Ed Ames (1927–2023), pop singer and Daniel Boone star 

Ed Ames starred as Mingo on the 1960s TV series “Daniel Boone,” and he sang hit songs such as “My Cup Runneth Over.” 

Andrew Prine (1936–2022), prolific character actor who starred in Westerns

Andrew Prine was a character actor especially known for Westerns, including the TV show “Wide Country” and the film “Chisum.”

Don Collier (1928–2021), actor known for “The High Chaparral,” “Outlaws”

Don Collier was an actor known for roles in Westerns, including “The High Chaparral” and “Outlaws.”

Johnny Crawford (1946–2021), “The Rifleman” star and original Mouseketeer

Johnny Crawford was an actor best known for his role as young Mark McCain on “The Rifleman.”

Henry Darrow (1933–2021), “The High Chaparral” star

Henry Darrow was an actor known for roles in TV shows including “The High Chaparral,” “Santa Barbara,” and “Zorro.”

Linda Cristal (1931–2020), starred as Victoria Cannon in “The High Chaparral”

Linda Cristal was an actress who starred as Victoria Cannon in the popular Western series “The High Chaparral” from 1967 to 1970.

Stuart Whitman (1928–2020), starred in “The Comancheros”

Stuart Whitman  was a longtime fixture in Hollywood who was known for starring in Westerns including “The Comancheros,” a 1961 film co-starring John Wayne. He had over 150 movie credits including “Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines” and was nominated for a best actor Oscar for his role in the 1961 movie “The Mask.” Whitman appeared on television as well, starring as Marshall Jim Crown on the TV Western series “Cimarron Strip” and as Clark Kent's adoptive father John in the late 1980s early '90s TV series “Superboy.”

Robert Conrad (1935–2020), star of TV’s “The Wild Wild West”

Robert Conrad was an actor best known for his starring role as Secret Service agent James West on the 1960s TV show “The Wild Wild West.” The hit show, conceived as “James Bond on horseback,” featured Conrad and his costar, Ross Martin, saving 19th century America from any number of threats using anachronistic gadgets. Conrad also starred as detective Tom Lopaka on “Hawaiian Eye” from 1959 to 1963 and as World War II fighter ace Pappy Boyington on “Baa Baa Black Sheep” – renamed “Black Sheep Squadron” – from 1976 to 1978. His other short-lived series include “The D.A.,” “A Man Called Sloane,” and “High Mountain Rangers.” Conrad starred in a number of TV movies and miniseries, including “Centennial,” “The Duke,” and “Will: G. Gordon Liddy.”

Morgan Woodward (1925 - 2019), “Cool Hand Luke” actor

Morgan Woodward was the character actor who played the menacing field boss, “The Man with No Eyes” in the classic movie “Cool Hand Luke,” which starred Paul Newman. Woodward’s character never takes off his mirrored sunglasses, remaining completely silent while he oversees the chain gang. Woodward appeared in many western series including “Gunsmoke” and “Bonanza.”

Clint Walker (1927 – 2018), “Cheyenne” actor

Starred on the popular TV western series for 7 seasons…

Robert Dowdell (1932 – 2018), starred on TV’s “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea”

Played Chip Morton on the popular 1960’s sci-fi series…

Leslie H. Martinson (1915–2016), Batman director

Leslie Martinson, the prolific TV and film director who worked on “Batman: The Movie,” “PT 109,” and “The Brady Bunch.”

George Kennedy (1925 - 2016), Oscar winner for Cool Hand Luke

George Kennedy, the actor who won an Oscar for his role in the movie “Cool Hand Luke,” has died. He was 91.

Victor French: From TV Villain to Friend of Angels

Victor French spent 20 years as a TV villain before finding his warm-hearted niche on "Little House on the Prairie" and "Highway to Heaven."

Roy Rogers, King of the Cowboys

When Roy Rogers began his movie career in the 1930s, the cowboy was achieving new fame on the silver screen—and he became one of the most famous of them all.

James Arness as Marshal Matt Dillon

When James Arness was born, his parents could hardly have guessed that someday thousands of babies would be named after him.