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This is a list of character actors whose last name ending in the letter S 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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Michael Stefani ― Brick Sullivan
Frank Sully
Walter Sande ― Stefan Schnabel
Sydna Scott ― Sarah Selby
Marian Seldes ― Dan Sheridan
Fred Sherman ― Pam Smith
Tom Snyder ― Olan Soule
Arthur Space ― Harry Dean Stanton
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Michael Stefani as Chad Morgan in Nora.

It looks like Michael got his start on The Rifleman (1960). He went on to appear in seven more TV Series: Two Faces West ― Run for Your Life ― The Eleventh Hour ― The Young Marrieds ― The Lieutenant ― Mission: Impossible and Bonanza.

He did one movie called Trancers (1984).

July 26, 1933 in San Francisco, California



Robert Rusty Stevens as Melvin in Hostage to Fortune.
He was the boy who picked on Percy - the boy Mark fought.

Rusty is best know for his role as Larry Mondello in Leave it to Beaver (1957 - 1960) ―Still the Beaver (TV Movie - 1983) & The New Leave it to Beaver (1983 - 1989).

He also appeared in Telephone Time (1957) ― Cimarron City (1958)  ― 77 Sunset Strip ( 1960) ― Shirley Temple's Storybook (1960) ― Angel (1960) ― The Jim Backus Show (1961) ― National Velvet (1961) ― My Three Sons (1962) ― Wagon Train (1962) ― Perry Mason (1962) & The Rifleman (1963).

Larry appeared in the movie Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958).

Larry Mondello just up and disappeared during the middle of the shows run. It was in the fourth season of the show that it was announced that Robert Rusty Stevens / Larry Mondello would not be returning to Leave it to Beaver.
As Larry became more popular he was put under contract. Beside the main cast he was the only one t under contract. Larry missed the normal life and he told his parent so. He was then released from his contract.

Her is a great video explaining Whatever Happened to Rusty.....

Born: November 25, 1948 in Boston, Massachusetts
 


Jim Stewart as Brett Martin, North Fork's harness maker in The Decision.

Jim Stewart WBKB Chicago broadcast personality who brought puppets to life for a generation of children on television's Here's Geraldine (1957-65), then guided their parents on tours of the world on the Passage to Adventure series (1966-77); he won several local Emmys and also wrote and produced 100 educational features for Encyclopedia Britannica; March 28, in his home in northwest suburban Harvard. He created a hand-puppet giraffe while at the Evansville, Indiana station and was also responsible for another WBKB puppet show, The Gloveables. Novelty recording artist Dick Two Ton Baker, whose biggest hit song was I'm a Wonely Wittle Petunia in an Onion Patch, was with Channel 7 for years, costumed as a Buccaneer for The Happy Pirates and also as Proprietor of Wonder House.


Brick Sullivan as one of the Jurors in The Photographer.
Brick Sullivan as one of the Jurors.

American motion picture and television actor of the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. Appeared in the Oscar-winning 1953 drama From Here to Eternity (1953). He is known for his work on It's a Wonderful Life (1946) ― Canon City (1948) and The Super Snooper (1937).

His first appearance was Charlie Chan's Secret (1936) as a Policeman. His career spanned over twenty years with three-hundred and sixty-two credits to his name.

His recurring roles on television were on Gunsmoke ― The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet ― The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp ― The Texan ― Mike Hammer ― Perry Mason ― The Adventure of Jim Bowie ― The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure ― Screen Directors Playhouse ― Sergeant Preston of the Yukon ― Adventures of Superman and The Loretta Young Show.

John Lambertson Scroggs
Born: July 28, 1899 in Beresford, South Dakota
Died: September 4, 1959 (age 60) in Los Angeles, California

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