Famous Faces on "Bat Masterson" (Season One)

1. James Best

American character actor and teacher. Born Jewel Guy in Powderly, Kentucky, on July 26, 1926, he was orphaned at three and adopted by Armen and Essa Knowland Best, who renamed him James Knowland Best and raised him in Corydon, Indiana. Following high school he worked briefly as a metalworker before...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 4 'Stampede at Tent City' (29 Oct. 1958) "Joe Best"

2. Jacques Aubuchon

Actor | The Silver Chalice

Jacques Aubuchon was born on October 30, 1924 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for The Silver Chalice (1954), Thunder Road (1958) and Man Against Crime (1949). He was married to Denise Caubisens. He died on December 28, 1991 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 19 River Boat (18 Feb. 1959) "King Henry"

3. Raymond Bailey

Actor | The Beverly Hillbillies

Raymond Bailey was a great example of "If at first you don't succeed..." After high school, Bailey headed for Hollywood with the intent on becoming a movie star, but soon found it tougher than he thought. Instead Bailey went into a high finance career working as stockbroker and banker. He made a ...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 2 'Two Graves for Swan Valley' (15 Oct.1958) "Tom Noble, Justice of the Peace"

4. Eve Brent

Actress | The Green Mile

Born in Houston, Texas, and raised in Fort Worth, Eve Brent began her career in radio and early television and later moved on to the college and little theater stage. Arriving in Hollywood with a husband and infant son in the 1950s, she landed some film (Gun Girls (1957), Journey to Freedom (1957), ...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 25 Deadline (8 Apr. 1959) "Lorna Adams"

5. John Carradine

Actor | The Grapes of Wrath

John Carradine, the son of a reporter/artist and a surgeon, grew up in Poughkeepsie, New York. He attended Christ Church School and Graphic Art School, studying sculpture, and afterward roamed the South selling sketches. He made his acting debut in "Camille" in a New Orleans theatre in 1925. ...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 23 The Tumbleweed Wagon (25 Mar. 1959) "Sheriff Vince Morgan"

6. Robert Conrad

Actor | Jingle All the Way

Robert Conrad was a graduate of Northwestern University, spending his first few years out of school supporting himself and his family by driving a milk truck and singing in a Chicago cabaret. Conrad befriended up-and-coming actor Nick Adams during this period, and it was Adams who helped Conrad get...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 15 One Bullet from Broken Bow (21 Jan. 1959) "Juanito" (uncredited)

7. William Conrad

Actor | Cannon

William Conrad became a television star relatively late in his career. In fact, the former Army Air Corps World War II fighter pilot began his screen career playing heavies. He was Max, one of The Killers (1946) hired to finish off Burt Lancaster in his dingy lodgings. He was the corrupt state ...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 4 'Stampede at Tent City' (29 Oct. 1958) "Clark Benson"

8. Elisha Cook Jr.

Actor | House on Haunted Hill

Although this pint-sized actor started out in films often in innocuous college-student roles in mid-30s rah-rahs, playing alongside the likes of a pretty Gloria Stuart or a young, pre-"Oz" Judy Garland, casting directors would soon enough discover his flair for portraying intense neurotics or ...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 1 'Double Showdown' (8 Oct. 1958) "Pete Sheeley" (as Elisha Cook)

9. Broderick Crawford

Actor | All the King's Men

Broderick Crawford is best remembered for two roles: his Oscar-winning turn as Willie Stark in All the King's Men (1949) and as Chief Dan Mathews on the syndicated TV series Highway Patrol (1955). He was also memorable as Judy Holliday's vulgar partner in Born Yesterday (1950), roles both actors ...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 2 'Two Graves for Swan Valley' (15 Oct. 1958) "Sgt. Foley "

10. Audrey Dalton

Actress | My Cousin Rachel

Dublin-born Audrey Dalton knew right from childhood that she wanted to be an actress: She appeared in school plays and (after the family's move to London) applied to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. While Dalton was at RADA, a London-based Paramount executive saw her in a play and asked her to ...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 9 The Treasure of Worry Hill (3 Dec. 1958) "Abigail Feather"

11. Patricia Donahue

Actress | The Wide World of Mystery

Patricia Donahue was born on March 6, 1925 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for The Wide World of Mystery (1973), Thriller (1973) and Department S (1969). She was married to Euan Lloyd, Sam Donahue and George Gerald Homer Hogan. She died on June 11, 2012 in the USA.

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 6 'Bear Bait' (12 Nov. 1958) "Joyce Howell"

12. Don Eitner

Writer | Sofi

Don Eitner was born on November 29, 1934 in San Marino, California, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Sofi (1968), Kronos (1957) and Queen of Blood (1966). He was married to Sonja Haney. He died on March 9, 2018 in Burbank, California, USA.

