Ron Starr, Edgar Buchanan and Mariette Hartley. It was written by N.B...
(1962) with Randolph Scott
Randolph Scott
Randolph Scott was an American film actor whose career spanned from 1928 to 1962. As a leading man for all but the first three years of his cinematic career, Scott appeared in a variety of genres, including social dramas, crime dramas, comedies, musicals , adventure tales, war films, and even a few...
and Joel McCrea
Joel McCrea
Joel Albert McCrea was an American actor whose career spanned 50 years and appearances in over 90 films.-Early life:...
, McLintock!
McLintock!
McLintock! is a 1963 comedy Western starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara, and loosely based on Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. The film is notable, perhaps even infamous, for its two spanking scenes, in which mother and daughter are each paddled with coal shovels: the daughter by her...
(1963) with John Wayne
John Wayne
Marion Mitchell Morrison , better known by his stage name John Wayne, was an American film actor, director and producer. He epitomized rugged masculinity and became an enduring American icon. He is famous for his distinctive calm voice, walk, and height...
, Move Over, Darling
Move Over, Darling
Move Over, Darling is a 1963 remake of the 1940 screwball comedy My Favorite Wife that starred Irene Dunne, Cary Grant and Gail Patrick. The remake stars Doris Day, James Garner, and Polly Bergen.-Plot:...
(1963) with Doris Day
Doris Day
Doris Day is an American actress, singer and, since her retirement from show business, an animal rights activist. With an entertainment career that spanned through almost 50 years, Day started her career as a big band singer in 1939, but only began to be noticed after her first hit recording,...
and James Garner
James Garner
James Garner is an American film and television actor, one of the first Hollywood actors to excel in both media. He has starred in several television series spanning a career of more than five decades...
, and Benji
Benji (film)
Benji is the first film in a series of nine about the golden mixed breed dog named Benji. It was written and directed by Joe Camp and was released in 1974. It received one Academy Award nomination for the Best Original Song.-Plot:...
(1974). Television series in which he appeared included Hopalong Cassidy
Hopalong Cassidy
Hopalong Cassidy is a fictional cowboy hero created in 1904 by the author Clarence E. Mulford, who wrote a series of popular short stories and twenty-eight novels based on the character....
, Judge Roy Bean
Judge Roy Bean (TV series)
Judge Roy Bean is a syndicated American Western series starring Edgar Buchanan as the legendary Kentucky-born Judge Roy Bean, a justice of the peace known as "The law west of the Pecos".-Synopsis:...
(in which he played the lead, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
Justice of the Peace
Justice of the Peace
A justice of the peace is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions...
Judge Roy Bean), the "Duel at Sundown" episode of Maverick
Maverick (TV series)
Maverick is a western television series with comedic overtones created by Roy Huggins. The show ran from September 22, 1957 to July 8, 1962 on ABC and stars James Garner as Bret Maverick, a cagey, articulate cardsharp. Eight episodes into the first season, he was joined by Jack Kelly as his brother...
with James Garner
James Garner
James Garner is an American film and television actor, one of the first Hollywood actors to excel in both media. He has starred in several television series spanning a career of more than five decades...
and Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood
Clinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr. is an American film actor, director, producer, composer and politician. Eastwood first came to prominence as a supporting cast member in the TV series Rawhide...
, Leave It To Beaver
Leave It to Beaver
Leave It to Beaver is an American television situation comedy about an inquisitive but often naïve boy named Theodore "The Beaver" Cleaver and his adventures at home, in school, and around his suburban neighborhood...
(as both "Uncle Billy" and "Captain Jack"), The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)
The Twilight Zone is an American anthology television series created by Rod Serling, which ran for five seasons on CBS from 1959 to 1964. The series consisted of unrelated episodes depicting paranormal, futuristic, dystopian, or simply disturbing events; each show typically featured a surprising...
, Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West....
, Route 66, Bringing Up Buddy
Bringing Up Buddy
Bringing Up Buddy is a 39-episode situation comedy television series which aired on CBS during the 1960–1961 season. In the story line, Frank Aletter, a native of Queens, New York, plays the orphaned Buddy Flower, a bachelor stockbroker, who is reared by his overprotective and meticulous aunts,...
, The Californians
The Californians (TV series)
The Californians is a 54-episode half-hour Western television series, set in the San Francisco gold rush of the 1850s, which aired on NBC from September 24, 1957, to May 26, 1959...
, Bus Stop
Bus Stop (TV series)
Bus Stop is a 26-episode drama which aired on ABC from October 1, 1961, until March 25, 1962, starring Marilyn Maxwell as Grace Sherwood, the owner of a bus station and diner in the fictitious town of Sunrise in the Colorado Rockies...
, The Lloyd Bridges Show
The Lloyd Bridges Show
The Lloyd Bridges Show is an American anthology drama series produced by Aaron Spelling, which aired on CBS from September 11, 1962 to May 28, 1963, starring and hosted by Lloyd Bridges.-Synopsis:...
, Cade's County
Cade's County
Cade's County is a modern-day Western/crime drama which aired on CBS during the 1971–72 television season. There were 24 episodes.-Synopsis:...
and The Rifleman
The Rifleman
The Rifleman is an American Western television program that starred Chuck Connors as homesteader Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford as his son, Mark McCain. It was set in the 1880s in the town of North Fork, New Mexico Territory. The show, filmed in black-and-white with a half hour running time, ran...
. He appeared in all 222 episodes of Petticoat Junction, as well as in 17 episodes of Green Acres, and three episodes of The Beverly Hillbillies, always as the character Uncle Joe Carson. From 1960-1962, he appeared four times as Cletus McBain on the NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
western series Laramie
Laramie (TV series)
Laramie is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from 1959 to 1963. Laramie was a Revue Studios production which originally starred John Smith as Slim Sherman, Robert Fuller as Jess Harper, Hoagy Carmichael as Jonesy and Robert Crawford, Jr...
