Dennis Weaver
Biografia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Billy Dennis Weaver (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. Weaver's two most famous roles were as Marshal Matt Dillon's deputy Chester Goode on the western Gunsmoke and as Deputy Marshal Sam McCloud on the police drama McCloud. He starred in the 1971 television film Duel, the first film of director Steven Spielberg. He is also remembered for his role as the twitchy motel attendant in Orson Welles's film Touch of Evil (1958). Weaver was born June 4, 1924, in Joplin, Missouri, the son of Walter Leon "Doc" Weaver and his wife Lenna Leora (née Prather). Weaver wanted to be an actor from childhood. He lived in Shreveport, Louisiana, for several years and for a short time in Manteca, California. He studied at Joplin Junior College, then transferred to the University of Oklahoma at Norman, where he studied drama and was a track star, setting records in several events. During World War II, he served as a pilot in the United States Navy, flying Grumman F4F Wildcat fighter aircraft. After the war, he married Gerry Stowell (his childhood sweetheart), with whom he had three children. Under the name Billy D. Weaver, he tried out for the 1948 U.S. Olympic team in the decathlon, finishing sixth behind 17-year-old high school track star Bob Mathias. However, only the top three finishers were selected. Weaver later commented, "I did so poorly [in the Olympic Trials], I decided to ... stay in New York and try acting. Career Weaver's first role on Broadway came as an understudy to Lonny Chapman as Turk Fisher in Come Back, Little Sheba. He eventually took over the role from Chapman in the national touring company. Solidifying his choice to become an actor, Weaver enrolled in the Actors Studio, where he met Shelley Winters. In the beginning of his acting career, he supported his family by doing odd jobs, including selling vacuum cleaners, tricycles, and women's hosiery. In 1952, Shelley Winters helped him get a contract from Universal Studios. He made his film debut that same year in the movie The Redhead from Wyoming. Over the next three years, he played in a series of movies, but still had to work odd jobs to support his family. In 1955 he appeared in an episode of The Lone Ranger "The Tell-Tale Bullet", which is viewable on YouTube. While delivering flowers, he heard he had landed the role of Chester Goode, the limping, loyal assistant of Marshal Matt Dillon (James Arness) on the new television series Gunsmoke. It was his big break; the show went on to become the highest-rated and longest-running live action series in United States television history (1955 to 1975), an honor now held by Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. In 1970, Weaver landed the title role in the NBC series McCloud, for which he received two Emmy Award nominations. The show, about a modern Western lawman who ends up in New York City, was loosely based on the Clint Eastwood film Coogan's Bluff. Weaver married Gerry Stowell after World War II, and they had three sons: Richard, Robert, and Rustin Weaver. Gerry died April 26, 2016, at 90. Death Weaver died from prostate cancer at his home in Ridgway, Colorado, on February 24, 2006, at age 81. CLR
Filmografia
Filmy i seriale od najnowszych
Wildfire
Serial • 2005
jako Henry Ritter
Rogate ranczo
Film • 2004
jako Abner (voice)
Submerged
Film • 2000
jako Buck Stevens
High Noon
Film • 2000
jako Mart Howe
The Virginian
Film • 2000
jako Sam Balaam
Family Law
Serial • 1999
jako Judge Richard Lloyd
Escape from Wildcat Canyon
Film • 1998
jako Grandpa Flint
Seduction in a Small Town
Film • 1997
jako Sam Jenks
Stolen Women, Captured Hearts
Film • 1997
jako Captain Farnsworth
E! True Hollywood Story
Serial • 1996
Okruszek i piegus
Film • 1995
jako Sheriff Pratt
Touched by an Angel
Serial • 1994
jako Emmett Rivers
Lonesome Dove: The Series
Serial • 1994
jako Buffalo Bill Cody
Greyhounds
Film • 1994
jako Chance Wayne
Mastergate
Film • 1992
jako Vice President Dale Burden
Earth and the American Dream
Film • 1992
jako Reader (voice)
Kapitan Planeta i Planetarianie
Serial • 1990
Great Adventurers & Their Quests: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Film • 1990
jako Narrator
Dennis Weaver's Earthship
Film • 1990
Simpsonowie
Serial • 1989
jako Buck McCoy (voice)
The Return of Sam McCloud
Film • 1989
jako Sam McCloud
Disaster at Silo 7
Film • 1988
jako Sheriff Ben Harlen
Walking After Midnight
Film • 1988
jako Self
Buck James
Serial • 1987
jako Dr. Buck James
Bluffing It
Film • 1987
jako Jack Duggan
Amy Grant: Headin' Home for the Holidays
Film • 1986
jako Tom Miller
A Winner Never Quits
Film • 1986
jako Mr. Wyshner
Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story
Film • 1985
jako Wally Johnson
Emerald Point N.A.S.
