John Herrick McIntire (June 27, 1907 – January 30, 1991) was an American

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who appeared in 65 theatrical films and many television series. McIntire is well known for having replaced

Ward Bond Wardell Edwin Bond (April 9, 1903 – November 5, 1960) was an American film character actor who appeared in more than 200 films and starred in the NBC television series ''Wagon Train'' from 1957 to 1960. Among his best-remembered roles are Ber ...

, upon Bond's sudden death in November 1960, as the star of

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's ''

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''. He played Christopher Hale, the leader of the wagon train (and successor to Bond's character, Seth Adams) from early 1961 to the series' end in 1965. He also replaced

Charles Bickford Charles Ambrose Bickford (January 1, 1891 – November 9, 1967) was an American actor known for supporting roles. He was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for '' The Song of Bernadette'' (1943), '' The ...

, upon Bickford's death in 1967, as ranch owner Clay Grainger (brother of Bickford's character) on NBC's '' The Virginian'' for four seasons.

Early years

John McIntire was born in

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, the son of Byron Jean McIntire and Chastine Uretta Herrick McIntire. He was of

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descent. He grew up primarily in

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around

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ers, an experience that later inspired his performances in dozens of film and television

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. Later, he lived in Santa Monica, California. McIntire studied at the

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for two years before dropping out.

Career

McIntire began acting on

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in ''Tarzan and the Diamond of Asher'' and he met his future wife

Jeanette Nolan Jeanette Nolan (December 30, 1911 – June 5, 1998) was an American actress. Nominated for four Emmy Awards, she had roles in the television series '' The Virginian'' (1962–1971) and ''Dirty Sally'' (1974), and in films such as ''Macbeth'' ...

through their work on radio programs. McIntire played the title role in a Los Angeles radio station's production of '' The Adventures of Bill Lance'' and was the first actor to play the title role in the CBS radio drama '' Crime Doctor''. He played Jack Packard in ''

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'' and Peter Carter in the radio version of ''The Lineup''. He worked on many episodes of ''

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'' from the early 1940s. He was the narrator for the radio programs ''Lincoln Highway'', and ''

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''. He can be heard on an episode of the radio version of

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on CBS portraying Miss Kitty's estranged father. He was active in the

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, before he embarked on a lengthy film and television career as a character actor. He was already 40 when he made his big-screen debut in 1947 in the movie "The Hucksters", but went on to appear in films, often portraying police figures, doctors, judges, eccentric loners or other western characters. Far Country Cropped lobby card

Some of his most memorable roles were in westerns such as ''

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'' (1955), with

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, and ''

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'' (1957) with

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. In

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's ''

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'', McIntire plays a shrewd

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and gun dealer. He also had an excellent, sympathetic turn as an aging detective in '' Scene of the Crime'' (1949), played a police commissioner in ''

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'' (1950), a sheriff in the 1960

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thriller '' Psycho'' and a reverend in the 1960 drama ''

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'' starring

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, but Though he technically played a supporting part, McIntire received top billing and his greatest critical acclaim for his portrayal of real-life reform politician

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assassinated by the local gangsters in the fact-based crime movie ''

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'' (1955). In the mid-1950s, McIntire moved into television, appearing in anthology series, sitcoms and dramas. He guest-starred as Judson in the episode "Chinese Invasion" of NBC's one-season western series, ''

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'', with George Montgomery and John Smith. Wagon Train cast 1962

McIntire procured a regular role on

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's '' Naked City'', before his character was killed off (in the episode; 'The Bumper' done at his own suggestion as he found the New York based filming was not to his liking with him living on the west coast then and asked to be released from the show). McIntire was cast from January to May 1961 in the supporting role of Pa Canfield in the NBC

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drama '' The Americans.''. He was a guest star playing a dogged investigative radio newsman 'Lauren Hall' (a figure not unlike show narrator Walter Winchell) in ''

