High Chaparral Acosta Filmography

Feature Films

Television

1950	Pancho Villa Returns
1952	Horizons West
1953	City of Bad Men
1953	San Antone
1953	Hondo
1953	Wings of the Hawk
1954	Passion
1954	Drum Beat
1956	Bandido
1956	The Proud Ones
1957	Trooper Hook
1957	Apache Warrior
1958	From Hell to Texas
1960	Flaming Star
1960	Walk Like a Dragon
1961	One-Eyed Jacks
1961	The Second Time Around
1961	The Last Rebel
1961	Posse from Hell
1963	How the West Was Won
1963	Savage Sam
1964	Rio Conchos
1965	The Sons of Katie Elder
1965	Rio Hondo
1965	The Reward
1966	Return of the Magnificent Seven
1967	Stranger on the Run
1969	Young Billy Young
1970	Flap
1972	The Magnificent Seven Ride!

	Have Gun Will Travel The Man Who Lost 1959
1958 -1960	Zorro Secret of the Sierra (1958) El Bandido (1960) Adios El Cuchillo (1960)
19559	Sugarfoot Small Hostage
1958 -1961	Cheyenne Standoff (1958) The Rebellion (1959) Day's Pay (1961)
1958	Jefferson Drum Bandidos
1959 -1964	Rawhide Incident of the Power and the Plow (1959) Incident at Superstition Prairie (1960) Incident of the Hostages (1963) Incident at Gila Flats (1964)
1959	The Rebel Yellow Hair
1959	The Texan The Reluctant Bridegroom
1960 -1962	Bronco La Rubia (1960) Until Kingdom Come (1962)
1961	Tales of Wells Fargo 1961 Tanoa
1962	Maverick Poker Face
1963	The Virginian Mountain of the Sun
1963	The Great Adventure The Death of Sitting Bull (1963) Massacre at Wounded Knee (1963)
1964	Travels of Jamie McPheeters The Day of the Tin Trumpet
1964 -1965	Death Valley Days A Book of Spanish Grammar (1964) The Other White Man (1964) Temporary Warden (1965)
1964 -1970	Bonanza A Knight to Remember (1964) All Ye His Saints (1965) Rudy Acosta as Lijah in All Ye His Saints Yonder Man (1968) El Jefe (1970)
1965	The Big Valley The Way to Kill a Killer
1965 -1966	Daniel Boone The Thanksgiving Story (1965) Grizzly (1966)
1966	The Iron Horse Cougar Man
1967	Laredo Scourge of San Rusa
1967	Custer Sabers in the Sun
1969	The Outcasts The Stalking Devil Give Me Tomorrow

1957 Have Gun Will Travel
Regular Cast: Richard Boone
                      Kam Tong
                      Lisa Lu

Episode: Show of Force (November 9, 1957)
Season 1 - Episode 9
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Writers: Ken Kolb and Lee Irwin
Also Starring: Joe Bassett, Andy Brennan, Peter Coe,
                      Ned Glass, Russ Conway, Vic Perrin

Rudy Acosta as Pedro Valdez


With Richard Boone and Peter Coe

With Peter Coe, playing his brother, Carlos Valdez

Notes: Rudy played the lead guest role of "Pedro Valdez" in this episode of Have Gun Will Travel, a popular 30-minute Western that ran on CBS from 1957 to 1963. Richard Boone starred as Paladin, a dapper gunslinger who only used his gun as a last resort. Jerry Summers, Alex Sharp, Red Morgan, and Charles Horvath were some of the HC stuntmen who had contributions over the course of the series. The full series is now available on DVD in excellent black & white quality.

1959 Have Gun Will Travel
Regular Cast: Richard Boone
                      Kam Tong
                      Lisa Lu
Rudy plays "John Wildhorse"

Episode: Hunt the Man Down (February 7, 1959)
Season 2 - Episode 31
Director: Ida Lupino
Writer: Harry Julian Fink
Also Starring: Mort Mills, Jack Elam, Ed Nelson,
                      Barbara Hayden, Jovon Monteil,
                      Marilyn Hanold





Rudy Acosta as "John Wildhorse" with Richard Boone as Paladin in "Hunt the Man Down"

Notes: This was Rudy's second appearance on Have Gun Will Travel. He plays an Indian scout who helps Paladin find his man, but disagrees with him on how to render justice. It is the most substantive guest role of the episode. This was the first television Western episode directed by a woman, Ida Lupino. A film star herself, she became an established director and writer in both television and film. HC guest star, Jack Elam, also appears here.

1961 Have Gun Will Travel
Regular Cast: Richard Boone
                      Kam Tong
                      Lisa Lu

Rudy plays "Sanchez"

Episode: Fandango (March 4, 1961)
Season 4 - Episode 24
Director:
Writers:
Also Starring: Robert Gist, Karl Swenson,
                     Andrew Prine, Jerry Summers

Notes: This is Rudy's third appearance on Have Gun Will Travel. HC cast member, Jerry Summers also has a role.

1958 Ride
Director:                           Roberto plays
Writers:
Starring:

Notes:
Roberto

1978  How the West Was Won
Director:                                                             Ted plays
Writer:
Starring:

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1958 Maverick
Regular Cast:
Roberto plays

Episode: Plunder of Paradise (   1958)
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