- Dennis Weaver
William Dennis Weaver (June 4 1924 - February 24 2006) was an Emmy Award-winning actor and was an American television actor, best known for his roles as sidekick Chester Goode from 1955 to 1964 on TV's first "adult Western" "Gunsmoke", as Marshal Sam McCloud on the NBC police drama "McCloud", which ran from 1970 to 1977, and as the protagonist in Steven Spielberg's feature-length directorial debut, the cult TV movie "Duel" in 1971. - William Shatner
William Alan Shatner (born on March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor who gained fame for playing James Tiberius Kirk of the "USS Enterprise" in the television show "Star Trek" from 1966 to 1969 and in seven of the subsequent movies. Shatner has written a series of books chronicling his experiences playing James T. Kirk and being a part of "Star Trek". He also played the title role as veteran police sergeant "T.J. Hooker", from 1982 to 1986. - James Arness
James Arness is an actor best known for portraying Marshal Matt Dillon on "Gunsmoke" for 20 years (though the length of time in a role is shared with Kelsey Grammer’s portrayal of Dr. Frasier Crane, Grammer played the same role on "three" different programs, Cheers, Frasier, and Wings), however, James Arness has played the part of Marshal Matt Dillon in 5 separate decades. 1955 to 1975 in the weekly series. - Leonard Nimoy
Born in Boston, Massachusetts to Ukrainian-Jewish immigrants, Leonard Nimoy spent much of his early career in the 1950s doing small parts in B-movies, TV shows such as 'Dragnet', and serials such as Republic Pictures 'Zombies of the Stratosphere' in 1952. - Burt Reynolds
Burt Reynolds (born Burton Reynolds Jr. on February 11, 1936) is an Oscar-nominated Emmy Award-winning American actor. Some of his memorable roles include Lewis Medlock in "Deliverance", Paul Crewe in the original version of "The Longest Yard", Bo 'Bandit' Darville in "Smokey and the Bandit", J.J. McClure in "The Cannonball Run" and Jack Horner in "Boogie Nights". - Ken Curtis
Ken Curtis (July 2, 1916 - April 28, 1991), was an American singer and actor best known for his role as "Festus Haggen" on CBS' long-running western drama, "Gunsmoke", which he portrayed from 1964 to 1975. Curtis also costarred with Larry Pennell in the 1962 syndicated television series "Ripcord", a half-hour drama about a skydiving service company. Curtis played the role of "Jim Buckley" and Pennell (born 1928) was "Ted McKeever". - Darren McGavin
William Lyle Richardson (May 7, 1922 - February 25, 2006), who adopted the name Darren McGavin, was an American actor best known for playing the title role in the television horror series "Kolchak: The Night Stalker", and also his portrayal in the movie "A Christmas Story" of the grumpy father given to bursts of profanity that he never realizes his sons overhear. - Milburn Stone
Milburn Stone was an Emmy Award—winning American television actor, who was the nephew of Broadway comedian, Fred Stone, and who was best known for his role as "Doc" (Doctor Galen Adams) on the Western television series "Gunsmoke". Stone was born in Burrton, Kansas. He began his screen career in the late 1930s, and was featured in Monogram Pictures' series of "Tailspin Tommy" adventures. - Amanda Blake
Amanda Blake (February 20 1929 - August 16 1989), was an American actress best known for the role of the red-haired "Miss Kitty" on the longest-running television drama, CBS's <i>Gunsmoke</i> series (1955-1975). Born Beverly Louise Neill in Buffalo, New York, she was a telephone operator before taking up acting. Nicknamed "The Young Greer Garson," she became best known for her 19-year stint as the fictitious "Kitty Russell". - Dennis Hopper
Dennis Hopper is born ( 1936 ). This Hollywood survivor has lent his eccentric persona to a number of genre Movies , including Space Truckers ( 1997 ), Blue Velvet ( 1986 ), Waterworld ( 1995 ), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 ( 1986 ) and My Science Project ( 1985 ). He was born in Dodge City, Kansas, USA. - Rose Marie
Rose Marie (born August 15, 1923) is an actress who had a career as a child star under the name Baby Rose Marie, but is best known for her adult role as "Sally Rogers" on "The Dick Van Dyke Show". Born Rose Marie Mazetta in New York City to Italian-American Frank Mazzetta and Polish-American Stella Gluszcak, she became a performer at the age of three. At five she became a radio star on NBC and made a series of films. - Harrison Ford
Harrison Ford (born July 13, 1942) is an American actor. He is best known for his performances as the tough, wisecracking space pilot Han Solo in the "Star Wars" film series, and the adventurous archaeologist/action hero in the Indiana Jones film series. Ford has also been the star of many high-grossing hits Hollywood blockbusters such as "Air Force One" and "The Fugitive", which have distanced him from his famous Star Wars and Indiana Jones roles. - Ben Johnson