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 16 A Personal Matter (28 Jan. 1959) Stagecoach Driver

13. Louise Fletcher

Actress | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Born in Birmingham, Alabama, to Episcopal minister Robert Fletcher and his wife Estelle, both of whom were deaf, Louise Fletcher was introduced to performing at a young age by the aunt who taught her to speak. After graduating from the University of North Carolina, she took a trip out west with her...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 10 Cheyenne Club (17 Dec. 1958) "Sarah Lou Conant"

14. Reed Hadley

Actor | I Take This Woman

Tall, dark, and handsome, Reed Hadley appeared most frequently as either a villain or as an officer of the law during a film career of 35 years. His rich, bass voice was also frequently heard as narrator for movies and documentaries. He may be best remembered for his work in television, where he ...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 3 'Dynamite Blows Two Ways' (22 Oct. 1958) "Raoul Cummings"

15. Alan Hale Jr.

Actor | Gilligan's Island

The son of the great character actor (and Errol Flynn sidekick) Alan Hale, Alan Hale Jr. (he dropped the Jr. after his father passed away) was literally born into the movies. Hale did his first movie as a baby and continued to act until his death. Unlike other child actors, Hale made a smooth ...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 16 A Personal Matter (28 Jan. 1959) "Bailey Harper" (as Alan Hale)

16. Brett Halsey

Actor | The Godfather Part III

Internationally-known actor Brett Halsey, one of Hollywood's busiest and handsomest actors of the mid-to-late '50s and early '60s, was born Charles Oliver Hand to a builder/contractor in Santa Ana, California on June 20, 1933. Interested in performing from childhood (he appeared in local community ...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 19 River Boat (18 Feb. 1959) "Kyle Henderson"

17. Peter Hansen

Actor | General Hospital

Peter Hansen was born on December 5, 1921 in Oakland, California, USA. He was an actor, known for General Hospital (1963), The War of the Roses (1989) and When Worlds Collide (1951). He was married to Florence Elizabeth (Betty) Moe. He died on April 9, 2017 in Santa Clarita, California, USA.

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 14 Election Day (14 Jan. 1959) "Teddy Wright" (as Peter Hanson)

18. Allison Hayes

Actress | Attack of the 50 Foot Woman

Anyone who loves B-movies of the 1950s appreciates this lovely actress Allison Hayes. She was born Mary Jane Hayes on March 6, 1930 in Charleston, West Virginia. The auburn-haired beauty was the 1949 Washington, D.C. entry into the Miss America pageant. Shortly afterwards, Mary Jane adopted the ...

"Ellie Winters"

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 8 Dude's Folly (26 Nov. 1958)

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 17 License to Cheat (4 Feb. 1959)

19. Allen Jaffe

Actor | Papillon

Allen Jaffe was born on April 9, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Papillon (1973), Circle of Fear (1972) and The Outer Limits (1963). He was married to Jeri K. Decker. He died on March 18, 1989 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 15 One Bullet from Broken Bow (21 Jan. 1959) "Indian Guard" (uncredited)

20. George Jones

Soundtrack | Ad Astra

George Jones was born on September 12, 1931 in Saratoga, Texas, USA. He was a music artist and actor, known for Ad Astra (2019), Only the Brave (2017) and Crazy Heart (2009). He was married to Nancy Sepulveda, Tammy Wynette, Shirley Ann Corley and Dorothy Bonvillion. He died on April 26, 2013 in ...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 7 A Noose Fits Anybody (19 Nov. 1958) "Joe - 2nd Bartender" (as George C. Jones)

21. Jack Lambert

Actor | The Killers

American character actor specializing in tough guys and heavies. A native of Yonkers, New York. He worked on the Broadway stage and then became an increasingly familiar figure in Westerns and crime dramas, after World War II. Although almost as familiar a presence in films as his contemporaries ...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 22 Incident in Leadville (18 Mar. 1959) "King Fisher"

22. Ken Lynch

Actor | North by Northwest

If ever there was an actor born to play a tough Irish cop, it was Ken Lynch, and he played so many of them in his long career that he could probably do it in his sleep. His suspicious manner, aggressive attitude, steely eyes and snarling voice broke down many a quavering suspect. He also played ...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 25 Deadline (8 Apr. 1959) "Tim Minto"

23. Adele Mara

Actress | Sands of Iwo Jima

She was born Adelaide Delgado on August 28, 1923 (some references list 1925) to Spanish-speaking parents. The future Adela Mara began dances lesson at age 6 and was discovered as a young teenager by the legendary Xavier Cugat. Singing and dancing with his in the Detroit area, Cugat took the ...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 1 Double Showdown (8 Oct. 1958) "Maria Costa"

24. Ross Martin

Actor | The Great Race

Born in Grodek, Poland, Ross Martin grew up on New York City's Lower East Side. He spoke Yiddish, Polish, and Russian before even learning English and later added French, Spanish, and Italian to his amazing repertoire.

