Actor. He was best known to both film and television viewers for his many roles in films and television series based on the Old West. After stints with both the United States Navy and Merchant Marines, he attended Hardin–Simmons College in Texas (on an athletic scholarship) and Brigham Young University in Utah. Back in California, he came to the attention of actor Francis Lederer and agent Henry Willson, who represented the likes of Rock Hudson, Tab Hunter and Robert Wagner. His horse-riding skills helped land him his first acting role on the television series "Outlaws" in 1960. He would go on to appear in such series as "Branded," "The High Chaparral," "Bonanza," and "The Young Riders." He made his "big screen" debut that same year in the film "Twelve Hours to Kill." His other film credits would include such productions as "El Dorado," (1966) "The War Wagon," (1967) "The Undefeated," (1969) "The Cellar," (1988) and "Tombstone." (1993) Starting in the 1970s, he starred for years as the "Gum Fighter" in commercials for Hubba Bubba bubble gum ("Big bubbles, no trouble!"). He later narrated "The Desert Speaks," a series of documentaries for the University of Arizona.
Actor. He was best known to both film and television viewers for his many roles in films and television series based on the Old West. After stints with both the United States Navy and Merchant Marines, he attended Hardin–Simmons College in Texas (on an athletic scholarship) and Brigham Young University in Utah. Back in California, he came to the attention of actor Francis Lederer and agent Henry Willson, who represented the likes of Rock Hudson, Tab Hunter and Robert Wagner. His horse-riding skills helped land him his first acting role on the television series "Outlaws" in 1960. He would go on to appear in such series as "Branded," "The High Chaparral," "Bonanza," and "The Young Riders." He made his "big screen" debut that same year in the film "Twelve Hours to Kill." His other film credits would include such productions as "El Dorado," (1966) "The War Wagon," (1967) "The Undefeated," (1969) "The Cellar," (1988) and "Tombstone." (1993) Starting in the 1970s, he starred for years as the "Gum Fighter" in commercials for Hubba Bubba bubble gum ("Big bubbles, no trouble!"). He later narrated "The Desert Speaks," a series of documentaries for the University of Arizona.
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