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This is a list of character actors whose last name
ending in the letter W 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.
Christine White as Ann Dodd in The Visitor.
Christine appeared
in more than 50 Hollywood movies and television shows during her 25
year acting career including: Vice Squad (1953) ― Man Crazy
(1953) ― Father
Knows Best (1957) ― Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1958) ― Perry Mason
(1958 - 1959) ― The
Untouchables (1959) ― The Fugitive (1964)― Have Gun – Will Travel
(1958) ― Bonanza (1960) ― General Electric (1958 - 1960). She
is best remembered by television audiences for playing
William Shatner's flying companion in the 1963 episode of The
Twilight Zone (1961 -1963) titled Nightmare at 20,000 Feet.
In 1961-1962
she appeared as a regular in the TV Series Ichabod and Me
as Abigail Adams.
A few of her movies were: Magnum Force (1973) ― Macabre
(1958) ― Man Crazy (1953) and The Legend of Josiah Blow (1952).
She and James Dean were friends. Her last appearance was a
made-for-TV movie about Dean in which she played a secretary
(1976). She appeared for a 1973 documentary called James Dean:
The First American Teenager.
Born: May 4, 1926 in Washington, District of Columbia
Died: April 14, 2013 (age 86) in Washington, District of
Columbia
Bob Whitney as the Diner Proprietor in
Seven.
Seven
Prisoners
His first
appearance was in the movie A Night in Casablanca (1946) as a
Passerby. His career spanned over twenty-five years with
ninety-three credits.
He is known for his work on Hand of Death (1962) ― Rio Bravo
(1959) and The War of the Worlds (1953).
His first TV Series was in
The Lone Wolf
(1954)
as a Police
Officer. A few of his recurring roles on television were:
I Led 3 Lives
(1956)
―
M Squad
(1957)
―
Bat Masterson
(1959 -1960)
―
The Lawless Years
(1959)
―
Bourbon Street Beat
(1959 -1960)
―
Peter Gunn
(1960 -1961)
―
The
Untouchables
(1960 -1963)
―
Perry Mason
(1962)
―
The Twilight
Zone
(1962)
―
Dr. Kildare
(1961)
―
Rawhide
(1959 -1965)
―
The Man from
U.N.C.L.E.
(1964 - 1965)
―
Batman
(1966)
―
Get Smart
(1966 - 1967)
―
The Big
Valley
(1965 - 1968)
―
The Virginian
(1963 -1969) ―
Bonanza (1962 -1971).
Born: July 13, 1912 in New York City, New York
Died: April 10, 2007 (age 94) in Murrieta Springs, California
*Thanks to Phillip Arnold for giving this cowboy his credit due!
Grace Lee Whitney as Rose in
Tin Horn.
She also appeared with Chuck in Arrest and Trial
(1964).
Grace Lee Whitney was an American actress and singer. She was known
for her role as Janice Rand on the original Star Trek (1966)
television series and subsequent Star Trek television series
and films, as well as for her appearances at Star Trek
events. Star Trek: Of Gods and Men (Video / 2007) ― Star Trek New
Voyages: Phase II (2007)
―
Star Trek: Voyager (1996)
―
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered
Country (1991)
― Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
― Star Trek III: The earch for
Spock (1984)
― Star Trek: The Motion Picture
(1979)
― Star Trek: TV Series (1966).
Whitney was cast as a member of the all-female band in Billy
Wilder's comedy Some Like It Hot (1959). She appeared in
House of
Wax (1953) ― Top Banana (1954)
― The Naked and the Dead (1958) and
Pocketful of Miracles (1961).
Whitney made more than a hundred television appearances following
her television dramatic debut in Cowboy G-Men (1953). She
appeared on episodes of Death Valley Days
(1962 - 1969)
― The Virginian
(1963 - 1968)
― The Real McCoys
(1961)
― Wagon Train
(1964)
― The Islanders
(1961)
― Hennesey
(1961)
― The Roaring 20s
(1961 - 1962)
― Gunsmoke
(1962)
― Bat Masterson
(1961)
― 77 Sunset Strip
(1961 -1963)
― Surfside 6
(1961 -1963)
― Hawaiian Eye
(1962)
― Bewitched
(1964)
― Mike Hammer
(1958)
― Batman (1967) ― The Untouchables
(1962 - 1963).
Mary Ann Chase
Born: April 1, 1930 in Ann Arbor, Missouri
Died: May 1, 2015 in Coarsegold, California
Richard Whorf as Jeremiah Crowley in
The
Illustrator.
Richard Whorf was an American actor, dancer, author, director, and
designer and yes he was an artist.
His career spanned twenty-five years with forty-four credits. Behind
the scenes he directed for film and television: Vacation
Playhouse (1967) ― The Tammy Grimes
Show
(1966)
― Please Don't Eat the Daisies
(1966)
― Mona McCluskey
(1965 - 1966)
― The Wild Wild West
(1965) ―
Branded in
Survival
(1965)
― Mickey
(1964)
― The Beverly Hillbillies
(1962 -1964)
― Petticoat Junction
(1963)
― My Three Sons
(1961 - 1963)
― Alfred Hitchcock Presents
(1962)
― Gunsmoke
(1957 - 1961)
― Father of the Bride
(1961)
― The Ann Sothern Show
(1960 - 1961)― The Barbara Stanwyck Show
(1960 - 1961)
― Outlaws
(1960)
― Wagon Train (1960), along
with many more.
His acting career spanned 1942 - 1967.
I can't help but wonder who was the artist for these sketches,
Richard Whorf?
Richard Whorf the Artist
Actor: Tate
(1960)
―
Four Star
Playhouse
(1952)
―
The Groom Wore
Spurs
(1951)
―
Chain Lightning
(1950)
―
Christmas Holiday
(1944)
―
Strange
Confession
(1944)
―
For God and
Country
(1943)
―
The Cross of
Lorraine
(1943)
―
Assignment in
Brittany
(1943)
―
Keeper of the
Flame
(1942)
―
Juke Girl
(1942)
―
Yankee Doodle
Dandy
(1942) ― Blues in the Night Midnight(1941).
Born: June 4, 1906, Winthrop, Maine
Died: December 14, 1966, Santa Monica, Californiia
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