Despite academic training (and receiving honors in) business, instruction, and ...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 9 The Treasure of Worry Hill (3 Dec. 1958) "Caulder Larson"

25. Dennis Moore

Actor | The Purple Monster Strikes

A dark-haired, durably handsome and dependable cowboy actor equipped with a strong stance and taciturn seriousness both on and off camera, Dennis Moore was cast as both hero and villain in his three-decade-long career. A player in well over 200 "B"-level oaters and serials during the 1930s, 1940s ...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 16 A Personal Matter (28 Jan. 1959) Tim Clovis

26. Wayne Morris

Actor | Paths of Glory

American actor who had early success as a sunny juvenile, but whose career declined following World War II, in which he was a highly-decorated hero. A native of Los Angeles, Morris played football at Los Angeles Junior College, then worked as a forest ranger. Returning to school, he studied acting ...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 20 Battle of the Pass (25 Feb. 1959) "Mace Pomeroy"

27. Conrad Nagel

Actor | The Ship from Shanghai

Conrad Nagel was born on March 16, 1897 in Keokuk, Iowa, USA. He was an actor and director, known for The Ship from Shanghai (1930), Quality Street (1927) and Kongo (1932). He was married to Michael Coulson Smith, Lynn Merrick and Ruth Helms. He died on February 24, 1970 in New York City, New York,...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 18 Sharpshooter (11 Feb. 1959) "Harry Varden"

28. Ed Nelson

Actor | Police Academy 3: Back in Training

Ed Nelson was aiming for a career in the legal profession until he caught the acting bug during his second year of college. In 1952, he headed off to New York City, where he studied direction and production at the School of Radio Technique. He returned to his native New Orleans where he worked as ...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 21 Marked Deck (11 Mar. 1959) "Jedrow"

29. Gene Nelson

Actor | Oklahoma!

Gene Nelson was barely a teen when he saw the Fred Astaire movie Flying Down to Rio (1933), which would change his life. It was then that he decided he would be a dancer. After graduating from high school, Nelson joined the Sonja Henie Ice Show and toured for 3 years before joining the Army in ...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 24 Brunette Bombshell (1 Apr. 1959) "Police Commissioner Whit Morrison"

30. Edward Platt

Actor | North by Northwest

Forever and fondly remembered as Don Adams' foil on the popular Mel Brooks/Buck Henry spy series Get Smart (1965), character actor Ed Platt (also billed as Edward C. Platt) had been around for two decades prior to copping that rare comedy role. Born in Staten Island, New York, on Valentine's Day, ...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 22 Incident in Leadville (18 Mar. 1959) "Roy Evans"

31. Denver Pyle

Actor | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

A rather wanderlust fellow before he latched onto acting, Denver Pyle--who made a career of playing drawling, somewhat slow Southern types--was actually born in Colorado in 1920, to a farming family. He attended a university for a time but dropped out to become a drummer. When that didn't pan out ...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 21 Marked Deck (11 Mar. 1959) "Dan Morgan"

32. Kasey Rogers

Actress | Strangers on a Train

Kasey Rogers was born Josie Imogene Rogers in Morehouse, Missouri, to Ina Mae (Mocabee) and Eben Elijah Rogers. She moved with her family to California at age two and a half. She got the nickname "Casey" when her neighborhood playmates discovered how well she handled a baseball bat ("I could hit a ...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 2 Two Graves for Swan Valley (15 Oct. 1958) "Hotel Owner"

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 14 Election Day (14 Jan. 1959) "Kitty Meadows"

33. Johnny Silver

Actor | Guys and Dolls

Johnny Silver was born on April 16, 1918 in Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Guys and Dolls (1955), Spaceballs (1987) and A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001). He was married to Gloria Manos. He died on February 1, 2003 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 13 Double Trouble in Trinidad (7 Jan. 1959) "Drummer"

34. Fay Spain

Actress | The Godfather Part II

Fay Spain was was your typical B-movie drive-in bad girl - sometimes blonde, sometimes brunette, always bodacious. A tease, a taunt, and a temptress throughout most her career, Fay Spain was born in Phoenix, Arizona, in 1932, as Lona May Spain to R.C. Spain and Arminta Frances Cochran. She headed ...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 23 The Tumbleweed Wagon (25 Mar. 1959) "Julie Poe"

35. Harry Dean Stanton

Actor | Lucky

Stanton was born in West Irvine, Kentucky, to Ersel (Moberly), a cook, and Sheridan Harry Stanton, a barber and tobacco farmer. He lived in Lexington, Kentucky and graduated from Lafayette Senior High School with the class of 1944. Drafted into the Navy, he served as a cook in the U.S. Navy during ...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 25 Deadline (8 Apr. 1959) "Jay Simms" (as Dean Stanton)

36. Robert Stevenson

Actor | Get Smart

Robert Stevenson was born on October 10, 1915 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Get Smart (1965), Zero Hour! (1957) and State Department: File 649 (1949). He was married to Margaret (Peggy) Constance. He died on March 4, 1975 in Northridge, California, USA.

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 11 General Sherman's March Through Dodge City (24 Dec. 1958) "Luke" (as Robert J. Stevenson)

37. Harold J. Stone

Actor | The Wrong Man

Never a big name but always a reliable staple on TV crime shows during the 1960s and 1970s, Harold J. Stone usually was seen in a strong, unsympathetic vein -- an unyielding father or husband, corrupt businessman, menacing crime figure, etc. A sober-looking gent with a block jaw, Romanesque-styled ...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 26 Man of Action (22 Apr. 1959) "Jess Hobart"

38. Karl Swenson

Actor | The Sword in the Stone

Of Swedish descent, burly, light-haired character actor Karl Swenson was born in Brooklyn and started his four-decade career on radio. Throughout the late 30s and 40s, his voice could be heard all over the airwaves, appearing in scores of daytime serials ("Lorenzo Jones") and mystery dramas ("Inner...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 10 Cheyenne Club (17 Dec. 1958) "Jim Pate"

