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GUNSMOKE's 'Louie the town drunk


Widder, SASS #59054

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Watching Perry Mason tonight episode from 1957:  The Case of the Negligent Nymph (Dec 1957,  EP12)

 

Guess WHO is the acting Judge?    YEP, Louie, the town drunk in Gunsmoke (unless he has a twin)

He plays a good judge.

 

..........Widder

 

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Used to be a very large number of fine character actors and I don't believe that is true today.

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Edgar Buchanan played any number of characters, from a brief appearance as a lawyer in Donovan's Reef, to a "retired" outlaw in several episodes of "Tales of Wells Fargo". He was also Uncle Joe on Petticoat Junction.  Jack Elam played town drunks, outlaws, lawmen, characters in "Support Your Local Sherriff" and its sequel, "Support Your Local Gunfighter" with James Garner.  DeForest Kelly played in a bunch of Westerns before become Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy on Star Trek. Even Leonard Nimoy played a murderer on Perry Mason!

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And don't forget Dub Taylor, the Father of Buck Taylor. Buck was Newly on Gunsmoke in the later years. Also in Tombstone.  Dub had a high pitched voice and was a great character actor.  Cheers,  Hoss C.

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