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| Role — Venue
| Years
| Actor
| Horse's Name |
Cochise |
|
Indian chief in Broken Arrow
— 73 TV episodes (more) |
1956-1960 |
Michael Ansara |
|
Sam Buckhart |
|
Marshal in Law of the Plainsman
— 34 TV episodes (more) |
1959-1960 |
Michael Ansara |
|
Matt Dillon |
|
U.S. marshal in Gunsmoke
— 633 TV episodes (more) |
1955-1975 |
James Arness |
Buck |
Bat Masterson |
|
Lawman in Bat Masterson
— 108 TV episodes (more) |
1959-1961 |
Gene Barry |
Stardust |
Red Ryder |
|
Gunfighter
— 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
— 78 TV episodes (more) |
1957-1959 |
William Bendix |
|
Hoss Cartwright |
|
Son in Bonanza
— 430 TV episodes (more) |
1959-1973 |
Dan Blocker |
Chub |
Seth Adams |
|
Wagonmaster in Wagon Train
— 284 TV episodes (more) |
1957-1963 |
Ward Bond |
|
Paladin |
|
Hired gunfighter in Have Gun - Will Travel
— 226 TV episodes more) |
1957-1963 |
Richard Boone |
Rafter |
Hopalong Cassidy |
|
All-around hero in Hopalong Cassidy
— 52 TV episodes (more) |
1949-1952 |
William Boyd |
Topper |
Shotgun Slade |
|
Detective in Shotgun Slade
— 78 TV episodes (more) |
1959-1961 |
Scott Brady |
|
Reese Bennett |
|
Lawman in Laredo
— 56 TV episodes (more) |
1965-1967 |
Neville Brand |
Cactus |
Clay Culhane |
|
Gunfighter turned lawyer in Black Saddle
— 44 TV episodes (more) |
1959-1960 |
Peter Breck |
Mormon |
Nick Barkley |
|
Rancher in The Big Valley
— 112 TV episodes (more) |
1965-1969 |
Peter Breck |
Coco |
Will Sonnet |
|
Fatherly gunfighter looking for his son in Guns of Will Sonnett
— 50 TV episodes (more) |
1967-1969 |
Walter Brennan |
|
William Colton |
|
Drifter in Loner
— 26 TV episodes (more) |
1965-1966 |
Lloyd Bridges |
Rex |
Frank Morgan |
|
Lawman in Sheriff of Cochise
— 78 TV episodes (more) |
1955-1958 |
John Bromfield |
|
Roy Bean, Judge |
|
Judge in Judge Roy Bean
— 39 TV episodes (more) |
1956-1956 |
Edgar Buchanan |
|
Texan, the
(The Texan’s real name was Bill Longley) |
|
Gunslinger in The Texan
— 79 TV episodes (more) |
1958-1960 |
Rory Calhoun |
Domino |
Ranald S. MacKenzie |
|
Colonel in MacKenzies Raiders
— 39 TV episodes (more) |
1957-1959 |
Richard Carlson |
|
Pancho |
|
Side-kick to the masked Mexican hero The Cisco Kid
— 165 TV episodes (more) |
1950-1956 |
Leo Carrillo |
Loco |
Jason McCord |
|
Undercover gunfighter in Branded
— 48 TV episodes (more) |
1965-1966 |
Chuck Connors |
Domino |
Lucas McCain |
|
Rancher in The Rifleman
— 169 TV episodes (more) |
1958-1963 |
Chuck Connors |
Blue Boy, Razor |
James West |
|
Secret agent in Wild, Wild West
— 104 TV episodes (more) |
1965-1969 |
Robert Conrad |
Hobby |
Clay Hollister |
|
Sheriff in Tombstone Territory
— 91 TV episodes (more) |
1957-1958 |
Pat Conway |
Mormon |
Will Kane |
|
Small Kansas town marshal in High Noon
— movie (more) |
1952 |
Gary Cooper |
|
Festus Hagen |
|
Deputy in Gunsmoke
— about 120 TV episodes (more) |
1965-1975 |
Ken Curtis |
Ruth |
Manolito Montoya |
|
Buck Cannon's best friend in The High Chaparral
— 98 TV episodes (more) |
