Character and supporting actors

So many to list, but these are some I watch for..........Jack Elam, Myron Healy, Ben Johnson, Leo Gordon, James Best, Mickey Simpson, L.Q.Jones. More that I can't think of off hand. Oh yes, can't forget Edgar Buchanan.

Hi, Funnily enough I saw Edgar Buchanan earlier today in THE SHEEPMAN. Brilliant actor, nearly always stole the show. Bronc.

Hi bronco
He certainly adds life and color to any show.
Ha I never known of him doing a war movie, but I bet he would drive the Germans crazy.

Bruce Dern another great supporting actor.
Watching him now in an episode of The Virginian along with Lloyd Nolan. Two great actors.I grew fond of Nolan in a Laramie episode. I remember Dern from Jack Lords, Stoney Burke. Not really a western, but good show none the less.

Always enjoy Bruce Dern. Just ordered a new western from Amazon called "Badland" mainly because Dern is in the cast. Also I think Edgar Buchanan was in about 3 out of every 5 movies made....he was certainly a great character actor. Loved him in "Desperado" with Randolph Scott and Glenn Ford.

Hi Tom
I haven't seen Desperado. I will have to try find it.With Scott and Ford it would have to be good. But tell me about Badland. Am I trying to confuse it with Alan Ladd and Ernest Borgnine?

The Ford/Scott film is called "The Desperadoes" (1943).  Badland is a new western (last year) that Boyd Magers in his Western Clippings review says it is good. Just heard from Amazon that my dvd was shipped today so I should have it by Monday or Tuesday. Will let you know what I think of it.

Thanks Tom wilk be looking for your review.

Bruce Dern also has a small but memorable part in Quentin Tarantino's recent Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, portraying George Spahn, a real-life personage.  Spahn owned the Spahn Movie Ranch, which served as a set for Westerns before it was occupied by the Manson family in the late sixties. Despite what reservations the compadres here may have about Tarantino, I'd recommend this one.  Part of its appeal is that it's immersed in the world of TV Westerns, which by 1969 (the year the film takes place) is already fading.  Perhaps surprisingly for Tarantino, there's a real sense of affection and nostalgia for that world.

Yes, Art Pepper ---- I liked Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Not a fan of Tarrantino but he can make a good movie and he did with this one. I also liked the atmosphere of that time as it brought back memories of when Jim and I wre in Hollywood in the late 1960's early 1970's. He captured that time well.

Somewhere years ago I posted about a character actor by the name of Sandy Sanders. I had seen his name in the credits of many westerns, but never knew which actor he was........ until today.
I finally ran across credits that also named the character he played in the series Buffalo Bill Jr. with Dick Jones.
I mean I wondered about this guy for years. At last the greatest question of all time has been answered.
Usually we discuss how good an actor is. That's hard to do when you don't know who he is. Maybe in the future I can post about his work, but for right now I'm just thrilled knowing the answer to something that has gnawed me for years.

Paul Richards....... another great actor, especially in westerns.
After all,he was the man who almost killed Marshal Dillon in the very first episode of Gunsmoke.
He has appeared in many series, Tombstone Territory to Rawhde.

Besides being an actor, Sandy Sanders did a lot of stunt work.

HI, LARAMIE, my brothers, Tom and Jim, have been keeping me updated on your feelings regarding "The Last Bell...the First of Many". I have been very moved by your deep enjoyment of the film, along with your daughter's comments as well. I haven't been back to the Western Forum bunkhouse much of late, but I have always enjoyed it as a place of meaningful and entertaining discussion and communication and will try to be more present in the future. God bless, amigo. Ray Goldrup

Hi Ray,good hearing from you. I cannot believe The Last Bell has only 96 views on youtube for as long as its been up. I truly wish there was a way to get it into theatres. I am sure the book would sell a million copies. There has got to be another Cecil B. Demille out there somewhere.

Thanks for YOUR kind words and heartfelt take on the film, Laramie. The Last Bell was a rewarding experience; I felt like a bird set free from its cage to write in that style, say what I wanted to say, express my feelings and life philosophies in the way I wanted to express them, and in a poetic manner. It was very different and personally satisfying/refreshing to write something less commercial than the rest of the stuff I had written over the years, to break some rules and get away with it.To work closely with Tom and Jim and other family members, and folks like Jeff Greenwalt, etc., to try my hand at directing something. My brothers and I have always been closer than pages in a shut book in a chapter called 'Forever'. And both of them, by the way, all prejudice aside, are very good actors.

Hi Ray you just write? No acting of your own?
With you doing the writing and Jim and Tom acting,you all could corner the market.