1949
Ambush
Director: Sam Wood
Writers: Marguerite Roberts and Luke Short
Starring: Robert Taylor John Hodiak, Arlene Dahl,
Don Taylor, Jean Hagen, Bruce Cowling
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Notes: Bob made his screen debut in this
action-packed Western where he played uncredited roles as an
Apache and a Trooper, as well as performing stunts.
Fellow HC stunt man Walt LaRue also participated in this
film. |
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Bob, far left, as an uncredited Indian
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1953 The Lawless Breed
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1953 The Man from the Alamo
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1954
Border River
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1954 Taza, Son of Cochise
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1954 Four Guns to the Border
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1956
Raw Edge
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1957
Gun for a Coward
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1958
Have Gun Will Travel
Regular Cast: Richard Boone
Kam Tong
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Episode:
The Ballad of Oscar Wilde
(Dec.
6, 1958)
Season 2 - Episode 12
Director: Richard Whorf
Writers: Irving Wallace
Also Starring: Roy Engel, Jack Hogan, David Lewis, John
O'Malley, Dan Sheridan, Richard Shannon
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Bob as "Carpenter" |
Bob waits for Richard
Boone to write
the ransom response. |
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Notes:
Bob plays "Carpenter", a hapless ransom
note carrier who is intercepted by Paladin. After a
number of acting and stunt roles on the big screen, this is
Bob's first of many guest appearances on television
Westerns. |
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1958 The
Nine Lives of Elfego Baca
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1958
Texas John Slaughter
Regular Cast:
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Episode:
Texas John Slaughter
(1958)
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1958
Texas John Slaughter
Regular Cast:
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Episode:
Ambush at Laredo
(1958)
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1958
Zane Grey Theater
Regular Cast:
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Episode:
The Freighter
(1958)
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1958
Zane Grey Theater
Regular Cast:
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Episode:
The Doctor Keeps a Promise
(1958)
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1959
Texas John Slaughter
Regular Cast:
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Episode:
Killers from Kansas
(1959)
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1959
Texas John Slaughter
Regular Cast:
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Episode:
Showdown at Sandoval
(1959)
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1960 Zane Grey
Theater
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Episode:
Desert Flight
(1960)
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1960
Law of the Plainsman
Regular Cast:
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Episode:
The Matriarch
(1960)
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1960
Johnny Ringo
Regular Cast:
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Episode:
The Reno Brothers
(1960)
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1960
The Rifleman
Regular Cast:
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Episode:
Woman from Hog Ridge
(1960)
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1960
The Rifleman
Regular Cast:
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Episode:
The Promoter
(1960)
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1960
Wanted Dead or Alive
Regular Cast:
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Episode:
One Mother Too Many
(1960)
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1961
The Tall Man
Regular Cast:
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Episode:
Maria's Little Lamb
(1961)
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1961
Bonanza
Regular Cast:
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Episode:
The Thunderhead Swindle
(1961)
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1962
Bonanza
Regular Cast:
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Episode:
The Mountain Girl
(1962)
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1963
Bonanza
Regular Cast:
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Episode:
The Actress
(1963)
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1964
Bonanza
Regular Cast:
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Episode:
The Underdog
(1964)
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1965
Bonanza
Regular Cast:
As Jake in The Flannel-Mouth Gun |
Episode:
The Flannel-Mouth Gun
(1965)
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1965
Bonanza
Regular Cast:
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Episode:
The Search
(1965)
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1965
Bonanza
Regular Cast:
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Episode:
To Own the World
(1965)
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1965
Bonanza
Regular Cast:
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Episode:
Patchwork Man
(1965)
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1965
Branded
Regular Cast:
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Episode:
Elsie Brown
(1965)
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1965
Branded
Regular Cast:
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Episode:
Seward's Folly
(1965)
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1966
The Virginian
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Episode:
Legacy of Hate
(1966)
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1966
Shane
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Episode:
Killer in the Valley
(1966)
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1967
Laredo
Regular Cast:
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Episode:
Scourge of San Rusa
(1967)
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1967
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Regular Cast:
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Episode:
Message at Noon
(1967)
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1968
Five Card Stud
Director: Henry Hathaway
Writers: Ray Gaulden and Marguerite Roberts
Starring: Dean Martin, Robert Mitchum, Inger Stevens, Roddy McDowell |
Bob Hoy, as Deputy Otis, facing down Rowan |
Don Collier, as Rowan, confronts Deputy Otis |
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Notes: Shot at the height of the High Chaparral series,
this film included both Bob and fellow HC cast
member, Don Collier. Bob plays Otis, a deputy
marshal who is shot and killed by Don's character, Rowan, a hot
tempered gold miner. A
host of other HC guests can be spotted here
including Yaphet Kotto, Denver Pyle, Ted de Corsia,
Roy Jensen, Jerry Gatlin, Red Morgan, and Bill
Fletcher. Red Morgan and Jerry Gatlin
also contribute stunt work. |
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1969 The
Over-The-Hill Gang
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Jameson Brewer
Starring: Pat O'Brien, Walter Brennan, Chill Wills, Edgar
Buchanan, Gypsy Rose Lee, Andy Devine, Jack Elam, Edward Andrews, Ricky
Nelson |
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Bob as hired gun, "Little Billy Ford" |
Bob with Edward Andrews
as the corrupt mayor |
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Notes:
Bob plays one of a group of hired guns brought in by the corrupt town boss
near the end of the film. The role has several scenes, but
no lines. HC guest actors, Jack Elam and Myron Healey also
appear in this production. |
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1971
Bonanza
Regular Cast:
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Episode:
The Prisoners
(1971)
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1974 A
Man for Hanging
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1974
The Cowboys
Regular Cast:
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Episode:
David Done It
(1974)
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1975
Bite the Bullet
Director:
Richard Brooks
Writer: Richard Brooks
Starring: Gene Hackman,
Candice Bergen,
James Coburn,
Ben Johnson, Dabney Coleman
Jan-Michael Vincent |
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As Lee Christie in Bite the Bullet |
As Lee Christie in Bite the Bullet |
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With Dabney Coleman in Bite the Bullet |
As Lee Christie in Bite the Bullet |
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Notes: Bob plays "Lee Christie", the hired man for Jack Parker, a newspaper man who
is sponsoring a 700 mile horse race just after the turn of
the century. While not a major character, he does
deliver some significant lines and gets to demonstrate his
horsemanship here. Might be hard to spot him at first
without his mustache. Other HC actors include Robert Donner
and
Jerry Gatlin, who is also credited for stunt work. |
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1975 Barbary
Coast
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1975
Little House on the Prairie
Regular Cast:
As Ben Slick (right) in
To See the World |
Episode:
To See the World
(1975)
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1976 Little House
on the Prairie
Regular Cast:
Episode: The Runaway Caboose
(1976)
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Bob as the train's fireman in The Runaway
Caboose |
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1976
The Duchess and the
Dirtwater Fox
Director: Melvin
Frank
Starring: George Segal, Goldie Hawn
Writers: Barry Sandler, Melvin Frank, Jack Rose
Starring: George Segal, Goldie Hawn, Conrad Janis,
Thayer David, Jennifer Lee, Sid Gould |
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Bob as Ingersoll |
Bob with George Segal on horseback.
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The Bloodworth Gang (all previously on HC):
Roy Jenson, Jerry Gatlin, and Bob Hoy
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Bob as
Ingersoll |
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Notes: Bob plays "Ingersoll", a member of the Bloodworth gang that is chasing the
lead couple across California and Nevada. Bloodworth
is played by HC guest actor Roy Jenson and he and Bob have
lots of menacing but humorous interactions. Other HC
actors include E.J. Andre, Richard Farnsworth, Jerry
Wills, and Jerry Gatlin with stunt contributions from Steven
Burnett, Walter Scott, and Jerry Gatlin. |
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1976 The Outlaw
Josey Wales
Director: Clint Eastwood
Writers: Forrest Carter, Phil Kaufman, Sonia Chernus
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Chief Dan George, Sondra
Locke, John Vernon,
Bill McKinney, Paula Trueman |
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Bob as the Texas Ranger preparing the avadavat swearing Josey Wales to be dead. |
Bob walks past Clint Eastwood as Josey Wales, believing him to be "Mr. Wilson". |
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Notes: Bob plays "Texas Ranger #2" in this
outstanding Clint Eastwood tale of revenge and redemption
after the Civil War. Bob's character is played mostly
in shadow as he supervises the signing of the avadavat
declaring Josey Wales dead as Josey Wales stands on
watching. Other HC actors include Chief Dan George,
John Vernon, both in lead roles, as well as John Davis
Chandler, John Quade, Charles Tyner, and Richard Farnsworth.
