John Anderson
Who guest starred in the most episodes "The Rifleman?"
Who is your favorite character actor?

Owny in 'The Retired Gun' 
 

Chet Packard in ''Shivaree'
 

Ely Flack in 'The Hawk' 
This is 'one' of my favorite
episodes.  I love the part where
Mark is begging Walt not
to kill Ely. 

 Will Temple in
'The Journey Back'

Cass Callicott in
'Day of the Hunter'

Jess Profit in the
 'Mail Order Groom'

John Beaumont in 'Shotgun Man'

Hank Clay in
 'Face of Yesterday'

Sully Hobbs in 'The Patsy'

When Hobbs figured out that Lucas was the town's leading citizen, he made the remark....."McCain, real big buffalo!"

Gangling in
'Incident at Line Shack Six'

Sam Gibbs
'Old Man Running' aka
'The Wanted Man'

Did you know that.....
Chuck was older then  John Anderson? 

  Chuck was born April 10, 1921    

John was born  October 20, 1922

   Chuck died November 10, 1992

 John died August 7, 1992

Even though Chuck was older then John, John played Chuck's father-in-law in "Old Man Running" aka "The Wanted Man" (episode—#166)
That makes him Johnny Gibbs "Pa!"  (The Brother-in-law—episode #5)
Still, having a father-in-law just a few months younger is an interesting concept! A credit to Anderson's ability to morph into a character. He's listed as 6' 51/2" too.  Thanks Kurt Burgess for the info!

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