39. Joe Turkel

Actor | The Shining

Joseph Turkel was an American character actor. He is known for his roles in Stanley Kubrick's films The Killing, Paths of Glory, and The Shining, and as Dr. Eldon Tyrell in Blade Runner. He also had roles in three of Bert I. Gordon's films. Joseph Turkel was born in Brooklyn on July 15, 1927, to ...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 8 Dude's Folly (26 Nov. 1958) "Woody Larkin"

40. Yvette Vickers

Actress | Attack of the 50 Foot Woman

Born on August 26, 1928 in Kansas City, Missouri, Yvette Vickers majored in picture and theatre arts at UCLA for three years. On a trip to New York in the mid-1950s, she was cast as the White Rain Girl in commercials. She returned to the West Coast, working in various television series until she ...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 13 Double Trouble in Trinidad (7 Jan. 1959) "Jessie Simmons"

41. Gary Vinson

Actor | The Roaring 20's

Gary Vinson was born on October 22, 1936 in El Segundo, California, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Roaring 20's (1960), Pistols 'n' Petticoats (1966) and Battlestar Galactica (1978). He was married to Lavonne Rose Wuertzer and Paula Jeanne Hill. He died on October 15, 1984 in ...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 7 'A Noose Fits Anybody' (19 Nov. 1958) "Billy Thompson"

42. Marie Windsor

Actress | The Killing

Marie Windsor (born Emily Marie Bertelsen) was born in Marysvale, Utah, and attended Brigham Young University. She trained for the stage under Maria Ouspenskaya before she began playing leading roles in B pictures in the late 1940s. So many B films in fact, that she garnered the title of 'Queen of ...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 5 'The Fighter' (5 Nov. 1958) "Polly Landers"

43. Robert J. Wilke

Actor | The Magnificent Seven

Prolific American character actor of primarily villainous roles. The son of German parents, Cincinnati feed-store manager August Wilke and his wife Rose, Robert Joseph Wilke grew up in Cincinnati. He worked as a lifeguard at a Miami, Florida, hotel, where he made contacts in the film business. He ...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 5 'The Fighter' (5 Nov. 1958) "Bull Kirby"

44. Will Wright

Actor | The Blue Dahlia

One of those familiar character actors who seems to have been born old, Will Wright specialized in playing crusty old codgers, rich skinflints,crooked small-town politicians and the like. A former newspaper reporter in San Francisco, he switched careers and entered vaudeville, then took to the ...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 20 Battle of the Pass (25 Feb. 1959) "Billy Willow"

45. H.M. Wynant

Actor | Conquest of the Planet of the Apes

H.M. Wynant's many-faceted career began at age 19 when he left his hometown of Detroit, Michigan, after having attended Wayne State University for just two years. He arrived in New York City with only $125 in his pocket and a lot of ambition. Jerome Robbins hired him on the spot at Wynant's first ...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 15 One Bullet from Broken Bow (21 Jan. 1959) "Stone Calf"

46. Gene Barry

Actor | The War of the Worlds

With effortless class and elegant charm Gene Barry took '50s and '60s TV by storm, after a rather lackluster start on the musical stage and in films. Born Eugene Klass in New York City on June 14, 1919, to Martin (an amateur violinist), and Eva (an amateur singer), he showed a gift at an early age ...

"William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson"

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 1 Double Showdown (8 Oct. 1958)

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 2 Two Graves for Swan Valley (15 Oct. 1958)

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 3 Dynamite Blows Two Ways (22 Oct. 1958)

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 4 Stampede at Tent City (29 Oct. 1958)

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 5 The Fighter (5 Nov. 1958)

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 6 Bear Bait (12 Nov. 1958)

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 7 A Noose Fits Anybody (19 Nov. 1958)

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 8 Dude's Folly (26 Nov. 1958)

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 9 The Treasure of Worry Hill (3 Dec. 1958)

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 10 Cheyenne Club (17 Dec. 1958)

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 11 General Sherman's March Through Dodge City (24 Dec. 1958)

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 12 Trail Pirate (31 Dec. 1958)

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 13 Double Trouble in Trinidad (7 Jan. 1959)

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 14 Election Day (14 Jan. 1959)

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 15 One Bullet from Broken Bow (21 Jan. 1959)

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 16 A Personal Matter (28 Jan. 1959)

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 17 License to Cheat (4 Feb. 1959)

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 18 Sharpshooter (11 Feb. 1959)

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 19 River Boat (18 Feb. 1959)

47. Bill Baldwin

Actor | Rocky II

Bill Baldwin was born on November 26, 1913 in Pueblo, Colorado, USA. He was an actor, known for Rocky II (1979), Rocky (1976) and Rocky III (1982). He died on November 17, 1982 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.

