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Paul Brinegar

Paul Alden Brinegar Jr. 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 was cast in more than 100 Western films produced between 1946 and 1994, 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 series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp starring Hugh O'Brian. Brinegar appears in that series 33 times as Kelley and in one other episode in another role. He also portrays Ludwig, a bartender, in the 1959 episode "The Ringer" of The Texan starring Rory Calhoun. Brinegar, however, is best remembered as the cattle-drive cook George Washington Wishbone on the CBS series Rawhide (1959–1966). Earlier, he had played a similar role, as the character Tom Jefferson Jeffrey, in the 1958 movie Cattle Empire upon which Rawhide was based.

Known For

Credits

Cast Credits

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (1993)
Guest starring as Francis Killbridge (2 episodes)
Matt Houston (1982)
Starring as Lamar Pettybone (5 episodes)
Knight Rider (1982)
Guest starring as Chuck
Trapper John, M.D. (1979)
Guest starring as Louie
CHiPs (1977)
Guest starring as Keith Lawton
  • Episode 5x25: Overload (May 2, 1982) [Co-Star]
Guest starring as Old Surfer
The Quest (1976)
Guest starring as Yoder
Barbary Coast (1975)
Guest starring as Jesse
Petrocelli (1974)
Guest starring as Patch Dressler
Little House on the Prairie (1974)
Guest starring as Glover
The Six Million Dollar Man (1973)
Guest starring as Rafe Mortis
  • Episode 2x16: Taneha (Feb 2, 1975)
Emergency! (1972)
Guest starring as Husband (Tom)
Guest starring as Grady
  • Episode 5x19: Grateful (Feb 7, 1976) [Co-Star]
Guest starring as Max
Cannon (1971)
Guest starring as Charlie Tompkins
Daniel Boone (1964)
Guest starring as Gurney
Rawhide (1959)
Starring as Wishbone (166 episodes)
Guest starring as Wishbone (4 episodes)
Lawman (1958)
Guest starring as George the Stage Line Clerk
The Texan (1958)
Guest starring as Ludwig
Trackdown (1957)
Guest starring as Zack Armstead
Perry Mason (1957)
Guest starring as Tom Sackett
Guest starring as Jason Rohan
Sugarfoot (1957)
Guest starring as Austin
  • Episode 1x06: Quicksilver (Nov 16, 1957) [Uncredited]
Whirlybirds (1957)
Guest starring as Joe Slade
  • Episode 1x01: Big U (Jan 3, 1957)
State Trooper (1956)
Guest starring as Storekeeper
  • Episode 2x25: Firebug (May 4, 1958)
The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1955)
Guest starring as Milkman
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
Guest starring as Police Officer
Guest starring as Mason - Taxi Driver
Cheyenne (1955)
Guest starring as Slim Mantell
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955)
Guest starring as Jim Kelley (9 episodes)
Guest starring as Jim Begley
Guest starring as Stableman Ruger
The Wonderful World of Disney (1954)
Guest starring as Jock
The Public Defender (1954)
Guest starring as Bud
The Loretta Young Show (1953)
Guest starring as Pete (2 episodes)
  • Episode 3x19: Inga III (Jan 8, 1956)
  • Episode 2x29: Inga II (Mar 20, 1955)
Death Valley Days (1952)
Guest starring as James 'Jimmy' Dayton
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