Paul Alden Brinegar Jr. (December 19, 1917 – March 27, 1995) was an American

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best known for his roles in three

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series: ''

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'', '' Rawhide'', and ''

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''.

Early years

Brinegar was born in 1917 in

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in eastern

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, the first child of Louise (née McElroy) and Paul A. Brinegar, Sr., who was a farmer.Oliver, Myrna (1995)
"Paul Brinegar; Appeared in TV's 'Rawhide'"
obituary, ''Los Angeles Times'', March 31, 1995. Retrieved May 11, 2017. His family relocated several times during his childhood, first moving to

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, then to Las Cruces, and finally to Santa Fe."Paul Brinegar (Rawhide)"
Taos Unlimited, an online "Comprehensive Guide to Taos, New Mexico", 2006-2017. Retrieved May 11, 2017. In Santa Fe, Brinegar became interested in acting, performing in stage productions at his local high school. After his graduation in 1935, Brinegar left Santa Fe to attend

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in California. There, he studied drama, literature, and art. According to the United States Census of 1940, he was back in Santa Fe by May of that year, living with his parents and his two younger brothers, Warren and Robert."The Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940"
a photographic copy of original enumeration record that includes the Brinegar family, Santa Fe, New Mexico, May 13, 1940. FamilySearch. Retrieved May 12, 2017. The 1940 census also identifies him at that time as an independent "writer" and his father then as a

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"general short-hand reporter". Soon thereafter, young Brinegar joined the United States Navy to serve four years during World War II as a chief radio operator in the South Pacific. After the war, he returned to California, where he applied his military training and experience to earn a living in the Los Angeles area as a radio repairman. He also resumed his pursuit of an acting career in his spare time, playing bit parts in movies.

Career

Brinegar's first credited appearance in a feature film was in ''

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'' (1948). From there, he launched a steady film career that slowed considerably in the late 1950s, after he began appearing on television, but did not end until 1994, when Brinegar made his final screen appearance, as a stagecoach driver, in the 1994 film version of ''

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''. Brinegar was cast in more than 100 Western films produced between 1946 and 1994, often specializing in playing "feisty, grizzled cowboy sidekicks". On television, from 1956 to 1958, he played James H. "Dog" Kelley, the

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, in the

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series ''

'' starring

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. Brinegar appears in that series 33 times as Kelley and in one other episode in another role. He also portrays Ludwig, a bartender, in the 1959 episode "The Ringer" of '' The Texan'' starring

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. Brinegar, however, is best remembered as the cattle-drive cook George Washington Wishbone on the

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series ''Rawhide'' (1959–1966). Earlier, he had played a similar role, as the character Tom Jefferson Jeffrey, in the 1958 movie ''

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'' upon which ''Rawhide'' was based. Brinegar also made two guest appearances on CBS courtroom drama ''

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''. His first appearance on that series, prior to ''Rawhide'', is in the 1958 episode "The Case of the Sun Bather's Diary". His second appearance on ''Perry Mason'' is in the series' ninth and final season, in the 1966 episode "The Case of the Unwelcome Well". In the 1968-1970 CBS Western series ''Lancer'', Brinegar had the role of Jelly Hoskins;Terrace, Vincent (2011). ''Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 579. and in 1969 he appeared in ''

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'' starring

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. Then, in 1973, he played the barman in

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's film ''

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''. From 1982 to 1983, returning to television, Brinegar portrayed a humorous cowboy-like character, Lamar Pettybone, during the first season of the ABC series ''

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''. Later, he reprised a revised version of his ''Rawhide'' Wishbone character for the 1991 TV movie '' The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw,'' in which he delivers a brief monologue that contains references to several old television Westerns.

Death

Brinegar died of

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at the age of 77 in Los Angeles on March 27, 1995. His family directed memorial contributions for Brinegar to the

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Filmography

Brinegar guest-starred mostly in Westerns, including the Saturday-morning series on CBS, ''

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'' in the 1956 episode "The Hobo". In 1967, he guest-starred in the episode "Take the Southbound Stage" of the

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series, ''

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'', starring

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in the title role. On October 1, 1966, he was cast as a prospector, Sawbuck, in the episode "Solid Gold Cavity" of the syndicated ''

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.'' That same month, Brinegar played Rupert Johnson, who entered a partnership to cook for a feisty miner in return for half of the gold findings in the ''Death Valley Days'' episode "The Lady and the Sourdough". On June 11, 1969, Brinegar played the

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pioneer Jimmy Dayton (died 1899) in the episode "Jimmy Dayton's Bonanza".

