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2005
Festival Guests
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Russell Arms
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Singing star of TV's "Your
Hit Parade" from 1952-57.
He was also featured in B westerns with Gene
Autry, Charles
Starrett, Lash
La Rue and others.
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Claudia was a leading lady to some of the great
western leading men such as Monte Hale
and Allan "Rocky" Lane.
She also appeared in the cult classic "horror film", "Robot
Monster".
Film Credits / Biography
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After establishing a record-breaking career in
football (the NFL's most valuable player in 1969), this former quarterback
made his presence known in Hollywood appearing opposite John
Wayne and Rock Hudson in "The
Undefeated" and several TV shows such as "Perry
Mason" and "Gilligan's Island".
Biography
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Dorothy Green
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She guested on many classic western TV shows
such as "Bonanza",
"Gunsmoke",
"Wyatt Earp",
"Sugarfoot"
and "Wagon
Train".
Ms Green also starred in memorable movies like
"The Big
Heat",
"It Happened
at the World's Fair" and
"Face of
a Fugitive".
Biography
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Credits
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Starred as the rugged "Bronco
Layne" on that popular TV series
from 1958-62. He was also featured in such films as
PT 109, The Chapman
Report, and Merrill's Marauders.
Biography
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Credits
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Marie Harmon
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Saddled up with such B western stars as Roy
Rogers,
Jimmy Wakely, and Sunset
Carson. Also appeared
with Hugh Beaumont in one of his pre-"Beaver"
Michael
Shayne mysteries.
Biography
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Dick Jones &
Nancy Gilbert
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Reuniting at the Memphis show will be TV's "Buffalo
Bill, Jr" (Dick Jones) and his kid sister, Calamity
(Nancy Gilbert).
Dick has also appeared on so many other western TV shows and films
they are almost too numerous to count.
Dick is also famous for supplying the voice to a classic Disney
character - Pinocchio!
Dick
Jones
Biography
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Credits
Nancy
Gilbert
Film
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Barbara Knudson
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Barbara has a lot of popular 1950s television
shows guest appearances to her credit:
Gene Autry, Lone
Ranger, Sky King, Hopalong
Cassidy,
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon, etc.
She also appeared in such films as "Meet
Danny Wilson",
"The Lady from Texas" and
"Union Station".
Biography
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Credits
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Ms. Lord was a veteran of several Broadway plays
and films before she gained stardom as Kathy
Williams, Danny Thomas' wife
on the classic family TV series, "Make
Room for Daddy".
Among her varied film credits are "The
Strange Mrs. Crane", "Masked
Raiders" and
"Sherlock Holmes in Washington".
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Biography
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A familiar face to fans of western films and
TV series, Donna has over 2 dozen films to her credit. In
her screen debut, she appeared with Roy Rogers
and Dale Evans in "Apache
Rose".
She also appeared in "Abbott and Costello
meet the Killer, Boris Karloff" and the "Rocky
Jones, Space Ranger" TV series.
Biography
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"Tarzan"
himself will be swinging into the Memphis show next year!
Denny has appeared in dozens of films and TV series including the
hilarious "The Party" with
Peter Sellers and was a regular on
the popular "Wagon Train"
series.
Website(Biography)
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Tim's face should be immediately recognizable
to TV viewers since he was one of the most highly sought-after character
actors thoughout the 60s, 70s and 80s.
He was a regular on "Peyton Place"
and "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century".
Biography
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Tom Reese has become known as one of the great
heavies in Hollywood. Because he was "so good" at
playing those roles, he was approached to play a wide variety of
roles - from multiple appearances on "Gunsmoke"
and "Bonanza" to playing
a villain with an iron-plated skull in "Murderers'
Row". However, he was not restricted to those
roles - Tom gave an emotionally powerful performance as the Apostle
Thomas in "The Greatest Story
Ever Told".
Film
Credits / Biography
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Kasey Rogers will always be identified as "Louise
Tate", the boss's wife on the fondly-remembered "Bewitched"
TV series but she has also had some impressive film credits as well
- including playing opposite Bob Hope
in "My Favorite Spy", the
classic sci-fi film, "When Worlds Collide"and
a strong pivotal role in what many consider Alfred
Hitchcock's greatest work, "Strangers
on a Train" (from which the above image on the right
was taken).
Biography
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With almost 300
film and TV roles to his credit, William Smith is one of the hardest
working actors in Hollywood!
He is oftentimes called upon to play the villain but will always
be remembered as Ranger Joe Riley on
the popular "Laredo" western
series.
Biography
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Credits
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Lana Wood
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Lana has been a part of the Hollywood scene since
she was a child actress and played opposite her sister, Natalie,
in the classic western, "The Searchers".
After that, Lana's career took off on its own
- she was in films like "Grayeagle"
and "Demon Rage" and after
making several TV guest appearances on shows like "Bonanza"
and "Have Gun, Will Travel",
she was a regular on "Peyton Place"
and "Capitol".
Biography
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Credits
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Click HERE
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