Alpo Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 Was watching an episode of To Tell The Truth. Arvo Ojala. One of the panel asked contestant number one who, of all the western tv stars, was the fastest. He said Sammy Davis Junior. While I am aware that Davis was exceedingly quick, I'm not sure I would think that 1 (or was it 2?) guest spots on The Rifleman would make him a western TV star. I've read in a few different places that the fastest Western TV star was Hugh O'Brien. Another panelist asked contestant number 3 if he would agree with that, and he said either Sammy or Frank Sinatra. I've never heard of Sinatra playing with fast draw. Both Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis (and Jerry was extremely fast), but not Sinatra. The first panelist voted for number one because, "I know Sammy is very fast". And number one did turn out to be Arvo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 https://lawnews.tv/jerry-lewis-rip-was-fastest-gun-in-hollywood/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 From Wikipedia “Arvo Ojala BornFebruary 21, 1920 Seattle, Washington, United States DiedJuly 1, 2005 (aged 85) Gresham, Oregon, United States OccupationTechnical advisor, marksman, stuntman Arvo Ojala (February 21, 1920 in Seattle, Washington – July 1, 2005 in Gresham, Oregon) was a Hollywood technical advisor on the subject of quick-draw with a revolver.[1] He also worked as an actor; his most famous role was that of the unnamed man shot by Marshal Matt Dillon in the opening sequences of the long-running television series Gunsmoke. As a joke on the producers, James Arness and Arvo actually did the opener once with Dillon falling to the ground.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 Ahhh.. the Good Old Days when the topic in Hollywood was who was the fastest gun, not who had the biggest ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widder, SASS #59054 Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 Its my limited understanding that way back in the 'western' tv era, A LOT of Hollywood elites were involved in shooting sports, especially quick draw stuff. Someone once posted a pic on the SASS Wire of a large group of quick draw shooters at some event and there were quite a few Hollywood stars in that pic. ..........Widder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted December 2, 2019 Author Share Posted December 2, 2019 One panelist asked contestant number one (Arvo) how long it took to make an episode of Gunsmoke. He said three days. Then the panelist asked contestant number to the same question. He said he didn't know. He had only been involved in the opening sequence. That he had never been there for an entire episode being shot. I thought that was a great answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 Sammy Davis jr was very fast too. OLG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Jones, SASS 2263 Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 Clint Eastwood and Hugh Downs among others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace_of_Hearts Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 Glen Ford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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