Famous Faces on "Wanted:Dead or Alive" (Season One 1958-59)
by gattonero975 | created - 24 Mar 2013 | updated - 27 Sep 2016 | PublicA man of few words, Josh Randall ("King of Cool" Steve McQueen) let his "mare's leg", an 1892 Winchester sawed-off shotgun, do most of his talking as he took on criminals, protected people in need and battled rival bounty hunters. Not your typical rough-and-tumble bounty hunter of the Old West, Randall (McQueen)was a consummate gentleman who always gave half-or even all of his reward money to charity. This was the groundbreaking series that created the Hollywood superstar legend Steve McQueen...
1. Nick Adams
Actor | No Time for Sergeants
Nick Adams, best known to audiences as Johnny Yuma of the TV series The Rebel (1959), played leads and supporting parts in many films of the 1950s, often cast in the same "troubled young man" mold as his good friend, James Dean. He was nominated for an Oscar for his performance in Twilight of Honor...
Wanted: Dead or Alive: Season 1, Episode 1 The Martin Poster (6 Sep. 1958) "Andy Martin"
2. Robert Anderson
Actor | Coronado 9
Robert Anderson was born on July 12, 1920 in Casey Township, North Dakota, USA. He was an actor, known for Coronado 9 (1960), My Friend Flicka (1955) and Death Valley Days (1952). He died on January 4, 1996 in Desert Hot Springs, California, USA.
Wanted: Dead or Alive: Season 1, Episode 1 The Martin Poster (6 Sep. 1958) "Man Who Questions Josh About Marshal's Murder" (uncredited)
3. Dabbs Greer
Actor | The Green Mile
Dabbs Greer was a very familiar face in films and especially on TV. He was a sort of "everyman" in his roles and played merchants, preachers, businessmen, and other "pillars of the community" types as well as assorted villains. With his plain looking face, wavy hair and mellow, distinctive voice he...
Wanted: Dead or Alive: Season 1, Episode 1 The Martin Poster (6 Sep. 1958) "Tom Wade"
4. Michael Landon
Actor | Little House on the Prairie
Michael Landon was born Eugene Maurice Orowitz, on Saturday, October 31st, 1936, in Forest Hills, Queens, New York. In 1941, he and his family moved to Collingswood, New Jersey.
When Eugene was in high school, he participated -- and did very well -- in track and field, especially javelin throwing, ...
Wanted: Dead or Alive: Season 1, Episode 1 The Martin Poster (6 Sep. 1958) "Carl Martin"
5. Francis McDonald
Actor | The Ten Commandments
Francis J. McDonald - not a name to bring ready recognition-but a look at the face reminds one of many old movie roles indeed. His career as an actor literally spanned from early silent films and the great silver screen era of sound film to follow on through the golden age of television. His screen...
Wanted: Dead or Alive: Season 1, Episode 3 The Bounty (20 Sep. 1958) "Juan Hernandez"
6. Mort Mills
Actor | Touch of Evil
Mort Mills was born on January 11, 1919 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Touch of Evil (1958), Psycho (1960) and Torn Curtain (1966). He was married to Elizabeth (Betty) Dell Pentland and Mary Loretta Grady. He died on June 6, 1993 in Ventura, California, USA.
Wanted: Dead or Alive: Season 1, Episode 3 The Bounty (20 Sep. 1958) "Clark Daimler"
7. Ralph Moody
Actor | Get Smart
Ralph Moody was born on November 5, 1886 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA as Ralph Roy Moody, the oldest son of Franklin Jerome Moody and Ida M. Hicklin. His introduction to show business was first as an actor on the stage in pre-radio days and then as a radio personality. His first acting role was in ...
Wanted: Dead or Alive: Season 1, Episode 2 Fatal Memory (13 Sep. 1958) "Victor Flam" (misspelled Flamm in closing credits)
8. Gloria Talbott
Actress | All That Heaven Allows
Gloria Talbott was born in the Los Angeles suburb of Glendale, a city co-founded by her great grandfather, Benjamin Franklin Nye Patterson. Growing up in the shadows of the Hollywood studios, her interests inevitably turned to acting, with the result that she participated in school plays and landed...
Wanted: Dead or Alive: Season 1, Episode 2 Fatal Memory (13 Sep. 1958) "Jody Sykes" (as Gloria Talbot)
9. Vaughn Taylor
Actor | Psycho
Reedy, balding, often bespectacled American character actor with pencil-thin moustache, once described as the man with TV's 'most deceptive face'. He looked like - and was - a certified public accountant, graduate from Northeastern University. A struggling actor in his youth, he worked in stock, ...