, with John Smith
John Smith (actor)
John Smith was an American actor remembered in particular for two NBC western television series.-Early life and career:He was born Robert Errol Van Orden, in Los Angeles, California...
and Robert Fuller
Robert Fuller
Robert Welch is a professional wrestler and manager better known by his ring names Robert Fuller and Col. Robert Parker. Robert and his brother Ron co-owned Continental Championship Wrestling for a time.-Career:...
.
Buchanan and another star from Petticoat Junction
Petticoat Junction
Petticoat Junction is an American situation comedy produced by Filmways which originally aired on CBS from 1963 to 1970. The series is one of three interrelated shows about rural characters created by Paul Henning; the others are The Beverly Hillbillies and Green Acres.The setting for the series...
appeared together in the movie Benji
Benji
Benji is the name of a fictional dog who has been the focus of several movies from 1974 through the 2000s. It is also the title of the first film in the Benji series....
-The other "star" being Higgins
Higgins (dog)
Higgins was one of the best-known dog actors of the 1960s – 1970s. Most people remember him either as "Dog" or as "Benji," two of the most popular roles he played during a 14-year career in show business....
, the unnamed "dog" from the sitcom, who portrayed the title role in the film. Higgins had been found in an animal shelter and trained by Frank Inn
Frank Inn
Frank Inn was born as Elias Franklin Freeman, was an American animal trainer. He trained several animals for movies, but was most known for his work with the dogs in the Benji series.-Personal life:...
, who also trained Arnold Ziffel
Arnold Ziffel
Arnold Ziffel was a pig featured in Green Acres, an American situation comedy that was produced by Filmways, Inc., and originally aired on the CBS network from 1965 to 1971...
(the pig) and all the other animals used on The Beverly Hillbillies
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Beverly Hillbillies is an American situation comedy originally broadcast for nine seasons on CBS from 1962 to 1971, starring Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, and Max Baer, Jr....
, Petticoat Junction
Petticoat Junction
Petticoat Junction is an American situation comedy produced by Filmways which originally aired on CBS from 1963 to 1970. The series is one of three interrelated shows about rural characters created by Paul Henning; the others are The Beverly Hillbillies and Green Acres.The setting for the series...
, and Green Acres
Green Acres
Green Acres is an American television series starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from New York City to a country farm...
sitcoms.
Death
Buchanan died from a strokeStroke
A stroke, previously known medically as a cerebrovascular accident , is the rapidly developing loss of brain function due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. This can be due to ischemia caused by blockage , or a hemorrhage...
complicated by pneumonia
Pneumonia
Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung—especially affecting the microscopic air sacs —associated with fever, chest symptoms, and a lack of air space on a chest X-ray. Pneumonia is typically caused by an infection but there are a number of other causes...
in Palm Desert, California
Palm Desert, California
Palm Desert is a city in Riverside County, California, United States, in the Coachella Valley, approximately east of Palm Springs. The population was 48,445 at the 2010 census, up from 41,155 at the 2000 census...
, and was interred in the Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery
Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
Forest Lawn – Hollywood Hills Cemetery is part of the Forest Lawn chain of Southern California cemeteries. It is at 6300 Forest Lawn Drive in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California, on the lower north slope at the far east end of the Santa Monica...
in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
| 1974 | Benji Benji (film) Benji is the first film in a series of nine about the golden mixed breed dog named Benji. It was written and directed by Joe Camp and was released in 1974. It received one Academy Award nomination for the Best Original Song.-Plot:... |
Bill | |
| 1969 | Angel in My Pocket Angel in my Pocket Angel in my Pocket is a 1969 film starring Andy Griffith and directed by Alan Rafkin. The movie was one of three originally planned by Universal Pictures to star Griffith, and also featured Lee Meriwether, Jerry Van Dyke, Kay Medford, Henry Jones, Edgar Buchanan, and Gary Collins. This film has... |
Angel in My Pocket | |
| 1967 | Welcome to Hard Times | Brown | |
| 1966 | Gunpoint | Bull | |
| 1965 | The Man from Button Willow The Man from Button Willow The Man from Button Willow is a 1965 American animated Western film about the adventures of Justin Eagle, the first U.S. Government Agent. It was released on 3 April 1965 in the United States.-Voice cast:*Dale Robertson - Justin Eagle... |
Sorry | voice |
| The Rounders The Rounders (1965 film) The Rounders is a lighthearted 1965 film starring Glenn Ford and Henry Fonda. The comedy was based on the novel of the same name by Max Evans.-Plot:... |
Vince Moore | ||
| 1963 | Move Over, Darling Move Over, Darling Move Over, Darling is a 1963 remake of the 1940 screwball comedy My Favorite Wife that starred Irene Dunne, Cary Grant and Gail Patrick. The remake stars Doris Day, James Garner, and Polly Bergen.-Plot:... |
Judge Bryson | |
| McLintock! McLintock! McLintock! is a 1963 comedy Western starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara, and loosely based on Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. The film is notable, perhaps even infamous, for its two spanking scenes, in which mother and daughter are each paddled with coal shovels: the daughter by her... |
