Ben Johnson

Born: 1918-06-13

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Ben "Son" Johnson, Jr. (June 13, 1918 – April 8, 1996) was an American motion picture actor who was mainly cast in Westerns. He was also a rodeo cowboy, stuntman, and rancher. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ben Johnson (actor) , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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as Mason
Released: 1984-08-10

It is the dawn of World War III. In mid-western America, a group of teenagers band together to...

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Mighty Joe Young

as Gregg Johnson
Released: 1949-07-27

A young woman, Jill Young, grew up on her father's ranch in Africa, raising a large gorilla...

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Hang 'em High

as Marshal Dave Bliss
Released: 1968-04-12

Marshall Jed Cooper survives a hanging, vowing revenge on the lynch mob that left him dangling....

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Radio Flyer

as Geronimo Bill
Released: 1992-02-21

A father reminisces about his childhood when he and his younger brother moved to a new town with...

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The Wild Bunch

as Tector Gorch
Released: 1969-06-19

An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is...

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The Getaway

as Jack Beynon
Released: 1972-09-20

A recently released ex-convict and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes wrong.

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The Undefeated

as Short Grub
Released: 1969-10-04

After the Civil War, ex-Union Colonel John Henry Thomas and ex-Confederate Colonel James Langdon...

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Shane

as Chris Calloway
Released: 1953-04-23

A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler...

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Rio Grande

as Trooper Travis Tyree
Released: 1950-11-15

Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke is posted on the Texas frontier to defend settlers against depredations of...

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She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

as Sgt. Tyree
Released: 1949-10-22

On the eve of retirement, Captain Nathan Brittles takes out a last patrol to stop an impending...

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The Last Picture Show

as Sam the Lion
Released: 1971-10-03

High school seniors and best friends, Sonny and Duane, live in a dying Texas town. The handsome...

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One-Eyed Jacks

as Bob Amory
Released: 1961-03-30

Running from the law after a bank robbery in Mexico, Dad Longworth finds an opportunity to take...

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Breakheart Pass

as Deputy U.S. Marshal Nathan Pearce
Released: 1975-12-09

At the height of the frontier era, a train races through the Rocky Mountains on a classified...

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The Rare Breed

as Jeff Harter
Released: 1966-02-02

When her husband dies en route to America, Martha Price and her daughter Hilary are left to...

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Major Dundee

as Sergeant Chillum
Released: 1965-04-07

During the last winter of the Civil War, cavalry officer Amos Dundee leads a contentious troop...

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Terror Train

as Carne
Released: 1980-10-03

A masked killer targets six college kids responsible for a prank gone wrong three years earlier...

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Cheyenne Autumn

as Trooper Plumtree (uncredited)
Released: 1964-10-15

A reluctant cavalry Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyenne.

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Cherry 2000

as Six Fingered Jake
Released: 1987-11-10

When successful businessman Sam Treadwell finds that his android wife, Cherry model 2000 has...

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The Swarm

as Felix
Released: 1978-07-14

Scientist Dr. Bradford Crane and army general Thalius Slater join forces to fight an almost...

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The Outlaw

as Deputy (uncredited)
Released: 1943-02-05

Newly appointed sheriff Pat Garrett is pleased when his old friend Doc Holliday arrives in...

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Angels in the Outfield

as Hank Murphy
Released: 1994-07-15

Roger is a foster child whose irresponsible father promises to get his act together when Roger's...

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Chisum

as James Pepper
Released: 1970-07-23

Cattle baron John Chisum joins forces with Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett to fight the Lincoln...

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Bite the Bullet

as Mister
Released: 1975-09-26

At the beginning of the 20th century, a newspaper organizes an endurance horse race : 700 miles...

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3 Godfathers

as Posse man #1
Released: 1948-12-31

Three outlaws on the run discover a dying woman and her baby. They swear to bring the infant to...

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The Train Robbers

as Jesse
Released: 1973-02-07

A gunhand named Lane is hired by a widow, Mrs. Lowe, to find gold stolen by her husband so that...

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The Evening Star

as Arthur Cotton
Released: 1996-12-25

Continuing the story of Aurora Greenway in her latter years. After the death of her daughter,...

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The Sugarland Express

as Captain Harlin Tanner
Released: 1974-04-05

Married small-time crooks Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin lose their baby to the state of Texas and...

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The Hunter

as Sheriff John Strong
Released: 1980-08-01

During his long career, bounty hunter Ralph "Papa" Thorson has caught over 5,000 criminals. Now,...

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Will Penny

as Alex
Released: 1967-12-19

Will Penny, an aging cowpoke, takes a job on a ranch which requires him to ride the line of the...

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Dillinger

as Melvin Purvis
Released: 1973-07-20

After a shoot-out kills five FBI agents in Kansas City the Bureau target John Dillinger as one...

