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Paul Brinegar (December 19, 1917 – March 27, 1995) was an American character actor best known for his roles in three western series: The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, Rawhide, and Lancer.
Brinegar's first credited appearance in a feature film was in Larceny (1948). From there, he launched a steady film career that slowed considerably in the late 1950s, after he began appearing on television but did not end until 1994, when Brinegar made his final screen appearance, as a stagecoach driver, in the 1994 film version of Maverick.
Brinegar appeared more than 100 times between 1946 and 1994 in western films, often specializing in playing "feisty, grizzled cowboy sidekicks". On television, from 1956 to 1958, he played James H. "Dog" Kelley, the mayor of Dodge City, Kansas, in the ABC/Desilu western series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp starring Hugh O'Brian. Brinegar appeared in that series 33 times as Kelley and in one other episode in another role. In 1959 he played Ludwig, a bartender, in the episode "The Ringer" of the western series The Texan with Rory Calhoun. Brinegar, however, is best remembered as the cattle-drive cook George Washington Wishbone on the CBS series Rawhide from 1959 to 1966. Earlier he had played a similar role, one as the character Tom Jefferson Jeffrey, in the 1958 movie Cattle Empire upon which Rawhide was based.
Brinegar also made two guest appearances on CBS's Perry Mason. His first appearance on that series, prior to Rawhide, was in 1958. He performed as Tom Sackett in the first-season episode titled "The Case of the Sun Bather's Diary". His second appearance on Perry Mason was during the series' ninth and final season. He played Jason Rohan in the 1966 episode "The Case of the Unwelcome Well".
In the 1968-1970 CBS western series Lancer, Brinegar had the role of Jelly Hoskins; and in 1969 he appeared in the western film Charro! starring Elvis Presley. Then, in 1973, he played the barman in Clint Eastwood's film High Plains Drifter. From 1982 to 1983, returning to television, Brinegar portrayed a humorous cowboy-like character, Lamar Pettybone, during the first season of the ABC series Matt Houston. Later he reprised a revised version of his Rawhide Wishbone character for the 1991 TV movie The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw, in which he delivers a brief monologue that includes about a dozen references to old television western series.
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Filmography (Movies)
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
Character:Jim 'Dog' Kelly
Release Date:01/07/1994
Maverick
Character:Stage Driver
Release Date:20/05/1994
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
Character:Cookie
Release Date:03/11/1991
Life Stinks
Character:Old Bellboy
Release Date:05/06/1991
Annihilator
Character:Pops
Release Date:07/04/1986
Chattanooga Choo Choo
Character:Pee Wee
Release Date:18/05/1984
Spaceship
Character:Clint Eastwood / Dirty Harry
Release Date:01/07/1983
The Young Landlords
Character:Mr. Darden
Release Date:05/01/1983
The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch
Character:Bodie
Release Date:31/10/1982
Crisis in Sun Valley
Character:Poole
Release Date:29/03/1978
The Golden Dog
Character:Jock
Release Date:02/01/1977
High Plains Drifter
Character:Lutie Naylor
Release Date:19/04/1973
The Secret Sharer
Character:Captain Archbold
Release Date:01/01/1973
Charro!
Character:Opie Keetch
Release Date:13/03/1969
The Magnificent Stranger
Character:Wishbone
Release Date:26/08/1966
Country Boy
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1966
How to Make a Monster
Character:Rivero
Release Date:01/07/1958
Cattle Empire
Character:Tom Jefferson Jeffrey
Release Date:01/04/1958
Copper Sky
Character:Charlie Martin
Release Date:01/09/1957
The Vampire
Character:Willy Warner
Release Date:14/06/1957
The Spirit of St. Louis
Character:Okie (uncredited)
Release Date:01/04/1957
Fighting Trouble
Character:Mailman (uncredited)
Release Date:16/09/1956
World Without End
Character:Vida (uncredited)
Release Date:25/03/1956
Ransom!
