Gary "Tex" Brockette (September 13, 1947Ancestry.com. Texas Birth Index, 1903–1997 atabase on-line Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: Texas. Texas Birth Index, 1903–1997. Texas: Texas Department of State Health Services. Microfiche. – January 1, 2010) was an American actor, assistant director, writer and co-producer. He was born in

Denton, Texas Denton is a city in and the county seat of Denton County, Texas, United States. With a population of 139,869 as of 2020, it is the 27th-most populous city in Texas, the 197th-most populous city in the United States, and the 12th-most populous ...

Career

Gary Brockette began his career working as an actor in New York. He played the role of Bobby Sheen in 1971's ''

The Last Picture Show ''The Last Picture Show'' is a 1971 American coming-of-age drama film directed and co-written by Peter Bogdanovich, adapted from the semi-autobiographical 1966 novel ''The Last Picture Show'' by Larry McMurtry. The film's ensemble cast includes T ...

'' and Frank Cameron in ''Encounter with the Unknown''. He also appeared in the 1984 movies, '' The Philadelphia Experiment'' and ''

The Ice Pirates ''The Ice Pirates'' is a 1984 American comic science fiction film directed by Stewart Raffill, who co-wrote the screenplay with ''Krull'' writer Stanford Sherman. The film stars Robert Urich, Mary Crosby and Michael D. Roberts; other notable fea ...

''. As a character actor, he made guest appearances on such television shows as ''

Trapper John, M.D. ''Trapper John, M.D.'' is an American medical drama television series and spin-off of the film ''M*A*S*H'' (1970). Pernell Roberts portrayed the title character, a lovable surgeon who became a mentor and father figure in San Francisco, Californ ...

'' and ''

Charlie's Angels ''Charlie's Angels'' is an American crime drama television series that aired on ABC from September 22, 1976, to June 24, 1981, producing five seasons and 115 episodes. The series was created by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts and was produced by Aa ...

''. He also wrote, directed, and edited a short film called ''

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'' in 2009. Brockette was married to actress Sandra Brown who played Diane in the 1973

blaxploitation Blaxploitation is an ethnic subgenre of the exploitation film that emerged in the United States during the early 1970s. The term, a portmanteau of the words "black" and "exploitation", was coined in August 1972 by Junius Griffin, the president o ...

The Mack ''The Mack'' is a 1973 American blaxploitation film directed by California native Michael Campus, starring Max Julien and Richard Pryor. The film also stars Oscar-nominee Juanita Moore and Tony-nominated actor Dick Anthony Williams. Filmed in Oa ...

''.

Death

Gary Brockette died on January 1, 2010, from complications of cancer.

Filmography

References

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* 1947 births 2010 deaths Male actors from Texas Deaths from cancer in California People from Denton, Texas American male film actors American male television actors Film producers from Texas Film directors from Texas {{US-film-director-1940s-stub