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Support Your Local Sheriff!, also known as The Sheriff, is a 1969 American comedy Western film directed by Burt Kennedy and starring James Garner, Joan Hackett, and Walter Brennan. The supporting cast features Harry Morgan , Jack Elam , Bruce Dern , and Chubby Johnson .
Joan Ann Hackett (March 1, 1934 – October 8, 1983) was an American actress. [1] She acted in film, television, and theatre. She played roles in The Group (1966), Will Penny (1968), Support Your Local Sheriff!
Support Your Local Gunfighter is a 1971 American comic Western film directed by Burt Kennedy and starring James Garner and Suzanne Pleshette. The screenplay was originally written by James Edward Grant , who died in 1966; Kennedy rewrote it but let Grant keep sole credit.
Bowers produced the last film that he wrote, the Western parody Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969). He also had a bit part as an actor in The Godfather Part II (1974). He wrote a TV movie for Burt Kennedy, Sidekicks (1974).
Cherokee Productions created and produced the television series Nichols (1971–1972) and The Rockford Files (1974–1980), which he starred in. [8] Numerous films were generated by Cherokee Productions, including Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969) [9] and Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971), [10] both of which he starred in.
Support Your Local Sheriff! Joe Danby Castle Keep: Lt. Billy Byron Bix Number One: Richie Fowler The Cycle Savages: Keeg They Shoot Horses, Don't They? James Bates 1970 Bloody Mama: Kevin Dirkman The Rebel Rousers: J.J. Weston 1971 The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant: Dr. Roger Girard Drive, He Said: Coach Bullion 1972 The Cowboys: Asa Watts ...
He was in the movies Support Your Local Sheriff! and The Good Guys and the Bad Guys in 1969; both films were directed by Burt Kennedy who worked on Combat!. He also appeared in Your Money or Your Wife in 1972. His main TV credit was all five seasons of Combat!. He was also in various episodes of Cannon, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, and Daniel Boone. [3]
In 1969, he played another comedic role in Support Your Local Sheriff!, which was followed two years later by Support Your Local Gunfighter, both opposite James Garner. After his performances in those two films, Elam found his villainous parts dwindling and his comic roles increasing.