Paul Brinegar
Paul Brinegar Alden ( born December 19, 1917 in Tucumcari, New Mexico, † March 27, 1995 in Los Angeles, California ) was an American actor.
Life
Brinegar studied drama, literature and art at the Pasadena Junior College. He made his feature film debut in 1946 in a small supporting role without attribution uncredited in Western bandits without mask next to Randolph Scott, Edgar Buchanan and Lloyd Bridges. There followed a number of other minor film roles, besides he started from the mid- 1950s, with appearances in television series. Among other things, he played from 1955 to 1958 the recurring role of Jim " Dog" Kelly in the Western series Wyatt Earp intervenes. One of his first major film roles was ultimately responsible for the turning point of his career. In 1958, he introduced Western The Texan vengeance next to Joel McCrea represents the role of cook Tom Jefferson Jeffrey This was a year later as a template for the presentation of the cook, George Washington Wishbone on the hit western series one thousand miles dust with Eric Fleming and Clint Eastwood, he posed 1959-1965 in 216 episodes, and through which he achieved fame in the U.S. television audience. After the end of the series he was seen from 1968 to 1970 in the less successful western series Lancer as Jelly Hoskins. In addition, he stepped to the side of Elvis Presley in the Western Charro. In 1973 he stood again with Clint Eastwood in High Plains Drifter front of the camera. In the early 1980s he played the role of Lamar Pettybone in the crime series Matt Houston. He had his last screen appearances in 1994 on the side of Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster in Maverick - The Colt belt, an ace up its sleeve as well as on the series Wyatt Earp intervenes based film Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone, in which he again slipped into the role of Jim " Dog" Kelly.