| Character Name
(see image with mouse on name)
| Role — Venue
| Years
| Actor
| Horse's Name
|
Adam Cartwright
| son in Bonanza — 430 TV episodes
| 1959-1973 | Pernell Roberts | Beauty
|
Adam MacLean
| newpaperman in Man Without a Gun — 39 TV episodes
| 1957-1959 | Rex Reason |
|
Allan “Rocky” Lane
| cowboy hero in 51 movies — 38 as “Rocky”
| 1946-1953 | Allan “Rocky” Lane | Thunder
|
Annie Oakley
| rancher in Annie Oakley — 83 TV episodes
| 1954-1956 | Gail Davis | Target
|
Bart Maverick
| gambler in Maverick — 124 TV episodes
| 1957-1962 | Jack Kelly |
|
Bat Masterson
| lawman in Bat Masterson — 108 TV episodes
| 1959-1961 | Gene Barry | Stardust
|
Ben Calhoun
| gambler, railroader in The Iron Horse — 47 TV episodes
| 1966-1968 | Dale Robertson | Hannibal
|
Ben Cartwright
| patriarch in Bonanza — 430 TV episodes
| 1959-1973 | Lorne Greene | Buck
|
Bret Maverick
| Bart's brother in Maverick — 124 TV episodes
| 1957-1962 | James Garner | Lo Ball, El Loaner
|
Buck Roberts
| marshal — 8 movies
| 1941-1942 | Buck Jones | Silver
|
Buffalo Bob Smith
| host of the Howdy Doody Show
| 1947-1960 | Robert Emil Schmidt |
|
Cat(herine) Ballou
| woman hires gunman in Cat Ballou — movie
| 1965 | Jane Fonda |
|
Chester Goode
| deputy in Gunsmoke — about 110 TV episodes
| 1955-1964 | Dennis Weaver |
|
Cheyenne Bodie
| drifter in Cheyenne — 108 TV episodes
| 1955-1963 | Clint Walker | Brandy
|
Christopher Colt
| government agent in Colt .45 — 67 TV episodes
| 1957-1960 | Wayde Preston |
|
Cisco Kid, the
| masked Mexican hero The Cisco Kid — 165 TV epidsodes
| 1950-1956 | Duncan Renaldo | Diablo
|
Clay Hollister
| sheriff in Tombstone Territory — 91 TV episodes
| 1957-1958 | Pat Conway | Mormon
|
Cochise
| Indian chief in Broken Arrow — 73 TV episodes
| 1956-1960 | Michael Ansara |
|
Cord
| a fast gun working undercover for U.S. Army in Gunslinger — 12 TV episodes
| 1961 | Tony Young |
|
Cordell Walker
| lawman in Walker, Texas Ranger — 203 TV episodes
| 1993-2001 | Chuck Norris |
|
Dan Troop
| marshal in Lawman — 156 TV episodes
| 1958-1962 | John Russell |
|
Durango Kid
| alter-ego of deputy Bill Lowry — 65 movies of various titles
| 1940-1952 | Charles Starrett | Raider
|
Festus Hagen
| deputy in Gunsmoke — about 120 TV episodes
| 1965-1975 | Ken Curtis | Ruth
|
Frank “Flip” Flippen
| sidekick in Overland Trail — 78 TV episodes
| 1957-1959 | Doug McClure | Buckskin
|
Frank Morgan
| lawman in Sheriff of Cochise — 78 TV episodes
| 1955-1958 | John Bromfield |
|
Fred Kelly
| businessman in Overland Trail — 78 TV episodes
| 1957-1959 | William Bendix |
|
Heath Barkley
| rancher in The Big Valley — 112 TV episodes
| 1965-1969 | Lee Majors | Charger
|
Hopalong Cassidy
| all-around hero in Hopalong Cassidy — 52 TV episodes
| 1949-1952 | William Boyd | Topper
|
Hoss Cartwright
| son in Bonanza — 430 TV episodes
| 1959-1973 | Dan Blocker | Chub
|
Howdy Doody
| puppet on The Howdy Doody Show — daily afternoon TV show
| 1947-1960 | “Buffalo” Bob Smith |
|
James West
| secret agent in Wild, Wild West — 104 TV episodes
| 1965-1969 | Robert Conrad | Hobby
|
Jason McCord
