Actor

Dennis Weaver

June 4, 1924 · Joplin, Missouri, USA

Billy Dennis Weaver (June 4, 1924 – February 24, 2006) was an American actor and president of the Screen Actors Guild, best known for his work in television and films from the early 1950s until just before his death in 2006. Weaver's two most famous roles were as Marshal Matt Dillon's deputy Chester Goode on the western Gunsmoke and as Deputy Marshal Sam McCloud on the police drama McCloud. He starred in the 1971 television film Duel, the first film of director Steven Spielberg. He is also remembered for his role as the twitchy motel attendant in Orson Welles's film Touch of Evil (1958). Weaver was born June 4, 1924, in Joplin, Missouri, the son of Walter Leon "Doc" Weaver and his wife Lenna Leora (née Prather). Weaver wanted to be an actor from childhood.

Notable work

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The Simpsons (1989)
as Buck McCoy (voice)
6.1
Home on the Range (2004)
as Abner (voice)
7.4
Duel (1971)
as David Mann
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Touch of Evil (1958)
as Mirador Motel Night Manager
8.5
The Twilight Zone (1959)
as Adam Grant
7.3
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
as Lacy Fletcher

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