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Who is your favorite character actor?

This is a list of character actors who appeared in The Rifleman two or more times.
 
Do you know who appeared in more episodes on The Rifleman then anybody else? 

These section of character actors is dedicated to each & every one of the character actors that appeared on The Rifleman. 
They are among the most popular and recognizable actors. They may not be A-list stars, but unlike leading actors, they are generally seen as less glamorous. While a leading actor often has physical beauty needed to play the love interest, a character actor may be short or tall, heavy or thin, balding, older, or simply unconventional-looking and distinctive in some physical way.

Have you ever been watching TV or a movie and wondered who is that guy?

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B

C

D ― E

Royal Dano (5)

Cesare Danova (3)

Steve Darrell (2)

Sammy Davis Jr. (2)

John Dehner (4)

 Frank DeKova (2)

Richard Devon (7)

George DeNormand (2)

John Dierkes (2)

Lawrence Dobkin (4)

 Rudy Doucette (2) James Drury (2)

John Durren (2) 

Jack Elam (5)

Frank Ellis (2)

Donald Elson (2)

Richard Evans (2)

Ernie "Who?" (?)

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F ― G

Franklyn Farnum (2)

Lee Farr (2)

William Fawcett (2)

Fritz Ford (?)

Robert Foulk (5)

Michael Fox (4)

Dean Fredericks (2)

Bert Freed (2)
Joe Garcio (2) Steven Gardner (2)

Kelton Garwood (2)

John Goddard (2)

Mark Goddard (2)

Leo Gordon (2)

Leonard P.
"Lenny" Geer (4)

Don Grady (2)
Dabbs Greer (8) ————— —————

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H

Buddy Hackett (2)

Kevin Hagen (2)

Eileen Harley/
Amanda Ames (5)

John Harmon (12)

Robert H. Harris (2)
3 Characters

Michael Harris (3)

Al Haskell (2)

Joe Haworth (2)

Carol Henry (2)

Pepe Hern (3)

Joe Higgins (20)

Jack Hogan (2)

Rex Holman (3)

Dennis Hopper (2)

 Robert "Bobby" Hoy (3)

Rodolfo Hoyos Jr. (2)

John Hoyt (2)

Roberta Hunt (3)

Billy E. Hughes Jr. (3)

Whitey Hughes (?)

Brian G. Hutton (2)

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J ― K ― L

Enid Jaynes (6)

Michael Jeffers (5)

Chubby Johnson (3)

Jason Johnson (2)
Gordon Jones (2) ———————

Don Kennedy (2)

Tom Kennedy (13)

Paul Kruger (3)

Kay E. Kuter (2)

Jack Kruschen (4)

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Richard LaMarr (3)

Ethan Laidlaw (12)

Marc Lawrence (2)

 Michael Landon (2)

Norman Leavitt (2)

Dayton Lummis (2)

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M

George Macready (2)

Paul Mantee (2)

Steve Marlo (4)

Kermit Maynard (2)

Kevin McCarthy (2)

Sean McClory (2)

Matthew McCue (2)

Rod McGaughy (9)
Taylor Curtis 'Cactus Mack' McPeters (2)

Patrick McVey (2)

Dal McKennon (2)

William Meigs (3)
Troy Melton (2)

John Milford (11)

Mort Mills (2)

King Mojave (9)

Montie Montana (2)

Alex Montoya (2)

Ralph Moody (12)

Ralph Moratz (?)

Vic Morrow (2)

Kathleen Mulqueen (4)

Ian Murray (7)

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N ― O ― P ― Q

Ed Nelson (3)

Jimmy Noel (4)

 Hal John Norman (2)

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Spec O'Donnell (2)

Warren Oates (5)

Bud Osborne (2)

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Milton Parsons (2)

Michael Pate (5)

Gigi Perreau (2)

Larry Perron (3)

Joe Phillips (4) Snub Pollard (2) Joe Polski (4) Denver Pyle (5)
Johnny Michael Quijada (2) Eddie Quillan (2) Bill Quinn (38) —————

R ― S

Stuart Randall (2) Les Raymaster (7)

John Rice (8)

Dick Rich (2)
Danny Richards Jr. (2)

Grant Richards (3)

Robert H. Robinson (13)

Fay Roope (4)

Buddy Roosevelt (4)

Tony Rosa (2)

Steve Rowland (2)

Herbert Rudley (2)

Bing Russell (2)

William Schallert (3)

Vito Scotti (4)

Charles Seel (2)

Mickey Simpson (2)

Milan Smith (4)

Tom Smith (7/9)

Bobby Somers (13)

Cap Somers (8)

Paul Sorensen (2)

George Sowards (7)

Earl Spainard (10)

Bert Stevens (4)

K.T. Stevens (5)

Jan Stine (2)

Hank Stohl (2)

Harold J. Stone (3)

Leonard Stone (2)

Jack Stoney (8)

Bob Sweeney (2)

Glenn Strange (6)

Hope Summers (16)

Karl Swenson (2)

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T ― V ― W ― Y

Sara Taft (3) Charles Tannen (6) Joan Taylor (18) Kent Taylor (2)
Kelly Thordsen (2) Russell Thorson (2) Jack Tornek (6) George Tracy (3)
Lee Van Cleef (4) —————

Max Wagner (4)

Gregory Walcott (2)

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Harlan Warde (18)

Charles Watts (3)

Jesse Wayne (23)

James Westerfield (2)

Paul Wexler (4)

Daniel White (2)

Peter Whitney (9)

Robert J. Wilke (2)

Adam Williams (6)

Rhys Williams (6)
Bob Woodward (7)

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Jack N. Young (2)

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Unsung Heroes - The Stunt people 
They "take a licking but keep on ticking" just like Timex!

All of these stuntmen appeared on The Rifleman. 
I don't know if some of them did stunts on the show or not, so I am giving them credit as credit do and for being a 'stuntman!'

One Timers Only
These pages are dedicated to the actors/actress that appeared in The Rifleman One Time Only

Tragedy Among the Stars
Years ago when I was doing the piddlin' stuff..... for the episode guide list I couldn't help but notice some of the tragedy some of these stars endured.  We sometimes see these stars as having such a glamorous life, but in fact other then material things, their life is much like ours. 
I hope you enjoy this section, it was created with the highest regards to these great actors/actress.
Gone but not forgotten!

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 * A special thank you to Phillip Arnold for all his help with these character actors!
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