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'' episode; 'A Seat On The Fence' Though McIntire had never played the lead in a theatrical film, television provided him with his most prominent and long-running role when in 1961 he replaced the late

in the NBC/ABC series ''

'', playing trail master Chris Hale in more than 150 episodes between 1961 and 1965. His co-stars were Robert Horton, Robert Fuller, Denny Scott Miller, Terry Wilson, Frank McGrath, and Michael Burns. Previous to this, in 1959, he had played the title character in the Wagon Train episode, "The Andrew Hale Story", and curiously, he temporarily was made trail master in this episode while trail master Ward Bond's character recuperated from a brief illness. It's a good episode that in actuality foretells John McIntyre's casting of the trail Master a year later when Ward Bond passed away. In 1960, McIntire guest-starred as William Palmer in the series finale, "The Most Dangerous Gentleman", of the short-lived NBC western ''

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'', starring

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and

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, his subsequent co-star on ''The Virginian''. Also in 1960 John starred in a ''

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'' episode "The Chaser" where he played a mysterious purveyor of potions. McIntire guest starred twice in the western TV series ''

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'': he played Sheriff Mike Latimer in the 1961 episode "The Bride" and he portrayed Old Charlie Conners in the 1966 episode "Old Charlie" (which also featured his wife Jeanette Nolan and their son Tim playing a young villain whom his character Charlie kills in self defense). In

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, he guest-starred in an episode of CBS's short-lived western, ''

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''. McIntire replaced actor

(who had himself replaced

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) on NBC's ''The Virginian'' in 1967 when Bickford died (the second time McIntire replaced the leading man in a television series after the lead died, the first being Ward Bond in ''Wagon Train''). McIntire played Clay Grainger, the brother of Bickford's character for four seasons, a major recurring leading role in a weekly 90-minute western series similar in size and scope to his earlier work on ''Wagon Train.'' He played the supporting role of

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in '' Rooster Cogburn'' (1975), the sequel to ''

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'' starring

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and

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, and appeared as Owen Keating in the 1977 television miniseries ''Aspen''. His final film role was in ''

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'' (1989). In 1979–1980, McIntire played Ethan McHenry in ''Shirley'' on NBC, and in 1981, he played Sam Whittier on the ABC drama ''The American Dream''. Starting in 1960 McIntire began appearing with his wife

. Both were in '' Psycho'', he playing a sheriff and she voicing some of the "mother" lines. In the ''Wagon Train'' episode"The Janet Hale Story" McIntire and Nolan played husband and wife Chris and Janet Hale. In ''The Virginian'', they also played husband and wife. They both appeared again as husband and wife in '' The Fugitive'' (1966) season 3, episode 24, (titled; 'ILL Wind') as farm workers again appearing with their real life son, Tim. The couple played Gloria and George Hancock in "The Love Boat" S2 E11 story "Folks From Home" 1978. In the 1979 ''Charlie's Angels'' episode "Angels on Vacation" they appeared together as Chris Monroe's Uncle Paul and Aunt Lydia. They played a US senator and his wife in the TV movie ''

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'' (1981). In the 1984 comic spy adventure '' Cloak & Dagger'', they again played a couple. This time they portrayed sinister spies posing as harmless elderly tourists. They also played the parents of

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's character, Dan Fielding - "Daddy Bob Elmore" and "Mucette Elmore" - on ''

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''s season 2 episode, "Dan's Parents." McIntire and Nolan also worked together as voice actors. In a 1969

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television reading of

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's 1938 radio play ''

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'', McIntire played

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and Nolan played

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. In 1977 they appeared in the Disney animated film ''

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'', in which he voiced the cat

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and she the

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Ellie Mae. Four years later, the couple worked on another Disney film, ''

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'', with McIntire as the voice of Mr. Digger, a badger, and Nolan as the voice of Widow Tweed.

