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Paul Brinegar (1917–1995)

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American character actor. Educated in Santa Fe, he attended Pasadena Junior College to study drama, literature and art. His screen career (1946-1994) began and ended in westerns. Often sporting whiskers, he essayed many a grizzled sidekick to the hero. His best known role was as the cranky cook Wishbone on TV's Rawhide.

Born:

Paul Alden Brinegar
in Tucumcari, New Mexico, USA

Died:

(age 77) in Los Angeles, California, USA
Fred R. Krug on location in Arizona with Paul Brinegar & Alan Napier
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1994 Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
Jim 'Dog' Kelly
 
1994 Maverick
Stage Driver
 
1993 The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. (TV series)
Francis Kilbride
– Brisco in Jalisco (1993) … Francis Kilbride
– Pilot (1993) … Francis Kilbride
 
1991 The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw (TV movie)
Cookie
 
1991 Life Stinks
Old Bellboy
 
1990 They Came from Outer Space (TV series)
John Peckham
– The Beauty Contest (1990) … John Peckham
 
1990 The Famous Teddy Z (TV series)
– Engineer Bob (1990)
 
1986 Capitol (TV series)
Caleb
 
1986 Annihilator (TV movie)
Pops
 
1985 Knight Rider (TV series)
Chuck
– Many Happy Returns (1985) … Chuck
 
1985 George Burns Comedy Week (TV series)
– Disaster at Buzz Creek (1985)
 
1984 Chattanooga Choo Choo
Pee Wee
 
1983 The Creature Wasn't Nice
Clint Eastwood/Dirty Harry
 
1982-1983 Matt Houston (TV series)
Lamar Pettybone
– Whose Party Is It Anyway? (1983) … Lamar Pettybone
– Joey's Here (1982) … Lamar Pettybone
– The Kidnapping (1982) … Lamar Pettybone
– Shark Bait (1982) … Lamar Pettybone
– Recipe for Murder (1982) … Lamar Pettybone
See all 10 episodes »
 
1982 The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch (TV movie)
Bodie
 
1977-1982 CHiPs (TV series)
Keith Lawton / Old Surfer
– Overload (1982) … Keith Lawton
– Undertow (1977) … Old Surfer
 
1981 Trapper John, M.D. (TV series)
Bateman / Louie
– Future Imperfect (1981) … Bateman
– Days of Wine and Leo (1981) … Louie
 
1979 The Dukes of Hazzard (TV series)
Dewey Stovall
– Route 7-11 (1979) … Dewey Stovall
 
1978 Lucan (TV series)
Willie
– Thunder God Gold (1978) … Willie
 
1978 Project U.F.O. (TV series)
Arley McCoy
– Sighting 4012: The Rock and Hard Place Incident (1978) … Arley McCoy
 
1978 Crisis in Sun Valley (TV movie)
Poole
 
1977 The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams (TV series)
– The Search (1977)
 
1977 Code R (TV series)
Alvin Purdy
– The Great Boat Race (1977) … Alvin Purdy
 
1977 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
Jock
– The Golden Dog (1977) … Jock
 
1976 Little House on the Prairie (TV series)
Glover
– The Hunters (1976) … Glover
 
1976 The Quest (TV series)
Yoder
– Prairie Woman (1976) … Yoder
 
1974-1976 Emergency! (TV series)
Grady / Husband (Tom) / Max
– The Unlikely Heirs (1976) … Max
– Grateful (1976) … Grady
– Quicker Than the Eye (1974) … Husband (Tom)
 
1975 I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now?
Looney Pickup Driver
 
1975 Barbary Coast (TV series)
Jesse
– The Ballad of Redwing Jail (1975) … Jesse
 
1975 Petrocelli (TV series)
Patch Dressler
– Four the Hard Way (1975) … Patch Dressler
 
1975 Harry O (TV series)
Old Man
– Double Jeopardy (1975) … Old Man
 
1975 The Six Million Dollar Man (TV series)
Rafe Morris
– Taneha (1975) … Rafe Morris
 
1975 Medical Center (TV series)
Hnchoo
– No Way Home (1975) … Hnchoo
 
1974 Cannon (TV series)
Charlie Tompkins
– Duel in the Desert (1974) … Charlie Tompkins
 
1973 Dusty's Trail (TV series)
Prospector
– Brookhaven U.S.A. (1973) … Prospector
 
1973 High Plains Drifter
Lutie Naylor
 
1972 Nichols (TV series)
Gaffer
– About Jesse James (1972) … Gaffer
 
1968-1970 Lancer (TV series)
Jelly Hoskins
– Lifeline (1970) … Jelly Hoskins
– The Rivals (1970) … Jelly Hoskins
– Goodbye, Lizzie (1970) … Jelly Hoskins
– Dream of Falcons (1970) … Jelly Hoskins
– The Buscaderos (1970) … Jelly Hoskins
See all 35 episodes »
 