"Narrator" (uncredited)

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 1 Double Showdown (8 Oct. 1958)

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 2 Two Graves for Swan Valley (15 Oct. 1958)

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 3 Dynamite Blows Two Ways (22 Oct. 1958)

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 4 Stampede at Tent City (29 Oct. 1958)

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 5 The Fighter (5 Nov. 1958)

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 6 Bear Bait (12 Nov. 1958)

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 7 A Noose Fits Anybody (19 Nov. 1958)

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 8 Dude's Folly (26 Nov. 1958)

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 9 The Treasure of Worry Hill (3 Dec. 1958)

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 10 Cheyenne Club (17 Dec. 1958)

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 11 General Sherman's March Through Dodge City (24 Dec. 1958)

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 12 Trail Pirate (31 Dec. 1958)

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 13 Double Trouble in Trinidad (7 Jan. 1959)

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 14 Election Day (14 Jan. 1959)

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 15 One Bullet from Broken Bow (21 Jan. 1959)

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 16 A Personal Matter (28 Jan. 1959)

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 17 License to Cheat (4 Feb. 1959)

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 18 Sharpshooter (11 Feb. 1959)

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 19 River Boat (18 Feb. 1959)

48. Andy Albin

Actor | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Andy Albin was born on December 25, 1907 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963), Gable and Lombard (1976) and Mean Dog Blues (1978). He was married to Dolores Albin. He died on December 27, 1994 in ...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 17 License to Cheat (4 Feb. 1959) "Eddie"

49. Kenneth Alton

Actor | Thunder Pass

Kenneth Alton was born on February 15, 1929. He was an actor, known for Thunder Pass (1954), Kronos (1957) and Time Limit (1957). He died on August 15, 2009.

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 12 Trail Pirate (31 Dec. 1958) "Hyde"

50. Robert Anderson

Actor | Coronado 9

Robert Anderson was born on July 12, 1920 in Casey Township, North Dakota, USA. He was an actor, known for Coronado 9 (1960), My Friend Flicka (1955) and Death Valley Days (1952). He died on January 4, 1996 in Desert Hot Springs, California, USA.

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 9 The Treasure of Worry Hill (3 Dec. 1958) "Richard Woodman" (as Bob Anderson)

51. Barry Atwater

Actor | Star Trek

Barry Atwater was born on May 16, 1918 in Denver, Colorado, USA. He was an actor, known for Star Trek (1966), One Step Beyond (1959) and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964). He died on May 24, 1978 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 12 Trail Pirate (31 Dec. 1958) "Egan"

52. Richard Bakalyan

Actor | Chinatown

Richard Bakalyan was born on January 29, 1931 in Watertown, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Chinatown (1974), The Fox and the Hound (1981) and Von Ryan's Express (1965). He was married to Elizabeth Lena (Betty Lee) Baumann. He died on February 27, 2015 in Elmira, New York,...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 13 Double Trouble in Trinidad (7 Jan. 1959) "Sam Teller"

53. Walter Barnes

Actor | High Plains Drifter

An American character actor described to some as a 'rugged outdoor western/war type', proved to be Walter Barnes status in motion pictures for nearly thirty years. A pro football player, Barnes made a mark into playing roles in pictures with his performance in the 1959 film "Westbound". Although, ...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 19 River Boat (18 Feb. 1959) "Paulson"

54. Moody Blanchard

Actor | Route 66

Moody Blanchard was born on August 2, 1925 in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Route 66 (1960), Highway Patrol (1955) and Men Into Space (1959). He died on January 4, 1994 in Waldport, Oregon, USA.

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 17 License to Cheat (4 Feb. 1959) "Red"

55. Ernestine Clark

Actress | Sunny

Ernestine Clark is known for Sunny (1941), The Magical World of Disney (1954) and Bat Masterson (1958). She was previously married to Parley Baer.

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 7 A Noose Fits Anybody (19 Nov. 1958) "Lola Faire"

56. Harry Clexx

Actor | Sea Hunt

Harry Clexx was born on December 18, 1901 in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Sea Hunt (1958), Peter Gunn (1958) and Highway Patrol (1955). He died on September 13, 1984 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 13 Double Trouble in Trinidad (7 Jan. 1959) "Hotel Clerk"

57. John Close

Actor | Sudden Danger

John Close was born on June 1, 1921 in Hollywood, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Sudden Danger (1955), The Girl on the Bridge (1951) and Whirlybirds (1957). He was married to Paula Teagarden. He died on December 21, 1963 in Palm Springs, California, USA.

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 10 Cheyenne Club (17 Dec. 1958) "Homesteader"

58. Kathleen Crowley

Actress | Target Earth

Kathleen Crowley represented her home state of New Jersey in the Miss America pageant in 1949, placed sixth and (with the scholarship money she won) enrolled at the American Academy of Dramatic Art in New York. She played the plum title roles in prestigious TV productions of Robert Montgomery ...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 22 Incident in Leadville (18 Mar. 1959) "Jo Hart"

59. Susan Cummings

Actress | Swamp Women

Susan Cummings was born on July 10, 1930 in Bavaria, Germany. She was an actress, known for Swamp Women (1956), Soldiers of Fortune (1955) and Utah Blaine (1957). She was married to Robert Edward Strasser, Charles Pawley and Keith Larsen. She died on December 3, 2016 in Chandler, Arizona, USA.