1967-1971 |
Henry Darrow |
|
Annie Oakley |
|
Rancher in Annie Oakley
— 83 TV episodes (more) |
1954-1956 |
Gail Davis |
Target |
Jingles |
|
Sidelick in The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
— 113 TV episodes (more) |
1951-1958 |
Andy Devine |
Joker |
Virginian, the
(Real name was a mystery) |
|
Gunslinger The Virginian
— 249 TV episodes (more) |
1965-1966 |
James Drury |
Joe, Easter, Ute |
Johnny Ringo |
|
Lawman in Johnny Ringo
— 38 TV episodes (more) |
1959-1960 |
Don Durant |
Bingo |
Josey Wales |
|
Avenging farmer in The Outlaw, Josey Wales
— movie (more) |
1976 |
Clint Eastwood |
|
Rowdy Yates |
|
Cowboy in Rawhide
— 217 TV episodes (more) |
1959-1966 |
Clint Eastwood |
Midnight |
Cat(herine) Ballou |
|
Woman hired gunman in Cat Ballou
— In the movie Cat Ballou |
1965 |
Jane Fonda |
|
Simon Fry |
|
Marshal in The Deputy
— 76 TV episodes (more) |
1959-1961 |
Henry Fonda |
|
Jim Bowie |
|
Frontiersman in The Adventures of Jim Bowie
— 76 TV episodes (more) |
1956-1958 |
Scott Forbes |
|
Jess Harper |
|
Drifter in Laramie
— 124 TV episodes (more) |
1959-1963 |
Robert Fuller |
Traveler |
Bret Maverick |
|
Bart's brother in Maverick
— 124 TV episodes (more) |
1957-1962 |
James Garner |
Lo Ball, El Loaner |
Nichols, Jim |
|
Sheriff in the TV series Nichols
— 23 TV episodes (more) |
1971-1972 |
James Garner |
|
Ben Cartwright |
|
Patriarch in Bonanza
— 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
— 68 TV episodes |
1958-1962 |
Ty Hardin |
|
Tagg Oakley |
|
Annie’s brother in Annie Oakley
— 83 TV episodes (more) |
1953-1957 |
Jimmy Hawkins |
Pixie |
Sundance |
|
Part owner of a hotel in Colorado in Hotel de Paree
— 32 TV episodes (more) |
1959-1960 |
Earl Holliman |
|
Lone Rider, the
(Real name was Tom Cameron) |
|
Gunfighter
— 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
— 69 TV episodes (more) |
1957-1961 |
Will Hutchins |
Penny |
Buck Roberts |
|
U. S. Marshal in movies such as Down Texas Way
— 8 movies (more) |
1941-1942 |
Buck Jones |
Silver |
Bart Maverick |
|
Gambler in Maverick
— 124 TV episodes (more) |
1957-1962 |
Jack Kelly |
|
Shane |
|
Drifter, gunfighter in Shane
— movie (more) |
1953 |
Alan Ladd |
|
Little Joe Cartwright |
|
Son in Bonanza
— 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
— 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
— 73 TV episodes (more) |
1956-1960 |
John Lupton |
|
Wild Bill Hickok |
|
Legendary lawman in Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
— 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
— 78 TV episodes (more) |
1951-1953 |
Jock Mahoney |
Rawhide |
Yancy Derringer |
|
Gambler in Yancy Derringer
— 34 TV episodes (more) |
1958-1959 |
Jock Mahoney |
Heath Barkley |
|
Rancher in The Big Valley
— 112 TV episodes (more) |
1965-1969 |
Lee Majors |
Charger |
Frank “Flip” Flippen |
|
Sidekick in Overland Trail
— 78 TV episodes (more) |
1957-1959 |
Doug McClure |
Buckskin |
Mike Dunbar, Marshal |
|
Marshal in Wichita Town
— 26 TV episodes (more) |
1959-1960 |
Joel McCrea |