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Hustle

as Marty Hollinger
Released: 1975-12-25

The body of teenager Gloria Hollinger is found dead on a Los Angeles beach, and Lt. Phil Gaines...

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The Shadow Riders

as Uncle 'Black Jack' Traven
Released: 1982-09-28

After starring in "The Sacketts", Tom Selleck and Sam Elliott team up again but this time as Mac...

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Junior Bonner

as Buck Roan
Released: 1972-08-02

With his bronco-busting career on its last legs, Junior Bonner heads to his hometown to try his...

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Wagon Master

as Travis Blue
Released: 1950-04-22

Two young drifters guide a Mormon wagon train to the San Juan Valley and encounter cutthroats,...

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Bonanza: The Return

as Bronc Evans
Released: 1993-11-24

A man with a grudge against the late Little Joe seeks revenge on the Cartwrights and attempts to...

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The Town That Dreaded Sundown

as Captain J.D. Morales
Released: 1976-12-24

When two young lovers are savagely beaten and tortured on a back country road in Texarkana,...

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Let's Get Harry

as Mr. Burck Sr.
Released: 1986-10-31

Harry Burck has been kidnapped by South American terrorists, and when the US Government refuses...

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And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2014-02-01

The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND...

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Tex

as Cole Collins
Released: 1982-07-30

After their mother dies and their father leaves them, teenage brothers Tex and Mason McCormick...

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Fort Defiance

as Ben Shelby
Released: 1951-10-09

It's just after the Civil War and Ben Shelby arrives looking for Johnny Tallon whom he plans to...

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Kid Blue

as Sheriff 'Mean John' Simpson
Released: 1973-01-31

Bickford Waner, an apparently naive young man from Fort Worth, arrives in the tiny Texas town of...

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Something Big

as Jesse Bookbinder
Released: 1971-11-19

Joe Baker has a dream. He wants to do 'something big.' When he needs a Gatling gun to accomplish...

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Champions

as Burly Cocks
Released: 1984-04-20

The true story of jockey Bob Champion who overcame cancer to win the 1981 Grand National

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The Greatest

as Hollis
Released: 1977-05-17

Muhammad Ali's life story up to the late 1970s, which includes his Olympic triumphs as Cassius...

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Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2004-07-25

An account of the life and work of American film director Sam Peckinpah (1925-84), a tortured...

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My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys

as Jesse Dalton
Released: 1991-03-01

H.D. Dalton is a champion rodeo rider whose career is ruined after being gored by a bull. He...

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Ruckus

as Sam Bellows
Released: 1981-03-01

Madoc County is a quiet and peaceful place until vagrant Kyle Hanson arrives. The people of...

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War Drums

as Luke Fargo
Released: 1957-03-21

The friendship between a white man & an Apache chief is tested when they fall in love with...

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The Savage Bees

as Sheriff Donald McKew
Released: 1976-11-22

In this horror-drama the festive fun of the annual Mardi Gras celebration is brought to a halt...

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Stranger on My Land

as Vern Whitman
Released: 1988-01-17

A Vietnam veteran has to fight peacefully with words once more when the Air Force wants to...

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Trespasses

as August Klein
Released: 1986-07-05

A couple of drifters (Adam Roarke and Lou Diamond Phillips) molest Sharon (Mary Pillot)....

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Wild Horses

as Bill Ward
Released: 1985-11-12

An over-the-hill rodeo champion gets fired from his assembly line job in Texas. He and a buddy...

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Blood Sport

as Dwayne Birdsong
Released: 1973-12-05

A searing commentary on the "win at all costs" mentality of American high school sports. David...

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Noon Wine

as Sheriff Barbee
Released: 1966-11-23

A dark tragedy about a farmer's futile act of homicide that takes place on a small dairy farm in...

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Ten Who Dared

as George Bradley
Released: 1960-11-01

The John Wesley Powell expedition of 1869 explores the dangerous Colorado River, withstands...

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Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.

as Isum Gorch
Released: 1981-10-09

In a small Southern town, the local sheriff tries to keep everything peaceful and under control.

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The Bull of the West

as Spinner
Released: 1972-05-04

Two episodes of the TV series "The Virginian" edited together: "Duel at Shiloh" (2 Jan. 1963)...

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The Naughty Nineties

as Coach Driver (uncredited)
Released: 1945-06-20

In the gay '90s, cardsharps take over a Mississippi riverboat from a kindly captain. Their first...

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The Chase

as Laurienti
Released: 1991-02-10

In Denver, a fleeing bank robber kills a cop and kidnaps an old man to hold as a hostage. He is...

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Rebel in Town

as Frank Mason
Released: 1956-07-30

Ex-Confederate Bedloe Mason and his four sons ride into a small Western town with robbery in...

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Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas

as Self
Released: 1991-09-06

A visceral deconstruction of Academy Award nominated Peter Bogdanovich and the nervous breakdown...

