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