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 3 'Dynamite Blows Two Ways' (22 Oct. 1958) "Valorie Mitchell"

60. King Donovan

Actor | Invasion of the Body Snatchers

King Donovan was born on January 25, 1918 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), Promises..... Promises! (1963) and Playhouse 90 (1956). He was married to Imogene Coca and Anne Catherine Thomas. He died on June 30, 1987 in ...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 1 Double Showdown (8 Oct. 1958) "Shorty Keenan"

61. Anne Dore

Actress | Space Patrol

Anne Dore was born in 1930 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. She was an actress, known for Space Patrol (1950), Siren of Bagdad (1953) and Land of the Giants (1968). She died in 1977 in California, USA.

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 18 Sharpshooter (11 Feb. 1959) "Jezebel"

62. Paul Dubov

Writer | Backstairs at the White House

Paul Dubov was born on October 10, 1918 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Backstairs at the White House (1979), Shock Corridor (1963) and The Crimson Kimono (1959). He was married to Gwen Bagni. He died on September 20, 1979 in Encino, California, USA.

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 18 Sharpshooter (11 Feb. 1959) "Danny Dowling the Sharpshooter"

63. Joan Elan

Actress | Darby's Rangers

Joan Elan was born on July 24, 1928 in Colombo, Ceylon [now Sri Lanka]. She was an actress, known for Darby's Rangers (1958), Matinee Theatre (1955) and Front Row Center (1955). She was married to Harry Franklin ("Bud") Nye Jr.. She died on January 7, 1981 in New York City, New York, USA.

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 26 Man of Action (22 Apr. 1959) "Deborah Jenkins"

64. Roy Engel

Actor | Zombies of the Stratosphere

Roy Engel was born on September 13, 1913 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Zombies of the Stratosphere (1952), The Man from Planet X (1951) and Rogue River (1951). He died on December 29, 1980 in Burbank, California, USA.

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 20 Battle of the Pass (25 Feb. 1959) "Maloney"

65. Darlene Fields

Actress | Gunsight Ridge

Darlene Fields was born on January 2, 1927. She was an actress, known for Gunsight Ridge (1957), Spook Chasers (1957) and The Snow Creature (1954). She died on April 26, 1976.

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 11 General Sherman's March Through Dodge City (24 Dec. 1958) "Cherry"

66. Harry Fleer

Actor | Baa Baa Black Sheep

Harry Fleer was born on March 26, 1916 in Quincy, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Black Sheep Squadron (1976), Tormented (1960) and Little Giants (1994). He died on October 14, 1994 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 18 Sharpshooter (11 Feb. 1959) "Darby Cole"

67. Milton Frome

Actor | Batman: The Movie

Milton Frome was born on February 24, 1909 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Batman: The Movie (1966), The Nutty Professor (1963) and The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967). He was married to Marjorie Ann Widman. He died on March 21, 1989 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 6 'Bear Bait' (12 Nov. 1958) "Sheriff Clark"

68. Lance Fuller

Actor | This Island Earth

Lance Fuller was born on December 6, 1928 in Somerset, Kentucky, USA. He was an actor, known for This Island Earth (1955), God's Little Acre (1958) and Kentucky Rifle (1955). He was married to Joi Lansing. He died on December 22, 2001 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 13 Double Trouble in Trinidad "Chad Hornsby/ 'Bat' Masterson Imposter"

69. John Gallaudet

Actor | In Cold Blood

John Gallaudet was born on August 23, 1903 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for In Cold Blood (1967), Side Street (1949) and Murder Is News (1937). He was married to Constance Helen MacKenzie and Wynne Gibson. He died on November 5, 1983 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 11 General Sherman's March Through Dodge City (24 Dec. 1958) "Gen. William T. Sherman"

70. Lisa Gaye

Actress | Ten Thousand Bedrooms

Lisa Gaye was born on March 6, 1935 in Denver, Colorado, USA. She was an actress, known for Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957), Hawaiian Eye (1959) and How to Marry a Millionaire (1957). She was married to Bently Clyde Ware. She died on July 14, 2016 in Houston, Texas, USA.

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 18 Sharpshooter (11 Feb. 1959) "Lori Dowling / Lori La Rue"

71. Leo Gordon

Actor | Maverick

Big, burly character actor, one of the toughest of screen heavies. New York-born Leo Gordon's combination of a powerful physique, deep, menacing voice and icy, withering glare was guaranteed to strike fear into the heart of even the bravest screen hero. Director Don Siegel, who used Gordon in his ...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 8 Dude's Folly (26 Nov. 1958) "Joe Quince"

72. Ron Gorton

Producer | Panic Button

Ron Gorton is known for Panic Button (1964), The Act (1983) and That's the Way of the World (1975).

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 18 Sharpshooter (11 Feb. 1959) "Luke Fischer"

73. Nancy Hadley

Actress | One Step Beyond

Nancy Hadley was born on August 1, 1930 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for One Step Beyond (1959), Matinee Theatre (1955) and Highway Patrol (1955). She was previously married to John Falvo.

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 8 Dude's Folly (26 Nov. 1958) "Jan Larkin"

74. Bobby Hall

Actor | Night Call Nurses

Bobby Hall is known for Night Call Nurses (1972), Mannix (1967) and Black Eye (1974).