| undercover gunfighter in Branded — 48 TV episodes
| 1965-1966 | Chuck Connors | Domino
|
Jeff Sonnet
| with his grandfather, a gunfighter looking for his father in
Guns of Will Sonnett — 50 TV episodes
| 1967-1969 | Dack Rambo |
|
Jess Harper
| drifter in Laramie — 124 TV episodes
| 1959-1963 | Robert Fuller | Traveler
|
Jim Bowie
| frontiersman in The Adventures of Jim Bowie — 76 TV episodes
| 1956-1958 | Scott Forbes |
|
Jim Hardie
| agent, rancher in Tales of Wells Fargo — 167 TV episodes
| 1957-1962 | Dale Robertson | Jubilee
|
Jingles
| sidelick in The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok — 113 TV episodes
| 1951-1958 | Andy Devine | Joker
|
Joe Riley
| Texas ranger in Laredo — 56 TV episodes
| 1965-1967 | William Smith | Buttermilk
|
Johnny Ringo
| lawman in Johnny Ringo — 38 TV episodes
| 1959-1960 | Don Durant | Bingo
|
Josey Wales
| avenging farmer in The Outlaw, Josey Wales — movie
| 1976 | Clint Eastwood |
|
Josh Randall
| bounty hunter in Wanted: Dead or Alive — 94 TV episodes
| 1958-1961 | Steve McQueen | Ringo
|
Kit Carson
| drifter in The Adventures of Kit Carson — 104 TV episodes
| 1951-1955 | Bill Williams | Apache
|
Little Joe Cartwright
| son in Bonanza — 430 TV episodes
| 1959-1973 | Michael Landon | Cochise
|
Lone Ranger, the
(1)
| good guy in The Lone Ranger — 221 TV episodes
| 1949-1957 |
Clayton Moore (2)
| Silver
|
Lone Rider, the
(3)
| gunfighter — 11 movies with various titles
| 1941-1942 | George Houston | Shamrock
|
Lucas McCain
| rancher in Rifleman — 169 TV episodes
| 1958-1963 | Chuck Connors | Blue Boy, Razor
|
Lucky Luke
| Belgian comic character — comic books
| orig. 1948 | | Jolly Jumper
|
Matt Dillon
| U.S. marshal in Gunsmoke — 633 TV episodes
| 1955-1975 | James Arness | Buck
|
McLintock, George Washington
| cattle baron in McLintock! — movie
| 1963 | John Wayne | Beau
|
Mike Dunbar, Marshal
| marshal in Wichita Town — 26 TV episodes
| 1959-1960 | Joel McCrea |
|
Nick Barkley
| rancher in The Big Valley — 112 TV episodes
| 1965-1969 | Peter Breck | Coco
|
Paladin
| hired gunfighter in Have Gun - Will Travel — 226 TV episodes
| 1957-1963 | Richard Boone | Rafter
|
Pat Garrett
| deputy sheriff in The Tall Man — 75 TV episodes
| 1960-1962 | Barry Sullivan |
|
Pecos Bill
| fictional cowboy cartoon character, probably
invented by Edward O'Reilly in 1923 — featured in a 1948 Disney cartoon
| orig. 1923 | begins as a story told by Roy Rogers | Widow Maker
|
Ranald S. MacKenzie
| colonel in MacKenzies Raiders — 39 TV episodes
| 1957-1959 | Richard Carlson |
|
The Range Rider (Jock Mahoney)
| principled and tough Range Rider and his boyish sidekick — 78 TV episodes
| 1951-1953 | Jock Mahoney | Rawhide
|
Red Ryder
| gunfighter — 27 movies of various titles
(4)
| 1940s | Don “Red” Barry(and others over) | Thunder
|
Reese Bennett
| lawman in Laredo — 56 TV episodes
| 1965-1967 | Neville Brand | Cactus
|
Rooster Cogburn
| U.S. marshal in Rooster Cogburn — movie
| 1975 | John Wayne |
|
Rowdy Yates
| Rawhide — 217 TV episodes
| 1959-1966 | Clint Eastwood | Midnight
|
Roy Bean, Judge
| judge in Judge Roy Bean — 39 TV episodes
| 1956-1956 | Edgar Buchanan |
