Geoffrey Deuel (1943–2024), Chisum co-star

Geoffrey Deuel was an actor best known for his roles in the John Wayne movie “Chisum” and the soap opera “The Young and the Restless.”

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.”

L.Q. Jones (1927–2022), “The Wild Bunch” actor

L.Q. Jones was a character actor best known for appearing in Western films from director Sam Peckinpah including “The Wild Bunch.”   

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.”

Alex Cord (1933–2021), actor who starred on "Airwolf"

Alex Cord was an actor who starred on the TV series"Airwolf" as Michael Coldsmith Briggs III, better known as Archangel.

Ennio Morricone (1928–2020), Oscar-winning composer of movie soundtracks

Ennio Morricone was an Oscar-winning composer of movie soundtracks whose iconic music was the backdrop to films including “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.”

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.

James Drury (1934–2020), star of “The Virginian”

James Drury was an actor best known for starring as the nameless title character of TV’s “The Virginian” from 1962 to 1971.

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.”

Jim McMullan (1936–2019), “Dallas” and “Downhill Racer” actor

His many credits included “Barnaby Jones” and “Shenandoah.”

Fay McKenzie (1918–2019), actress whose career spanned 100 years

Fay McKenzie had an acting career that spanned from her first appearance in a 1918 silent film at just 10 weeks old to a final cameo in the yet to be released "Kill a Better Mousetrap."

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

Starred on the popular TV western series for 7 seasons…

Nokie Edwards (1935–2018), guitarist for The Ventures

Lead guitarist for the influential instrumental rock band.

Adrian Booth (1917 - 2017), actress in Three Stooges films

Film actress also threw pies with the Three Stooges...

Hugh O'Brian (1925–2016), The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp star

Hugh O'Brian, the actor who was known best for playing the title role on the 1950s TV Western "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp," died Sept. 5, 2016, at his home in Beverly Hills, California. He was 91.

Peter Brown (1935 - 2016)

Peter Brown, an actor who was known best for his work on television Western series and soap operas, has died, according to multiple news sources. He was 80.

Robert Horton (1924 - 2016), Wagon Train star

Robert Horton, an actor who was most well-known for starring on television Westerns including "Wagon Train," has died. Horton, who was 91, died March 9 at a clinic in Los Angeles, California. No cause of death was available. From 1957 to 1962, Horton played Flint McCullough on "Wagon Train" alongside Ward Bond. After he left the show, he pursued a successful career in musical theater, most notably "110 in the Shade," an adaptation of N. Richard Nash's play "The Rainmaker." Horton returned to television to play an amnesiac on the Western series "A Man Called Shenandoah."

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.

Dan Haggerty (1941 - 2016)

Dan Haggerty, the burly actor who played the bearded mountain man James "Grizzly" Adams on the television Western as well as in the movie version, has died, according to multiple news sources. He was 74. Haggerty died Friday at his home in California's San Fernando Valley. The cause was cancer.

Elaine Riley (1917 - 2015), actress in classic Westerns

Elaine Riley, an actress who appeared in dozens of 1940s and '50s motion pictures, has died, according to multiple news sources. Riley, who died Dec. 7, was 98.

Nicoletta Machiavelli (1944 - 2015)

Italian actress Nicoletta Machiavelli, who acted alongside Burt Reynolds in 1966's "Navajo Joe," has died, according to Seattle, King County, Washington, public records and othersources. She was 71.

Gregg Palmer (1927 - 2015), actor in TV Westerns

Actor Gregg Palmer, who appeared on many TV Westerns as well as in films, has died, according to multiple news sources. Palmer, who died Saturday, Oct. 31, in Encino, California, was 88.

Barbara Stanwyck: Rags to Riches

America loves a good rags-to-riches story, and Barbara Stanwyck's was one of the best in Hollywood history.

Remembering Eli Wallach

Veteran character actor Eli Wallach was beloved for his movie work, including roles in "The Magnificent Seven," "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly," "The Misfits" and dozens more.

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."

Robert J. Wilke’s Unusual Charm

Robert J. Wilke’s name may not ring a bell, but chances are good you’ve enjoyed watching him get arrested, beaten up or worse. For 45 years Wilke, who would have turned 100 today, was Hollywood’s go-to guy for villains, thugs and generally unlikable men. Aside from his role as the sympathetic farm foreman in Days of Heaven , Wilke was almost always the antagonist, or the antagonist’s second-in-command, in classics such as 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea , in which he played first mate to the pathological Captain Nemo, or television Westerns including The Rifleman , Have Gun—Will Travel , Maverick and many, many more. His characters in hundreds of films and television programs often lacked names or backstories, but Wilke excelled in bringing them to life and earning the audience’s disdain without chewing the scenery –– at least not too much.

Tex Ritter, Singing Cowboy

Right up there among the greatest genuine singing cowboys was Tex Ritter, multi-talented star of movies, radio and beyond.

James Coburn: Too Cool

Actor James Coburn was the epitome of cool.

Charles Bronson: Man of Many Faces

Charles Bronson was a man of seeming contradiction.

Have Gun, Will Travel

Twenty years after the death of its creator, we look back at an iconic TV Western...

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.

Louis L'Amour at the Movies

Over the years, dozens of Louis L'Amour's novels and stories have made it to screens both big and small...

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.

Chuck Connors, Cowboy

Chuck Connors could have stuck with his pro sports career, but we're glad he switched to acting...

Dale Evans, Queen of the Cowgirls

Dale Evans was Hollywood's most famous cowgirl.

Lee Marvin's Best

Depending on the movie, Lee Marvin was a cowboy, a criminal, a soldier, or a cop. But above all else, he was a star.

John Wayne, Tough Guy

Even more than 30 years after his death, John Wayne remains one of the all-time most popular actors.

Nicholas Ray: A Stranger Here Myself

Nicholas Ray is one of America’s most influential filmmakers, but you’d be forgiven for never having heard of him.