1966-1969 Death Valley Days (TV series)
Rupert Johnson
– Jimmy Dayton's Bonanza (1969)
– The Lady and the Sourdough (1966) … Rupert Johnson
– Solid Gold Cavity (1966)
 
1969 Charro!
Opie Keetch
 
1968 The Guns of Will Sonnett (TV series)
Charlie Moss
– A Fool and His Money (1968) … Charlie Moss
 
1967 Lassie (TV series)
Ben Adams
– Trapped (1967) … Ben Adams
 
1967 Daniel Boone (TV series)
Gurney
– Take the Southbound Stage (1967) … Gurney
 
1967 Iron Horse (TV series)
Waco Hobson
– The Execution (1967) … Waco Hobson
 
1967 Bonanza (TV series)
Reverend
– A Bride for Buford (1967) … Reverend
 
1966 The Hero (TV series)
Kid McCool
– The Kid's Revenge (1966) … Kid McCool
 
1958-1966 Perry Mason (TV series)
Jason Rohan / Tom Sackett
– The Case of the Unwelcome Well (1966) … Jason Rohan
– The Case of the Sun Bather's Diary (1958) … Tom Sackett
 
1966 Country Boy
Mr. Byrd (as Paul 'Wishbone' Brinegar)
 
1959-1965 Rawhide (TV series)
Wishbone / George Washington Wishbone
– Crossing at White Feather (1965) … Wishbone
– The Testing Post (1965) … Wishbone
– Brush War at Buford (1965) … Wishbone
– Duel at Daybreak (1965) … Wishbone
– The Pursuit (1965) … Wishbone
See all 216 episodes »
 
1961 Peter Gunn (TV series)
Chigger
– Short a Motive (1961) … Chigger
 
1959 The Texan (TV series)
Ludwig
– The Ringer (1959) … Ludwig
 
1959 Trackdown (TV series)
Deputy Zack Armstead
– The Protector (1959) … Deputy Zack Armstead
 
1959 Lawman (TV series)
Stage Line Clerk
– The Gunman (1959) … Stage Line Clerk
 
1958 How to Make a Monster
Rivero
 
1955-1958 The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (TV series)
Mayor Jim Kelley / Jim 'Dog' Kelley / Jim Begley / …
– My Husband (1958) … Mayor Jim Kelley
– The Frame-Up (1958) … Mayor Jim Kelley
– Dig a Grave for Ben Thompson (1958) … Mayor Jim Kelley
– Doc Holliday Rewrites History (1958) … Mayor Jim Kelley
– The Underdog (1958) … Mayor Jim Kelley
See all 34 episodes »
 
1958 Shirley Temple's Storybook (TV series)
Van Kimmel
– Rip Van Winkle (1958) … Van Kimmel
 
1958 State Trooper (TV series)
Storekeeper
– Firebug (1958) … Storekeeper
 
1958 Cattle Empire
Tom Jefferson Jeffrey
 
1957 Sugarfoot (TV series)
Mr. Andrews - The Assayer
– Quicksilver (1957) … Mr. Andrews - The Assayer (uncredited)
 
1957 Copper Sky
Charlie Martin
 
1957 Code 3 (TV series)
George Eldridge
– Ashes Will Happen (1957) … George Eldridge
 
1957 Hell on Devil's Island
Arneaux (uncredited)
 
1957 The Vampire
Willy Warner
 
1957 The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV series)
Milkman
– Threat to a Happy Ending (1957) … Milkman (uncredited)
 
1957 Tales of Wells Fargo (TV series)
Shorty Tannin
– Renegade Raiders (1957) … Shorty Tannin
 
1957 The Iron Sheriff
Gun Salesman (uncredited)
 
1955-1957 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Mason - Taxi Driver / Mr. Stern / Police Officer
– The Night the World Ended (1957) … Mr. Stern
– Help Wanted (1956) … Police Officer
– Premonition (1955) … Mason - Taxi Driver
 
1957 The Spirit of St. Louis
Okie (uncredited)
 
1956-1957 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
Brown / Joe
– The Enchanted (1957) … Joe
– Plague Ship (1956) … Brown
 
1957 Noah's Ark (TV series)
– The Guide (1957)
 
1957 Whirlybirds (TV series)
Joe Slade
– The Big U (1957) … Joe Slade
 
1956 Cheyenne (TV series)
Slim Mantell
– Lone Gun (1956) … Slim Mantell
 
1956 The Adventures of Jim Bowie (TV series)
Sandy, Lambert Henchman
– Jim Bowie Comes Home (1956) … Sandy, Lambert Henchman
 
1956 Flight to Hong Kong
Castairs (uncredited)
 
1956 Fighting Trouble
Mailman (uncredited)
 
1956 Dragnet (TV series)
– The Big Rush (1956)
 
1956 World Without End
Vida (uncredited)
 
1956 Tales of the Texas Rangers (TV series)
Hobo
– The Hobo (1956) … Hobo
 
1956 Ransom!
Bank Clerk (uncredited)
 
1954-1956 The Loretta Young Show (TV series)
Pete / Ivan Fenwick
– Inga III (1956) … Pete
– Inga II (1955) … Pete
– On Your Honor, Your Honor (1954) … Ivan Fenwick
– Inga (1954) … Pete
 