|
Sam Buckhart
| marshal in Law of the Plainsman — 34 TV episodes
| 1959-1960 | Michael Ansara |
|
Sam McCloud
| detective in McCloud — 20 TV episodes
| 1970-1977 | Dennis Weaver |
|
Seth Adams
| wagonmaster in Wagon Train — 284 TV episodes
| 1957-1963 | Ward Bond |
|
Shane
| drifter, gunfighter in Shane — movie
| 1953 | Alan Ladd |
|
Shotgun Slade
| detective in Shotgun Slade — 78 TV episodes
| 1959-1961 | Scott Brady |
|
Simon Fry
| marshal in The Deputy — 76 TV episodes
| 1959-1961 | Henry Fonda |
|
Slim Sherman
| brother in Laramie — 124 TV episodes
| 1959-1963 | John Smith | Alamo
|
Stony Brooke
| one of the Three Mesquiteers — 29 movies
| 1936-1941 | Bob Livingston | Shamrock
|
Sundance
| part owner of a hotel in Colorado in Hotel de Paree — 32 TV episodes
| 1959-1960 | Earl Holliman |
|
Tagg Oakley
| Annie's brother in Annie Oakley — 83 TV episodes
| 1953-1957 | Jimmy Hawkins | Pixie
|
Tate
| one armed gunfighter in Tate — 13 TV episodes
| 1960 | David McLean |
|
Temple Houston
| son of the legendary Sam Houston, traveled the circuit courts in
the Southwest in Temple Houston — 27 TV episodes
| 1963-64 | Jeffrey Hunter |
|
Texas John Slaughter
| biographic chapters of the man in Texas John Slaughter —
17 TV episodes as part of the Wonderful World of Disney
| 1958-1961 | Tom Tryon |
|
| The Texan
(5)
| gunslinger in The Texan — 79 TV episodes
| 1958-1960 | Rory Calhoun | Domino
|
Tom “Sugarfoot” Brewster
| cowboy in Sugarfoot — 69 TV episodes
| 1957-1961 | Will Hutchins | Penny
|
Tom Jeffords
| Indian agent in Broken Arrow — 73 TV episodes
| 1956-1960 | John Lupton |
|
Tonto
| sidekick in The Lone Ranger — 221 TV episodes
| 1949-1957 |
Jay Silverheels (6)
| Scout
|
Victoria Barkley
| matron in The Big Valley — 112 TV episodes
| 1965-1969 | Barbara Stanwyck |
|
Vint Bonner
| drifter in Restless Gun — 78 TV episodes
| 1962-1971 | John Payne | Appy
|
The Virginian
(7)
| gunslinger The Virginian — 249 TV episodes
| 1965-1966 | James Drury | Joe, Easter, Ute
|
Wild Bill Hickok
| legendary lawman in Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok — 113 TV episodes
| 1951-1958 | Guy Madison | Buckshot
|
Will Kane
| small Kansas town marshal in High Noon — movie
| 1952 | Gary Cooper |
|
Will Sonnet
| fatherly gunfighter looking for his son in
Guns of Will Sonnett — 50 TV episodes
| 1967-1969 | Walter Brennan |
|
William Colton
| drifter in Loner — 26 TV episodes
| 1965-1966 | Lloyd Bridges | Rex
|
Woody
| cowboy doll in Toy Story — animated movie
| 1995 | |
|
Wyatt Earp
| The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp — 226 TV episodes
| 1955-1961 | Hugh O'Brian | Candy
|
Yancy Derringer
| gambler in Yancy Derringer — 34 TV episodes
| 1958-1959 | Jock Mahoney |
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NOTES:
(1)
whose name was John Reid.
(2)
from 1952-1953 role played by John Hart.
(3)
whose name was Tom Cameron.
(4)
also a 1940s comic strip created by Stephen Slesinger.
(5)
whose name was Bill Longley.
(6)
whose real name was Harold J. Smith.
(7)
whose real name is a mystery.
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