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Years

Actor

Horse's Name

Cochise

Indian chief in Broken Arrow

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73 TV episodes (more)

1956-1960

Michael Ansara

Sam Buckhart

Marshal in Law of the Plainsman

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34 TV episodes (more)

1959-1960

Michael Ansara

Matt Dillon

U.S. marshal in Gunsmoke

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633 TV episodes (more)

1955-1975

James Arness

Buck

Bat Masterson

Lawman in Bat Masterson

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108 TV episodes (more)

1959-1961

Gene Barry

Stardust

Red Ryder

Gunfighter

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TV series, comic books, radio, and 27 movies of various titles(more)

1940s

(Red Ryder comic strip created in 1938 by Stephen Slesinger)

Don “Red” Barry (shown here), Allan Lane, Bill Elliott and Jim Bannon

Thunder

Fred Kelly

Businessman in Overland Trail

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78 TV episodes (more)

1957-1959

William Bendix

Hoss Cartwright

Son in Bonanza

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430 TV episodes (more)

1959-1973

Dan Blocker

Chub

Seth Adams

Wagonmaster in Wagon Train

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284 TV episodes (more)

1957-1963

Ward Bond

Paladin

Hired gunfighter in Have Gun - Will Travel

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226 TV episodes more)

1957-1963

Richard Boone

Rafter

Hopalong Cassidy

All-around hero in Hopalong Cassidy

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52 TV episodes (more)

1949-1952

William Boyd

Topper

Shotgun Slade

Detective in Shotgun Slade

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78 TV episodes (more)

1959-1961

Scott Brady

Reese Bennett

Lawman in Laredo

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56 TV episodes (more)

1965-1967

Neville Brand

Cactus

Clay Culhane

Gunfighter turned lawyer in Black Saddle

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44 TV episodes (more)

1959-1960

Peter Breck

Mormon

Nick Barkley

Rancher in The Big Valley

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112 TV episodes (more)

1965-1969

Peter Breck

Coco

Will Sonnet

Fatherly gunfighter looking for his son in Guns of Will Sonnett

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50 TV episodes (more)

1967-1969

Walter Brennan

William Colton

Drifter in Loner

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26 TV episodes (more)

1965-1966

Lloyd Bridges

Rex

Frank Morgan

Lawman in Sheriff of Cochise

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78 TV episodes (more)

1955-1958

John Bromfield

Roy Bean, Judge

Judge in Judge Roy Bean

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39 TV episodes (more)

1956-1956

Edgar Buchanan

Texan, the

(The Texan’s real name was Bill Longley)

Gunslinger in The Texan

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79 TV episodes (more)

1958-1960

Rory Calhoun

Domino

Ranald S. MacKenzie

Colonel in MacKenzies Raiders

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39 TV episodes (more)

1957-1959

Richard Carlson

Pancho

Side-kick to the masked Mexican hero The Cisco Kid

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165 TV episodes (more)

1950-1956

Leo Carrillo

Loco

Jason McCord

Undercover gunfighter in Branded

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48 TV episodes (more)

1965-1966

Chuck Connors

Domino

Lucas McCain

Rancher in The Rifleman

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169 TV episodes (more)

1958-1963

Chuck Connors

Blue Boy, Razor

James West

Secret agent in Wild, Wild West

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104 TV episodes (more)

1965-1969

Robert Conrad

Hobby

Clay Hollister

Sheriff in Tombstone Territory

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91 TV episodes (more)

1957-1958

Pat Conway

Mormon

Will Kane

Small Kansas town marshal in High Noon

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movie (more)

1952

Gary Cooper

Festus Hagen

Deputy in Gunsmoke

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about 120 TV episodes (more)

1965-1975

Ken Curtis

Ruth

Manolito Montoya

Buck Cannon's best friend in The High Chaparral

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98 TV episodes (more)

1967-1971

Henry Darrow

Annie Oakley

Rancher in Annie Oakley

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83 TV episodes (more)

1954-1956

Gail Davis

Target

Jingles

Sidelick in The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

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113 TV episodes (more)

1951-1958

Andy Devine

Joker

Virginian, the

(Real name was a mystery)

Gunslinger The Virginian

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249 TV episodes (more)