Personal life

John McIntire and daughter Holly Wagon Train 1963

McIntire married actress

on August 26, 1935, and the couple had two children together, one of whom was actor

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. Their daughter

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was also an actress, appearing in two episodes of ''Wagon Train'', and later became a

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. McIntire died on January 30, 1991 (aged 83) from

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and

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at St. Luke's Hospital in

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Partial filmography

* ''

The Ramparts We Watch ''The Ramparts We Watch'' is a 1940 American drama film, the first of four full-length features produced by The March of Time, which was much more well known for the series of newsreels they produced from 1935 to 1951. The picture was produced ...

'' (1940) as narrator, 'Baptism of Fire' footage (uncredited) * ''

The Hucksters ''The Hucksters'' is a 1947 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film directed by Jack Conway starring Clark Gable and Deborah Kerr, her debut in an American film. The supporting cast includes Sydney Greenstreet, Adolphe Menjou, Ava Gardner, Keenan Wynn, and ...

'' (1947) as Radio Announcer (uncredited) * ''

Call Northside 777 ''Call Northside 777'' is a 1948 reality-based newspaper drama directed by Henry Hathaway. The film parallels the true story of a Chicago reporter who proved that a man jailed for murder was wrongly convicted 11 years before. James Stewart stars ...

'' (1948) as Sam Faxon * '' Black Bart'' (1948) as Clark * ''

River Lady ''River Lady'' is a 1948 American lumberjack Western film directed by George Sherman and starring Yvonne De Carlo and Dan Duryea. It was filmed on the Universal Studios Backlot. Plot In the 1870s, in a logging town on the Mississippi River, a c ...

'' (1948) as H.L. Morrison * ''

The Street with No Name ''The Street with No Name'' is a 1948 film noir directed by William Keighley. A follow-up to ''The House on 92nd Street'' (1945), it tells the story of an undercover FBI agent, Gene Cordell ( Mark Stevens), who infiltrates a deadly crime gang. Cor ...

'' (1948) as Cy Gordon * ''

An Act of Murder ''An Act of Murder'' (also known as ''Live Today for Tomorrow'' and ''I Stand Accused'') is a 1948 American film noir directed by Michael Gordon and starring Fredric March, Edmond O'Brien, Florence Eldridge, and Geraldine Brooks. It was enter ...

'' (1948) as Judge Ogden * '' Command Decision'' (1948) as Maj. Belding Davis * '' Down to the Sea in Ships'' (1949) as Thatch * '' Red Canyon'' (1949) as Floyd Cordt * '' Scene of the Crime'' (1949) as Det. Fred Piper * '' Top o' the Morning'' (1949) as Inspector Fallon * ''

Johnny Stool Pigeon ''Johnny Stool Pigeon'' is a 1949 American film noir crime film directed by William Castle and starring Howard Duff, Shelley Winters and Dan Duryea. Plot A narcotics agent convinces a convict he helped send to Alcatraz go undercover with him t ...

'' (1949) as Nick Avery * ''

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'' (1950) as Frank Holly * ''

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'' (1950) as Gen. Stevens * ''

No Sad Songs for Me ''No Sad Songs for Me'' is a 1950 film directed by Rudolph Maté, featuring Margaret Sullavan in her last film role as a woman dying of cancer. It was nominated for an Academy Award The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards ...

'' (1950) as Dr. Ralph Frene * '' Shadow on the Wall'' (1950) as Pike Ludwell * ''

'' (1950) as Police Commissioner Hardy * ''

'' (1950) as Joe Lamont * '' Saddle Tramp'' (1950) as Jess Higgins * ''

Walk Softly, Stranger ''Walk Softly, Stranger'' is a 1950 American romantic drama film starring Joseph Cotten and Alida Valli and directed by Robert Stevenson. Also regarded by some as either or both a film noir and crime film, it tells the story of a small-time crook ...