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 6 Bear Bait (12 Nov. 1958) "Roger"

75. Dean Harens

Actor | Christmas Holiday

Dean Harens was born on June 30, 1920 in South Bend, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Christmas Holiday (1944), Wonder Woman (1975) and Robert Montgomery Presents (1950). He was married to June Dayton. He died on May 20, 1996 in Van Nuys, California, USA.

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 10 Cheyenne Club (17 Dec. 1958) "Steven Haley"

76. Raymond Hatton

Actor | Behind the Front

The son of a physician, Raymond Hatton entered films in 1909, eventually appearing in almost 500 other pictures. In early silents he formed a comedy team with big, burly Wallace Beery. He was best known as the tobacco-chewing, rip-snorting Rusty Joslin in the Three Mesquiteers series. He was also ...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 16 A Personal Matter (28 Jan. 1959) Adam Fairbanks, Gunsmith

77. Marcia Henderson

Actress | All I Desire

Marcia Henderson was born on July 22, 1929 in Andover, Massachusetts, USA. She was an actress, known for All I Desire (1953), The Wayward Girl (1957) and Matinee Theatre (1955). She was married to Robert Ivers and Robert Brodsky. She died on November 23, 1987 in Yakima, Washington, USA.

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 2 Two Graves for Swan Valley (15 Oct. 1958) "Molly Doyle'

78. William Henry

Actor | The Thin Man

American leading actor who began his career as a juvenile in the 1930s. The son of a stock broker, he attended Los Angeles and Hollywood High Schools. Upon graduation, he trained for stagecraft at the Pasadena Playhouse School having by then already debuted on screen, aged eight, in an uncredited ...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 7 A Noose Fits Anybody (19 Nov. 1958) "Sheriff Griff Hanley" (as Bill Henry)

79. Clark Howat

Actor | Airport

Clark Howat was born on January 22, 1918 in Calaveras County, California, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Airport (1970), The Giant Claw (1957) and Billy Jack (1971). He was married to Muriel Mansell. He died on October 30, 2009 in Arroyo Grande, California, USA.

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 19 River Boat (18 Feb. 1959) "Murdoch"

80. Helen Jay

Actress | She Devil

Helen Jay was born on November 2, 1925 in New York, USA. She was an actress, known for She Devil (1957), The Deadly Mantis (1957) and Science Fiction Theatre (1955). She died on September 18, 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 22 Incident in Leadville (18 Mar. 1959) "Jennie - Dress Shop Proprietor"

81. Douglas Kennedy

Actor | The Land Unknown

A tall, powerfully built man, Douglas Kennedy entered films after graduating from Amherst. Making his debut in 1940, he appeared in many westerns and detective thrillers, often as a villain. World War II interrupted his career, and he spent the war years as a Signal Corps officer and an operative ...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 17 License to Cheat (4 Feb. 1959) "Sheriff Jeb Crater"

82. Brett King

Actor | Battleground

Brett King was born on December 29, 1920 in Ocean Beach, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Battleground (1949), The Racket (1951) and Yancy Derringer (1958). He died on January 14, 1999 in Palm Beach, Florida, USA.

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 17 License to Cheat (4 Feb. 1959) "Hub Elliott"

83. Jean Paul King

Actor | Burke's Law

Jean Paul King was born on December 1, 1904 in Alda, Nebraska, USA. He was an actor, known for Burke's Law (1963), Peter Gunn (1958) and Highway Patrol (1955). He died on August 21, 1965 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 17 License to Cheat (4 Feb. 1959) "Curly - the Bartender"

84. Peggy Knudsen

Actress | The Big Sleep

A knockout curvaceous blonde screen siren with a smart, confident air, Peggy Knudsen had the charisma to make it in Hollywood. Somehow, stardom eluded her. She was of Irish and Norwegian ancestry, the daughter of a Duluth fire chief. Peggy studied violin as a child and later showed some promise ...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 16 A Personal Matter (28 Jan. 1959) "Louisa Carey"

85. Paul Lambert

Actor | Planet of the Apes

Veteran character actor Paul Lambert was born in El Paso, Texas, and brought up in Kansas City. He was an Army Air Corps lieutenant in World War II. Using the G.I. Bill, he attended the Actors Lab in Los Angeles and several acting schools in New York. He made his motion picture debut in Spartacus (...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 2 Two Graves for Swan Valley (15 Oct. 1958) "Pete the Blacksmith"

86. Robert Lynn

Actor | Perry Mason

Robert Lynn was born on November 11, 1897 in Plymouth, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Perry Mason (1957), Highway Patrol (1955) and Adventures of the Falcon (1954). He was married to Helen Mayon. He died on December 18, 1969 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 13 Double Trouble in Trinidad (7 Jan. 1959) "Transfer Clerk"

87. Joan Marshall

Actress | Homicidal

Born on June 9, 1931 in Chicago, Joan Marshall attended St. Clement's School. Looking far more mature than her age would indicate, when she was just 14 years old she auditioned for, and was hired, as a showgirl at Chicago's Chez Paree, one of the country's foremost nightclubs in the 1940s and 1950s...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 4 Stampede at Tent City (29 Oct. 1958) "Laura Hopkins"

