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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.
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]
Although Arness wanted to be a naval fighter pilot, he was concerned his poor eyesight would bar him. However, it was his 6-ft, 7-in (2.01 m) frame that ended his chances because the height limit for aviators was set at 6 ft, 2 in (1.88 m). He was drafted into the US Army and reported to Fort Snelling in Hennepin County, Minnesota in March 1943 ...
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 ...
Dennis Weaver later recounted an incident where one of the bear actors, Hammer, capsized the airboat. According to trainer Monty Cox, Ivan Tors once expressed concern that when Bruno the bear walked away from the camera, his testicles were visible in some shots, and asked if Cox could somehow tape them up so they would be out of camera view.
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 ...
Susan Alexandra "Sigourney" Weaver (/ s ɪ ˈ ɡ ɔːr n i / si-GOR-nee; born October 8, 1949) is an American actress.Prolific in film since the late 1970s, she is known for her pioneering portrayals of action heroines, and her roles in blockbuster films.
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.