Billy the Kid vs. Dracula

[trof]

So I'm watching "Five Easy Pieces".
One of the players is Jack Nicholson's father. His character has suffered a stroke, and in all of his scenes he sits in a wheelchair, stockstill, expressionless, and unable to speak. I don't think his eyes even move.

I got curious. Who would play this role with no "acting" and no lines? Do you call central casting and say "We need a lump. A bump-on-a-log. No lines, no movement, no nothing."?

I google.
His name is William Challee.
He's a character actor in many films dating all the way back to the 30s.
I click on his filmography and among the B westerns and gangster flicks is this:

Billy the Kid vs. Dracula.
I gotta try and find it.

1966 - USA - Hybrid Western
Type: Features
Rating: NR (Questionable for Children)
Running Time: 95 minutes
Starring: Virginia Christine, Chuck Courtney, Walter Janowitz, Melinda Plowman William Challee
Directed by: William Beaudine


PLOT DESCRIPTION
The venerable John Carradine gets his first chance to play the fanged count in 20 years (the last time was House of Dracula), albeit in one of the weirdest scenarios ever committed to film. Arriving in the Wild West via stagecoach, Drac installs himself in the home of a pretty rancher (Melinda Plowman) by convincing her (through hypnosis) that he is her long-lost uncle. Unfortunately for the Count, one of her hired hands is none other than legendary outlaw Billy the Kid (Chuck Courtney), who has been trying to put his wicked ways behind him. Billy takes a shine to his boss but starts to have his suspicions about her creepy "uncle." Eventually, the reformed desperado straps on his six-guns again to do battle with the Count, ably assisted by the local sawbones who must be an acquaintance of Dr. Van Helsing, since he obviously knows such helpful arcane knowledge such as (gasp) "The Vampire Test!" A camp anti-classic from William "One-Shot" Beaudine, who shot it back-to-back with yet another Wild-West-Horror mutation, Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter. ~ Cavett Binion, All Movie Guide

[Jack Rabbit]

1. I've seen it

Not as bad a Plan 9 from Outer Space, but along that line.

[trof]

3. Saw "Earth vs. the Flying Saucers" last night.

What a hoot.

[meegbear]

2. I've heard of that flick ...

can't say the same for Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter.