Acting
Paul Brinegar
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Filmography
Maverick
Film · 1994
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
Film · 1994
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
Series · 1993
Life Stinks
Film · 1991
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
Film · 1991
They Came from Outer Space
Series · 1990
Annihilator
Film · 1986
Chattanooga Choo Choo
Film · 1984
The Young Landlords
Film · 1983
Spaceship
Film · 1983
The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch
Film · 1982
Knight Rider
Series · 1982
Capitol
Series · 1982
Matt Houston
Series · 1982
Trapper John, M.D.
Series · 1979
Crisis in Sun Valley
Film · 1978
The Golden Dog
Film · 1977
CHiPs
Series · 1977
Lucan
Series · 1977
Code R
Series · 1977
Grizzly Adams
Series · 1977
CHiPs
Series · 1977
Barbary Coast
Series · 1975
Little House on the Prairie
Series · 1974
The Six Million Dollar Man
Series · 1974
Petrocelli
Series · 1974
Harry O
Series · 1974
High Plains Drifter
Film · 1973
The Secret Sharer
Film · 1973
Emergency!
Series · 1972
Emergency!
Series · 1972
Emergency!
Series · 1972
Nichols
Series · 1971
Cannon
Series · 1971
Charro!
Film · 1969
Medical Center
Series · 1969
Lancer
Series · 1968
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Series · 1967
Country Boy
Film · 1966
The Magnificent Stranger
Film · 1966
Hero
Series · 1966
Daniel Boone
Series · 1964
Rawhide
Series · 1959
Bonanza
Series · 1959
How to Make a Monster
Film · 1958
Cattle Empire
Film · 1958
Lawman
Series · 1958
The Texan
Series · 1958
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Series · 1958
Copper Sky
Film · 1957
The Spirit of St. Louis
Film · 1957
The Vampire
Film · 1957
Trackdown
Series · 1957
Perry Mason
Series · 1957
Whirlybirds
Series · 1957
Sugarfoot
Series · 1957
Perry Mason
Series · 1957
Ransom!
Film · 1956
World Without End
Film · 1956
Fighting Trouble
Film · 1956
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Series · 1956
State Trooper
Series · 1956
I Died a Thousand Times
Film · 1955
Inside Detroit
Film · 1955
Premonition
Film · 1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Series · 1955
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Series · 1955
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Series · 1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Series · 1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Series · 1955
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Series · 1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Series · 1955
Cheyenne
Series · 1955
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Series · 1955
The Silver Chalice
Film · 1954
Dawn at Socorro
Film · 1954
Four Guns to the Border
Film · 1954
Rails Into Laramie
Film · 1954
A Star Is Born
Film · 1954
Human Desire
Film · 1954
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
Film · 1954
The Whistler
Series · 1954
Public Defender
Series · 1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
Series · 1954
Public Defender
Series · 1954
Lassie
Series · 1954
Public Defender
Series · 1954
Father Knows Best
Series · 1954
Captain Scarface
Film · 1953
The Man Behind the Badge
Series · 1953
Letter to Loretta
Series · 1953
Letter to Loretta
Series · 1953
We're Not Married!
Film · 1952
Pat and Mike
Film · 1952
The Captive City
Film · 1952
Cavalcade of America
Series · 1952
The Ford Television Theatre
Series · 1952
The Ford Television Theatre
Series · 1952
The Ford Television Theatre
Series · 1952
Storm Warning
Film · 1951
Insurance Investigator
Film · 1951
Journey Into Light
Film · 1951
Dragnet
Series · 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Series · 1951
Racket Squad
Series · 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Series · 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Series · 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Series · 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Series · 1951
Young Man with a Horn
Film · 1950
A Ticket to Tomahawk
Film · 1950
Pinky
Film · 1949
Take One False Step
Film · 1949
The Lone Ranger
Series · 1949
Larceny
Film · 1948