Ben Johnson Jr. was an American motion picture actor, mainly in Westerns. He was also a rodeo cowboy, stuntman, and rancher. Born in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, of Osage and Irish ancestry to Ben Sr. and Ollie (Workman) Johnson. Ben Johnson Sr. was a rancher in Osage County and also a rodeo champion. As a young man, Ben Johnson Jr. was a ranch hand, would travel with his father on the rodeo circuit, and become a star before becoming involved in the movies. - Warren Oates
Warren Oates was an American character actor best known for his performances in several films directed by Sam Peckinpah including "The Wild Bunch" (1969) and "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia" (1974). He starred in numerous films during the early 1970s which have since achieved cult status including "The Hired Hand" (1971), "Two-Lane Blacktop" (1971) and "Race with the Devil" (1975). - Bette Davis
Bette Davis (April 5, 1908 - October 6, 1989), born Ruth Elizabeth Davis, was a two-time Academy Award-winning American actress of film, television and theatre. Noted for her willingness to play unsympathetic characters, she was highly regarded for her performances in a range of film genres, from contemporary crime melodramas to historical and period films and occasional comedies, though her greatest successes were romantic dramas. - Nick Nolte
Nicholas King Nolte (born February 8, 1941) is a Oscar-nominated American actor, model, and producer. - James Doohan
James Montgomery Doohan (March 3, 1920 - July 20, 2005) was a Canadian character and voice actor best known for his role as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in the television and film series "Star Trek". Doohan's characterization of the Scottish Chief Engineer of the Starship "Enterprise" was one of the most recognizable elements in the "Star Trek" franchise. He also made several contributions behind the scenes for the "Star Trek" franchise. - Clint Howard
Clinton E. Howard (born April 20, 1959) is an American film and television actor. - Jim Backus
James Gilmore Backus (February 25, 1913 in Cleveland, Ohio - July 3, 1989 In Los Angeles, California) was a radio, television, film actor, character actor, and voice actor. Among his most famous roles are the voice of Mr. Magoo, the rich Hubert Updike III of the Alan Young radio show, Joan Davis' husband (a domestic court judge) on TV's "I Married Joan", James Dean's father in "Rebel Without a Cause", … - Bruce Dern
Bruce MacLeish Dern (born June 4, 1936) is an Academy Award-nominated American screen actor. Dern is the father of actress Laura Dern and was formerly married to actress Diane Ladd. - Charles Bronson
Charles Bronson was an American actor of "tough guy" roles. In most of his roles he starred as a brutal police detective, a western gunfighter, vigilante, boxer or a Mafia hitman. - Ed Begley
Edward James Begley (March 25, 1901 - April 28, 1970) was an Academy Award winning American film actor. - Gary Lockwood
Gary Lockwood (born John Gary Yusolfsky on February 21, 1937 in Van Nuys, California) is an American actor who is probably best known for his role as astronaut Dr. Frank Poole in "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968). A very familiar face to movie and television audiences for nearly fifty years, Lockwood was a movie stuntman and stand-in for Anthony Perkins prior to his film acting debut in an uncredited bit role in 1959's "Warlock". - Ted Knight
Ted Knight (December 7, 1923-August 26, 1986) was an American actor. - Aaron Spelling
Aaron Spelling was an American film and television producer. Spelling currently holds the world record as the world's most prolific television producer, with 218 producer and executive producer credits. - Peter Breck
Peter Breck (b. March 13 1929, Haverhill, Massachusetts) is an American actor who has played roles on television and in movies. One early role was as Doc Holliday on the TV series "Maverick", a part that had been played twice earlier in the series by Gerald Mohr. Prior to that, he had guest-starring roles on a number of popular series, such as "Sea Hunt", several episodes of "Zane Grey Theatre", "Wagon Train", "Have Gun, Will Travel", … - Sam Elliott
Samuel Pack Elliott (born August 9, 1944) is an American film and television actor. He is usually recognized by his tall, thin, rough-hewn physique, a thick handlebar moustache and a gruff speaking voice. - William Conrad
William Conrad (September 27 1920 - February 11 1994), born William Cann, was an American actor and narrator in radio, film and television noted for his baritone voice, as well as for his sizable girth. - David Wayne
