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Dennis Weaver

Known For: Acting
Born: June 4, 1924
Place of Birth: Joplin, Missouri, USA
Died: February 24, 2006

Dennis Weaver

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, Califo…

Filmography

Wildfire

2005 · Henry Ritter

Home on the Range

2004 · Abner (voice)

Submerged

2000 · Buck Stevens

High Noon

2000 · Mart Howe

The Virginian

2000 · Sam Balaam

Family Law

1999 · Judge Richard Lloyd

Escape from Wildcat Canyon

1998 · Grandpa Flint

Seduction in a Small Town

Seduction in a Small Town

1997 · Sam Jenks

Stolen Women, Captured Hearts

1997 · Captain Farnsworth

E! True Hollywood Story

1996

Two Bits & Pepper

1995 · Sheriff Pratt

Touched by an Angel

1994 · Emmett Rivers

Lonesome Dove: The Series

1994 · Buffalo Bill Cody

Greyhounds

1994 · Chance Wayne

Mastergate

1992 · Vice President Dale Burden

Earth and the American Dream

1992 · Reader (voice)

Captain Planet and the Planeteers

1990

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

1990 · Narrator

Dennis Weaver's Earthship

1990

The Simpsons

1989 · Buck McCoy (voice)

The Return of Sam McCloud

1989 · Sam McCloud

Disaster at Silo 7

1988 · Sheriff Ben Harlen

Walking After Midnight

1988 · Self

Buck James

1987 · Dr. Buck James

Bluffing It

1987 · Jack Duggan

Amy Grant: Headin' Home for the Holidays

1986 · Tom Miller

A Winner Never Quits

1986 · Mr. Wyshner

Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story

1985 · Wally Johnson

Emerald Point N.A.S.

1983 · Rear Adm. Thomas Mallory

Cocaine: One Man's Seduction

1983 · Eddie Gant

Don't Go to Sleep

1982 · Phillip

The Day the Loving Stopped

1981 · Aaron Danner

Magnum, P.I.

1980 · Lacy Fletcher

The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd

1980 · Dr. Samuel A. Mudd

Amber Waves

1980 · Elroy 'Bud' Burkhardt

Stone

1980 · Det. Sgt. Daniel Stone

Stone

1979 · Daniel Ellis Stone

A Cry for Justice

1979 · Sgt. Ted Bentley

The Ordeal of Patty Hearst

1979 · Charles Bates

Ishi: The Last of His Tribe

1978 · Prof. Benjamin Fuller

Pearl

1978 · Col. Jason Forrest

Centennial

1978 · R.J. Poteet

The Islander

1978 · Gable McQueen

Intimate Strangers

1977 · Donald Halston

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

1977 · Self

Cher

1975 · Self - Guest

Terror on the Beach

1973 · Neil Glynn

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

1973 · Self

Police Story

1973

Female Artillery

1973 · Deke Chambers

Rolling Man

1972 · Lonnie McAfee

The Great Man's Whiskers

1972 · Abraham Lincoln

Duel

1971 · David Mann

The Forgotten Man

1971 · Lt. Joe Hardy

The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

1971

What's the Matter with Helen?

1971 · Lincoln Palmer

The Pet Set

1971 · Self

A Man Called Sledge

1970 · Erwin Ward

The Don Knotts Show

The Don Knotts Show

1970 · Self

McCloud

1970 · Sam McCloud, Director

Swing Out, Sweet Land

1970 · Self

The Dean Martin Christmas Show

1968 · Self

Mission Batangas

1968 · Chip Corbett

The Name of the Game

1968 · Walter Grayson

Gentle Giant

1967 · Tom Wedloe

Gentle Ben

1967 · Tom Wedloe, Director

Judd, for the Defense

1967

Gallegher Goes West

1966 · George Tucker, the Sundown Kid

Way... Way Out

1966 · Hoffman

That Girl

1966

Duel at Diablo

1966 · Willard Grange

Kentucky Jones

1964 · Kentucky Jones

Combat!

1962 · Noah

The Merv Griffin Show

1962 · Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 · Self

The Mike Douglas Show

1961 · Self - Co-Host

Dr. Kildare

1961 · Wayne Wandemeir

The Gallant Hours

1960 · Andy Lowe

The Twilight Zone

1959 · Adam Grant

Touch of Evil

1958 · Mirador Motel Night Manager

Storm Fear

1955 · Hank

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955 · Charles Cavender

Gunsmoke

1955 · Chester, Director

Chief Crazy Horse

1955 · Maj. Carlisle

Seven Angry Men

1955 · John Brown Jr.

Ten Wanted Men

1955 · Sheriff Clyde Gibbons

Climax!

1954 · Steve Maclyn

Dragnet

1954 · Capt. R.A. Lohrman

Dangerous Mission

1954 · Ranger clerk

War Arrow

1953 · Pino

The Golden Blade

1953

The Man from the Alamo

1953 · Tennessean (uncredited)

Column South

1953 · Menguito

Law and Order

1953 · Frank Durling

The Mississippi Gambler

1953 · Julian Contant

The Redhead from Wyoming

1953 · Matt Jessup

The Lawless Breed

1952 · Jim Clements

Horizons West

1952 · Dandy Taylor

Dragnet

1951 · , Russ Camp

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951 · Ben

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948 · Self

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