Character:Bank Clerk (uncredited)
Release Date:24/01/1956
Inside Detroit
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1956
I Died a Thousand Times
Character:Bus Driver (uncredited)
Release Date:09/11/1955
The Silver Chalice
Character:Audience Member (uncredited)
Release Date:20/12/1954
Four Guns to the Border
Character:
Release Date:05/11/1954
A Star Is Born
Character:Man at Funeral (uncredited)
Release Date:01/10/1954
Dawn at Socorro
Character:Desk Clerk
Release Date:01/09/1954
Human Desire
Character:Brakeman
Release Date:05/08/1954
Rails Into Laramie
Character:Bandleader (uncredited)
Release Date:14/04/1954
Captain Scarface
Character:Clegg
Release Date:15/10/1953
We're Not Married!
Character:Beauty Contest Spectator (uncredited)
Release Date:11/07/1952
Pat and Mike
Character:Caddy (uncredited)
Release Date:13/06/1952
The Captive City
Character:Police Sergeant
Release Date:26/03/1952
Journey Into Light
Character:Bum
Release Date:28/09/1951
Insurance Investigator
Character:Mr. Spangler
Release Date:23/03/1951
Storm Warning
Character:Cameraman #1 (uncredited)
Release Date:10/02/1951
A Ticket to Tomahawk
Character:
Release Date:19/05/1950
Young Man with a Horn
Character:Stage Manager (uncredited)
Release Date:01/03/1950
Pinky
Character:Western Union Clerk (uncredited)
Release Date:28/09/1949
Take One False Step
Character:Reporter (uncredited)
Release Date:14/08/1949
Larceny
Character:Mechanic
Release Date:03/09/1948
Television Appearances
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
Character:Francis Kilbride
They Came from Outer Space
Character:John Peckham
Knight Rider
Character:Chuck
Matt Houston
Character:Lamar Pettybone
Capitol
Character:
Trapper John, M.D.
Character:
CHiPs
Character:Keith Lawton / Old Surfer
CHiPs
Character:Old Surfer
Lucan
Character:
Grizzly Adams
Character:Trapper Tom
Code R
Character:Alvin Purdy
Barbary Coast
Character:Jesse
Harry O
Character:Old Man
Little House on the Prairie
Character:
Petrocelli
Character:Patch Dressler
The Six Million Dollar Man
Character:Rafe Morris
Emergency!
Character:Husband (Tom)
Emergency!
Character:Grady
Emergency!
Character:Max
Nichols
Character:Gaffer
Cannon
Character:
Medical Center
Character:Hnchoo
Lancer
Character:
Lancer
Character:Jelly Hoskins
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Character:Charlie Moss
Hero
Character:
Daniel Boone
Character:Gurney
Bonanza
Character:Lev Buckalew
Rawhide
Character:Wishbone
Lawman
Character:George the Stage Line Clerk
The Texan
Character:Ludwig
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Character:Van Kimmel
Trackdown
Character:Zack Armstead
Perry Mason
Character:Jason Rohan
Perry Mason
Character:Tom Sackett
Sugarfoot
Character:Austin (uncredited)
Whirlybirds
Character:Joe Slade
State Trooper
Character:Storekeeper
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Character:
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Character:Milkman (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character:Mason
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character:Police Officer
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character:Mr. Stern
Cheyenne
Character:Slim Mantell
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Character:Jim Begley
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Character:Jim Kelley
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Character:Jim Kelley (uncredited)
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Character:Mayor Jim Kelley
The Wonderful World of Disney
Character:Jock
Father Knows Best
Character:Delivery Man (uncredited)
Lassie
Character:Ben Adams
The Whistler
Character:
Public Defender
Character:Bud
Public Defender
Character:Vic Oliver
Public Defender
Character:Keller
The Man Behind the Badge
Character:
Letter to Loretta
Character:Pete
Letter to Loretta
Character:Ivan Fenwick
The Ford Television Theatre
Character:Hans
The Ford Television Theatre
Character:
The Ford Television Theatre
Character:Jamie (uncredited)
Cavalcade of America
Character:
Dragnet
Character:
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character:Brown
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character:Link
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character:Cousin Obie (uncredited)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character:
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character:Joe
Racket Squad
Character:
The Lone Ranger
Character:Frankie
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