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Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 19, 1917
Died
March 27, 1995
Place of Birth
Tucumcari, New Mexico, USA
Paul Brinegar
0.7 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
6.2
Jim 'Dog' Kelly
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
1994
6.9
Stage Driver
Maverick
1994
7.1
Francis Kilbride
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
1993
0.0
Francis Killbridge
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
1993
5.0
Cookie
The Gambler: The Luck Of The Draw
1991
5.6
Old Bellboy
Life Stinks
1991
0.0
John Peckham
They Came from Outer Space
1990
5.0
Pops
Annihilator
1986
5.0
Pee Wee
Chattanooga Choo Choo
1984
3.7
Clint Eastwood / Dirty Harry
Spaceship
1983
Credits
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
as Jim 'Dog' Kelly
1994
6.2
Maverick
as Stage Driver
1994
6.9
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
as Francis Kilbride
1993
7.1
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
as Francis Killbridge
1993
0.0
The Gambler: The Luck Of The Draw
as Cookie
1991
5.0
Life Stinks
as Old Bellboy
1991
5.6
They Came from Outer Space
as John Peckham
1990
0.0
Annihilator
as Pops
1986
5.0
Chattanooga Choo Choo
as Pee Wee
1984
5.0
Spaceship
as Clint Eastwood / Dirty Harry
1983
3.7
The Young Landlords
as Mr. Darden
1983
0.0
The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch
as Bodie
1982
1.0
Knight Rider
as Chuck
1982
7.5
Matt Houston
as Lamar Pettybone
1982
6.2
Capitol
1982
5.7
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
6.5
Crisis in Sun Valley
as Poole
1978
0.0
CHiPs
as Keith Lawton / Old Surfer
1977
6.8
CHiPs
as Old Surfer
1977
6.8
Lucan
1977
6.0
Grizzly Adams
1977
7.0
Code R
as Alvin Purdy
1977
0.0
The Golden Dog
as Jock
1977
0.0
Barbary Coast
as Jesse
1975
5.0
Harry O
as Old Man
1974
4.6
Little House on the Prairie
1974
7.9
Petrocelli
as Patch Dressler
1974
7.0
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Rafe Morris
1974
7.2
High Plains Drifter
as Lutie Naylor
1973
7.3
Emergency!
as Husband (Tom)
1972
7.8
Emergency!
as Grady
1972
7.8
Emergency!
as Max
1972
7.8
Nichols
as Gaffer
1971
5.0
Cannon
1971
6.5
Medical Center
as Hnchoo
1969
6.1
Charro!
as Opie Keetch
1969
5.4
Lancer
1968
4.7
The Guns of Will Sonnett
as Charlie Moss
1967
6.2
🎬
Hero
1966
5.0
The Magnificent Stranger
as Wishbone
1966
6.7
🎬
Country Boy
1966
0.0
Daniel Boone
as Gurney
1964
6.9
Bonanza
as Lev Buckalew
1959
7.5
Rawhide
as Wishbone
1959
7.2
Lawman
as George the Stage Line Clerk
1958
5.6
The Texan
as Ludwig
1958
5.5
How to Make a Monster
as Rivero
1958
5.6
Cattle Empire
as Tom Jefferson Jeffrey
1958
6.0
Shirley Temple's Storybook
as Van Kimmel
1958
6.2
Trackdown
as Zack Armstead
1957
6.4
Perry Mason
as Jason Rohan
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Tom Sackett
1957
7.7
Sugarfoot
as Austin (uncredited)
1957
4.8
Copper Sky
as Charlie Martin
1957
6.0
The Vampire
as Willy Warner
1957
6.2
The Spirit of St. Louis
as Okie (uncredited)
1957
6.7
Whirlybirds
as Joe Slade
1957
5.5
State Trooper
as Storekeeper
1956
5.0
Fighting Trouble
as Mailman (uncredited)
1956
6.0
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
3.7
World Without End
as Vida (uncredited)
1956
5.8
Ransom!
as Bank Clerk (uncredited)
1956
7.2
Inside Detroit
1956
6.0
I Died a Thousand Times
as Bus Driver (uncredited)
1955
6.1
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Milkman (uncredited)
1955
5.4
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Mason
1955
7.7
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Police Officer
1955
7.7
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Mr. Stern
1955
7.7
Cheyenne
as Slim Mantell
1955
5.8
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Jim Begley
1955
6.6
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Jim Kelley
1955
6.6
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Jim Kelley (uncredited)
1955
6.6
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Mayor Jim Kelley
1955
6.6
The Silver Chalice
as Audience Member (uncredited)
1954
4.4
Four Guns to the Border
1954
4.6
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Jock
1954
7.8
Father Knows Best
as Delivery Man (uncredited)
1954
6.5
A Star Is Born
as Man at Funeral (uncredited)
1954
7.1
Lassie
as Ben Adams
1954
6.1
Dawn at Socorro
as Desk Clerk
1954
7.2
Human Desire
as Brakeman
1954
6.8
🎬
The Whistler
1954
0.0
Rails Into Laramie
as Bandleader (uncredited)
1954
6.3
Public Defender
as Bud
1954
6.0
Public Defender
as Vic Oliver
1954
6.0
Public Defender
as Keller
1954
6.0
Captain Scarface
as Clegg
1953
4.3
The Man Behind the Badge
1953
5.5
Letter to Loretta
as Pete
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Ivan Fenwick
1953
6.5
The Ford Television Theatre
as Hans
1952
7.3
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
7.3
The Ford Television Theatre
as Jamie (uncredited)
1952
7.3
Cavalcade of America
1952
3.5
We're Not Married!
as Beauty Contest Spectator (uncredited)
1952
5.9
Pat and Mike
as Caddy (uncredited)
1952
6.3
The Captive City
as Police Sergeant
1952
6.1
Dragnet
1951
6.4
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Brown
1951
7.3
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Link
1951
7.3
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Cousin Obie (uncredited)
1951
7.3
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.3
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Joe
1951
7.3
Journey Into Light
as Bum
1951
6.0
Racket Squad
1951
6.0
Insurance Investigator
as Mr. Spangler
1951
5.0
Storm Warning
as Cameraman #1 (uncredited)
1951
6.6
Young Man with a Horn
as Stage Manager (uncredited)
1950
6.3
Pinky
as Western Union Clerk (uncredited)
1949
7.1
The Lone Ranger
as Frankie
1949
6.7
Take One False Step
as Reporter (uncredited)
1949
5.5
Larceny
as Mechanic
1948
5.7