Cement Footprints of Western TV and Movie Stars

Footprints of Western TV and Movie Stars - The cement footprints below once graced the dusty streets of Apacheland Studio during the heyday of the Hollywood "B" Westerns and TV Shows. Next to each picture is a small explanation as to what is written on each cement slab as well as what movie or TV show the actor has been featured in.

Jerry Van Dyke

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Inscription reads: "Jerry Van Dyke - Pa - Accidental Family - 1967"

"Accidental Family". It was a short lived sitcom about a Nightclub comedian Jerry Webster who was a widower with a small son, Sandy. Jerry is most famous for his role as Luther in the TV show "Coach" and also appeared in other TV shows such as "Yes, Dear", "The Drew Carey Show", "Grace Under Fire" and "The Dick Van Dyke Show". Jerry is brother to Dick Van Dyke.

Clint Walker

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Inscription reads: "Clint Walker - Cheyenne - 11/6/1966"

Clint was cast in the role of “Cheyenne Bodie” in the series "Cheyenne", which ran for eight years. "Cheyenne" became television’s first hour-long western and established Clint as one of the new medium’s biggest stars. When Clint decided to quit the show, he was cast in a number of films, including "None but the Brave", "The Great Bank Robbery", "The Dirty Dozen", "The Night of the Grizzly" and the "The Gambler Returns".

Denver Pyle

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Inscription reads: "Denver Pyle - The Rounders"

Pyle became a familiar face on episodes of "Gunsmoke" and "Bonanza" and also developed a close association with actor John Wayne, appearing in many of his later films including "The Horse Soldiers" and"The Alamo". His most memorable movie was "Bonnie and Clyde" as Sheriff Frank Haimer. In his later years he became a household face for his crotchety presence on "The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams" and as Uncle Jesse in the "The Dukes of Hazard".

Peter Brown

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Inscription reads: "Peter Brown - 1967"

Peter Brown got into acting when he organized a base theater group to enliven spare time while stationed in Alaska by the Army. After his discharge, he studied acting at UCLA, and then began a successful TV career in westerns. After working out a contract with Universal he starred in the TV western "Laredo" and made guest appearances on the sets of "Cheyenne", "The Virginian" and "Wagon Train".

Don Haggerty

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Inscription reads: "Don Haggerty - Death Valley Days - 1st Private Eye - Jeff Jones - Night of the Grizzly - 6/17/1967"

Haggerty was a ffreelancing "B" action actor during the 40s and 50s who virtually worked for every studio around as star, co-star, featured and bit player, primarily playing in tough-guy westerns and crime stories. Haggerty starred and guest starred in TV shows and movies such as, "The Night of the Grizzly", "Bonanza", "Rawhide", "Gunsmoke", "Death Valley Days" and "Stagecoach West".

Clu Gulagar

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Inscription reads: "Clu Gulager - 4/1/1967"

Gulager's searing interpretation of Mad Dog Coll on a 1959 episode of "The Untouchables", coupled with his multi-faceted portrayal of Billy the Kid on the TV western series "The Tall Man" gained him a brief fan following. Gulager also made numerous appearances on the sets of "Have Gun, Will Travel", "Wanted: Dead or Alive", "Wagon Train" and "Bonanza"

Jody McCrea

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Inscription reads: "Jody McCrea - 4/1/1967"

Jodi landed his first film role in the 1956 western "Naked Gun", and through the end of the 1950s, McCrea acted in a string of westerns. During the 1959-1960 television season, he appeared with his father, western star Joel McCrea, in the NBC series "Wichita Town". McCrea also appeared in such TV and movie westerns at Apacheland such as "Wagon Train", "Death Valley Days" and "Apache, Cry Blood".

Vance Colvig

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Inscription reads: "Vance Colvig - Hollywood's Bozo the Clown - August 1967"

Vance "Pinto" Colvig was the voice of some famous characters, including Pluto, Goofy, Sleepy and Grumpy . Other roles at other studios included the voice of Bluto in the "Popeye" cartoons and was the voice of numerous munchkins in "The Wizard of Oz". Colvig is most famous as being the original "Bozo the Clown" and was inducted into the Clown Hall of Fame 2004. Vance died of cancer in October of 1967.

Chuck Courtney

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Inscription reads: "Chuck Courtney - 3/5/1967"

Chuck Courtney is perhaps best known for playing the recurring role of Dan Reid in 14 episodes of the popular "The Lone Ranger" television series and also guest starred in such shows as "The Wild, Wild, West" and the "The Virginian" all of which filmed some of their episodes at Apacheland. Courtney also starred in such fare as "Born to the Saddle" and "Billy the Kid Vs. Dracula".

John Pickard

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Inscription reads: "John Pickard - 6/15/1967 - Death Valley Days"

Pickard played supporting roles in scores of Westerns and action dramas before reaching stardom as "Captain Shank" of the U. S. Cavalry on the NBC television Western series "Boots and Saddles". Pickard earned a second stab at small-screen stardom in the movie "Gunslinger" and played supporting roles in nearly every other popular television drama such as "Gunsmoke", "Bonanza", "The Wild, Wild, West" and "Death Valley Days". John was killed while vacationing on his farm in Tennessee.

Patricia Huston

Inscription reads: "Patricia Huston - 6/16/1967 - Death Valley Days - Experiment in Terror - Wild Wild West"

Huston, who was also known as "Patt Houston", made her first major appearance in the 1958 movie "The Bonnie Parker Story" and was a familiar face to most of us in TV westerns and TV shows such as "Death Valley Days", "Rawhide", "The Wild Wild West", "Perry Mason", "Gunsmoke", "Cheers", "Knots Landing", "Murder She Wrote" and "L.A. Law". Huston died in California on September 25, 1995.

Terry Wilson

Inscription reads: "Terry Wilson - Wagon Train - Bill Hawkes - 11/4/1967"

Wilson is most recognized for his portrayal of Bill Hawkes in "Wagon Train" which ran from 1957-1965. Wilson also appeared as actor and stunt double in movies and TV shows such as: "West World", "The Searchers", "Rio Grande", "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea", "The Lone Ranger", "The Virginian" and "Gunsmoke". Wilson died in Canoga Park, California on March 30, 1999.

Sean Garrison

Inscription reads: "Sean Garrison - Dundee and the Culhane - 1967"

Garrison cast these prints while filming as a recurring role on the set of "Dundee and the Culhane" at Apacheland. Garrison also appeared in TV shows and movies such as: "Cheyenne", "Colt .45", "Sugarfoot", "The Big Valley", "Gunsmoke", "The Mod Squad", "Fantasy Island" and "CHiPs".

Mark Tapscott

Inscription reads: "Mark Tapscott - 9/14/1967 - Death Valley"

Tapscott made many TV appearances and starred in movies such as: "Maverick", "Tombstone Territory", "Have Gun, Will Travel", "Rawhide", "The Virginian", "Death Valley Days", "Bonanza" and "Perry Mason". Mark Tapscott died in Los Angeles, California on September 10, 1993.

James Dunn

Inscription reads: "James Dunn - 6/1/1967 - Wagon Train"

With a Hollywood film career that spanned from 1929 to 1967, Dunn won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in a "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" in 1945 and went on to a great career appearing in TV shows such as: "Rawhide", "Wagon Train", "Ben Casey", "Route 66", "The Fugitive", "The Virginian" and "Branded". Dunn died in Santa Monica, California from abdominal surgery on September 3, 1967.