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Decent click bait and worth a look  I never new Gary Cooper's career went clear back to the silent era. http://www.pastfactory.com/tv/yeehaw-these-are-the-top-western-film-stars-of-all-time/
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That was pretty good!
Thanks... They even had Maureen O'Hara included.
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One mistake on that list.....Lee Van Cleef wasn't a villain in "A Few Dollars More" like it is written on that list.
Why isn't Gregory Peck on that list?
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Great read. Thanks for posting!
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No johnny Mack Brown?
enjoyed that list
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Missed a couple. ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/0iAO8Tjl.jpg)
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Good list. Some fun memories there. Can't include 'em all but I would have found a way to add Ken Curtis. I think he was born on a ranch down in Colorado. Did some singing with Sons of the Pioneers. He was in some of the old time westerns like the Searchers and The Horse Soldiers. Mainly, he was one of the best sidekicks of all time as Festus on Gunsmoke.
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oop... Field Grade beat me to it!
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Slim Pickens twice?
Tom Mix died for your sins.
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One mistake on that list.....Lee Van Cleef wasn't a villain in "A Few Dollars More" like it is written on that list.
Why isn't Gregory Peck on that list? Another "correction." The author said that James Garner was wounded in WW II. Garner was not in WW II. He was in the U.S. Army and served in the Korean War where he was wounded twice. Just as a matter of trivia, when one sees all the rather flashy and flamboyant dress of the many "cowboys" over the years, especially in the Saturday afternoon westerns ... that style of clothing, guns, fancy horse tack, etc., was created by the great star, Tom Mix. It was a standard method of dress for him in his westerns. He did it to stand out and be "different" from the other cowboy stars of that era. Afterward, with his great success, most of the cowboy stars adapted his style. And Sackett is correct: Gregory Peck should have been included as a great western star. FWIW. L.W.
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Good list. Some fun memories there. Can't include 'em all but I would have found a way to add Ken Curtis. I think he was born on a ranch down in Colorado. Did some singing with Sons of the Pioneers. Also filled in for Frank Sinatra with Tommy Dorsey's band.
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Saying that John Wayne epitomizes a "cowboy" is laughable..................
Cooper was a cowboy.
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Saying that John Wayne epitomizes a "cowboy" is laughable..................
Cooper was a cowboy.
MM They got it right about Ben Johnson being a real cowboy though. He was. Old school.
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Son of a liberal: " What did you do in the War On Terror, Daddy?"
Liberal father: " I fought the Americans, along with all the other liberals."
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Saying that John Wayne epitomizes a "cowboy" is laughable..................
Cooper was a cowboy.
MM They got it right about Ben Johnson being a real cowboy though. He was. Old school. Yep, for sure. MM
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Saying that John Wayne epitomizes a "cowboy" is laughable..................
Cooper was a cowboy.
MM They got it right about Ben Johnson being a real cowboy though. He was. Old school. Yep.....the best of the bunch IMO.
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Ole Ben Johnson was always one of my favorites too.
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So many, all good in their own way.
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It was a good read! Thanks.
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Holy Smoke! Walter Brennan! Two years in France WWI, gets sidetracked in LA on his way to grow pineapples in Guatemala. Years of bit parts and extra roles, including two Three Stooges movies. Gets a bunch of teeth kicked out accidentally in a fight scene, parlays that battered appearance into THREE Oscars. Later becomes the oldest guy at that time to ever have a song go Top 40. Does it again with another song, buys a 1,200 acre ranch in Oregon. Married to the same woman all his life, successful, stable kids. Golly 😎 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Brennan
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