1965-1966

James Drury

Joe, Easter, Ute

Johnny Ringo

Lawman in Johnny Ringo

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38 TV episodes (more)

1959-1960

Don Durant

Bingo

Josey Wales

Avenging farmer in The Outlaw, Josey Wales

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movie (more)

1976

Clint Eastwood

Rowdy Yates

Cowboy in Rawhide

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217 TV episodes (more)

1959-1966

Clint Eastwood

Midnight

Cat(herine) Ballou

Woman hired gunman in Cat Ballou

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In the movie Cat Ballou

1965

Jane Fonda

Simon Fry

Marshal in The Deputy

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76 TV episodes (more)

1959-1961

Henry Fonda

Jim Bowie

Frontiersman in The Adventures of Jim Bowie

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76 TV episodes (more)

1956-1958

Scott Forbes

Jess Harper

Drifter in Laramie

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124 TV episodes (more)

1959-1963

Robert Fuller

Traveler

Bret Maverick

Bart's brother in Maverick

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124 TV episodes (more)

1957-1962

James Garner

Lo Ball, El Loaner

Nichols, Jim

Sheriff in the TV series Nichols

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23 TV episodes (more)

1971-1972

James Garner

Ben Cartwright

Patriarch in Bonanza

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430 TV episodes (more)

1959-1973

Lorne Greene

Buck

Woody

Cowboy doll in Toy Story

—

animated movie (more)

1995

Voiced by Tom Hanks

Bullseye

Bronco Layne

Former Confederate officer in Bronco

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68 TV episodes

1958-1962

Ty Hardin

Tagg Oakley

Annie’s brother in Annie Oakley

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83 TV episodes (more)

1953-1957

Jimmy Hawkins

Pixie

Sundance

Part owner of a hotel in Colorado in Hotel de Paree

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32 TV episodes (more)

1959-1960

Earl Holliman

Lone Rider, the

(Real name was Tom Cameron)

Gunfighter

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11 movies with various titles more)

1941-1942

George Houston

Shamrock

Temple Houston

Son of the legendary Sam Houston, traveled the circuit courts in the Southwest in Temple Houston

—

27 TV episodes (more)

1963-64

Jeffrey Hunter

Tom “Sugarfoot” Brewster

Cowboy in Sugarfoot

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69 TV episodes (more)

1957-1961

Will Hutchins

Penny

Buck Roberts

U. S. Marshal in movies such as Down Texas Way

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8 movies (more)

1941-1942

Buck Jones

Silver

Bart Maverick

Gambler in Maverick

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124 TV episodes (more)

1957-1962

Jack Kelly

Shane

Drifter, gunfighter in Shane

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movie (more)

1953

Alan Ladd

Little Joe Cartwright

Son in Bonanza

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430 TV episodes (more)

1959-1973

Michael Landon

Cochise

Allan “Rocky” Lane

Cowboy hero in 51 movies

—

38 as “Rocky” more)

1946-1953

Allan “Rocky” Lane

Thunder

Stony Brooke

One of the Three Mesquiteers

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29 movies more)

1936-1941

Bob Livingston

Shamrock

Lucky Luke

Belgian comic character

—

comic books more)

 orig. 1948

Lucky Luke

Jolly Jumper

Tom Jeffords

Indian agent in Broken Arrow

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73 TV episodes (more)

1956-1960

John Lupton

Wild Bill Hickok

Legendary lawman in Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

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113 TV episodes (more)

1951-1958

Guy Madison

Buckshot

The Range Rider

(The Range Rider's real name was unknown)

Principled and tough Range Rider and his boyish sidekick

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78 TV episodes (more)

1951-1953

Jock Mahoney

Rawhide

Yancy Derringer

Gambler in Yancy Derringer

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34 TV episodes (more)

1958-1959

Jock Mahoney

Heath Barkley

Rancher in The Big Valley

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112 TV episodes (more)

1965-1969

Lee Majors

Charger

Frank “Flip” Flippen

Sidekick in Overland Trail

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78 TV episodes (more)

1957-1959

Doug McClure

Buckskin

Mike Dunbar, Marshal

Marshal in Wichita Town

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26 TV episodes (more)

