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Dennis Weaver
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Dennis Weaver
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1924-06-04,Joplin, Missouri, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
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

Filmography

6.345

Duel at Diablo
1966-06-15

7.741

Touch of Evil
1958-03-30

7.4

Duel
1971-12-25

The Golden Blade

6.652

The Golden Blade
1953-08-12

What's the Matter with Helen?

5.909

What's the Matter with Helen?
1971-06-30

6.357

Horizons West
1952-10-11

5.883

Ten Wanted Men
1955-02-01

5.714

High Noon
2000-08-20

Cocaine: One Man's Seduction

7

Cocaine: One Man's Seduction
1983-02-27

A Man Called Sledge

6.108

A Man Called Sledge
1970-11-14

6.042

Storm Fear
1955-12-16

Don't Go to Sleep

6.5

Don't Go to Sleep
1982-12-10

3.692

Submerged
2000-10-24

5.9

Way... Way Out
1966-10-26

The Lawless Breed

6.761

The Lawless Breed
1952-12-28

Dangerous Mission

6.088

Dangerous Mission
1954-03-06

Ishi: The Last of His Tribe

7

Ishi: The Last of His Tribe
1978-12-20

Terror on the Beach

5.25

Terror on the Beach
1973-09-18

6.167

Column South
1953-05-20

The Mississippi Gambler

7.2

The Mississippi Gambler
1953-01-29

Disaster at Silo 7

7.25

Disaster at Silo 7
1988-11-27

A Winner Never Quits

7

A Winner Never Quits
1986-04-13

5.444

The Virginian
2000-01-09

The Forgotten Man

7.667

The Forgotten Man
1971-09-14

Female Artillery

9

Female Artillery
1973-01-17

6.5

Rolling Man
1972-10-04

Swing Out, Sweet Land

6.4

Swing Out, Sweet Land
1970-01-01

Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story

6

Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story
1985-05-08

6.1

Dragnet
1954-09-04

Seduction in a Small Town

7

Seduction in a Small Town
1997-02-09

8.5

Amber Waves
1980-03-09

5.722

Law and Order
1953-05-13

The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd

5

The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
1980-03-25

9

Stone
1979-08-26

The Return of Sam McCloud

7

The Return of Sam McCloud
1989-11-12

8.5

Gentle Giant
1967-10-25

5.848

War Arrow
1953-12-26

7

The Islander
1978-09-16

Two Bits & Pepper

5.15

Two Bits & Pepper
1995-01-01

The Gallant Hours

6.737

The Gallant Hours
1960-06-13

Intimate Strangers

5

Intimate Strangers
1977-11-11

Walking After Midnight

9

Walking After Midnight
1988-01-01

The Ordeal of Patty Hearst

6.5

The Ordeal of Patty Hearst
1979-03-04

Dennis Weaver's Earthship

0

Dennis Weaver's Earthship
1990-01-01

6

Bluffing It
1987-09-13

Stolen Women, Captured Hearts

7.553

Stolen Women, Captured Hearts
1997-01-16

A Cry For Justice

9

A Cry For Justice
1979-05-23

The Dean Martin Christmas Show

7.6

The Dean Martin Christmas Show
1968-12-19

Seven Angry Men

6

Seven Angry Men
1955-03-27

The Redhead from Wyoming

6.308

The Redhead from Wyoming
1953-01-08

4.5

Mastergate
1992-11-01

Escape from Wildcat Canyon

7.333

Escape from Wildcat Canyon
1998-06-21

Chief Crazy Horse

5.6

Chief Crazy Horse
1955-04-01

Home on the Range

6.1

Home on the Range
2004-04-02

The Day the Loving Stopped

8

The Day the Loving Stopped
1981-10-16

7

Greyhounds
1994-06-24

Gallegher Goes West

0

Gallegher Goes West
1966-10-30

Earth and the American Dream

6.7

Earth and the American Dream
1992-10-01

The Great Man's Whiskers

8

The Great Man's Whiskers
1972-05-02

Mission Batangas

8

Mission Batangas
1968-11-15

Great Adventurers & Their Quests: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

4

Great Adventurers & Their Quests: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1990-01-31

The Man from the Alamo

6.616

The Man from the Alamo
1953-08-07

Amy Grant: Headin' Home for the Holidays

4.5

Amy Grant: Headin' Home for the Holidays
1986-12-21

7.331

Magnum, P.I.
1980-12-11

8

The Simpsons
1989-12-17

The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

6.667

The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
1971-08-01

6.176

That Girl
1966-09-08

The Merv Griffin Show

6.6

The Merv Griffin Show
1962-10-01

8.3

Wildfire
2005-06-20

6.679

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

E! True Hollywood Story

8.15

E! True Hollywood Story
1996-08-21

6.5

Dragnet
1951-12-16

7.8

Combat!
1962-10-02

The Ed Sullivan Show

6.848

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20

7.7

Centennial
1978-10-01

The Twilight Zone

8.5

The Twilight Zone
1959-10-02

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

7.8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955-10-02

7

Police Story
1973-03-20

8.083

Family Law
1999-09-20

The Don Knotts Show

9

The Don Knotts Show
1970-09-15

7.173

McCloud
1970-02-17

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

7.2

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951-10-05

Emerald Point N.A.S.

6

Emerald Point N.A.S.
1983-09-26

3.833

Climax!
1954-10-07

Judd, for the Defense

7.7

Judd, for the Defense
1967-09-08

6.5

Buck James
1987-09-27

Lonesome Dove: The Series

7.1

Lonesome Dove: The Series
1994-09-09

5.711

Dr. Kildare
1961-09-27

7

Kentucky Jones
1964-09-19

7.5

Stone
1980-01-14

7

Cher
1975-02-16

6.667

Gentle Ben
1967-09-10

The Mike Douglas Show

5.8

The Mike Douglas Show
1961-12-11

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

6.3

The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973-04-02

6

Pearl
1978-11-16

The Mike Douglas Show

5.8

The Mike Douglas Show
1961-12-11

The Name of the Game

7

The Name of the Game
1968-09-20

6.5

Dragnet
1951-12-16

Captain Planet and the Planeteers

6.89

Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990-09-15

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.533

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962-10-01

6.667

The Pet Set
1971-01-25

Touched by an Angel

7.208

Touched by an Angel
1994-09-21

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

7.1

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977-01-30