TV and film roles

(Non-Western roles included) * ''

Abilene Town ''Abilene Town'' is a 1946 American Western (genre), Western film directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Randolph Scott, Ann Dvorak, Edgar Buchanan, Rhonda Fleming and Lloyd Bridges. Adapted from Ernest Haycox, Ernest Haycox's 1941 novel '' ...

'' (1946) - Gambler (uncredited) * ''

'' (1948) - Mechanic * ''

Take One False Step ''Take One False Step'' is a 1949 American film noir crime film directed by Chester Erskine and starring William Powell and Shelley Winters. Plot Married college professor Andrew Gentling reluctantly agrees to have a drink with Catherine Sykes, ...

'' (1949) - Reporter (uncredited) * ''

Sword in the Desert ''Sword in the Desert'' is a 1949 American war film directed by George Sherman. It was the first American film to deal with the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine and marked the first significant feature film role for Jeff Chandler. Plo ...

'' (1949) - British Soldier (uncredited) * '' Pinky'' (1949) - Western Union Clerk (uncredited) * ''

The Gal Who Took the West ''The Gal Who Took the West'' is a 1949 American Western film directed by Frederick de Cordova starring Yvonne De Carlo, Charles Coburn, Scott Brady and John Russell. It was nominated for an award by the Writers Guild of America 1950. Plot ...

'' (1949) - Tailor (uncredited) * '' Young Man with a Horn'' (1950) - Stage Manager (uncredited) * ''

A Ticket to Tomahawk ''A Ticket to Tomahawk'' is a 1950 American Western film directed by Richard Sale and starring Dan Dailey and Anne Baxter. It was released by 20th Century Fox. Marilyn Monroe appeared in one of her earliest roles. Plot In 1876, Johnny Jameson ...

'' (1950) - Henchman (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1951) - Cameraman #1 (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1951) - Mr. Spangler, Hotel Orderly (uncredited) * '' Journey Into Light'' (1951) - Bum * ''

Here Come the Nelsons ''Here Come the Nelsons'' is a 1952 American comedy film starring real-life husband and wife Ozzie and Harriet Nelson and their sons David and Ricky Nelson. The supporting cast includes Rock Hudson, Sheldon Leonard, Jim Backus, Gale Gordon, an ...

'' (1952) - Thin Cop (uncredited) * '' The Captive City'' (1952) - Police Sergeant * ''

Pat and Mike ''Pat and Mike'' is a 1952 American romantic comedy film starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. The movie was written by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin, and directed by George Cukor. Cukor directed '' The Philadelphia Story'' (1940) with H ...

'' (1952) - Caddy (uncredited) * ''

We're Not Married! ''We're Not Married!'' is a 1952 American anthology romantic comedy film directed by Edmund Goulding. It was released by 20th Century Fox. The screenplay was written by Nunnally Johnson Nunnally Hunter Johnson (December 5, 1897 – March 25 ...

'' (1952) - Beauty Contest Spectator (uncredited) * ''

It Happens Every Thursday ''It Happens Every Thursday'' is a 1953 American comedy film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Loretta Young, John Forsythe, and Frank McHugh, loosely based on the 1951 autobiographical book of the same title by Jane S. McIlvaine. It was Lo ...

'' (1953) - Mr. Sweetzer, Hotel Clerk (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1953) - Smokey - Poker Player (uncredited) * ''

Captain Scarface ''Captain Scarface'' is a 1953 American thriller film directed by Paul Guilfoyle. Plot In the waters off South America, the Soviets torpedo the tramp steamer and banana boat SS ''Baños'' and murder the survivors with the cooperation of the shi ...

'' (1953) - Clegg * '' So Big'' (1953) - Farmer (uncredited) * ''

Phantom of the Rue Morgue ''Phantom of the Rue Morgue'' is a 1954 American mystery horror film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Karl Malden, Claude Dauphin and Patricia Medina. The film is an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's 1841 short story ''The Murders in the Ru ...

'' (1954) - Angry Accuser in Street (uncredited) * '' Rails Into Laramie'' (1954) - Bandleader (uncredited) * '' The Rocket Man'' (1954) - Dave Harris (uncredited) * ''

Human Desire ''Human Desire'' is a 1954 American film noir drama film directed by Fritz Lang and starring Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame and Broderick Crawford. It is loosely based on Émile Zola's 1890 novel ''La Bête humaine''. The story had been filmed twice ...