1956 Inside Detroit
Irate Worker (uncredited)
 
1955 Highway Patrol (TV series)
Blainey
– Retired Gangster (1955) … Blainey (as Paul Brinegar Jr.)
 
1955 Celebrity Playhouse (TV series)
Link
– Silver Saddle (1955) … Link
 
1955 I Died a Thousand Times
Bus Driver (uncredited)
 
1955 Cavalcade of America (TV series)
– The Swamp Fox (1955)
 
1955 Fireside Theatre (TV series)
Whitey - Card Player
– A Dream for Jimmy (1955) … Whitey - Card Player
 
1955 The Man Behind the Badge (TV series)
Brant / Don Kammer / Johnson / …
– The Case of the Capital Crime (1955) … Brant
– The Case of the Invisible Mark (1955) … Johnson
– The Case of the Tattooed Man (1955) … Don Kammer
– The Case of the Troubled Circus (1955) … Tom Lana
 
1955 Treasury Men in Action (TV series)
The Teller
– The Case of the Steady Hand (1955) … The Teller
 
1955 Cell 2455 Death Row
Prisoner (uncredited)
 
1954-1955 The Public Defender (TV series)
Bailbondsman / Vic Oliver
– Brutality (1955)
– The Hobo Story (1954) … Vic Oliver
– Pauper's Gold (1954) … Bailbondsman
 
1954 The Silver Chalice
Audience Member (uncredited)
 
1954 The Lone Ranger (TV series)
Henchman Frankie
– Rendezvous at Whipsaw (1954) … Henchman Frankie
 
1954 The Lineup (TV series)
Holdup Victim
– Tappan and Long (1954) … Holdup Victim
 
1954 The Ford Television Theatre (TV series)
Hans
– Remember to Live (1954) … Hans
 
1954 Four Guns to the Border
Barber (uncredited)
 
1954 The Whistler (TV series)
– Search for an Unknown (1954)
 
1954 A Star Is Born
Man at Funeral (uncredited)
 
1954 Rogue Cop
Arcade Clerk (uncredited)
 
1954 Dawn at Socorro
Desk Clerk
 
1954 Human Desire
Brakeman (uncredited)
 
1954 The Rocket Man
Dave Harris (uncredited)
 
1954 Rails Into Laramie
Bandleader (uncredited)
 
1954 Phantom of the Rue Morgue
Angry Accuser in Street (uncredited)
 
1953 So Big
Farmer (uncredited)
 
1953 Captain Scarface
Clegg
 
1952-1953 Racket Squad (TV series)
Janitor Dorset / Man
– Romance Unlimited (1953) … Janitor Dorset
– The Family Tree (1952) … Man
 
1953 Fast Company
Smokey - Poker Player (uncredited)
 
1953 It Happens Every Thursday
Mr. Sweetzer, Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
 
1952 We're Not Married!
Beauty Contest Spectator (uncredited)
 
1952 Pat and Mike
Caddy (uncredited)
 
1952 The Captive City
Police Sergeant
 
1952 Here Come the Nelsons
Thin Cop (uncredited)
 
1952 The Files of Jeffrey Jones (TV series)
– The Careless Killer (1952)
 
1951 Journey Into Light
Bum
 
1951 Insurance Investigator
Mr. Spangler, Hotel Orderly (uncredited)
 
1951 Storm Warning
Cameraman #1 (uncredited)
 
1950 A Ticket to Tomahawk (uncredited)
 
1950 Young Man with a Horn
Stage Manager (uncredited)
 
1949 The Gal Who Took the West
Tailor (uncredited)
 
1949 Pinky
Western Union Clerk (uncredited)
 
1949 Sword in the Desert
British Soldier (uncredited)
 
1949 Take One False Step
Reporter (uncredited)
 
1948 Larceny
Mechanic
 
1946 Abilene Town
Gambler (uncredited)
 
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1959-1960 Rawhide (TV series)
– Incident of the Tinker's Dam (1960) (performer: "Buffalo Gals")
– Incident of the Stalking Death (1959) (performer: "The Glory Trail" A lion cleaned a yearlin's bones)
 
Show ShowSelf (1 title)
1962 Stump the Stars (TV series)
– The Rawhide Cast (1962)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
1967 El magnifico extranjero
Wishbone
 
1959 Rawhide (TV series)
 

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American character actor. Educated in Santa Fe, he attended Pasadena Junior College to study drama, literature and art. His screen career (1946-1994) began and ended in westerns. Often sporting whiskers, he essayed many a grizzled sidekick to the hero. His best known role was as the cranky cook Wishbone on TV's Rawhide. See more »

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