Bunny Dull | ||
| A Ticklish Affair A Ticklish Affair A Ticklish Affair is a 1963 film directed by George Sidney. It stars Shirley Jones and Gig Young. It was nominated for a Golden Globe in 1964.-Cast:*Shirley Jones as Amy Martin*Gig Young as Key Weedon*Red Buttons as Uncle Cy... |
Captain Martin | ||
| Donovan's Reef Donovan's Reef Donovan's Reef is a 1963 American film starring John Wayne. It was directed John Ford and filmed on location on Kauai, Hawaii.The cast included Elizabeth Allen, Lee Marvin, Dorothy Lamour, and Cesar Romero. The film marked the last time Ford and Wayne ever worked together on a... |
Boston Attorney | ||
| 1962 | Ride the High Country Ride the High Country Ride the High Country is a noted 1962 American Western film. It stars Joel McCrea, Randolph Scott, Ron Starr, Edgar Buchanan and Mariette Hartley. It was written by N.B... |
Judge Tolliver | |
| Devil's Partner Devil's Partner - Plot summary :The story opens with a hunched old man, Pete Jensen, who lives in a shack in the town of Furnace Flats.He slaughters a goat and daubs its blood within a pentagon drawn on the floor of his shack.... |
Don Lucas | ||
| 1961 | The Comancheros The Comancheros The Comancheros is a 1961 western Deluxe CinemaScope color film directed by Michael Curtiz and John Wayne based on a 1952 novel by Paul Wellman starring John Wayne and Stuart Whitman. When health troubles prevented Curtiz from finishing the film, Wayne directed the remainder of the movie, though... |
Judge Thaddeus Jackson Breen | |
| Tammy Tell Me True | Judge Carver | ||
| 1960 | Cimarron Cimarron (1960 film) Cimarron is a 1960 western film based on the Edna Ferber novel Cimarron, featuring Glenn Ford and Maria Schell. It was directed by Anthony Mann, known for his westerns and film noirs.... |
Judge Neal Hefner | |
| Chartroose Caboose | Woody Watts | ||
| Four Fast Guns | Dipper | ||
| 1959 | Hound-Dog Man Hound-Dog Man Hound-Dog Man is a 1959 film directed by Don Siegel. The film is based on the book by Fred Gipson.-Cast:* Fabian as Clint* Stuart Whitman as Blackie Scantling* Carol Lynley as Dony Wallace* Arthur O'Connell as Aaron McKinney... |
Doc Cole | |
| Edge of Eternity Edge of Eternity Edge of Eternity is a 1959 CinemaScope film directed by Don Siegel shot on location in the Grand Canyon.-Plot:The film begins with an attempted assassination of a man looking into the Grand Canyon with his binoculars. The assassin disables the emergency brake from the man's car and attempts to run... |
Sheriff Edwards | ||
| It Started with a Kiss | Congressman Tappe | ||
| King of the Wild Stallions | Idaho | ||
| Stump Run | Buck Gaskin | ||
| 1958 | The Sheepman The Sheepman The Sheepman is a tongue-in-cheek 1958 Western film directed by George Marshall and starring Glenn Ford, Shirley MacLaine and Leslie Nielsen.-Plot:... |
Milt Masters | |
| Day of the Bad Man | Sam Wyckoff | ||
| 1957 | Spoilers of the Forest | Tom Duncan | |
| 1956 | Come Next Spring Come Next Spring Come Next Spring is a drama film made in Trucolor for Republic Pictures starring Steve Cochran as a former alcoholic who returns to the wife he deserted years ago, played by Ann Sheridan, and their children.... |
Mr. Canary | |
| 1955 | Wichita | Doc Black | |
| The Lonesome Trail | Dan Wells | ||
| The Silver Star | Will 'Bill' Dowdy | ||
| Rage at Dawn Rage at Dawn Rage at Dawn is a 1955 American Western film by RKO Pictures starring Randolph Scott and Forrest Tucker, and featuring Denver Pyle, Edgar Buchanan, and J. Carrol Naish... |
Judge | ||
| 1954 | Destry Destry (film) Destry is a 1954 western starring Mari Blanchard, Audie Murphy, and Thomas Mitchell. The third and final film version of Max Brand's Destry Rides Again, this 1954 version is closer to the 1939 Marlene Dietrich and James Stewart film version than it is to the Brand original. Indeed Halliwells film... |
The Honorable Hiram J. Sellers, Mayor | |
| Dawn at Socorro | Sheriff Cauthen | ||
| Human Desire Human Desire Human Desire is a black-and-white film noir directed by Fritz Lang, and based on the novel La Bête humaine by Émile Zola. The story was filmed twice before: La Bête humaine directed by Jean Renoir and Die Bestie im Menschen .-Plot:Railroad supervisor Carl Buckley gets fired from his job... |
Alec Simmons | ||
| Make Haste to Live Make Haste to Live Make Haste to Live is an American suspense film released by Republic Pictures.- Plot :'Chris' Crystal Benson is a single mother living in a small town in New Mexico. One night she feels a man is stalking. She grabs a gun and makes a series of arrangements anticipating his own death... |
Sheriff Lafe | ||
| She Couldn't Say No She Couldn't Say No (1954 film) She Couldn't Say No is a 1954 comedy-drama film starring Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons.-Plot:Wealthy Corby Lane visits the small American hamlet of Progress, Arkansas, whose residents had paid for a critical medical operation for her when she was a child. She decides to express her gratitude by... |
Ed Meeker | ||
| 1953 | Shane | Fred Lewis | |
| It Happens Every Thursday | Jake | ||
| 1952 | Toughest Man in Arizona | Jim Hadlock | |
| Wild Stallion | John Wintergreen | ||
| Flaming Feather | Sgt. O'Rourke | ||
| The Big Trees The Big Trees The Big Trees is a 1952 film starring Kirk Douglas and directed by Felix E. Feist. It was Kirk Douglas's final film for Warner Brothers, a film he did for free in exchange for the studio agreeing to release him from his long-term contract.... |
Walter 'Yukon' Burns | ||
| 1951 | Silver City Silver City (1951 film) Silver City is a 1951 film directed by Byron Haskin. It stars Edmond O'Brien and Yvonne De Carlo.-Cast:*Edmond O'Brien as Larkin Moffatt*Yvonne De Carlo as Candace Surrency*Richard Arlen as Charles Storrs*Barry Fitzgerald as RR Jarboe... |