'' (1954) - Brakeman (uncredited) * ''

Dawn at Socorro ''Dawn at Socorro'' is a 1954 American Western film directed by George Sherman and starring Rory Calhoun and Piper Laurie. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. The film is set mostly in Lordsburg, New Mexico, and the spoken in ...

'' (1954) - Desk Clerk * ''

Rogue Cop ''Rogue Cop'' is a 1954 American film noir directed by Roy Rowland, based on the novel by William P. McGivern, and starring Robert Taylor, Janet Leigh, and George Raft.Everett Aaker, ''The Films of George Raft'', McFarland & Company, 2013 p 159 ...

'' (1954) - Arcade Clerk (uncredited) * '' A Star Is Born'' (1954) - Man at Funeral (uncredited) * '' Four Guns to the Border'' (1954) - Barber (uncredited) * ''

The Silver Chalice ''The Silver Chalice'' is a 1952 English language historical novel by Thomas B. Costain. It is the fictional story of the making of a silver chalice to hold the Holy Grail (itself here conflated with the Holy Chalice) and includes 1st century b ...

'' (1954) - Audience Member (uncredited) * ''

The Public Defender ''The Public Defender'' is a 1931 American pre-Code crime film directed by J. Walter Ruben, starring Richard Dix and featuring Boris Karloff. Rich playboy Pike Winslow dons the mantle of 'The Reckoner', a mysterious avenger, when he learns that ...

'' (1954-1955, TV Series) - Bud / Vic Oliver / Bailbondsman * '' Cell 2455 Death Row'' (1955) - Prisoner (uncredited) * ''

I Died a Thousand Times ''I Died a Thousand Times'' is a 1955 American CinemaScope Warnercolor film noir directed by Stuart Heisler. The drama features Jack Palance as paroled bank robber Roy Earle, with Shelley Winters, Lee Marvin, Earl Holliman, Perry Lopez, Pedro ...

'' (1955) - Bus Driver (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1955, TV Series) - Blainey * ''

Ransom! ''Ransom!'' is a 1956 American crime drama film examining the reactions of parents, police, and the public to a kidnapping. Written by Richard Maibaum and Cyril Hume, the film is based on a popular episode of ''The United States Steel Hour'' tit ...

'' (1956) - Bank Clerk (uncredited) * ''

Inside Detroit ''Inside Detroit'' is a 1956 American film noir crime film directed by Fred F. Sears and starring Dennis O'Keefe, Pat O'Brien and Tina Carver. ''Inside Detroit'' is centered on corruption within the United Auto Workers union and is loosely ...

'' (1956) - Irate Worker (uncredited) * ''

'' (1956, TV series) - Hobo * '' World Without End'' (1956) - Vida (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1956) - Alkali (uncredited) * ''

Fighting Trouble ''Fighting Trouble'' is a 1956 American comedy film directed by George Blair and starring The Bowery Boys. It was released on September 16, 1956, by Allied Artists. The 42nd film in the Bowery Boys series, it was the first to feature Stanley Cle ...

'' (1956) - Mailman (uncredited) * ''

Flight to Hong Kong ''Flight to Hong Kong'' is a 1956 American crime film noir directed by Joseph M. Newman and starring Rory Calhoun, Barbara Rush, Dolores Donlon. The film was co-produced by Newman's Sabre Productions and was the first of Rory Calhoun's Rorvic ...

'' (1956) - Castairs (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1957, TV series) - Doug Connor * ''

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'' (1957) - Okie (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1955-1957, TV series) - Mr. Stern / Police Officer / Mason * ''

The Iron Sheriff ''The Iron Sheriff'' is a 1957 American Western film starring Sterling Hayden. Plot A stagecoach is robbed in South Dakota and its driver is killed. A dying man, Gene Walden, tells the sheriff, Sam Galt, that Sam's son Benjie shot the driver. ...

'' (1957) - Gun Salesman (uncredited) * ''

Tales of Wells Fargo ''Tales of Wells Fargo'' is an American Western television series starring Dale Robertson that ran from 1957 to 1962 on NBC. Produced by Revue Productions, the series aired in a half-hour format until its final season, when it expanded to ...

