klondike wrote:
I liked your list, April; I'd only fatten it a mite by adding Royal Dano, James Gregory & Leo Gordon.
oh my goodness, yes! i saw leo gordon at least three times in my tv viewings last week (and finally memorized his name; until recently he was just that big guy who reminded me of Leif Erickson ).
he had purty blue eyes. not as purty as Royal's though.
"There's only one thing that can kill the movies, and that's education." -- Will Rogers
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It's truly amazing how they all appeared almost in rotation on all of the westerns each week, but Dehner has got to be the most versatile of all, he played everything from the trampiest tramp to the wealthiest of gentlemen. He also did accents quite well. His usual roles were mainly tough and mean but sometimes he could be nice, but one of the ones I truly disliked him in was Trooper Hook, as Barbaras husband. This however is a prime example of how an actor can most often play the bad or heartless guy, yet I will watch anyway because I know he's going to give me a good show.
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Anne
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I don't know why, but I hated John Dehner when I was very little - he played Doris Day's boss on a sitcom she did for a year. I think he had a chilly personality. That's all I can remember. It's taken me all these years to learn to like him. Now I think he's really good, especially in Man of the West.
Dehner was on today's episode of "The Virginian", on Encore. And Jackie, he played a very
hateful character (for a while), as was often the case. He was good at showing implacability,
for lack of a better word.
"There's only one thing that can kill the movies, and that's education." -- Will Rogers
Is it me or did "Have Gun Will Travel" start to get a little weird in 1962. I caught one on Encore last night called "The Walking Years" (which seemed t have nothing to do with the episode) but it involves Paladin being kidnapped and thrown in a warehouse with two other people. (It turns out they all have something in common with who is behind it.) It was directed by Richard Boone.
I caught one on Netflix where he goes to New Orleans to talk a couple of men out of a duel. James Coburn also stars as one hired by the other man set to duel. Boone and Coburn would duel each other but try and find a way out. Not all that successful in that part. What struck me is that there is some very un-Paladin like dialog in it.
I still like it but it has traveled some (pardon the pun) from the first year.
Chris
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana."
Now, we get to talk. (I just sent you a PM at TCM.) I have been watching occasionally at Encore but going more through the Netflix online viewing. Not every episode is available so I kind of skip around in a season since I have to order the DVDs. I am in the middle of season three on my trek.
Chris
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana."
i'm dependent on encore...but when i'm not working i must remember to check out netflix.
i really am impressed with the power of so many episodes. i love that they have moral resonance and
meaning. like the girl at the end of the episode you mentioned...is it "the walking years"? the one
in the warehouse? i love the ending. i love the things he said to her. wow. why can't they just
take each episode and make a movie out of them????
"There's only one thing that can kill the movies, and that's education." -- Will Rogers