'' (1950) as Morgan * ''

You're in the Navy Now ''You're in the Navy Now'' is a 1951 American war drama film about the United States Navy in the first months of World War II. The film was directed by Henry Hathaway and stars Gary Cooper as a new officer wanting duty at sea but who is instead a ...

'' (1951) as Cmdr. W. R. Reynolds * '' That's My Boy'' (1951) as Dr. Benjamin Green * ''

The Raging Tide ''The Raging Tide'' is a 1951 American film noir and crime film directed by George Sherman and starring Shelley Winters, Richard Conte, Stephen McNally, Charles Bickford and Alex Nicol. The screenplay was by Ernest K. Gann based on his 1950 ...

'' (1951) as Corky Mullins * ''

Westward the Women ''Westward the Women'' is a 1951 Western film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Robert Taylor, Denise Darcel and John McIntire. Plot In 1851, Roy Whitman wants to keep the lonely men who live in Whitman's Valley from leaving, so he d ...

'' (1951) as Roy E. Whitman * ''

Glory Alley ''Glory Alley'' is a 1952 musical drama film directed by Raoul Walsh. It stars Ralph Meeker and Leslie Caron. Plot New Orleans newspaper columnist Gabe Jordan, about to retire, tells the story of a most unforgettable character, boxer Socks Barb ...

'' (1952) as Gabe Jordan * ''

The World in His Arms ''The World in His Arms'' is a 1952 seafaring adventure film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Gregory Peck, Ann Blyth and Anthony Quinn, with John McIntire, Carl Esmond, Andrea King, Eugenie Leontovich, Hans Conried, and Sig Ruman. Made by Un ...

'' (1952) as Deacon Greathouse * ''

Sally and Saint Anne ''Sally and Saint Anne'' is a 1952 American comedy film directed by Rudolph Maté and starring Ann Blyth, Edmund Gwenn and John McIntire. Plot Sally O’Moyne is a schoolgirl who lives with three generations of an eccentric Irish family, includin ...

'' (1952) as Alderman Percival Xavier 'Goldtooth' McCarthy * ''

Horizons West ''Horizons West'' is a 1952 American Western film directed by Budd Boetticher and starring Robert Ryan, Julie Adams and Rock Hudson Rock Hudson (born Roy Harold Scherer Jr.; November 17, 1925 – October 2, 1985) was an American actor. One ...

'' (1952) as Ira Hammond * ''

The Lawless Breed ''The Lawless Breed'' is a 1953 American Technicolor Western biographical film produced and distributed by Universal-International, directed by Raoul Walsh, and starring Rock Hudson and Julie Adams. The film is a romanticized story based on the ...

'' (1953) as J.G. Hardin / John Clements * '' The Mississippi Gambler'' (1953) as Kansas John Polly * ''

The President's Lady ''The President's Lady'' is a 1951 novel of the life of American president Andrew Jackson and his marriage to Rachel Donelson Robards, written by Irving Stone. A biographical film was made in 1953 by 20th Century Fox, directed by Henry Levin and ...

'' (1953) as John Overton * ''

A Lion Is in the Streets ''A Lion Is in the Streets'' is a 1953 American drama film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring James Cagney as a southern politician loosely based on Huey Long. Cagney's brother William was the producer, while his younger sister Jeanne was a m ...

'' (1953) as Jeb Brown * ''

War Arrow ''War Arrow'' is a 1954 American Technicolor Western film directed by George Sherman and starring Maureen O'Hara, Jeff Chandler and John McIntire. Filmed by Universal Pictures and based on the Seminole Scouts, the film was shot in Agoura, Calif ...

'' (1953) as Col. Jackson Meade * ''

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'' (1954) as Al Sieber * ''

'' (1954) as Judge Gannon * '' Four Guns to the Border'' (1954) as Dutch * ''

The Yellow Mountain ''The Yellow Mountain'' is a 1954 American Western film directed by Jesse Hibbs and starring Lex Barker, Mala Powers and Howard Duff. Plot Two former partners ("Andy Martin" and "Pete Menlo") from a previous mining claim are working in the st ...