Serial • 1983
jako Rear Adm. Thomas Mallory
Cocaine: One Man's Seduction
Film • 1983
jako Eddie Gant
Don't Go to Sleep
Film • 1982
jako Phillip
The Day the Loving Stopped
Film • 1981
jako Aaron Danner
Magnum
Serial • 1980
jako Lacy Fletcher
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
Film • 1980
jako Dr. Samuel A. Mudd
Amber Waves
Film • 1980
jako Elroy 'Bud' Burkhardt
Stone
Serial • 1980
jako Det. Sgt. Daniel Stone
Stone
Film • 1979
jako Daniel Ellis Stone
A Cry for Justice
Film • 1979
jako Sgt. Ted Bentley
The Ordeal of Patty Hearst
Film • 1979
jako Charles Bates
Ishi: The Last of His Tribe
Film • 1978
jako Prof. Benjamin Fuller
Pearl
Serial • 1978
jako Col. Jason Forrest
Centennial
Serial • 1978
jako R.J. Poteet
The Islander
Film • 1978
jako Gable McQueen
Intimate Strangers
Film • 1977
jako Donald Halston
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
Serial • 1977
jako Self
Cher
Serial • 1975
jako Self - Guest
Terror on the Beach
Film • 1973
jako Neil Glynn
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Serial • 1973
jako Self
Police Story
Serial • 1973
Female Artillery
Film • 1973
jako Deke Chambers
Rolling Man
Film • 1972
jako Lonnie McAfee
The Great Man's Whiskers
Film • 1972
jako Abraham Lincoln
Pojedynek na Szosie
Film • 1971
jako David Mann
The Forgotten Man
Film • 1971
jako Lt. Joe Hardy
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
Serial • 1971
What's the Matter with Helen?
Film • 1971
jako Linc Palmer
The Pet Set
Serial • 1971
jako Self
A Man Called Sledge
Film • 1970
jako Erwin Ward
The Don Knotts Show
Serial • 1970
jako Self
McCloud
Serial • 1970
jako Sam McCloud
Swing Out, Sweet Land
Film • 1970
jako Self
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
Film • 1968
jako Self
Mission Batangas
Film • 1968
jako Chip Corbett
The Name of the Game
Serial • 1968
jako Walter Grayson
Gentle Giant
Film • 1967
jako Tom Wedloe
Gentle Ben
Serial • 1967
jako Tom Wedloe
Judd, for the Defense
Serial • 1967
Gallegher Goes West
Film • 1966
jako George Tucker, the Sundown Kid
Way... Way Out
Film • 1966
jako Hoffman
That Girl
Serial • 1966
Pojedynek w Diablo
Film • 1966
jako Willard Grange
Kentucky Jones
Serial • 1964
jako Kentucky Jones
Combat!
Serial • 1962
jako Noah
The Merv Griffin Show
Serial • 1962
jako Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Serial • 1962
jako Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Serial • 1961
jako Self - Co-Host
Dr. Kildare
Serial • 1961
jako Wayne Wandemeir
The Gallant Hours
Film • 1960
jako Andy Lowe
The Twilight Zone
Serial • 1959
jako Adam Grant
Dotyk zła
Film • 1958
jako Mirador Motel Night Manager
Storm Fear
Film • 1955
jako Hank
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Serial • 1955
jako Charles Cavender
Gunsmoke
Serial • 1955
jako Chester
Wódz Szalony Koń
Film • 1955
jako Maj. Carlisle
Seven Angry Men
Film • 1955
jako John Brown Jr.
Ten Wanted Men
Film • 1955
jako Sheriff Clyde Gibbons
Climax!
Serial • 1954
jako Steve Maclyn
Dragnet
Film • 1954
jako Capt. R.A. Lohrman
Dangerous Mission
Film • 1954
jako Ranger clerk
Strzała wojny
Film • 1953
jako Pino
Złote Ostrze
Film • 1953
Człowiek z Alamo
Film • 1953
jako Tennessean (uncredited)
Column South
Film • 1953
jako Menguito
Law and Order
Film • 1953
jako Frank Durling
The Mississippi Gambler
Film • 1953
jako Julian Contant
Rudzielec z Wyoming
Film • 1953
jako Matt Jessup
The Lawless Breed
Film • 1952
jako Jim Clements
Horizons West
Film • 1952
jako Dandy Taylor
Dragnet
Serial • 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Serial • 1951
jako Ben
The Ed Sullivan Show
Serial • 1948
jako Self