Paul Brinegar
Known for: Acting
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Paul Brinegar (December 19, 1917 – March 27, 1995) was an American character actor best known for his roles in three western series: The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, Rawhide, and Lancer. Brinegar's first credited appearance in a feature film was in Larceny (1948). From there, he launched a steady film career that slowed considerably in the late 1950s, after he began appearing on television but did not end until 1994, when Brinegar made his final screen appearance, as a stagecoach driver, in the 1994 film version of Maverick. Brinegar appeared more than 100 times between 1946 and 1994 in western films, often specializing in playing "feisty, grizzled cowboy sidekicks". On television, from 1956 to 1958, he played James H. "Dog" Kelley, the mayor of Dodge City, Kansas, in the ABC/Desilu western series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp starring Hugh O'Brian. Brinegar appeared in that series 33 times as Kelley and in one other episode in another role. In 1959 he played Ludwig, a bartender, in the episode "The Ringer" of the western series The Texan with Rory Calhoun. Brinegar, however, is best remembered as the cattle-drive cook George Washington Wishbone on the CBS series Rawhide from 1959 to 1966. Earlier he had played a similar role, one as the character Tom Jefferson Jeffrey, in the 1958 movie Cattle Empire upon which Rawhide was based. Brinegar also made two guest appearances on CBS's Perry Mason. His first appearance on that series, prior to Rawhide, was in 1958. He performed as Tom Sackett in the first-season episode titled "The Case of the Sun Bather's Diary". His second appearance on Perry Mason was during the series' ninth and final season. He played Jason Rohan in the 1966 episode "The Case of the Unwelcome Well". In the 1968-1970 CBS western series Lancer, Brinegar had the role of Jelly Hoskins; and in 1969 he appeared in the western film Charro! starring Elvis Presley. Then, in 1973, he played the barman in Clint Eastwood's film High Plains Drifter. From 1982 to 1983, returning to television, Brinegar portrayed a humorous cowboy-like character, Lamar Pettybone, during the first season of the ABC series Matt Houston. Later he reprised a revised version of his Rawhide Wishbone character for the 1991 TV movie The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw, in which he delivers a brief monologue that includes about a dozen references to old television western series.
Filmography
Series
Perry Mason
Jason Rohan
1957
Series
Perry Mason
Tom Sackett
1957
Series
Lassie
Ben Adams
1954
Series
Bonanza
Lev Buckalew
1959
Series
Knight Rider
Chuck
1982
Series
Little House on the Prairie
Glover
1974
Series
Dragnet
1951
Series
Father Knows Best
Delivery Man (uncredited)
1954
Series
The Six Million Dollar Man
Rafe Morris
1974
Series
Emergency!
Husband (Tom)
1972
Series
Emergency!
Grady
1972
Series
Emergency!
Max
1972
Series
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Jim Begley
1955
Series
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Jim Kelley
1955
Series
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Jim Kelley (uncredited)
1955
Series
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Mayor Jim Kelley
1955
Series
Cheyenne
Slim Mantell
1955
Series
Lawman
George the Stage Line Clerk
1958
Series
Rawhide
Wishbone
1959
Series
Cannon
Charlie Tompkins
1971
Series
The Lone Ranger
Frankie
1949
Series
Daniel Boone
Gurney
1964
Series
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Mason
1955
Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Mr. Stern
1955
Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Police Officer
1955
Series
Medical Center
Hnchoo
1969
Series
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
Francis Kilbride
1993
Series
Capitol
1982
Series
The Ford Television Theatre
Hans
1952
Series
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
Series
The Ford Television Theatre
Jamie (uncredited)
1952
Series
Sugarfoot
Austin (uncredited)
1957
Series
Matt Houston
Lamar Pettybone
1982
Series
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Milkman (uncredited)
1955
Series
The Texan
Ludwig
1958
Series
Trackdown
Zack Armstead
1957
Series
Petrocelli
Patch Dressler
1974
Series
Harry O
Old Man
1974
Series
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Charlie Moss
1967
Series
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Van Kimmel
1958
Series
Lancer
Jelly Hoskins
1968
Series
Grizzly Adams
Trapper Tom
1977
Series
Cavalcade of America
1952
State Trooper
Storekeeper
1956
Series
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Series
CHiPs
Keith Lawton / Old Surfer
1977
Series
CHiPs
Old Surfer
1977
Series
The Wonderful World of Disney
Jock
1954
Series
Public Defender
Bud
1954
Series
Public Defender
Vic Oliver
1954
Series
Public Defender
Keller
1954
Series
Racket Squad
1951
Series
The Man Behind the Badge
1953
Series
Whirlybirds
Joe Slade
1957
Film
Maverick
Stage Driver
1994
Series
Nichols
Gaffer
1971
Film
High Plains Drifter
Lutie Naylor
1973
Series
The Whistler
1954
Series
Letter to Loretta
Pete
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Ivan Fenwick
1953
Series
Barbary Coast
Jesse
1975
Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Brown
1951
Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Link
1951
Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Cousin Obie (uncredited)
1951
Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Joe
1951
Series
Lucan
1977
Series
They Came from Outer Space
John Peckham
1990
Series
Code R
Alvin Purdy
1977
Film
A Star Is Born
Man at Funeral (uncredited)
1954
Film
Life Stinks
Old Bellboy
1991
Hero
1966
Film
Pinky
Western Union Clerk (uncredited)
1949
Film
We're Not Married!
Beauty Contest Spectator (uncredited)
1952
Film
The Spirit of St. Louis
Okie (uncredited)
1957
Film
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
Cookie
1991
Film
The Silver Chalice
Audience Member (uncredited)
1954
Film
Storm Warning
Cameraman #1 (uncredited)
1951
Film
Young Man with a Horn
Stage Manager (uncredited)
1950
Film
Charro!
Opie Keetch
1969
Film
Human Desire
Brakeman
1954
Film
I Died a Thousand Times
Bus Driver (uncredited)
1955
Film
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
Angry Accuser in Street (uncredited)
1954
Film
World Without End
Vida (uncredited)
1956
Film
The Magnificent Stranger
Wishbone
1966
Film
Four Guns to the Border
1954
Film
Ransom!
Bank Clerk (uncredited)
1956
Film
Rails Into Laramie
Bandleader (uncredited)
1954
Film
A Ticket to Tomahawk
1950
Film
The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch
Bodie
1982
Film
Dawn at Socorro
Desk Clerk
1954
Film
Pat and Mike
Caddy (uncredited)
1952
Film
How to Make a Monster
Rivero
1958
Film
Take One False Step
Reporter (uncredited)
1949
Film
The Young Landlords
Mr. Darden
1983
Film
The Vampire
Willy Warner
1957
Film
The Captive City
Police Sergeant
1952
Country Boy
1966
Film
Annihilator
Pops
1986
Film
Larceny
Mechanic
1948
Film
Cattle Empire
Tom Jefferson Jeffrey
1958
Film
Inside Detroit
1955
Film
Journey Into Light
Bum
1951
Film
Insurance Investigator
Mr. Spangler
1951
Film
Captain Scarface
Clegg
1953
Film
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
Jim 'Dog' Kelly
1994
Film
Copper Sky
Charlie Martin
1957
Film
Spaceship
Clint Eastwood / Dirty Harry
1983
Film
Chattanooga Choo Choo
Pee Wee
1984
Film
Crisis in Sun Valley
Poole
1978
The Secret Sharer
Captain Archbold
1973
Film
The Golden Dog
Jock
1977
Film
Fighting Trouble
Mailman (uncredited)
1956