'' (1954) as Bannon * ''

Stranger on Horseback ''Stranger on Horseback'' is a 1955 American Anscocolor Western film directed by Jacques Tourneur and starring Joel McCrea. The screenplay is based on a story by Louis L'Amour. It was filmed in and around Sedona, Arizona. Plot Rick Thorne, a ci ...

'' (1955) as Josiah Bannerman * ''

'' (1955) as Albert L. Patterson * '' The Kentuckian'' (1955) as Zack Wakefield * ''

The Scarlet Coat ''The Scarlet Coat '' is a 1955 American historical fiction, historical drama and swashbuckler in Eastmancolor and CinemaScope released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, produced by Nicholas Nayfack, directed by John Sturges. It stars Cornel Wilde, Michael ...

'' (1955) as Gen. Robert Howe * '' To Hell and Back'' (1955) as Narrator (uncredited) * '' The Spoilers'' (1955) as Dextry * ''

World in My Corner ''World in My Corner'' is a 1956 American film noir drama sport film directed by Jesse Hibbs and starring Audie Murphy and Barbara Rush. It was one of the few non-Westerns Murphy made in his career. Plot Tommy Shea (Audie Murphy), a boxer from J ...

'' (1956) as Dave Bernstein * ''

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'' (1956) as Jim Bonniwell * ''

I've Lived Before ''I've Lived Before'' is a 1956 American fantasy drama film directed by Richard Bartlett and starring Jock Mahoney, Leigh Snowden, Ann Harding, John McIntire, and Raymond Bailey. The film was released by Universal Pictures in September 1956. Plo ...

'' (1956) as Dr. Thomas Bryant * ''

Away All Boats ''Away All Boats'' is a 1956 American war film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Jeff Chandler, George Nader, Lex Barker, and Julie Adams. It was produced by Howard Christie from a screenplay by Ted Sherdeman based on the 1953 novel by Kenn ...

'' (1956) as Old Man / Film Intro Voice-over * ''

'' (1957) as Dr. Joseph Jefferson 'Doc' McCord * ''

The Mark of the Hawk ''The Mark of the Hawk'' (also called ''Accused'') is a 1957 drama film, directed by Michael Audley with a screenplay by Lloyd Young (better known for his sound work on other films) and H. Kenn Carmichael. The film stars Eartha Kitt and Sidney ...

'' (1957) as Bruce Craig * ''

Alfred Hitchcock Presents ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' is an American television anthology series created, hosted and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, aired on CBS and NBC between 1955 and 1965. It features dramas, thrillers and mysteries. Between 1962 and 1965 it was ren ...

'' (1958) (Season 3 Episode 16: "Sylvia") as John Leeds * ''

Sing, Boy, Sing ''Sing Boy Sing'' is a 1958 musical–drama film released by 20th Century-Fox and starring newcomers Tommy Sands and Lili Gentle. The film was an expansion of the January 1957 '' Kraft Television Theatre'' episode "The Singin' Idol," also starri ...

'' (1958) as Rev. Farley Walker * ''

The Light in the Forest ''The Light in the Forest'' is a novel first published in 1953 by U.S. author Conrad Richter. Though it is a work of fiction and primarily features fictional characters, the novel incorporates historic figures and is based in historical fact re ...

'' (1958) as John Elder * ''

The Gunfight at Dodge City ''The Gunfight at Dodge City'' is a 1959 DeLuxe Color Western (genre), Western CinemaScope film. It was produced by the Mirisch Company, directed by Joseph M. Newman, co-written by Martin Goldsmith (screenwriter), Martin Goldsmith and Daniel B. ...

'' (1959) as Doc Sam Tremaine * ''

'' (1960) (Season 5 Episode 21: "Hitch Hike") as Charles Underhill * ''

Who Was That Lady? ''Who Was That Lady?'' is a 1960 black and white American comedy film directed by George Sidney and starring Tony Curtis, Dean Martin, and Janet Leigh. The movie was made by Ansark-Sidney, distributed by Columbia Pictures and produced by Norman ...

