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unusual facts about Lawman


Jon Lormer

In 1959 he appeared in Lawman as Harry Tate a newspaper editor, in "The Big Hat".


Breakenridge

Billy Breakenridge (December 25, 1846 - January 31, 1931) American lawman, teamster, railroader, soldier and author in the American Old West.

Clancy Cooper

He also guest starred on numerous TV series, such as The Rifleman, Lawman, Wanted: Dead or Alive, Maverick, and Alfred Hitchcock Presents, he also appeared on Sanford and Son as Kelly, an elderly friend of Fred Sanford in the episode "The Copper Caper", the fourth episode in the first season of the series.

Cromwell, Oklahoma

On Halloween night, 1924, Cromwell Town Marshal and legendary Old West lawman Bill Tilghman was shot outside of a cafe called "Ma Murphy's", by a corrupt prohibition agent named Wiley Lynn.

Daniel Pontillas

Other characters in the stories include Daniel's faithful accomplice Grognard and his lawman adversary Inspector Justin Ganimard.

Dodge City War

Short was discussing the matter with Governor George Washington Glick in Kansas City, and Bat Masterson called in favors from old friends including Wyatt Earp, Charlie Bassett, Johnny Millsap, Shotgun John Collins, Texas Jack Vermillion, and Johnny Green.

Evelyn Rudie

During the late 1950s, she acted on other leading television shows, including Alfred Hitchcock Presents, General Electric Theater, Lawman, The Red Skelton Show and Wagon Train, along with seven appearances on The Tonight Show with Jack Paar.

John Shanssey

John Shanssey (March 23, 1848 - 1919?) was an American boxer, gambler, saloon owner, and Mayor of Yuma, Arizona, most known for introducing legendary lawman Wyatt Earp to gambler and gunman Doc Holliday.

Leon Claire Metz

Metz has penned 17 books, most notably John Selman: Texas Gunfighter and a biography of Old West lawman Pat Garrett.

Millard Gardner

Millard Gardner (1903–1989) was a noted Texas lawman known as the "Dry Wolf" during Prohibition, later being elected Police Chief of Highland Park near Dallas, Texas.

Ned Christie's War

The African-American lawman Bass Reeves accepted the challenge and led a failed expedition to capture the elusive renegade.

Pauline Markham

The following year Markham’s company toured the West in H. M. S. Pinafore with a cast that included a young actress named Josephine Earp who later became the common-law wife of gambler and lawman Wyatt Earp.

Peter Whitney

In 1960, in the episode "Surface of Truth" of another ABC/WB western series, Lawman, Whitney played Lucas Beyer, a crude white man who has lived for ten years with the Cheyenne Indians.

Richard M. Brewer

The confirmed killings claimed to have been carried out by the Regulators during Brewer's period as leader were those of Sheriff William Brady, William Morton, deputy George W. Hindman, lawman/outlaw Frank Baker, Buckshot Roberts, and fellow Regulator William McCloskey, whom the Regulators believed to have betrayed them.

Richard Rust

He twice guest starred on ABC/Warner Brothers series, Bourbon Street Beat with Andrew Duggan, and 77 Sunset Strip with Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. Rust guest starred on other ABC/WB programs too, including Sugarfoot with Will Hutchins, Bronco with Ty Hardin, Lawman with John Russell, and The Roaring 20s.

Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane

It wasn't until creator Gy Waldron realized that he had found an audience with children that the character was toned down to the more comedic and bumbling persona for which he is best known; something that James Best himself had large input on, insisting that, while Rosco technically was corrupt, he was driven mostly by playful childlike naivety, he never wanted children viewing to feel afraid to go up to a lawman in the street or when in need.

Stevens Arms

Two well known examples of the Stevens-Lord No. 36 were custom ordered by Buffalo Bill, serial no. 29 for himself and serial no. 32 as a gift for Ben Thompson.

Tom Sharkey

Unable to find a referee, at the last minute they called on former lawman Wyatt Earp.


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