Old western actors

It's been over 20 years since the very talented Robert Fuller decided to retire from acting. Although we still miss him on screen, we have to admit he had a very valid reason to change his mind!

The passing of Dan Blocker led to a television first, though Hoss was not the first character to sadly disappear too soon.

This dirty dozen deserves the same recognition as the stars.

Bob Steele

Stuntman, Actor, Director. A World Champion rodeo star, he entered films as a stuntman in the early 1920s and enjoyed success as a B western star of the late silent period. When talkies came in his voice was deemed unsuitable and he returned to stunting, doubling for such stars as John Wayne and Clark Gable. Probably...

Actor. He is best known as an American actor in the role of Shane in the 1953 western movie of the same name. A handsome man of few words, he was considered short in statue being five-feet-seven-inches according to his army records. He was the only child of an accountant father, Alan Ladd, Sr, and a petite, blond...

Gunsmoke actor James Arness has died, leaving behind a letter he wanted released upon his death. He was 88 years old.

Everyone has their favorite “stars” but who else here has their favorite character actor ? You know, the familiar face playing the neighborhood gossip or the wise-cracking butler. The mustachioed villian or the town floozy. Character actors are the unsung heroes of the cinema. They do all of the…

The 6-foot-6 Mr. Walker played the title role in the long-running ABC series “Cheyenne” and was also seen in movies like “The Dirty Dozen.”