Who's the "Baddest" TV western good guy?

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The question was asked of teeeveee WESTERNS.


John Wayne was never in a teeeveee western series. He starred only in movies.

And yes, James Arness, "Matt Dillion- GUNSMOKE" - was badly wounded at Anzio, which later caused him to limp all his life.

FWIW.

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Ahhh again i'm going to have to go to movies. My pick is William Money, the character Clint Eastwood played in Unforgiven. Throughout the entire movie he's an almost timid guy, who feels horrible about his past as an outlaw. But when the SHTF he lets the lead fly and takes out a whole roomfull of baddies without even hesitation. Wonderfull movie.
 
Another favorite show was The Streets of Larado with Neville Brand and William Smith and I think Joe Brown. Smith had a knife holster that was part of his pants leg. The three were Texas Rangers under Capt Parmalee and took on the bad guys all over. They were a funny bunch and made you laugh all the time in the show.

Brand had a real gravel voice and was always the fall guy. The show was really entertaining and well beyond TV today. Sixguns were the rule of the day.

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Has "Have Gun Will Travel" ever been put out on dvd?
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Paladin. That is answer No. 1.

However, Bat Masterson with Gene Berry as Bat was not a half-bad show.

Now, today's trivia quiz. Who introduced the TV show Gunsmoke and James Arness as Matt Dillon? :confused:

The Doc is out now. :cool:
 
John Wayne introduced the first Gunsmoke episode. I had always heard that the Duke was asked to do Gunsmoke (Matt Dillon). He apparently wasn't interested in TV, so he recommended James Arness for the part. Any truth to that????
 
If it incluced movies I'd be saying Clint Eastwood or George C Scott in Patton, although that's not a WESTERN per se. as for teevee I'll go with Pah Michael Landon in Little House on the Prairie. HA!
 
Paladin. He had class. He played chess, took baths, And wore clean clothes. He was often seen Reading!! However, in an alternate universe where things are different; Jack Palance. His Would Have Been a great tv series.
 
Clint Eastwood, "...nothin' like a nice piece of hickory..." Pale Rider.
 
Is there no love for Deadwood?

Seth Bullock is a flawed but honorable Good Guy. As are his friends and associates, Sol Star and Charlie Utter.

(Deadwood also has great interpretations of "Wild" Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane, but one might argue that they have been elevated to creatures of myth, rather than actual flesh and blood Good Guys.)
 
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Richard Boone, with this craggy face and curt speech was the "baddest." A knight wihout armor in a savage land." "Paladin, Paladin, where will you roam?"

I watched them all. They were called "adult westerns." I guess that was as opposed to the B westerns like Lash LaRue, Hoot Gibson, Bob Steele, Buster Crabbe and, of course, Fuzzy Jones was in there, too. A critic of the times said TV shows were called adult westerns because the hero was smarter than his horse.

The Rebel was Johnny Yuma played by Nick Adams.

McQueen was Josh Randall. His cut down Win. 92 was called the "Mares Leg." No doubt alluding to its kick.
 
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