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Runaway!

as Holly Gibson
Released: 1973-09-29

A group of skiers are trapped inside a runaway train hurtling down a mountainside.

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Grayeagle

as John Colter
Released: 1977-12-28

A young Cheyenne warrior, who goes by the name Grayeagle, kidnaps the daughter of a grizzled...

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Locusts

as Amos Fletcher
Released: 1974-10-09

A swarm of locusts appears on the horizon near a Midwestern town and the inhabitants must find a...

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Wild Stallion

as Dan Light (as an adult)
Released: 1952-04-27

A young orphan grows into adulthood, all the while searhing for his beloved white horse that...

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Bonanza: Under Attack

as Bronc Evans
Released: 1995-01-15

After a rogue band of Pinkerton detectives led by ruthless Charley Siringo bushwhacks reformed...

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Corky

as Boland
Released: 1972-01-01

A country boy wants to make it big as a stockcar racer.

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The Gallant Legion

as Ranger
Released: 1948-05-24

When power-hungry Faulkner and Leroux want to divide Texas into smaller sections, instead of...

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Inside 'the Swarm'

as Self
Released: 1978-01-01

A behind-the-scenes/Making of documentary short focused on Irwin Allen's all-star disaster flick...

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Back to Back

as Eli Hix
Released: 1989-01-01

Modern day western about two very different brothers, who join forces to clear their family...

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Slim Carter

as Montana Burriss
Released: 1957-11-01

Hughie Mack, a not so nice western singer, is discovered by Clover Doyle as the next movie...

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The Red Pony

as Jess Taylor
Released: 1973-03-17

A young farmboy who can't seem to communicate with his father develops an attachment to a young...

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Ride a Northbound Horse

as Will Parker
Released: 1969-03-16

Fifteen-year-old Cav Rand purchases a racehorse and trains him into a winner, but a con artist...

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Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart

as Jack Parrish
Released: 1995-02-17

After many years in prison, a changed robber comes home to see his sons again, one of them...

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Fort Bowie

as Capt. Thomas Thompson
Released: 1958-02-01

Fort Bowie commander Colonel Garrett, suspecting that his wife Alison is having an affair with...

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Dark Before Dawn

as The Sheriff
Released: 1988-01-02

The good people of Milo, Kansas combine forces to battle against the evil agribusiness Farmco...

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Backstabber

as Lance
Released: 2011-06-01

Employees attending an extreme team-building function for the weekend find new meaning in...

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Tomboy and the Champ

as Uncle Jim
Released: 1961-04-01

A young Texas cowgirl raises a prize-winning calf, whose presence helps her recover from polio.

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Always in My Heart

as uncredited
Released: 1983-06-01

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The Making of 'Rio Grande'

as Self
Released: 1993-01-01

A short documentary about the making of John Ford's "Rio Grande."

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight...

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Have Gun, Will Travel

as uncredited
First aired: 1957-09-14

Have Gun – Will Travel is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from 1957...

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Perry Mason

as Kelly
First aired: 1957-09-21

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...

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Bonanza

as Kelly James
First aired: 1959-09-12

The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch...

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Bonanza

as Sgt. Samuel Bellis
First aired: 1959-09-12

The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch...

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ABC Stage 67

as Sheriff Barbee
First aired: 1966-09-14

ABC Stage 67 is the umbrella title for a series of 26 weekly shows that included dramas, variety...

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Sheriff Jeff
First aired: 1955-10-02

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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Cavalcade of America

as Cal Bennett
First aired: 1952-10-01

Cavalcade of America is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company,...

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The Virginian

as Spinner
First aired: 1962-09-19

The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth,...

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The Virginian

as Jim Brandt
First aired: 1962-09-19

The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth,...

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The Virginian

as Joe Hogan
First aired: 1962-09-19

The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth,...

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Route 66

as uncredited
First aired: 1960-10-07

Route 66 is an American TV series in which two young men traveled across America in a Chevrolet...

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Branded

as uncredited
First aired: 1965-01-24

Branded is an American Western series which aired on NBC from 1965 through 1966, sponsored by...

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Stoney Burke

as uncredited
First aired: 1962-10-01

Stoney Burke is an American western television series broadcast on ABC from October 1, 1962...

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Gunsmoke

as Ben Crown
First aired: 1955-09-10

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...

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Gunsmoke

as Vern Morland
First aired: 1955-09-10

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...

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Gunsmoke

as Hannon
First aired: 1955-09-10

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...

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The Monroes

as uncredited
First aired: 1966-09-07

The Monroes is a 26-segment Western television series which originally aired on ABC during the...

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The Sacketts

as Cap Rountree
First aired: 1979-05-15

A traditional sagebrush saga based on two novels ("Sackett" and "The Daybreakers") by Louis...

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Wild Times

as Doc Bogardus
First aired: 1980-01-24

Fictional Western adventure about dime novel hero-turned-Wild West show impresario Hugh Cardiff.

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