Dutch Surrency | |
| Cave of Outlaws | Dobbs | ||
| Rawhide Rawhide (1951 film) Rawhide is a 1951 western film made by Twentieth Century-Fox. It was directed by Henry Hathaway and produced by Samuel G. Engel from a screenplay by Dudley Nichols. The music score was by Sol Kaplan and the song "A Rollin' Stone" by Lionel Newman. The cinematography was by Milton R... |
Sam Todd | ||
| The Great Missouri Raid | Dr. Samuels | ||
| 1950 | Devil's Doorway Devil's Doorway Devil's Doorway is a 1950 western film directed by Anthony Mann and starring Robert Taylor as an Indian who returns home from the American Civil War a hero awarded the Medal of Honor. However, his hopes for a peaceful life are shattered by bigotry and greed.-Plot:The Civil War may be over back... |
Zeke Carmody | |
| The Big Hangover The Big Hangover The Big Hangover is a comedy film released by M-G-M. The film starred Van Johnson and Elizabeth Taylor. Supporting players, include, Percy Waram, Fay Holden, Leon Ames, Edgar Bunchman, Selena Royle, Gene Lockhart, and Rosemary DeCamp... |
Uncle Fred Mahoney | ||
| Cargo to Capetown | Sam Bennett | ||
| Cheaper by the Dozen Cheaper by the Dozen (1950 film) Cheaper by the Dozen is a 1950 film based upon the 1948 book Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey. The film and book describe growing up in a family with twelve children in Montclair, New Jersey. It was made in Technicolor with Leon Shamroy as cinematographer... |
Dr. Burton | ||
| 1949 | Any Number Can Play Any Number Can Play Any Number Can Play is a 1949 drama film starring Clark Gable and Alexis Smith. It is based on the novel of the same name by Edward Harris Heth.-Cast:*Clark Gable as Charley Enley Kyng*Alexis Smith as Lon Kyng*Wendell Corey as Robbin Elcott... |
Ed | |
| Lust for Gold Lust for Gold Lust for Gold is a 1949 western film about the legendary Lost Dutchman gold mine, starring Glenn Ford as the "Dutchman" and Ida Lupino as the woman he loves. It was based on the book Thunder God's Gold by Barry Storm... |
Wiser | ||
| Red Canyon | Jonah Johnson | ||
| The Walking Hills | Old Willy | ||
| 1948 | The Untamed Breed | John Rambeau | |
| The Man from Colorado The Man from Colorado The Man from Colorado is a 1948 American western-psychological drama film directed by Henry Levin and produced by Jules Schermer for Columbia Pictures. It stars Glenn Ford as a Union officer who becomes addicted to killing during the American Civil War, William Holden as his best friend, and Ellen... |
Doc Merriam | ||
| Coroner Creek Coroner Creek Coroner Creek is a 1948 western film starring Randolph Scott as a man who seeks vengeance for the death of his fiancée. It was based on the novel of the same name by Luke Short.-Cast:*Randolph Scott as Chris Denning*Marguerite Chapman as Kate Hardison... |
Sheriff O'Hea | ||
| The Black Arrow | Lawless | ||
| Best Man Wins | Jim Smiley | ||
| Adventures in Silverado | Dr. Hendersonn, aka The Monk | ||
| The Wreck of the Hesperus | George Lockhart | ||
| The Swordsman | Angus MacArden | ||
| 1947 | Framed | Jeff Cunningham | |
| The Sea of Grass The Sea of Grass (film) The Sea of Grass is a 1947 western-drama film. It was directed by Elia Kazan and based on the novel of the same name by Conrad Richter. The movie stars Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy and Melvyn Douglas.... |
Jeff, Cook on Brewton Ranch | ||
| 1946 | If I'm Lucky | Darius J. Magonnagle | |
| Renegades | Kirk Dembrow | ||
| The Walls Came Tumbling Down | George Bradford | ||
| Perilous Holiday | George Richards | ||
| The Bandit of Sherwood Forest | Friar Tuck | ||
| Abilene Town Abilene Town Abilene Town was a 1946 western film directed by Edwin L. Marin. The film starred Randolph Scott, Ann Dvorak, Lloyd Bridges, Rhonda Fleming, and Edgar Buchanan.... |
Sheriff 'Bravo' Trimble | ||
| The Fighting Guardsman | Pepe, bandit-valet | ||
| 1944 | Strange Affair | Lt. Washburn | |
| The Impatient Years The Impatient Years The Impatient Years is a 1944 romance film made by Columbia Pictures, directed by Irving Cummings, and written by Virginia Van Upp.-Plot:... |
Judge | ||
| Bride by Mistake | Jonathan Connors | ||
| Buffalo Bill Buffalo Bill (film) Buffalo Bill Technicolor is a biographical Western about the life of the legendary frontiersman, starring Joel McCrea and Maureen O'Hara with Linda Darnell and Anthony Quinn in supporting roles.-Cast:*Joel McCrea as Buffalo Bill Cody... |
Sergeant Chips McGraw | ||
| 1943 | Destroyer Destroyer (1943 film) Destroyer is a 1943 war film starring Edward G. Robinson and Glenn Ford as U.S. Navy sailors in World War II.-Plot:Steve "Boley" Boleslavski helps build the destroyer John Paul Jones, the namesake of the ship he served on in World War I... |
Kansas Jackson | |
| Good Luck, Mr. Yates | Jonesey Jones | ||
| The Desperadoes The Desperadoes The Desperadoes is a Western movie, starring Randolph Scott and Glenn Ford. It was the first Columbia Pictures production to be released in Technicolor.-Plot:... |
Uncle Willie McLeod | ||
| City Without Men | Michael T. Mallory | ||
| 1942 | The Talk of the Town | Sam Yates | |
| Tombstone, the Town Too Tough to Die Tombstone, the Town Too Tough to Die Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die is a Western film released in 1942, starring Richard Dix and Kent Taylor, and directed by William McGann.-Plot:... |
Curly Bill Brocious | ||
| 1941 | You Belong to Me You Belong to Me (1941 film) You Belong to Me is a 1941 American romantic comedy directed by Wesley Ruggles, and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda. The film was released in the United Kingdom as Good Morning, Doctor.-Plot:... |
Billings, Groundskeeper | |
| Texas | Buford 'Doc' Thorpe | ||
| The Richest Man in Town | Pete Martin | ||
