The Western genre is one of the most beloved genres of older cinema. ... Ward Bond was a prolific character actor during ...

Gunsmoke couldn't have been the best Western TV show of all time without its lead actor. But he only got the part thanks to ...

Tommy Farrell, a nightclub comedian and prolific movie and TV character actor who was the last living B-western sidekick, has died. He was 82.

William Drake wasn't a cowboy when he left for Hollywood. But when he came back to Johnston County, he brought Tinseltown's Old West with him. Wild West East: Cowboy character actor builds his own ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Veteran character actor Harry Carey Jr., who appeared in scores of television shows and films including nine of famed movie director John Ford's classic Hollywood Westerns ...

By the thirties and forties—the era of cowboy pictures—Texas character actors had gotten a firm boothold in the industry. Three standbys were Texans on-screen as well as off.

It's been 45 years since Deliverance made movie theaters squeal. The actor who played a notorious hillbilly villain is still a naturally entertaining character in Appalachia.

Legendary character actor Jack Betts has died at 96. He leaves behind a six-decade legacy across Broadway, spaghetti westerns, TV and film. He is remembered for his vibrant roles, from Dracula on ...

Cowboy, a story about Bass Reeves, will extend through June. The first full western on stage in New York City in nearly 80 years. Cowboy, a story about Bass Reeves, will extend through June.

Jack Betts, the character actor who appeared in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man (2002) and over a dozen Spaghetti Western films, has died at the age of 96. Per The Hollywood Reporter, which first reported the ...