Which television cowboy did I used to work for?

[Generic Brad]

Anyone care to guess?

[wildhorses]

1. hoss???

please say hoss...i lurve him:loveya:

[Generic Brad]

2. Dan Blocker was my favorite, but no.

I wish.

[mzteris]

3. Paladin?

The Cisco Kid?

Roy Rogers or Dale Evans....

(Ok I'm really dating myself here, aren't I?)

Little Joe.

The Rifleman. (or Branded)

The Virginian.

The Grand Chapperal

Lancer.

[Generic Brad]

6. Super try!

But you missed my cowboy. And his show even hit number one in the Nielsen's more than once.

[Left Is Write]

4. Tex Ritter?

[Generic Brad]

7. Nope.

But I was a fan of his son John.

[Left Is Write]

9. Me too.

It'd be easier to guess if I knew how old you are. :D

[Generic Brad]

11. My cowboy is older than I am

I'm 45.

[Left Is Write]

13. Is he still living?

[Generic Brad]

14. He is!

[1monster]

43. The Lone Ranger!

[Generic Brad]

46. Sorry, kimosavee

That answer is incorrect.

[1monster]

48. Yeah, I kinda figured. My husband's mother supplied the horses for

that show. I think Clayton Moore passed on to his reward several years back and Jay Silverheels long before that.

[Sanity Claws]

5. Yosemite Sam?

[Generic Brad]

8. Not a cartoon.

But you get an "A" for creativity.

[ekelly]

10. Rowdy Yates?

[Generic Brad]

12. Nope.

I've never even heard of Rowdy Yates.

[ekelly]

15. Wasn't that Clint Eastwood's

character on Rawhide?

Well, it was Rowdy something

[Generic Brad]

16. I never saw Rawhide

But you made my day.

[mzteris]

18. omg! You're just a baby!

so that gives us a hint.

How could you not know Rowdy Yates.

Head'em up, move'em out, head'em up - RAWHIDE! (And no, I'm NOT talking about the Blues Brothers... you DO know who they are, right? sigh. I'm getting old.)

So - a young cowboy.

Was it a movie or tv series?

[ekelly]

19. Generic said upthred

that the cowboy is older, and Generic is 45

[Generic Brad]

21. He's played his character in both

[Left Is Write]

17. Chuck Norris as Walker, Texas Ranger?

[Generic Brad]

23. The Young Chuck Norris?

He kicked and he punched with his hands and his feet. I wish!

[NV Whino]

20. James Garner

I'm not sure he qualifies as an actual cowboy, but he certainly starred in a western.

[Generic Brad]

26. Maverick was a cowboy!

But I have never met James Garner.

[ekelly]

22. Dennis Weaver

of Gunsmoke

[Generic Brad]

27. Sorry. He's deceased.

My cowboy is still alive.

[EFerrari]

24. The Rifleman.

[Generic Brad]

28. I have always admired Chuck Conners

But I have never met him, let alone worked for him.

[EFerrari]

32. I had a crush on him when I was four.

:)

[u4ic]

25. Lorne Greene?

[Generic Brad]

29. Lorne Green is dead

Hate to be the one to break it to you.

[Generic Brad]

30. Maybe you all need a hint

He was the last man to shoot and kill John Wayne on the big screen.

[EFerrari]

33. Can I buy a town name?

lol

[mzteris]

35. Ralph Volkie?

Though he was a bartender and not a "cowboy".

[Generic Brad]

39. I am pretty certain he never killed John Wayne on the big screen

Did he?

[mzteris]

40. ayuh -

The Shootist. JW's last movie

[Generic Brad]

50. You have the right movie

But not the actor.

[mzteris]

53. Ron Howard

was SUPPOSED to shoot him, but they changed it. (According to IMDB)

[johnnie]

42. Bruce Dern?

Or was he the first?

[mzteris]

58. ricky nelson's still alive

he was in The Shootist and on Love Boat but I'm not finding the cowbooy tv series.....

[Left Is Write]

62. Rick Nelson died over 20 years ago.

[mzteris]

66. who am I thinking about then?

As if you know (what I'm thinking about duh). As if *I* know. Damn. Ricky Nelson's dead?

Ok. Time for bed. It's been a long hard day for me.

[Left Is Write]

71. He died in a plane crash New Year's Eve 1985.

[u4ic]

31. Bah! Life is not worth living anymore...

:cry:





(and I just noticed upthread you mentioned they're still alive...);-)

[Left Is Write]

34. Robert Conrad?

[Generic Brad]

37. Nope.

Wasn't he the radio voice of Sheriff Matt Dillon?

[Generic Brad]

44. How about a hint summary?

The actor is still alive.
His show hit number one in the Nielsen's.
He has played the same cowboy role in a series and a TV movie.
He was the last person to shoot and kill John Wayne on the big screen.

Here are two more hints to the list:

He was a guest star on the original "Love Boat".
His series was on ABC.

[Left Is Write]

54. Hugh O'Brian.

[Generic Brad]

61. AND WE HAVE A WINNER!

I worked for Hugh O'Brien at his foundation for over a year shortly after I earned my Master's degree. He was a very nice man (difficult to work for at times), but his heart was in the right place and I am a better person for having known him.