1959-1960

Joel McCrea

Outlaw

Tate

One armed gunfighter in Tate

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13 TV episodes (more)

1960

David McLean

Josh Randall

Bounty hunter in Wanted: Dead or Alive

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94 TV episodes (more)

1958-1961

Steve McQueen

Ringo

Lone Ranger, the

(Real name was John Reid)

Good guy in The Lone Ranger

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221 TV episodes (more)

1949-1957

Clayton Moore

(From 1952-1953, played by John Hart)

Silver

Cordell Walker

Lawman in Walker, Texas Ranger

—

203 TV episodes (more)

1993-2001

Chuck Norris

Wyatt Earp

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

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226 TV episodes (more)

1955-1961

Hugh O'Brian

Candy

Vint Bonner

Drifter in Restless Gun

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78 TV episodes (more)

1957-1959

John Payne

Scar

Christopher Colt

Government agent in Colt .45

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67 TV episodes (more)

1957-1960

Wayde Preston

Jeff Sonnet

With his grandfather, a gunfighter looking for his father in Guns of Will Sonnett

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50 TV episodes (more)

1967-1969

Dack Rambo

Adam MacLean

Newpaperman in Man Without a Gun

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39 TV episodes (more)

1957-1959

Rex Reason

Cisco Kid, the

Mexican hero in the The Cisco Kid

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165 TV episodes (more)

1950-1956

Duncan Renaldo

(Cesar Romero and Gilbert Roland played Cisco in the 1940s movies.)

Diablo

Adam Cartwright

Son in Bonanza

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430 TV episodes (more)

1959-1973

Pernell Roberts

Beauty

Ben Calhoun

Gambler, railroader in The Iron Horse

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47 TV episodes (more)

1966-1968

Dale Robertson

Hannibal

Jim Hardie

Agent, rancher in Tales of Wells Fargo

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167 TV episodes (more)

1957-1962

Dale Robertson

Jubilee

Pecos Bill

Fictional cowboy cartoon character, probably invented by Edward O'Reilly in 1923

—

(see also)

1923-now

(featured in a 1948 Disney cartoon)

1948 movie begins as a story told by Roy Rogers

Widow Maker

Dan Troop

Marshal in Lawman

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156 TV episodes (more)

1958-1962

John Russell

Buffalo Bob Smith

Host of the Howdy Doody Show

1947-1960

Robert Emil Schmidt

Tonto

Sidekick in The Lone Ranger

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221 TV episodes (more)

1949-1957

Jay Silverheels

(His real name was Harold J. Smith)

Scout

Joe Riley

Texas ranger in Laredo

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56 TV episodes (more)

1965-1967

William Smith

Buttermilk

Slim Sherman

Brother in Laramie

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124 TV episodes (more)

1959-1963

John Smith

Alamo

Victoria Barkley

Matron in The Big Valley

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112 TV episodes (more)

1965-1969

Barbara Stanwyck

Durango Kid

Alter-ego of deputy Bill Lowry

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65 movies of various titles (more)

1940-1952

Charles Starrett

Raider

Pat Garrett

Deputy sheriff in The Tall Man

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75 TV episodes (more)

1960-1962

Barry Sullivan

Texas John Slaughter

Biographic chapters of the man in Texas John Slaughter

—

17 TV episodes as part of the (Wonderful World of Disney more)

1958-1961

Tom Tryon

Cheyenne Bodie

Drifter in Cheyenne

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108 TV episodes (more)

1955-1963

Clint Walker

Brandy

McLintock, George Washington

Cattle baron in McLintock!

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movie (more)

1963

John Wayne

Beau

Rooster Cogburn

U.S. marshal in Rooster Cogburn

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movie (more)

1975

John Wayne

Chester Goode

Deputy in Gunsmoke

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about 110 TV episodes (more)

1955-1964

Dennis Weaver

Sam McCloud

Detective in McCloud

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20 TV episodes (more)

1970-1977

Dennis Weaver

Kit Carson

Drifter in The Adventures of Kit Carson

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104 TV episodes (more)

1951-1955

Bill Williams

Apache

Cord

Fast gun working undercover for the U. S. Army in Gunslinger

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12 TV episodes (more)

1961

Tony Young