Wanted: Dead or Alive: Season 1, Episode 1 The Martin Poster (6 Sep. 1958) "Dr. Glen Leach"
10. Steve McQueen
Actor | The Great Escape
He was the ultra-cool male film star of the 1960s, and rose from a troubled youth spent in reform schools to being the world's most popular actor. Over 40 years after his untimely death from mesothelioma in 1980, Steve McQueen is still considered hip and cool, and he endures as an icon of popular ...
"Josh Randall"
Wanted: Dead or Alive: Season 1, Episode 1
The Martin Poster (6 Sep. 1958)
Wanted: Dead or Alive: Season 1, Episode 2
Fatal Memory (13 Sep. 1958)
Wanted: Dead or Alive: Season 1, Episode 3
The Bounty (20 Sep. 1958)
Wanted: Dead or Alive: Season 1, Episode 4
Dead End (27 Sep. 1958)
11. Joan Banks
Actress | Cry Danger
Joan Banks was born on October 30, 1918 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Cry Danger (1951), Hazel (1961) and Mister Cory (1957). She was married to Allan Raymond Johnson and Frank Lovejoy. She died on January 18, 1998 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Wanted: Dead or Alive: Season 1, Episode 2 Fatal Memory (13 Sep. 1958) "Clara Hood"
12. James Burke
Actor | The Maltese Falcon
James Burke was born on September 24, 1886 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Maltese Falcon (1941), Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise (1940) and At the Circus (1939). He was married to Eleanor Durkin. He died on May 23, 1968 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Wanted: Dead or Alive: Season 1, Episode 3 The Bounty (20 Sep. 1958) "Sheriff John Tatum"
13. Dennis Cross
Actor | Mission: Impossible
Dennis Cross was born on December 17, 1924 in Whitefish, Montana, USA. He was an actor, known for Mission: Impossible (1966), The Blue Angels (1960) and Mrs. Pollifax-Spy (1971). He was married to Rita Jezelle Lecomte. He died on April 6, 1991 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Wanted: Dead or Alive: Season 1, Episode 3 The Bounty (20 Sep. 1958) "Charley Two Hawks"
14. Robert Griffin
Actor | I Was a Teenage Werewolf
Robert Griffin was born on July 31, 1902 in Hutchinson, Kansas, USA. He was an actor, known for I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), Serpent of the Nile (1953) and Gunsight Ridge (1957). He was married to Margaret Fuller. He died on December 19, 1960 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Wanted: Dead or Alive: Season 1, Episode 4 Dead End (27 Sep. 1958) "J. Noonan"
15. Jean Howell
Actress | Superstar
Jean Howell was born on November 21, 1927 in Pomona, California, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for Superstar (1999), The Fast and the Furious (1954) and Emergency! (1972). She was married to Larry Thor. She died on July 23, 1996 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
Wanted: Dead or Alive: Season 1, Episode 3 The Bounty (20 Sep. 1958) "Juanita Hernandez"
16. Jennifer Lea
Actress | The Search for the Evil One
Jennifer Lea was born in 1934 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. She is an actress, known for The Search for the Evil One (1967), The Hostage (1967) and Men Into Space (1959).
Wanted: Dead or Alive: Season 1, Episode 1 The Martin Poster (6 Sep. 1958) "Louise Martin" (as Jenifer Lea)
17. Anna Navarro
Actress | Last Action Hero
Anna Navarro was born on August 18, 1933 in Winter Park, Orange, Florida, USA. She was an actress, known for Last Action Hero (1993), Topaz (1969) and The First Deadly Sin (1980). She was married to George Pappas and Thomas F. Foley. She died on December 27, 2006 in Studio City, California, USA.
Wanted: Dead or Alive: Season 1, Episode 4 Dead End (27 Sep. 1958) "Conchita Morales"
18. Vic Perrin
Soundtrack | Watchmen
Vic Perrin was born on April 26, 1916 in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Watchmen (2009), Mission: Impossible (1966) and Gunsmoke (1955). He was married to Rita Singer and Evelyn Held. He died on July 4, 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Wanted: Dead or Alive: Season 1, Episode 2 Fatal Memory (13 Sep. 1958) "Willie Jo Weems" (as Victor Perrin)
19. Joe De Santis
Actor | Beau Geste
Joe De Santis was born on June 15, 1909 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Beau Geste (1966), Playhouse 90 (1956) and Madame X (1966). He was married to Wanda June Slye, Margaret Draper and Miriam Moss. He died on August 30, 1989 in Provo, Utah, USA.
Wanted: Dead or Alive: Season 1, Episode 4 Dead End (27 Sep. 1958) "Luis Portilla"
20. Russell Thorson
Actor | Hang 'Em High
Russell Thorson was born on October 14, 1906 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor, known for Hang 'Em High (1968), The Detectives (1959) and Zero Hour! (1957). He died on July 6, 1982 in Van Nuys, California, USA.
Wanted: Dead or Alive: Season 1, Episode 2 Fatal Memory (13 Sep. 1958) "Col. Sykes"
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