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.
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| Organization | Category | Movie |
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Rawhide
as Wishbone
Episodes: 217
First Aired: Jan 09, 1959
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Jim Kelley
Episodes: 26
First Aired: Sep 06, 1955
Matt Houston
as Lamar Pettybone
Episodes: 24
First Aired: Sep 26, 1982
Letter to Loretta
as Pete
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Sep 20, 1953
Code R
as Alvin Purdy
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jan 21, 1977
CHiPs
as Keith Lawton / Old Surfer
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1977
Trackdown
as Zack Armstead
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 04, 1957
Knight Rider
as Chuck
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 26, 1982
Medical Center
as Hnchoo
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 1969
Perry Mason
as Jason Rohan
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 21, 1957
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Mason
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 1955
Daniel Boone
as Gurney
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 1964
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Brown
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1951
Whirlybirds
as Joe Slade
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 03, 1957
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Jim Begley
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 06, 1955
Public Defender
as Bud
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 11, 1954
Lawman
as George the Stage Line Clerk
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1958
CHiPs
as Old Surfer
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1977
Bonanza
as Lev Buckalew
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 12, 1959
Nichols
as Gaffer
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 16, 1971
State Trooper
as Storekeeper
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 25, 1956
Letter to Loretta
as Ivan Fenwick
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1953
They Came from Outer Space
as John Peckham
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 01, 1990
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Rafe Morris
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 18, 1974
Sugarfoot
as Austin (uncredited)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 17, 1957
Perry Mason
as Tom Sackett
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 21, 1957
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Mr. Stern
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Police Officer
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 1955
The Lone Ranger
as Frankie
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1949
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Jim Kelley (uncredited)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 06, 1955
The Guns of Will Sonnett
as Charlie Moss
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 08, 1967
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
as Francis Kilbride
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 27, 1993
The Texan
as Ludwig
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 29, 1958
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Jock
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 27, 1954
Public Defender
as Vic Oliver
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 11, 1954
Barbary Coast
as Jesse
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 08, 1975
Petrocelli
as Patch Dressler
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 11, 1974
Emergency!
as Husband (Tom)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 22, 1972
Emergency!
as Grady
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 22, 1972
Emergency!
as Max
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 22, 1972
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Milkman (uncredited)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1955
Cheyenne
as Slim Mantell
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1955
Lassie
as Ben Adams
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 12, 1954
Public Defender
as Keller
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 11, 1954
The Ford Television Theatre
as Hans
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 1952
The Ford Television Theatre
as Jamie (uncredited)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 1952
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Link
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Cousin Obie (uncredited)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Joe
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1951
Father Knows Best
as Delivery Man (uncredited)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 03, 1954
Shirley Temple's Storybook
as Van Kimmel
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 12, 1958
Capitol
Episodes: 260
First Aired: Mar 26, 1982
Lancer
Episodes: 51
First Aired: Sep 24, 1968
Trapper John, M.D.
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 23, 1979
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Oct 05, 1951
Little House on the Prairie
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 11, 1974
Dragnet
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 16, 1951
Cannon
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 14, 1971
Harry O
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 12, 1974
Lucan
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 12, 1977
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 07, 1956
Racket Squad
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 07, 1951
The Whistler
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 13, 1954
Cavalcade of America
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 01, 1952
Grizzly Adams
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 09, 1977
The Man Behind the Badge
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 11, 1953
Hero
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 08, 1966
The Ford Television Theatre
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 1952
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