Actor

Paul Brinegar

December 19, 1917 · Tucumcari, New Mexico, USA

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.

Notable work

6.9
Maverick (1994)
as Stage Driver
7.5
Knight Rider (1982)
as Chuck
7.3
High Plains Drifter (1973)
as Lutie Naylor
8
Little House on the Prairie (1974)
as Glover
7.5
Bonanza (1959)
as Lev Buckalew
7.3
The Six Million Dollar Man (1974)
as Rafe Morris
7.1
A Star Is Born (1954)
as Man at Funeral (uncredited)

Often works with

Ray Teal
3 titles together
Bonanza, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Lassie
Geoffrey Lewis
2 titles together
Maverick, High Plains Drifter
Alan Oppenheimer
2 titles together
Knight Rider, The Six Million Dollar Man
Richard Bull
2 titles together
High Plains Drifter, Little House on the Prairie
Michael Landon
2 titles together
Little House on the Prairie, Bonanza
Dabbs Greer
2 titles together
Little House on the Prairie, Perry Mason

Full filmography · 96

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
as Francis Kilbride
19937.1
They Came from Outer Space
as John Peckham
1990
Knight Rider
as Chuck
19827.5
Matt Houston
as Lamar Pettybone
19826.3
Capitol
cast
1982
Trapper John, M.D.
cast
19796.6
CHiPs
as Keith Lawton / Old Surfer and as Old Surfer
19776.8
Lucan
cast
1977
Grizzly Adams
as Trapper Tom
19777
Code R
as Alvin Purdy
1977
Barbary Coast
as Jesse
1975
Harry O
as Old Man
1974