| Her First Beau | Elmer Tuttle | ||
| Penny Serenade Penny Serenade Penny Serenade is a 1941 film melodrama starring Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Beulah Bondi, and Edgar Buchanan. It was directed by George Stevens and written by Martha Cheavens and Morrie Ryskind. It depicts the story of a loving couple who must overcome adversity to keep their marriage and raise a child... |
Applejack Carney | ||
| 1940 | Arizona Arizona (1940 film) Arizona is a 1940 American Western film starring Jean Arthur, William Holden and Warren William. It was directed by Wesley Ruggles.Victor Young was nominated for the Academy Award for Original Music Score, while Lionel Banks and Robert Peterson were considered for the Academy Award for Best Art... |
Judge Bogardus | |
| When the Daltons Rode When the Daltons Rode When the Daltons Rode is a 1940 western film starring Randolph Scott as a family friend who tries to dissuade the Daltons from turning outlaw... |
Narrator/Old-timer | uncredited | |
| The Seahawk The Sea Hawk (1940 film) The Sea Hawk is a 1940 American Warner Bros. feature film starring Errol Flynn as an English privateer who defends his nation's interests on the eve of the Spanish Armada. The film was the tenth collaboration between Flynn and director Michael Curtiz. The film's screenplay by Howard Koch and Seton I... |
Ben Rollins | uncredited | |
| The Doctor Takes a Wife | Doorman | uncredited | |
| Escape to Glory Escape to Glory Escape to Glory is a 1940 film directed by John Brahm. It stars Pat O'Brien and Constance Bennett.-Cast:*Pat O'Brien as Mike Farrough*Constance Bennett as Christine Blaine*John Halliday as John Morgan*Alan Baxter as Larry Perrin, alias Larry Ross... |
Charles Atterbee | ||
| Tear Gas Squad | Cousin Andy, a Policeman | ||
| Three Cheers for the Irish | Party Guest | uncredited | |
| Too Many Husbands Too Many Husbands Too Many Husbands is a 1940 romantic comedy film about a woman who loses her husband in a boating accident and remarries, only to have her first spouse reappear. The film stars Jean Arthur, Fred MacMurray and Melvyn Douglas, and is based on the 1919 play "Home and Beauty" by W. Somerset Maugham... |
Det. Adolph McDermott | ||
| 1939 | My Son Is Guilty My Son Is Guilty My Son Is Guilty is a 1939 crime film, starring Bruce Cabot and Glenn Ford and directed by Charles Barton.-Plot:Tim Kerry , a veteran cop in the district of Hell's Kitchen, welcomes his son Ritzy after spending two years in prison. Ritzy has good friends and his former wife Julia is hopeful that... |
Dan, Bartender |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
| 1973 | Love, American Style Love, American Style Love, American Style is an hour-long TV anthology produced by Paramount Television and originally aired between September 1969 and January 1974... |
Segment: Love and the Family Hour | |
| 1972 | The Partridge Family The Partridge Family The Partridge Family is an American television sitcom about a widowed mother and her five children who embark on a music career. The series originally ran from September 25, 1970 until August 31, 1974, the last new episode airing on March 23, 1974, on the ABC network, as part of a Friday-night lineup... |
Episode: M is for Many Things | |
| 1971–1972 | Cade's County Cade's County Cade's County is a modern-day Western/crime drama which aired on CBS during the 1971–72 television season. There were 24 episodes.-Synopsis:... |
J.J. Jackson | |
| 1971 | Yuma Yuma (film) Yuma is a Western Television Film, starring: Clint Walker and directed by Ted Post.- Plot :Dave Harmon Clint Walker, an army officer in the U.S... |
Mules McNeil | |
| The Virginian The Virginian (TV series) The Virginian is an American Western television series starring James Drury and Doug McClure, which aired on NBC from 1962 to 1971 for a total of 249 episodes. Filmed in color, The Virginian became television's first 90-minute western series... |
Teddy Birdwell | Episode: The Legacy of Spencer Flats | |
| 1963–1970 | Petticoat Junction Petticoat Junction Petticoat Junction is an American situation comedy produced by Filmways which originally aired on CBS from 1963 to 1970. The series is one of three interrelated shows about rural characters created by Paul Henning; the others are The Beverly Hillbillies and Green Acres.The setting for the series... |
Joseph P. 'Uncle Joe' Carson | |
| 1970 | The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again starring Walter Brennan and Fred Astaire is a 1970 ABC Movie of the Week sequel to the Western comedy The Over-the-Hill Gang. The supporting cast includes Edgar Buchanan, Andy Devine, Chill Wills, Lana Wood, and Burt Mustin... |
Jason Fitch | |
| The Mod Squad The Mod Squad The Mod Squad is a television series that ran on ABC from September 24, 1968, until August 23, 1973. This series starred Michael Cole, Peggy Lipton, Clarence Williams III, and Tige Andrews... |
Hargis | Episode: Welcome to the Human Race, Levi Frazee! | |
| The Name of the Game The Name of the Game (TV series) The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and Robert Stack that ran from 1968 to 1971 on NBC, totaling 76 episodes of 90 minutes. It was a pioneering wheel series, setting the stage for the likes of The Bold Ones and the NBC Mystery Movie in the 1970s... |
Felson | Episode: Little Bear Died Running | |
| 1965–1969 | Green Acres Green Acres Green Acres is an American television series starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from New York City to a country farm... |
Uncle Joe Carson | There were many crossovers from Petticoat Junction castmembers in the series |
| 1969 | The Over-the-Hill Gang The Over-the-Hill Gang The Over-the-Hill Gang is a 1969 TV-movie Western comedy about aging Texas Rangers starring Walter Brennan and Pat O'Brien. Chill Wills, Edgar Buchanan, Andy Devine, and Jack Elam play supporting roles... |
