Paul Brinegar
Acting
Born: December 19, 1917 · Tucumcari, New Mexico, USA
Died: March 27, 1995 (aged 77)
Highest Rated
Biography
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 O'Brian. Brinegar appeared in that series 33 times as Kelley and in one other episode in another role. In 1959 he played Ludwig, a bartender, in the episode "The Ringer" of the western series The Texan with Rory Calhoun. Brinegar, however, is best remembered as the cattle-drive cook George Washington Wishbone on the CBS series Rawhide from 1959 to 1966. Earlier he had played a similar role, one as the character Tom Jefferson Jeffrey, in the 1958 movie Cattle Empire upon which Rawhide was based. Brinegar also made two guest appearances on CBS's Perry Mason. His first appearance on that series, prior to Rawhide, was in 1958. He performed as Tom Sackett in the first-season episode titled "The Case of the Sun Bather's Diary". His second appearance on Perry Mason was during the series' ninth and final season. He played Jason Rohan in the 1966 episode "The Case of the Unwelcome Well". In the 1968-1970 CBS western series Lancer, Brinegar had the role of Jelly Hoskins; and in 1969 he appeared in the western film Charro! starring Elvis Presley. Then, in 1973, he played the barman in Clint Eastwood's film High Plains Drifter. From 1982 to 1983, returning to television, Brinegar portrayed a humorous cowboy-like character, Lamar Pettybone, during the first season of the ABC series Matt Houston. Later he reprised a revised version of his Rawhide Wishbone character for the 1991 TV movie The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw, in which he delivers a brief monologue that includes about a dozen references to old television western series.
Known for
Maverick
1994
Knight Rider
1982
High Plains Drifter
1973
Little House on the Prairie
1974
Bonanza
1959
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
A Star Is Born
1954
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Life Stinks
1991
CHiPs
1977
Human Desire
1954
The Spirit of St. Louis
1957
Photos (1)
Movies (43)
Maverick
Stage Driver
High Plains Drifter
Lutie Naylor
Life Stinks
Old Bellboy
A Star Is Born
Man at Funeral (uncredited)
Human Desire
Brakeman
The Spirit of St. Louis
Okie (uncredited)
Charro!
Opie Keetch
Pinky
Western Union Clerk (uncredited)
Young Man with a Horn
Stage Manager (uncredited)
We're Not Married!
Beauty Contest Spectator (uncredited)
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
Cookie
I Died a Thousand Times
Bus Driver (uncredited)
The Silver Chalice
Audience Member (uncredited)
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
Angry Accuser in Street (uncredited)
A Ticket to Tomahawk
1950
Pat and Mike
Caddy (uncredited)
World Without End
Vida (uncredited)
Storm Warning
Cameraman #1 (uncredited)
Four Guns to the Border
1954
Ransom!
Bank Clerk (uncredited)
The Young Landlords
Mr. Darden
The Vampire
Willy Warner
Inside Detroit
1955
Rails Into Laramie
Bandleader (uncredited)
Larceny
Mechanic
How to Make a Monster
Rivero
Dawn at Socorro
Desk Clerk
Take One False Step
Reporter (uncredited)
The Captive City
Police Sergeant
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
Jim 'Dog' Kelly
Captain Scarface
Clegg
Spaceship
Clint Eastwood / Dirty Harry
Annihilator
Pops
The Magnificent Stranger
Wishbone
The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch
Bodie
Crisis in Sun Valley
Poole
Cattle Empire
Tom Jefferson Jeffrey
Fighting Trouble
Mailman (uncredited)
Journey Into Light
Bum
Insurance Investigator
Mr. Spangler
Chattanooga Choo Choo
Pee Wee
Copper Sky
Charlie Martin
The Golden Dog
Jock
TV Shows (68)
Perry Mason
Jason Rohan · 1 eps
Perry Mason
Tom Sackett · 1 eps
Lassie
Ben Adams · 1 eps
Dragnet
1 eps
Bonanza
Lev Buckalew · 1 eps
Knight Rider
Chuck · 1 eps
Little House on the Prairie
Glover · 1 eps
Father Knows Best
Delivery Man (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Six Million Dollar Man
Rafe Morris · 1 eps
Emergency!
Husband (Tom) · 1 eps
Emergency!
Grady · 1 eps
Emergency!
Max · 1 eps
Cheyenne
Slim Mantell · 1 eps
Rawhide
Wishbone · 217 eps
Daniel Boone
Gurney · 1 eps
Cannon
Charlie Tompkins · 1 eps
The Lone Ranger
Frankie · 1 eps
Lawman
George the Stage Line Clerk · 1 eps
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Jim Begley · 1 eps
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Jim Kelley · 26 eps
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Jim Kelley (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Mayor Jim Kelley · 1 eps
Trapper John, M.D.
2 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Mason · 1 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Police Officer · 1 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Mr. Stern · 1 eps
Medical Center
Hnchoo · 1 eps
Matt Houston
Lamar Pettybone · 24 eps
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
Francis Kilbride · 1 eps
Capitol
260 eps
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Milkman (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Ford Television Theatre
Hans · 1 eps
The Ford Television Theatre
1 eps
The Ford Television Theatre
Jamie (uncredited) · 1 eps
Harry O
Old Man · 1 eps
The Texan
Ludwig · 1 eps
Sugarfoot
Austin (uncredited) · 1 eps
Lancer
Jelly Hoskins · 51 eps
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Charlie Moss · 1 eps
Petrocelli
Patch Dressler · 1 eps
Trackdown
Zack Armstead · 1 eps
Cavalcade of America
1 eps
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1 eps
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Van Kimmel · 1 eps
CHiPs
Keith Lawton / Old Surfer · 1 eps
CHiPs
Old Surfer · 1 eps
Grizzly Adams
Trapper Tom · 1 eps
Racket Squad
1 eps
Nichols
Gaffer · 1 eps
Whirlybirds
Joe Slade · 1 eps
Public Defender
Bud · 1 eps
Public Defender
Vic Oliver · 1 eps
Public Defender
Keller · 1 eps
The Man Behind the Badge
1 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
Jock · 1 eps
Barbary Coast
Jesse · 1 eps
The Whistler
1 eps
Lucan
1 eps
Code R
Alvin Purdy · 2 eps
Letter to Loretta
Pete · 3 eps
Letter to Loretta
Ivan Fenwick · 1 eps
They Came from Outer Space
John Peckham · 1 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Brown · 1 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Link · 1 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Cousin Obie (uncredited) · 1 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
2 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Joe · 1 eps
Hero
1 eps