'' (1960) as Bob Doyle * '' Psycho'' (1960) as Sheriff Al Chambers * ''

'' (1960) (with

) as Rev. John Pengilly * ''

Seven Ways from Sundown ''Seven Ways from Sundown'' is a 1960 American Western film directed by Harry Keller and starring Audie Murphy and Barry Sullivan. It is based on the novel of the same name by Clair Huffaker, who also wrote the script. Young cast member Teddy Ro ...

'' (1960) as Texas Ranger Sergeant Henessey * ''

Flaming Star ''Flaming Star'' is a 1960 American Western film starring Elvis Presley, Barbara Eden and Steve Forrest, based on the book ''Flaming Lance'' (1958) by Clair Huffaker. Critics agreed that Presley gave one of his best acting performances as t ...

'' (1960) (with

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) as Sam 'Pa' Burton * ''

Two Rode Together ''Two Rode Together'' is a 1961 American Western film directed by John Ford and starring James Stewart, Richard Widmark, and Shirley Jones. The supporting cast includes Linda Cristal, Andy Devine, and John McIntire. The film was based upon the ...

'' (1961) (with

and

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) as Maj. Frazer * ''

Summer and Smoke ''Summer and Smoke'' is a two-part, thirteen-scene play by Tennessee Williams, completed in 1948. He began working on the play in 1945 as ''Chart of Anatomy'', derived from his short stories "Oriflamme" and the then-work-in-progress "Yellow Bir ...

'' (1961) as Dr. Buchanan * ''

Daniel Boone (1964 TV series) ''Daniel Boone'' is an American Action (genre), action-Adventure (genre), adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel Boone that aired from September 24, 1964, to May 7, 1970, on NBC for 165 episodes, and was produced by 20th Centu ...

'' (1965) Timothy Patrick Bryan - S1/E22 "The Reunion" * ''

'' (1965) Timothy Patrick Bryan - S2/E10 "The Thanksgiving Story" * '' Rough Night in Jericho'' (1967) as Ben Hickman * ''

Herbie Rides Again ''Herbie Rides Again'' is a 1974 American comedy film and the second installment of ''The Love Bug'' film series made by Walt Disney Productions starring an anthropomorphic (and quite autonomous) 1963 Volkswagen racing Beetle named Herbie. The ...

'' (1974) as Mr. Judson * '' Rooster Cogburn'' (1975) as Judge Parker * ''

Challenge to Be Free ''Challenge to Be Free'' (a.k.a. ''Mad Trapper of the Yukon'' and ''Mad Trapper'') is an anti-hero film directed by Tay Garnett and starring Mike Mazurki. The film's plot was a loosely based on the 1931 Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) purs ...

'' (1975) as Narrator (voice) * ''

'' (1977) as Rufus (voice) * ''

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'' (1980) as Agent Preston DeKalb * ''

'' (1981) as The Badger (voice) * ''

'' (1981) as Sen. Oliver Bartholomew * ''

Honkytonk Man ''Honkytonk Man'' is a 1982 American comedy-drama musical western film set in the Great Depression. Clint Eastwood, who produced and directed, stars with his son, Kyle Eastwood. Clancy Carlile's screenplay is based on his 1980 novel of the same ...

'' (1982) as Grandpa * '' Cloak & Dagger'' (1984), (with wife Jeanette Nolan) as George MacCready * ''

Diff’rent Strokes ''Diff'rent Strokes'' is an American television sitcom, which aired on NBC from November 3, 1978, to May 4, 1985, and on ABC from September 27, 1985, to March 7, 1986. The series stars Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges as Arnold and Willis Jackson, r ...

'' (1985) as Mr. Hunter * ''

'' (1989) as Amos Reed (final film role)

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