Jason Fitch | |
| 1968 | The Beverly Hillbillies The Beverly Hillbillies The Beverly Hillbillies is an American situation comedy originally broadcast for nine seasons on CBS from 1962 to 1971, starring Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, and Max Baer, Jr.... |
Uncle Joe Carson | Episode: Granny Goes to Hooterville Episode: The Thanksgiving Story Episode: Christmas in Hooterville |
| Something for a Lonely Man Something for a Lonely Man Something for a Lonely Man is a made-for-television western movie. It was first broadcast in 1968; NBC aired it a second time on December 9, 1969.-Plot:... |
Old Man Wolenski | ||
| 1965 | Luke and the Tenderfoot | Luke Herkimer | |
| 1957–1963 | Leave It to Beaver Leave It to Beaver Leave It to Beaver is an American television situation comedy about an inquisitive but often naïve boy named Theodore "The Beaver" Cleaver and his adventures at home, in school, and around his suburban neighborhood... |
Captain Jack William 'Uncle Billy' Cleaver William 'Uncle Billy' Cleaver |
Episode: Captain Jack Episode: Uncle Billy Episode: Uncle Billy's Visit |
| 1962, 1963 | Dr. Kildare | Steve Devitt Judge Manning |
Episode: The Administrator Episode: To Each His Own Prison |
| Gunsmoke | Dan Witter Dan York |
Episode: Old Dan Episode: Old York |
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| The Lloyd Bridges Show The Lloyd Bridges Show The Lloyd Bridges Show is an American anthology drama series produced by Aaron Spelling, which aired on CBS from September 11, 1962 to May 28, 1963, starring and hosted by Lloyd Bridges.-Synopsis:... |
Doc Tyree |
Episode: Just Married Episode: Tyrees of Capitol Hill |
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| 1960–1962 | Laramie Laramie (TV series) Laramie is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from 1959 to 1963. Laramie was a Revue Studios production which originally starred John Smith as Slim Sherman, Robert Fuller as Jess Harper, Hoagy Carmichael as Jonesy and Robert Crawford, Jr... |
Tully Casper Cletus McBain |
Episode: Saddle and Spur Episode: Men of Defiance Episode: Stolen Tribute Episode: The Long Road Back |
| 1958, 1962 | Perry Mason Perry Mason (TV series) Perry Mason is an American legal drama produced by Paisano Productions that ran from September 1957 to May 1966 on CBS. The title character, portrayed by Raymond Burr, is a fictional Los Angeles defense attorney who originally appeared in detective fiction by Erle Stanley Gardner... |
Andy Templet Judge Edward Daley |
Episode: The Case of the Perjured Parrot Episode: The Case of the Lurid Letter |
| 1962 | Dennis the Menace | Mr. Meekin | Episode: Dennis and the Hermit |
| The Wide Country The Wide Country The Wide Country is an American Western television series which aired on NBC from September 20, 1962 to April 25, 1963.-Synopsis:The series stars Earl Holliman and Andrew Prine as brothers, Mitch and Andy Guthrie, respectively, who are traveling rodeo competitors... |
Uncle Walt Guthrie | Episode: Good Old Uncle Walt | |
| Have Gun — Will Travel Have Gun — Will Travel Have Gun — Will Travel is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from 1957 through 1963. It was rated either number three or number four in the Nielsen ratings during each year of its first four seasons. It was one of the few television shows to spawn a successful radio... |
Cardiff | Episode: Man in an Hourglass | |
| Stoney Burke Stoney Burke (TV series) Stoney Burke is a short-lived Western television series broadcast on the ABC television network from October 1, 1962 until May 20, 1963. The series starred Jack Lord, who would later go on to star in the popular television series, Hawaii Five-O.... |
Dawes | Episode: Fight Night | |
| Alcoa Premiere Alcoa Premiere Alcoa Premiere is the title of a TV drama series that aired from 1961 to 1963 and hosted by Fred Astaire and directed by Norman Lloyd. Each episode presented a new drama which often offered powerful stories on painful or controversial subjects as opposed to classic drama... |
Crab Holman | Episode: Flashing Spikes | |
| Thriller | Doc O'Connor | Episode: 'Til Death Do Us Part | |
| The Twilight Zone The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series) The Twilight Zone is an American anthology television series created by Rod Serling, which ran for five seasons on CBS from 1959 to 1964. The series consisted of unrelated episodes depicting paranormal, futuristic, dystopian, or simply disturbing events; each show typically featured a surprising... |
Doc Bolton | Episode: The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank "The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone.- Synopsis :A man, Jeff Myrtlebank, wakes up at his own funeral in a small rural town in the "southernmost section of the Midwest"... |
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| 1958–1961 | The Rifleman The Rifleman The Rifleman is an American Western television program that starred Chuck Connors as homesteader Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford as his son, Mark McCain. It was set in the 1880s in the town of North Fork, New Mexico Territory. The show, filmed in black-and-white with a half hour running time, ran... |
Doc Burrage Grandpa Fogarty |
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| Maverick Maverick (TV series) Maverick is a western television series with comedic overtones created by Roy Huggins. The show ran from September 22, 1957 to July 8, 1962 on ABC and stars James Garner as Bret Maverick, a cagey, articulate cardsharp. Eight episodes into the first season, he was joined by Jack Kelly as his brother... |
Buddy Forge Jed Colonel Hamilton Red Daniels |
Episode: Island in the Swamp Episode: Duel at Sundown Episode: Easy Mark Episode: Hadley's Hunters Episode: The Cactus Switch |