The strangest experience I ever had with him was to to help him get dressed into his Wyatt Earp costume in a beer cooler with the assistance of Peter Coors on a one hundred degree Colorado day.

[ekelly]

36. Charles Martin?

[Generic Brad]

38. Sorry.

[Kali]

63. from wiki? character deaths

The Shootist — After winning a seemingly hopeless gunfight with three opponents simultaneously, he is shot in the back by the bartender, played by Charles G. Martin, and is then avenged by Ron Howard's character.

[mzteris]

57. that's what I just read, too.

Now I'm really confuzzled.

[Generic Brad]

67. I'll have to watch "The Shootist" again

Hugh once told me he was the last man to shoot John Wayne on film. I hope my memory is not going haywire.

[Generic Brad]

68. I'll have to watch "The Shootist" again

Hugh once told me he was the last man to shoot John Wayne on film. I hope my memory is not going haywire.

[Left Is Write]

41. I'm reaching here, but Pernell Roberts?

He's the only Bonanza principal still alive.

[Left Is Write]

45. Wait - I just saw your hint that the character was on TV and in the movies.

Scratch Adam Cartwright.

[Generic Brad]

47. It's not Trapper John.

[Gormy Cuss]

49. Ben Murphy?

Okay, that was a lame guess ("Alias Smith and Jones") but here's a trivia point: John Wayne was born 100 years ago this May.

[Generic Brad]

51. Never met him

But I did watch that series.

[Gormy Cuss]

52. I was going to guess Ron Howard, because he's the only person

from the Shootist that I recall who is still living but I can't remember who actually offed Wayne in that movie.

[Generic Brad]

55. Never met Ron Howard

But I did get to meet the late Jimmy Stewart. But neither of them shot John Wayne in that film.

[ekelly]

56. Must be someone else still living

from that movie who was involved in the the gunfight in that movie

[Whoa_Nelly]

59. Sky King!

...or Foreman Scotty!
http://www.foremanscottyskids.com/


(pssst! Redhead on the left is me!)

[ekelly]

60. Hugh O'Brian?????

[Generic Brad]

64. You are correct!

I worked for Hugh for more than a year. He is a very nice man.

[ekelly]

65. He's pretty old now

isn't he? Probably about 75 or 80.

Hey, wasn't he in "Twins" with Schwartzenegger and DeVito?

[Generic Brad]

69. You are correct

I worked for him when he filmed "Twins".

[Kali]

70. wiki says he married for the first time last summer at age 81

[Radio_Lady]

75. Did he marry his nurse? (Just kidding... well, maybe not...)

From wikipedia:

"On June 25, 2006, at 81, he married for the first time, to Virginia Barber, 54, at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. The Rev. Robert Schuller, pastor of the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, officiated, and the couple was serenaded by close friend Debbie Reynolds."

For those of you who may not be acquainted with Forest Lawn Memorial Park, it is a very ritzy CEMETERY in Los Angeles, California! Odd place for a wedding, no?

[KitchenWitch]

72. Gene Autry?

[Generic Brad]

73. Never met the singing cowboy

Hugh O'Brien, a.k.a. "Wyatt Earp", was my former employer.

[Radio_Lady]

74. Here's some recent information on Hugh O'Brien (and PHOTO)

(does he spell it O'Brien or O'Brian?)

Hugh O’Brien -- Actor and President of the HOBY Foundation (1997)

Hugh O'Brien attended New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois where he was a "four-letter man" in football, basketball, wrestling, and track. His academic career to Yale became derailed when he was introduced to a theatre group in Los Angeles. His "big break" came in 1955 when he was chosen to portray the legendary lawman Wyatt Earp (of Monmouth, Illinois!) for the first adult western on television. A glorious career of film, stage, and TV followed. In 1958, O'Brian founded the Hugh O'Brien Youth Foundation (HOBY) to seek out, recognize, and develop leadership potential in high school sophomores.

(Edited for GENERIC BRAD's correction)

[Left Is Write]

76. Wasn't he the poster boy for "discovered at Schwabs" too?

[Generic Brad]

77. It's spelled "O'Brien"

His real name is Hugh Krampe. He once told me the first time he saw his name on a marquee his name was spelled out as "Huge Krampe". That was when he decided to adopt the stage name "Hugh O'Brien".

[Radio_Lady]

79. Major web sites have it Hugh O'Brian. Others say O'Brien... hmmmm....

The HOBY page even has it spelled BOTH ways on the same page.

[Radio_Lady]

80. His Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership page is here. Happy Birthday, April 19, 1925.

http://www.hoby.org/

[Generic Brad]

81. Dang

His name was Hugh O'Brien when I worked for him at HOBY. Spelling his name as "O'Brian" was a big no-no in the 1980's. Standards have apparently changed over the years.

[Radio_Lady]

82. What the heck? As long as he's been alive for 82 years and two days,

he answers to anything except "HEY YOU!!! Didn't you used to be somebody?"

(This comment was made by some older almost forgotten actor who related it on an ancient television show hosted by -- I can't remember who. Shows you what happens when you get BEYOND 45, dear Brad!)

[Frank Cannon]

83. OMG!!1! THIS IS HUGH!!!!!1!! (n/t)

[EFerrari]

78. He was in The Shootist, a great movie.

Good for you, GB. :)