88. Donna Martell

Actress | Project Moon Base

Fiery, dark-haired, exotic-looking Donna Martell was born of Italian ancestry Irene Palma de Maria, the daughter of a master tailor for a major clothing manufacturing company. She attended L.A. City College where she excelled at athletics, especially baseball. During this time, Donna was persuaded ...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 15 One Bullet from Broken Bow (21 Jan. 1959) "Barbara Rafferty"

89. Charles Maxwell

Actor | Star Trek

Charles Maxwell was born on December 28, 1913 in Long Island, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Star Trek (1966), The Hank McCune Show (1949) and A Life at Stake (1955). He died on August 7, 1993 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 1 Double Showdown (8 Oct. 1958) "Marshal Ed Caulder"

90. Patrick McVey

Actor | North by Northwest

Patrick McVey was born on March 17, 1910 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for North by Northwest (1959), Bang the Drum Slowly (1973) and Party Girl (1958). He was married to Courteen Landis. He died on July 6, 1973 in New York City, New York, USA.

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 2 Two Graves for Swan Valley (15 Oct. 1958) "Angus McLarnin"

91. Emile Meyer

Actor | Paths of Glory

Emile Meyer was born on August 18, 1910 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Paths of Glory (1957), Shane (1953) and Sweet Smell of Success (1957). He died on March 19, 1987 in Covington, Louisiana, USA.

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 20 Battle of the Pass (25 Feb. 1959) "Gen. Zachary Moran"

92. Robert Middleton

Actor | The Court Jester

Despite the fact that hefty, beetle-browed character actor Robert Middleton (born Samuel G. Messer) was known for most of his career as a mop-faced villain capable of the most vicious and contemptible of crimes, the man himself was quite a happy and hearty gent who loved to play practical jokes, ...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 1 'Double Showdown' (8 Oct. 1958) "Big Keel Roberts "

93. Gavin Muir

Actor | The House of Fear

Hailing from Chicago (his birth has also been noted as late as 1907 which to the purpose would be too late), Gavin Muir had that sort of lean and hungry John Carradine face and slight build that begged for character villain parts. Indeed he was bit by the acting bug and started in regional theater ...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 26 Man of Action (22 Apr. 1959) "Oliver Jenkins"

94. Joan O'Brien

Actress | Operation Petticoat

Joan O'Brien began her show-biz career while she was in high school, on a local TV music show in California with Tennessee Ernie Ford. Soon, she was a successful singer, and made the jump to acting. In about half the films she ever made, it appeared that Joan played a nurse. Perhaps her most ...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 15 One Bullet from Broken Bow (21 Jan. 1959) "Dolores Clark"

95. William Phipps

Actor | The War of the Worlds

In the early days of 1950s science-fiction, one of the first people to become identified with the genre was actor William Phipps. Aside from furnishing the voice of Prince Charming in Disney's cartoon classic Cinderella (1950), Phipps also hid his boyish face beneath a beard as the star of Arch ...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 17 License to Cheat (4 Feb. 1959) "Ken Wills"

96. Patricia Powell

Actress | Peter Gunn

Patricia Powell was born on October 22, 1929 in Wichita, Kansas, USA. She was an actress, known for Peter Gunn (1958), Lux Playhouse (1958) and Lux Video Theatre (1950). She was married to Aaron Gary Fieger, Raymond R. Herrmann, Jr., Frank Atlass, Daniel Arnstein and Clarence Norton Edelson. She ...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 19 River Boat (18 Feb. 1959) "Nora Henderson"

97. Mike Ragan

Actor | Montana Belle

Los Angeles-born Holly Bane (who later changed his name to the more macho-sounding Mike Ragan) didn't start out to be an actor--he wanted to be a big-band musician. That didn't work out for him, unfortunately, so he wound up getting a job as an office boy at MGM at age 15. From there he worked his ...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 26 Man of Action (22 Apr. 1959) "'Tip-Toe' Mallory" (as Mike Ragan)

98. Richard Reeves

Actor | Target Earth

Richard Reeves was born on August 10, 1912 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Target Earth (1954), Adventures of Superman (1952) and Day of Triumph (1954). He died on March 17, 1967 in Northridge, California, USA.

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 13 Double Trouble in Trinidad (7 Jan. 1959) "George Swift" (as Dick Reeves)

99. Jack Reitzen

Actor | Adventures of Superman

Jack Reitzen was born on May 27, 1924 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is known for his work on Appointment with Murder (1948), Adventures of Superman (1952) and Terry and the Pirates (1952). He was married to Joyce Buck and Nancy J. Arnold. He died on June 13, 1998 in Santa Barbara, California, USA. ...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 8 Dude's Folly (Nov. 1958) "Packy Morrow"

100. Gene Roth

Actor | Earth vs the Spider

Tall (6'2"), burly, and reliable character actor Gene Roth was born Eugene Oliver Edgar Stutenroth on January 8, 1903 in Redfield, South Dakota. He was the youngest of three sons born to German father Eugene Stutenroth and Swedish mother Anna Christina Olsen. Roth and his two brothers were raised ...

Bat Masterson: Season 1, Episode 14 Election Day (14 Jan. 1959) "Mayor Oliver Hinton"