HC stunt men included Walter Scott, the stunt coordinator,
along with Neil Summers, Jerry Gatlin, and Bear Hudkins. |
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1976 The Quest
Regular Cast:
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Episode:
The Buffalo Hunters
(1976)
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1978 Desperate Women
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1981 The Legend of the Lone Ranger
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1982
Little House on the Prairie
Regular Cast:
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Episode:
No Beast So Fierce
(1982)
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1983 Kenny Rogers as The
Gambler
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1985 North and
South
Director: Richard T.
Heffron
Writers: John Jakes, Paul F. Edwards, Patricia Green, Douglas
Heyes, Kathleen A. Shelley
Starring: Patrick Swayze, James Read, Lesley-Anne Down, Wendy
Kilbourne, Kirstie Alley,
John Stockwell, David Carradine, Hal Holbrook, Morgan Fairchild, Johnny
Cash,
David Ogden Stiers, Elizabeth Taylor, Gene Kelly, Robert Mitchum |
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Bob as "Fighting Man at the Station" |
Bob gets in a fist fight with Patrick Swayze. |
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Notes:
Bob plays an Irish union ruffian in the first episode of this award-winning, 8-hour
mini-series. He has a fight scene with Patrick Swayze's character and is credited for stunts in the series
along with othe HC stunt men, Loren Janes, Walter Scott, and
Jerry Wills. HC guest actors Mitch Ryan and Walter
Barnes also had acting roles in this series. |
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1986 Houston: The Legend of Texas
Director: Peter Levin
Writers: Frank Q. Dobbs, John Binder,
Starring: Sam Elliott, Claudia Christian, Devon Ericson,
Michael C. Gwynne, Donald Moffat,
John Quade, Ned Romero
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Notes:
Bob played "Col. Burleson" in this biographical tale about Sam Houston.
Other HC actors included Donald Moffat, John Quade, and Ned
Romero. |
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Bob as Colonel Burleson
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1987 Desperado
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1988 Bonanza: The Next Generation
Director: William F. Claxton
Writer: David Dortort, Paul Savage
Starring: John Ireland, Robert Fuller, Barbara Anderson, Michael
Landon Jr., Brian Smith,
John Amos, Gillian Greene, Kevin Hagen |
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Bob as "Feathers" |
Bob settles an unruly horse for
Brian Smith
who played Josh Cartwright |
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Notes:
Bob plays Ponderosa ranch hand, "Feathers" in this next generation story
about the Cartwrights at the turn of the century.
Filmed shortly after the death of Lorne Greene, it included
roles for his grandaughter, Gillian Greene, and for Michael
Landon's son. Neither of them went on to do much more
as actors although Michael Landon Jr. has seen success as
the director of the Hallmark series of television Western
movies that began with "Love Comes Softly". HC actors
and stunt people involved in this Bonanza production besides
Bob included Kevin Hagen, Jerry Gatlin, and Jack Lilley. |
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1989
The Young Riders
Regular Cast:
Anthony Zerbe, Ty Miller, Stephen
Baldwin,
Josh Brolin, Gregg Rainwater,
Yvonne Suhor,
Travis Fine, Brett Cullen, Melissa Leo,
Don Collier
Episode:
A Good Day to Die
(November 16, 1989)
Season 1 - Episode 9
Director: Virgel W. Vogel
Writer: Janet Himelstein
Also Starring: J. Kenneth Campbell, Rob Estes, Sanford
Gibbons, Tommy Townsend |
Bob as "Flynt" in
A Good Day to Die
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Notes:
Bob plays 'Flint'
in this episode about a crooked Indian Agent who tries to
frame the Indians for his own profits. Fellow HC cast
member, Don Collier, had a regular role in this series as
'Tompkins', the shop keeper, although he does not appear in
this episode. |
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1991
The Young Riders
Regular Cast:
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Episode:
Daisy
(1991)
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