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Billy Dennis Weaver [1] (June 4, 1924 – February 24, 2006) was an American actor and president of the Screen Actors Guild, best known for his work in television and films from the early 1950s until just before his death in 2006.
The first choice for the role of McCloud was Fess Parker, who turned it down. [1] Universal hired Dennis Weaver, who was well known as a "western" actor from Gunsmoke.The pilot, "Portrait of a Dead Girl", aired on February 17, 1970, and established the premise by having McCloud escort a prisoner from New Mexico to New York City, only to become embroiled in solving a complicated murder case.
Duel is a 1971 American road action-thriller [1] [2] television film directed by Steven Spielberg.It centers on a traveling salesman David Mann (Dennis Weaver) driving his car through rural California to meet a client.
With Dennis Weaver on the Gunsmoke set, 1961. In 1919, Stone debuted on stage in a Kansas tent show. He ventured into vaudeville in the late 1920s, and in 1930, he was half of the Stone and Strain song-and-dance act. [2] His Broadway credits include Around the Corner (1936) and Jayhawker (1934). [4]
After nine seasons portraying Deputy Chester Goode on Gunsmoke, Dennis Weaver left Gunsmoke for Kentucky Jones. [1] [3] [4] [8] It was Weaver′s first starring role.[1]Kentucky Jones originally was produced without a laugh track, but after NBC threatened to cancel the show if it had no laugh track, its producers unwillingly added one.
John Donovan Cannon (April 24, 1922 – May 20, 2005) was an American actor. An alumnus of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City, he is best known for his co-starring role of Chief of Detectives Peter B. Clifford in the television series McCloud with Dennis Weaver from 1970 until 1977, and for his part as the witness Lloyd Chandler who cleared Dr. Richard Kimble (David Janssen ...
Weaver wrote, noting that Bryon's family had asked him to notify friends and fans of the drummer's death. "This was such a shock. "This was such a shock. Dennis has been my friend, since we were ...
A Man Called Sledge is a 1970 Italian Spaghetti Western film starring James Garner in an extremely offbeat role as a grimly hardened thief, and featuring Dennis Weaver, Claude Akins and Wayde Preston. The film was written by Vic Morrow and Frank Kowalski, and directed by Morrow in Techniscope.