Fritz Ford
Who guest starred in the most episodes of "The Rifleman?"
Who is your favorite character actor?

'The Safe Guard' as Townsman, Mr. Jones
He was the man talking to Lucas in the bank.
He also was a stunt double for Chuck Connors

'The Apprentice Sheriff' as a Cowhand
He was the cowboy holding a gun
on Lucas in the saloon

'The Sheridan Story' as Lieutenant McClaran
Fritz is on the far left

'The Second Witness' as Deputy Carl
(the cowboy on the right)

'The Angry Man' as a cowboy
 The cowboy stringing barb wire

'Ordeal' as the cowboy

'The Boarding House'
as the cowboy reading the newspaper in the
Barber Shop

'The Sister'
 as a Townsman sitting outside the stage depot
He also was a stunt double for Chuck Connors

Stunt Double

Stunt Double

'The Safe Guard' - Chuck Connors
'The Sister'
'The Wrong Man'
'The Money Gun'
'I Take this Woman' - Chuck Connors

'Meeting at Midnight'
'The High Country'
'The Pet'
'Closer than a Brother'

*Thanks to Phillip Arnold for his help in giving Fritz Ford his credit due.

Fritz Ford was born on November 12, 1927 in Reading, Ohio
He died August 25, 2006 in Amberley Village, Cincinnati, Ohio
Birth name: Fredrick 'Fritz' Apking

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