Ya know its funny. I have never seen him as Chester Goode in Gunsmoke. The only GS episodes we get around here are the later colorized ones. These are the ones that Matt Dillon is rarely seen or not seen in and Festus Hagen is the main character. Though I like Ken Curtis, I can take only so much of Festus. TRK.
Posts from The Ringo Kid in thread „What Great Western Actors & Actresses“
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Hello May, I had completely forgotten about Sam Elliott. He was in a few westerns with Tom Selleck as well as with Gene Evans. TRK.
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Hi Arthur/Robbie, I made a slight mistake in Booths character name in Zulu. It was Hook and not Hitch. SO much for me being a war movies expert
Arthur, thank you for the continuing list of names. I recognized many on these and I was not aware of some of the others who were related to other famous actors or stuntmen like the Canutts. Also, thanks for the correction of the actors. It's been years since I have seen Brannigan and I have little memory of that movie.
TRK.
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I agree and it was one of my first dvds bought only beat out by Sands of Iwo Jima as my first purchase. TRK.
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Hi Robbie, thanks for the friendly greetings and I will be here as long as you will have me.
Also, it just dawned on me about that actor Anthony Booth. I remember him best from the great movie: "Zulu" as a Private Hitch in the 24th Regiment of Foot and the one who was in the hospital and was known as a malingerer. The soldier Hitch, who in real life won the Victoria Cross for valor at the battle of Roarkes Drift, Islandulwana in the Natal Province 1879. I did not know he was Tony Blairs father in law?
TRK
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Hello Cole and everyone. Thank you for the nice long list of names. I had forgotten about some of the ones mentioned and thanks for reminding me. I am amazed and very pleased to see so many of them still living.
Best regards TRK.
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I do not wish to sound gruesome but, since the subject of recently deceased hollywood icons have been posted here, I was wondering if there was a published list of sorts on which "Western" actors & actresses were still living?
Some of the few that I am aware of are:
Richard Widmark, Karl Malden, Clint Eastwood, James Drury (The Virginian), James Garner (Maverick), Kirk Douglas, Charlton Heston, James Arness (Gunsmoke), Burt Reynolds (Gunsmoke), and Johnny Crawford (The Rifleman).
Anybody know of others?
Best regards TRK.
