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This is a list of character actors whose last name ending in the letter K has appeared on The Rifleman — One Time Only. Whether they have appeared one time only or 168 times, they are just as important as the main characters and/or anyone else involved in The Rifleman. This is just a small tribute to those great many characters actors.
This section of character actors is dedicated to each & everyone one of the character actors that appeared on The Rifleman.
 They're among the most popular and recognizable actors. They may not be A-list stars, but they do something many actors don't. They worked all the time.

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Bill Kendis ― Sandy Kenyon
Richard Kiel  ― Jack Kirkwood
Robert Knapp  ― Fred Krone
Dave Kashner ― Ray Kellogg
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William Kendis played Stark in Death Trap.
 He was the cowboy who was critically shot by Spicer, the gunslinger from the Lobo Ranch.

 His acting career spanned ten years with forty-nine credits to his name.
Kendis appeared in television series' including an appearance as Perry Mason  ― The Twilight Zone ― Bewitched ― 77 Sunset Strip ― Family Affair ― The Flying Nun.
He also had a recurring role in TV Series, Michael Shayne (1961).

Born: May 27, 1916 in New Hampshire
Died: December 17, 1980 (age 64) in Los Angeles, California



Douglas Kennedy played Peter Crandell in Smoke Screen as the father of Marge Crandell.

After high school he attended Deerfield Academy and Amherst College in Massachusetts.

He started acting in 1935 in G-Men. His left his career behind to serve in the US Army, World War II as a Signal Corps officer and an operative in the OSS and US Army Intelligence.
After the war he returned to acting. His career spanned almost forty-years with two-hundred and five credits to his name.

He had his own western TV series Steve Donovan, Western Marshal (1955) and appeared on The Big Valley as Sheriff Fred Madden (1965 - 1969).
He was one of the policemen taken over by the Martians in the sci-fi classic Invaders from Mars (1953).

Born: September 14, 1915, New York City, New York
Died: August 10, 1973, Honolulu, Hawaii
 

Jack Kenny as a member of the of Boyle Clan in Woman from Hog Ridge.

Jack Kenny started out in a 1922 western called The Half Breed. An actor for fifty years, Jack Kerny last pictures before his retirement was The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance ― North to Alaska and Ride the High Country. He did heavy roles in silent movies, in addition to B western appearances.

Born: November 16, 1886 in Chicago, Illinois
Died: May 26, 1964 (age 77) in Hollywood, California
 

Sandy Kenyon as Jim Profit in Mail Order Groom.

He served in the Army Air Corps as a pilot during World War II. He returned to New York after the war to pursue a career as an actor. After several years on the New York stage, he moved to Los Angeles to further his career.

Sandy Kenyon was an actor - director - voice-over artist of film and television.
His career spanned over fifty years with one-hundred and thirty-nine credits.
He was a regular on Knots Landing (TV Series) as Reverend Kathrun - The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (TV Series) as Shep Baggott - Crunch and Des (TV Series) as Des Smith.
He played Abraham Lincoln in an episode of Riverboat (TV Series 1960).
He has appeared in many things from doctors, cowboys, soldiers, spies to comedy.

Born: August 5, 1922, New York City, New York
Died: February 20, 2010

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This is a list of character actors who have appeared on The Rifleman — one time only