David Wayne (January 30 1914 - February 9 1995) was a Tony Award-winning American actor with a career spanning nearly half a century. Born Wayne James McMeekan in Traverse City, Michigan and growing up in Bloomingdale, Michigan, Wayne's first major Broadway role was Og the leprechaun in "Finian's Rainbow", for which he won the Theatre World Award and the first ever Tony for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. - Mark Lenard
Mark Lenard (October 15, 1924 - November 22, 1996) was an American actor, primarily in television. Lenard was known as the actor who played Spock's father, Sarek, in "Star Trek: The Original Series". He was one of the first actors to either appear in more than one "Star Trek" series as the same character and play more than one character. He played the first Romulan seen on the show and the first Klingon with a ridged forehead. - Jerry Douglas
Jerry Douglas (born November 12 1932) is an American television and film actor. For the last two decades, Jerry Douglas has reigned in fictional Genoa City as patriarch John Abbott on the daytime television serial "The Young and the Restless". Douglas was born as Gerald Rubenstein in Chelsea, Massachusetts to Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe. - Jon Vincent Voight
Jonathan Vincent Voight (born December 29, 1938) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. Voight, an Oscar-winner and four-time nominee, has had a long and distinguished career as both a leading man and, in recent years, character actor, with an extensive range. He came to prominence at the end of the sixties, with a riveting performance as a would-be hustler in 1969's Best Picture winner, "Midnight Cowboy", for which he earned his first Academy Award nomination. - David Huddleston
David William Huddleston (born September 17, 1930) is an American actor. - Rance Howard
Rance Howard (born Harold Rance Beckenholdt) (born November 17, 1928 in Oklahoma) is an American actor who has starred in film and on television. He has made appearances in over 100 films. Howard married actress Jean Speegle Howard (b. January 31 1927 in Duncan, Oklahoma, d. September 2 2000 in Burbank, California) in 1949. They were the parents of director Ron Howard and actor Clint Howard. He is also the grandfather of actress Bryce Dallas Howard. - Vera Miles
Vera Miles (born August 23, 1929 or 1930) is an American actress. - Jack Kelly
Jack Kelly (born in Astoria, Queens, New York, September 16, 1927- died November 7, 1992 in Huntington Beach, California) was an American film and television actor most noted for the role of Bart Maverick in the TV series "Maverick", which ran on ABC from 1957 to 1962. Kelly shared the series, rotating as the lead from week to week, first with James Garner as Bret Maverick (1957-1960) then with Roger Moore as Beau Maverick (1960-1961), … - Theodore Bikel
Theodor Meir Bikel is an Academy Award-nominated Jewish character actor, folk singer and musician. He made his film debut in "The African Queen" (1951) and was nominated for an Academy award for his role as the Southern Sheriff in "The Defiant Ones" (1958). He was the U-boat first officer to Curt Jürgens in "The Enemy Below " (1957) and played the captain of the Russian submarine in "The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming" (1966). - Richard Basehart
Richard Basehart (August 31 1914 - September 17 1984) was an American actor. He starred in the 1960s television science fiction drama "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea", in the role of Admiral Harriman Nelson. One of his most notable film roles was the acrobat known as "the Fool" in the acclaimed Italian film "La strada" directed by Federico Fellini. - Robert Pine
Robert Pine (b. Granville Whitelaw Pine on July 10, 1941 in Scarsdale, New York) is an American actor who has starred on television and in film. He is probably best known for his role as Sgt. Joseph Getraer on the hit NBC television series "CHiPs" from 1977 to 1983. Robert also starred on the soap operas "Days of Our Lives" as Walker Coleman in 1987 and on "The Bold and the Beautiful" as Stephen Logan in 1988, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2000, … - John Anderson
John Anderson (October 20, 1922 - August 7, 1992) was an American actor and director born in Clayton, Illinois. He was known for several roles, including his recurring role in "MacGyver" as Harry Jackson, the title character's grandfather. Earlier work included appearances on many Western series, including several episodes of "Gunsmoke" in various roles, and "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp" as Virgil Earp.
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