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| 1957–1961 | Tales of Wells Fargo Tales of Wells Fargo Tales of Wells Fargo is an American Western television series that ran from March 18, 1957 to June 2, 1962 on NBC. Produced by Revue Productions, the series aired in a half-hour format until its final season when it expanded to an hour.-Synopsis:... |
Bob Dawson | |
| 1960, 1961 | Bonanza Bonanza Bonanza is an American western television series that both ran on and was a production of NBC from September 12, 1959 to January 16, 1973. Lasting 14 seasons and 430 episodes, it ranks as the second longest running western series and still continues to air in syndication. It centers on the... |
Hallelujah Hicks John Henry Hill |
Episode: The Trail Gang Episode: Sam Hill |
| 1961 | The Andy Griffith Show The Andy Griffith Show The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised by CBS between October 3, 1960, and April 1, 1968. Andy Griffith portrays a widowed sheriff in the fictional small community of Mayberry, North Carolina... |
Henry Wheeler | Episode: Aunt Bee's Brief Encounter |
| Bus Stop Bus Stop (TV series) Bus Stop is a 26-episode drama which aired on ABC from October 1, 1961, until March 25, 1962, starring Marilyn Maxwell as Grace Sherwood, the owner of a bus station and diner in the fictitious town of Sunrise in the Colorado Rockies... |
Judge Neal | Episode: The Man from Bootstrap | |
| The New Bob Cummings Show The New Bob Cummings Show The New Bob Cummings Show is an American situation comedy which was broadcast by CBS during the 1961-62 television season. The series was originally titled The Bob Cummings Show when it first appeared on the CBS schedule on October 5, 1961; however, this led to confusion between this program and... |
Episode: The Oxtail Incident | ||
| The Tall Man The Tall Man (TV series) The Tall Man is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from 1960 to 1962. The series was produced by Revue Productions.-Synopsis:... |
Archie Keogh | Episode: The Judas Palm | |
| The Barbara Stanwyck Show The Barbara Stanwyck Show The Barbara Stanwyck Show is an American anthology drama television series which ran on NBC from September 1960 to September 1961. Barbara Stanwyck served as hostess, and starred in all but four of the half-hour productions. The four she did not star in were actually pilot episodes of potential... |
Judge Franklin | Episode: A Man's Game | |
| National Velvet | Grandpa Harwell | Episode: Grandpa Episode: Grandpa Returns |
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| Klondike Klondike (TV series) Klondike is a 17-episode half-hour Western television series that aired on NBC. The series premiered on October 10, 1960 and ran until February 13, 1961. It faced stiff competition from The Danny Thomas Show on CBS and the second half of the first-season detective series Surfside 6 starring Troy... |
Sam Perkins | Episode: The Golden Burro | |
| 1957, 1960 | Wagon Train Wagon Train Wagon Train is an American Western series that ran on NBC from 1957–62 and then on ABC from 1962–65... |
The Tramp Ben Mattox |
Episode: The John Darro Story Episode: The Jane Hawkins Story |
| 1960 | Riverboat Riverboat (TV series) Riverboat is a western television series starring Darren McGavin and Burt Reynolds that was broadcast on the NBC television network from September 13, 1959 until January 2, 1961.... |
Brian Cloud | Episode: Duel on the River |
| Route 66 Route 66 (TV series) Route 66 is an American TV series in which two young men traveled across America. The show ran weekly on CBS from 1960 to 1964. It starred Martin Milner as Tod Stiles and, for two and a half seasons, George Maharis as Buz Murdock. Maharis was ill for much of the third season, during which time Tod... |
Jack McConkle | Episode: The Beryllium Eater | |
| The Outlaws The Outlaws (1960 TV series) Outlaws is an NBC Western television series, starring Barton MacLane as U.S. marshal Frank Caine, who operated in a lawless section of Oklahoma Territory about Stillwater. The program aired 50 one-hour episodes from September 29, 1960, to May 10, 1962. The first season was shot in black-and-white,... |
Nulty | Episode: Starfall (1) Episode: Starfall (2) |
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| Stagecoach West Stagecoach West (TV series) Stagecoach West is a highly-acclaimed Western drama television series which ran for thirty-eight episodes on the ABC network from October 4, 1960, until June 27, 1961. Characters Luke Perry and Simon Kane operate the Timberland Stage Line from Missouri to San Francisco... |
Lum Jensen | Episode: Red Sand | |
| Assignment: Underwater Assignment: Underwater Assignment: Underwater is an early American television series which aired in NTA Film Network syndication in 1960. It was an adventure series starring prolific B-movie actor Bill Williams and Diane Mountford. Williams played Bill Greer, the skipper aboard a charter boat named The Lively Lady... |
Charlie Noble | Episode: Charlie Noble's Pearl | |
| Bat Masterson Bat Masterson (TV series) Bat Masterson is an American Western television series which showed a fictionalized account of the life of real-life marshal/gambler/dandy Bat Masterson. The title character was played by Gene Barry and the half-hour black and white shows ran on NBC from 1958 to 1961... |
Cactus Charlie | Episode: Debt of Honor | |
| Bronco Bronco (TV series) Bronco is a Western series on ABC from 1958 through 1962. It was shown by the BBC in the United Kingdom. The program starred Ty Hardin as Bronco Layne, a former Confederate officer who wandered the Old West, meeting such well-known individuals as Wild Bill Hickok, Billy the Kid, Jesse James,... |
Pop Owens | Episode: Winter Kill | |
