Which Character Actor Turned Up in Every TV Western?

Which

character

actor

appeared in

every

television

western

? Distinctive faces and names, like Cactus, Chill, Dabbs and Denver. Gray-haired and with a country accent: you could believe they lived in the Old West. Stars like Dennis Weaver, Steve McQueen and Clint Eastwood got their start as TV cowboys; Television

western

s would be nothing without their cast of supporting

actor

s. The 1950s and 1960s were a great time to be an actor with Western skills. The television was full of western movies. In 1959 there were 26 westerns on the three major networks. There were dozens of experienced actors and enthusiastic newcomers appearing in these series.

Did you know that Gunsmoke alone had to air 635 episodes? Today we'll take a look at some of our favorites. You can see them on almost any Western show. Which do you think was more at stake? If you enjoy this video, hit the subscribe button to receive my new videos. To see my many other videos, head over to my channel. The link is in the description. OK Are you ready? Let's get into it! Noah Beery, Jr. 1913-1994 Familiar and beloved

character

actor with a personality very different from that of his father, Noah Beery, or his uncle, Wallace Beery.

Noah Jr. had a couple of recurring roles, as a clown opposite Micky Dolenz on Circus Boy and as James Garner's father on The Rockford Files. In between, he was seen in Rawhide, Wagon Train, Wanted: Dead or Alive, Gunsmoke, Bonanza and more, typically portrayed as a friendly and good-hearted character. Harry Carey, Jr. 1919-2012 Harry Carey, Jr., had been a reliable character actor for many decades, primarily in western films. Son of actor Harry Carey and actress Olive Carey. Carey acted in more than 90 western films. A favorite on Have Gun: Will Travel, where he appeared in 12 episodes. Growing up on a ranch as a child, he earned the nickname "Dobe" for his adobe-colored hair, and even learned to speak Navajo.

No wonder he seemed so comfortable playing anything from sheriff to bad guy. Royal Dano 1922-1994 Without a doubt one of the best, most flamboyant and amazing character actors to ever grace the big and small screen in an impressive career that spanned 42 years. Dano showed great range as an actor, playing across the spectrum from dastardly criminals to Abraham Lincoln. Disney specifically chose Dano to voice Honest Abe; he he's probably best known for playing the president. Still, he was also just as convincing in an evil role. Jack Elam 1920-2003 Thanks to his lazy left eye, the result of being poked in the eye with a pencil as a child, Elam usually found himself pigeonholed as an old fool or a crazy criminal.

He appeared to great effect in both westerns and gangster films, and in later years he played comic roles to great effect. Shug Fisher 1907-1984 He earned the nickname "Shug" at an early age from his mother, who used to call him "sugar" when he was a baby. A member of a singing group, the Sons of the Pioneers, that appeared in many Roy Rogers films, Shug worked on

every

thing from Tom and Jerry cartoons (as the voice of Uncle Pecos) to The Dukes of Hazzard. Him appearing in a handful of Gunsmoke episodes as Obie, a dashing bartender at the Oasis Saloon and sometimes boxing referee.

Paul Fix 1901-1983 Fix had one of his first acting roles on celluloid in the mid-1920s, appearing in a silent western starring William S. Hart. The Western genre would eventually become the one that most identified him. He is best known as Marshal Micah Torrance in 150 episodes of The Rifleman. He also had a small role in Star Trek as the first medical officer aboard the Enterprise, playing Dr. Mark Piper in the series' second pilot, "Where No Man Has Gone Before", before Bones joined the crew. Elsewhere, he was Thad's father in Gunsmoke and a supporting player in seemingly every other Western.

Dabbs Greer 1901-1983 Greer was a very familiar face in film and especially television. He was something of an "everyman" in his roles and played merchants, preachers, businessmen and other types of "pillars of the community", as well as a variety of villains. Greer appeared most frequently in Gunsmoke, playing merchant Wilbur Jonas, the man who supplies Miss Kitty with her wardrobe. Late in his career, Greer played the older version of Tom Hanks' character in The Green Mile. Strother Martin 1919-1980 Small roles came her way,

which

led to television work with Sam Peckinpah,

which

led to a lifelong relationship.

In Cool Hand Luke, Martin uttered one of cinema's immortal lines: "What we have here is a lack of communication." He moved to Hollywood and soon found himself in front of the camera, in dusty towns like Dodge City. He played Cooter, a mentally disturbed man, in an early episode of Gunsmoke, and remained a regular character until the late '70s. Denver Pyle 1920-1997 A fairly wanderlust guy before turning to acting, Pyle, who made a career out of playing sluggish, slow-moving Southern guys, was actually born in Colorado in 1920 to a farming family. Pyle should be familiar to you as Briscoe Darling, Jr. from The Andy Griffith Show and as Uncle Jesse on The Dukes of Hazzard.

But he was in almost every show with a pony, playing characters that radiated mountain wisdom. Chill Wills 1902-1978 Called "Chill" because he was born on a very hot day, Wills honed his skills as a musician, singing with the Avalon Boys. He voiced Francis the Talking Mule in the hit film series. His deep tone also brought him to television, on Trackdown, The Virginian, Alias ​​Smith and Jones and many other shows. He continued to work in film and television, usually in roguish and lovable good boy roles, until his death in 1978. If you liked this video, be sure to hit the subscribe button so you can see all my new videos as they come. appear. above.

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