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Lee Arthur Horsley (born May 15, 1955) is an American film, television, and theater actor known for starring roles in the television series ''
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'' (1981), ''
Matt Houston ''Matt Houston'' was an American crime drama television series starring Lee Horsley as the title character, a wealthy oilman who decides to hold a side job as a private investigator. Created by Lawrence Gordon and produced by Aaron Spelling, ...
'' (1982–1985), and ''
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'' (1988–1991). He starred in the 1982 film ''
The Sword and the Sorcerer ''The Sword and the Sorcerer'' is a 1982 American sword and sorcery fantasy film co-written and directed by Albert Pyun, and starring Lee Horsley, Kathleen Beller, Simon MacCorkindale, George Maharis, Richard Lynch, and Richard Moll. The p ...
'' and recorded the audiobook edition of ''
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''.


Career

Horsley began his acting career touring in stage productions of ''
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'', ''
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'', and ''
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''. In 1981, he portrayed TV detective Archie Goodwin in the short-lived
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drama series ''
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''. He played the title character in the 1982–1985 ABC detective series ''
Matt Houston ''Matt Houston'' was an American crime drama television series starring Lee Horsley as the title character, a wealthy oilman who decides to hold a side job as a private investigator. Created by Lawrence Gordon and produced by Aaron Spelling, ...
'', and starred as Ethan Allen Cord in the 1988–1991 Western Heritage Award-winning series ''
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''. This was followed by a lead role on the CBS police drama '' Bodies of Evidence'' (1992–1993). He appeared in the feature-length cult film ''
The Sword and the Sorcerer ''The Sword and the Sorcerer'' is a 1982 American sword and sorcery fantasy film co-written and directed by Albert Pyun, and starring Lee Horsley, Kathleen Beller, Simon MacCorkindale, George Maharis, Richard Lynch, and Richard Moll. The p ...
'' in 1982, and appeared in its sequel ''
Tales of an Ancient Empire ''Tales of an Ancient Empire'' is a 2010 American fantasy- sword and sorcery film directed by Albert Pyun and starring Kevin Sorbo, Michael Paré, Whitney Able, Melissa Ordway, Ralf Moeller, Lee Horsley, and Victoria Maurette. It is a sequel to ...
'' in 2010. He recorded the audiobook edition of
Larry McMurtry Larry Jeff McMurtry (June 3, 1936March 25, 2021) was an American novelist, essayist, bookseller and screenwriter whose work was predominantly set in either the Old West or contemporary Texas.
's ''
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''. In 2006, Horsley and Marshall R. Teague traveled the world in search of exotic game on the Outdoor Life Network for the reality show, ''Benelli's Dream Hunts''. In 2012, Horsley appeared in the
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film ''
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'' as Sheriff Gus, and in Tarantino's 2015 western ''
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'' as a stagecoach driver. He also starred opposite
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in a series set in the
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era, '' Hawkeye''.


Personal life

Horsley was born in Muleshoe, Texas, the seat of Bailey County. He grew up in the
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,
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, area, sang in a church choir and graduated from Englewood High School in 1973. Horsley married Stephanie Downer in 1980 and fathered a daughter, Amber, in 1981 and a son, Logan, in 1983. Horsley is an outdoorsman, horseman, rodeo participant, and western
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.


Filmography


Television


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Horsley, Lee 1955 births Male actors from Texas American male film actors American male television actors Living people People from Muleshoe, Texas