Raised on a cattle ranch in Montana. Educated at Stanford and the University of Nevada as an engineer. Washed out as an Army pilot. Toured the country in rodeos as a saddle bronc rider. Broke his neck in a horsefall in his 20s, but didn't know it until his 40s. Chosen along with Tex Ritter from a rodeo at Madison Square Garden in New York to appear in the Broadway play "Green Grow the Lilacs", the… Read more
Known for Twin Peaks 1990 The Searchers 1956 Knight Rider 1982 Stagecoach 1939 ★ 5.8 Almost an Angel 1990
Pop Series ★ 8.3 Twin Peaks 1990
Waiter ★ 7 Runaway Train 1985
Old Con ★ 5.7 The Ice Pirates 1984
Elderly Jason ★ 6.2 Hammett 1982
Pool Room Attendant Series ★ 7.5 Knight Rider 1982
Slim ★ 3.9 Scream 1981
John ★ 6.3 Bronco Billy 1980
Station Mechanic ★ 4.4 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 1978
Old Lonely Hearts Club Band ★ 6.9 Big Wednesday 1978
Shopping Cart ★ 6.1 Every Which Way but Loose 1978
Trailer Court Manager ★ 5.8 Which Way Is Up? 1977
The Flunky ★ 7 Smokey and the Bandit 1977
Trucker (uncredited) ★ 6.1 Cahill: United States Marshal 1973
Albert, Valentine Stationmaster ★ 7 Bedknobs and Broomsticks 1971
Old Home Guardsman (uncredited) ★ 6.8 Big Jake 1971
Hank ★ 5.3 Zachariah 1971
Old Cowboy (uncredited) ★ 6.5 Rio Lobo 1970
Hank - Hotel Clerk (uncredited) ★ 6.7 Chisum 1970
Stationmaster Elwood ★ 7.3 True Grit 1969
R. Ryan - Undertaker (uncredited) ★ 5.9 The President's Analyst 1967
Dirty Old Man (uncredited) ★ 5 Good Times 1967
Kid Series ★ 7.2 Green Acres 1965
Series ★ 7 Daniel Boone 1964
Blue Belly (uncredited) ★ 6.6 McLintock! 1963
Curly Fletcher Series ★ 5.9 Petticoat Junction 1963
Farmer ★ 7.1 The Music Man 1962
Undertaker Series ★ 6.9 The Beverly Hillbillies 1962
Series ★ 6.5 The Virginian 1962
Calico (uncredited) ★ 6.8 One-Eyed Jacks 1961
Doc ★ 7.1 The Alamo 1960
Parson ★ 7 Sergeant Rutledge 1960
Laredo (uncredited) ★ 6.9 The Horse Soldiers 1959
Deacon Clump Series ★ 7.2 Rawhide 1959
Driver Series ★ 7.5 Bonanza 1959
Station Attendant ★ 6.6 Forty Guns 1957
Marshal John Chisum Series ★ 6.6 Wagon Train 1957
Hank ★ 7.7 The Searchers 1956
Mose Harper ★ 6.3 Davy Crockett and the River Pirates 1956
Fiddler ★ 6.3 The Indian Fighter 1955
Crazy Bear / Guardhouse Keeper ★ 6.4 Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier 1955
Cave Bar Patron (uncredited) Series ★ 6.7 Gunsmoke 1955
Claude ★ 7.1 Crime Wave 1953
Sweeney (uncredited) ★ 6.6 The Big Sky 1952
Poordevil ★ 6.1 Comin' Round the Mountain 1951
Shooting Match Official ★ 6.7 Wagon Master 1950
Luke Clegg ★ 6.6 Cover Up 1949
Undertaker ★ 6 The Fighting Kentuckian 1949
Abner Todd Series ★ 6.8 The Lone Ranger 1949
Rusty Bates ★ 7.3 Red River 1948
Simms Reeves ★ 6.8 3 Godfathers 1948
Deputy Curly ★ 6.7 Whispering Smith 1948
★ 7 Fort Apache 1948
Southern Recruit ★ 7 Yellow Sky 1948
Rancher, Bank Customer (uncredited) ★ 6.8 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 1947
Western Character (uncredited) ★ 6.4 Angel and the Badman 1947
Townsman (uncredited) ★ 6.1 The Sea of Grass 1947
Bill - Salt Fork Townsman (uncredited) ★ 6.4 High Wall 1947
★ 6.4 Duel in the Sun 1946
Party Guest (uncredited) ★ 5.9 Undercurrent 1946
Telegram Delivery Man (uncredited) ★ 5.9 Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood 1945
Joe (uncredited) ★ 5.9 The Great Moment 1944
Morton's Sign Painter - replaced Roscoe Ates (uncredited) ★ 6.5 None Shall Escape 1944
German Motorcycle Soldier (uncredited) ★ 5.9 A Lady Takes a Chance 1943
Waiter ★ 7.1 Flesh and Fantasy 1943
Circus Spectator (uncredited) ★ 5.9 So Proudly We Hail 1943
Soldier on Troop Ship (Uncredited) ★ 6.6 Northwest Passage 1940
Ranger Tying Oars ★ 6.1 Beyond Tomorrow 1940
Hospital Visitor (uncredited) ★ 7.6 Stagecoach 1939
Cavalryman (uncredited) ★ 6.3 The Cowboy and the Lady 1938
Cowhand Leonard (uncredited) ★ 6.8 Come and Get It 1936
Lumberjack (uncredited) ★ 6.4 Barbary Coast 1935
Barfly / Townsman (uncredited) 
