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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Paul Brinegar (December 19, 1917 – March 27, 1995) was an American character actor best known for his roles in three western series: The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, Rawhide, and Lancer. Brinegar's first credited appearance in a feature film was in Larceny (1948). From there, he launched a steady film career that slowed considerably in the late 1950s, after he began appearing on television but did not end until 1994, when Brinegar made his final screen appearance, as a stagecoach driver, in the 1994 film version of Maverick. Brinegar appeared more than 100 times between 1946 and 1994 in western films, often specializing in playing "feisty, grizzled cowboy sidekicks". On television, from 1956 to 1958, he played James H. "Dog" Kelley, the mayor of Dodge City, Kansas, in the ABC/Desilu western series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp starring Hugh...
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Perry MasonSeries • 1957
BonanzaSeries • 1959
LassieSeries • 1954
Little House on the PrairieSeries • 1974
Knight RiderSeries • 1982
DragnetSeries • 1951
CannonSeries • 1971
Emergency!Series • 1972
The Six Million Dollar ManSeries • 1974
Daniel BooneSeries • 1964
CheyenneSeries • 1955
RawhideSeries • 1959
The Life and Legend of Wyatt EarpSeries • 1955
Medical CenterSeries • 1969
CapitolSeries • 1982
The Lone RangerSeries • 1949
Trapper John, M.D.Series • 1979
LawmanSeries • 1958
Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries • 1955
Matt HoustonSeries • 1982
Father Knows BestSeries • 1954
State TrooperSeries • 1956
The Ford Television TheatreSeries • 1952
The TexanSeries • 1958