Group: rec.arts.movies.past-films
From: "Jim Beaver"
Date: Thursday, August 30, 2007 10:29 PM
Subject: Re: Greatest cowboy actors of the past 40 years


"Anim8rFSK" wrote in message
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> In article < @ >,
> josephmramirez@ wrote:
>
>> On Aug 30, 11:22 am, le...@ wrote:
>> > On Aug 30, 1:49 am, El Klauso wrote:
>> >
>> > > Eastwood and Sam Eliott.
>> >
>> > > Unfortunately, Eliott has never landed roles in anything that could
>> > > be
>> > > termed a great Western film.
>> >
>> > Elliott deserves note for playing Virgil Earp in TOMBSTONE (1993)
>> >
>> > Which prompts me to nominate that film's Wyatt, Kurt Russell.
>>
>> Does he have any other good western roles? It's tough for me to call
>> someone a great cowboy actor on the basis of a single film.
>
> The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
> Two episodes of The Virginian
> One ep of Laredo
> One ep of The Legend of Jesse James
> One ep of The Road West
> One ep of The High Chaparrel
> Two eps of Gunsmoke
> One ep of Hec Ramsey
> The Quest
> One ep of The New Land

Of course, he was about 11 for all but the last two. Cow-boy, indeed!

Jim Beaver