'' (1957, TV series) - Shorty Tannin * '' The Vampire'' (1957) - Willy Warner * ''

Hell on Devil's Island ''Hell on Devil's Island'' is a 1957 American adventure film directed by Christian Nyby and written by Steven Ritch. The film stars Helmut Dantine, William Talman, Donna Martell, Jean Willes, Rex Ingram and Robert Cornthwaite. The film was re ...

'' (1957) - Arneaux (uncredited) * ''

Copper Sky ''Copper Sky'' is a 1957 American Western film directed by Charles Marquis Warren and written by Eric Norden. The film stars Jeff Morrow, Coleen Gray, Strother Martin, Paul Brinegar, John Pickard and Patrick O'Moore. The film was released in ...

'' (1957) - Charlie Martin * ''

'' (1958) - Tom Sackett * ''

'' (1958) - Tom Jefferson Jeffrey * '' State Trooper'' (1958, TV series) - Storekeeper * ''

'' (1955-1958, TV series) - Mayor Jim Kelley * '' How to Make a Monster'' (1958) - Rivero * '' Lawman'' (1959, TV series) - George the Stage Line Clerk * '' The Texan'' (1959, TV series) - Ludwig * '' Trackdown'' (1959, TV series) - Deputy Zack Armstead * ''

Peter Gunn ''Peter Gunn'' is an American private eye television series, starring Craig Stevens as Peter Gunn with Lola Albright as his girlfriend, Edie Hart. The series aired on NBC from September 22, 1958, to 1960 and on ABC in 1960–1961. The seri ...

'' (1961, TV series) - Chigger * '' Rawhide'' (1959-1965, TV series) - George Washington Wishbone * ''Country Boy'' (1966) - Link Byrd, Sr., the father of

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played by Randy Boone * ''

Bonanza ''Bonanza'' is an American Western television series that ran on NBC from September 13, 1959, to January 16, 1973. Lasting 14 seasons and 432 episodes, ''Bonanza'' is NBC's longest-running western, the second-longest-running western series on U ...

'' (1967, TV series) - Lev Buckalew * ''

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'' (1967, TV series) - Waco Hobson * ''

'' (1967, TV series) - Gurney * ''

The Guns of Will Sonnett ''The Guns of Will Sonnett'' is a Western television series set in the 1870s that was broadcast in color on the ABC television network from 1967 to 1969. The series, which began with the working title, "Two Rode West", was the first production co ...

'' (1968, TV series) - Charlie Moss * ''

'' (1969) - Opie Keetch * ''

'' (1966-1969, TV Series) - James "Jimmy" Dayton / Rupert Johnson / Sawbuck - Prospector * ''

'' (1968-1970, TV series) - Jelly Hoskins * ''

'' (1973) - Lutie Naylor * ''

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'' (1974-1976, TV series) - Max / Grady / Husband (Tom) * ''

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'' (1974, TV series) - Charlie Tompkins * ''

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'' (1975, TV series) - Rafe Morris * ''

I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now? ''I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now?'' (original USA theatrical name ''Kill My Wife, Please'') is a 1975 black comedy movie directed by Steven Hilliard Stern, and starring Bob Dishy and Joanna Barnes. Originally Peter Sellers was to be cast as the le ...

'' (1975) - Looney Pickup Driver * ''

CHiPs ''CHiPs'' is an American crime drama television series created by Rick Rosner and originally aired on NBC from September 15, 1977, to May 1, 1983. It follows the lives of two motorcycle officers of the California Highway Patrol (CHP). The serie ...

'' (1977-1982, TV series) - Keith Lawton / Old Surfer * ''

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'' (1979, TV series) - Dewey Stovall * ''The Texas Rangers'' (1981, TV movie) - Old Al * ''

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'' (1983) - Clint Eastwood / Dirty Harry * ''

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'' (1984) - Pee Wee * '' Annihilator'' (1986, TV movie) - Pops * ''

Life Stinks ''Life Stinks'' is a 1991 American comedy film co-written, produced, directed by and starring Mel Brooks. It is one of the few Mel Brooks comedies that is not a parody, nor at any time does the film break the fourth wall. It co-stars Lesley Ann ...

'' (1991) - Old Bellboy * ''

The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. ''The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.'', often referred to as just ''Brisco'' or ''Brisco County'', is an American Weird West, weird western television series created by Jeffrey Boam and Carlton Cuse. It ran for 27 episodes on the Fox Broadc ...

'' (1993, TV series) - Francis Kilbride * ''

'' (1994) - Stage Driver

References and notes

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