| 1958, 1959 | The Californians The Californians (TV series) The Californians is a 54-episode half-hour Western television series, set in the San Francisco gold rush of the 1850s, which aired on NBC from September 24, 1957, to May 26, 1959... |
Dutch Major |
Episode: The Golden Bride Episode: One Top of Peppercorns |
| 1955–1959 | General Electric Theater General Electric Theater General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald W. Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.-Radio:... |
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| 1959 | The Deputy The Deputy (TV series) The Deputy is a 1959-1961 half-hour NBC western series featuring Henry Fonda as Chief Marshal Simon Fry of the Arizona Territory and Allen Case as Deputy Clay McCord, a storekeeper who tried to avoid using a gun.-Production:... |
Isbel | Episode: Man of Peace |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents Alfred Hitchcock Presents Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock. The series featured dramas, thrillers, and mysteries. By the premiere of the show on October 2, 1955, Hitchcock had been directing films for over three decades... |
Pops | Episode: Coyote Moon | |
| Wanted: Dead or Alive | Pop Michaels Chester Blake |
Episode: Railroaded Episode: Amos Carter |
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| Trackdown Trackdown Trackdown is an American Western television series starring Robert Culp that aired on CBS between 1957 and 1959. The series offered more than seventy episodes and was produced by Dick Powell's Four Star Television and filmed at the Desilu-Culver Studio... |
Tully Saxon | Episode: The Trick | |
| Lawman Lawman (tv series) Lawman is an American Western television series originally telecast from 1958 to 1962 starring John Russell as Marshal Dan Troop and featuring Peter Brown as Deputy Marshal Johnny McKay on the ABC Television Network. The series was set in Laramie, Wyoming during the mid to late 1870s. Warner Bros.... |
Jess Miller | Episode: The Captives | |
| 1958 | Cimmarron City Cimarron City (TV series) Cimarron City is an American Western television series starring George Montgomery and John Smith that aired on NBC from October 11, 1958 until April 4, 1959... |
Shanty | Episode: Kid on a Calico Horse |
| 26 Men 26 Men 26 Men is a syndicated American western television series about the Arizona Rangers, an elite group commissioned in 1901 by the legislature of the Arizona Territory and limited, for financial reasons, to twenty-six active members. Russell Hayden was the producer of the series and the co-composer of... |
Episode: Cross and Doublecross | ||
| The Gale Storm Show The Gale Storm Show The Gale Storm Show is an American sitcom starring Gale Storm. The series premiered on September 29, 1956, and ran until 1960 for 143 half-hour black-and-white episodes, initially on CBS and in its last year on ABC... |
Jasper Stokes | Episode: Hayride Ahoy | |
| Studio One | Dan Ferris | Episode: Birthday Present | |
| The Restless Gun The Restless Gun The Restless Gun is a western television series that appeared on NBC between 1957 and 1959, with John Payne in the role of Vint Bonner, a wandering cowboy in the era after the American Civil War. A skilled gunfighter, Bonner is an idealistic person who prefers peaceful resolutions of conflict... |
Ethan Greenfield Sheriff Gabe Starns |
Episode: Aunt Emma Episode: The Gold Star |
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| The Adventures of Jim Bowie The Adventures of Jim Bowie In September of 1956 a TV series named "The Adventures of Jim Bowie" was aired on ABC. The show was only on the air for two years from 1956 to 1958. The series' music was unique in that is was primarily vocal, provided by Ken Darby and The King's Men .-Synopsis:The series stars Scott Forbes as the... |
Ringtail | Episode: Deaf Smith | |
| 1957 | Climax! | Spencer |
Episode: Avalanche at Devil's Pass Episode: Deadly Climate |
| The Christophers The Christophers The Christophers are a Christian inspirational group that was founded in 1945 by Father James Keller. The name of the group is derived from the Greek word "christophoros", which means "Christ-bearer"... |
John Augustus | Episode: Sentence Deferred | |
| Whirlybirds Whirlybirds Whirlybirds is an American drama television series.... |
Burton | Episode: The Perfect Crime | |
| 1956 | Crossroads Crossroads (1955 TV series) Crossroads is the title of a 30-minute American television religion drama series which aired from 1955–1957, the first season on ABC and the second via syndication.... |
Bart Alden | Episode: The Lamp of Father Cataldo |
| Strange Stories | Episode: Con Game | ||
| Judge Roy Bean | Judge Roy Bean | ||
| 1953, 1955 | Cavalcade of America Cavalcade of America Cavalcade of America is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company, although it occasionally presented a musical, such as an adaptation of Show Boat, and condensed biographies of popular composers. It was initially broadcast on radio from 1935 to 1953, and later on... |
Horace Greeley Horace Greeley Doc Mathew |
Episode: The Tenderfoot Episode: One Nation Indivisible Episode: Petticoat Doctor Episode: Stay On, Stranger |
| 1955 | Screen Directors Playhouse | Sub Royal | Episode: The Bush Roper |
| Ford Theatre Ford Theatre Ford Theatre was a radio and television anthology series broadcast in the United States in the 1940s and 1950s. At various times the television series appeared on all three major television networks, while the radio version was broadcast on two separate networks and on two separate coasts... |
Papa Mumby | Episode: The Mumbysa | |
| 1952–1954 | Hopalong Cassidy | Red Connors | |
| 1954 | Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson | Uncle Harry | Episode: Uncle Harry |
| 1953 | Make Room for Daddy | Captain Chris | Episode: The Sea Captain |