Outlaw |
Tate |
|
One armed gunfighter in Tate
— 13 TV episodes (more) |
1960 |
David McLean |
|
Josh Randall |
|
Bounty hunter in Wanted: Dead or Alive
— 94 TV episodes (more) |
1958-1961 |
Steve McQueen |
Ringo |
Lone Ranger, the
(Real name was John Reid) |
|
Good guy in The Lone Ranger
— 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
— 226 TV episodes (more) |
1955-1961 |
Hugh O'Brian |
Candy |
Vint Bonner |
|
Drifter in Restless Gun
— 78 TV episodes (more) |
1957-1959 |
John Payne |
Scar |
Christopher Colt |
|
Government agent in Colt .45
— 67 TV episodes (more) |
1957-1960 |
Wayde Preston |
|
Jeff Sonnet |
|
With his grandfather, a gunfighter looking for his father in Guns of Will Sonnett
— 50 TV episodes (more) |
1967-1969 |
Dack Rambo |
|
Adam MacLean |
|
Newpaperman in Man Without a Gun
— 39 TV episodes (more) |
1957-1959 |
Rex Reason |
|
Cisco Kid, the |
|
Mexican hero in the The Cisco Kid
— 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
— 430 TV episodes (more) |
1959-1973 |
Pernell Roberts |
Beauty |
Ben Calhoun |
|
Gambler, railroader in The Iron Horse
— 47 TV episodes (more) |
1966-1968 |
Dale Robertson |
Hannibal |
Jim Hardie |
|
Agent, rancher in Tales of Wells Fargo
— 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
— 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
— 221 TV episodes (more) |
1949-1957 |
Jay Silverheels
(His real name was Harold J. Smith) |
Scout |
Joe Riley |
|
Texas ranger in Laredo
— 56 TV episodes (more) |
1965-1967 |
William Smith |
Buttermilk |
Slim Sherman |
|
Brother in Laramie
— 124 TV episodes (more) |
1959-1963 |
John Smith |
Alamo |
Victoria Barkley |
|
Matron in The Big Valley
— 112 TV episodes (more) |
1965-1969 |
Barbara Stanwyck |
|
Durango Kid |
|
Alter-ego of deputy Bill Lowry
— 65 movies of various titles (more) |
1940-1952 |
Charles Starrett |
Raider |
Pat Garrett |
|
Deputy sheriff in The Tall Man
— 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
— 108 TV episodes (more) |
1955-1963 |
Clint Walker |
Brandy |
McLintock, George Washington |
|
Cattle baron in McLintock!
— movie (more) |
1963 |
John Wayne |
Beau |
Rooster Cogburn |
|
U.S. marshal in Rooster Cogburn
— movie (more) |
1975 |
John Wayne |
|
Chester Goode |
|
Deputy in Gunsmoke
— about 110 TV episodes (more) |
1955-1964 |
Dennis Weaver |
|
Sam McCloud |
|
Detective in McCloud
— 20 TV episodes (more) |
1970-1977 |
Dennis Weaver |
|
Kit Carson |
|
Drifter in The Adventures of Kit Carson
— 104 TV episodes (more) |
1951-1955 |
Bill Williams |
Apache |
Cord |
|
Fast gun working undercover for the U. S. Army in Gunslinger
— 12 TV episodes (more) |
1961 |
Tony Young |
|
he following list
is (in alphabetical order of first name) of 91 notable cowboys and
cowgirls of TV and the movies — legends as well as fictional characters. Not
included are lesser characters, such as some sidekicks and characters occuring in
a single TV episode or western (except notables such as Shane, McLintock, etc.)
Sources for much (but not all) of this information are