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Warren Vanders

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Warren Vanders
Vanders in upper left as Chuck Davis inEmpire,1963
Born
Warren John Vanderschuit

(1930-05-23)May 23, 1930
DiedNovember 27, 2009(2009-11-27)(aged 79)
Pasadena,California, U.S.
Occupation(s)Film and television actor
Years active1958–2006
SpouseDawn Bender(1953–1955)

Warren Vanders(bornWarren John Vanderschuit;May 23, 1930 – November 27, 2009)[1]was an Americancharacter actoron television and in films.

Biography

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He was born inSan Fernando,California, as Warren John Vanderschuit.[citation needed]Under the name Warren Vanders, he secured a recurring role as Chuck Davis in fifteen episodes of theNBCmodernwesterntelevision series,Empire.[2]He also portrayed Roy Bean on the TV seriesHell Town.[2]: 449 

He guest starred in such series asTate,The Big Valley(twice),The Fugitive(twice),Bonanza(five times between 1965 and 1971),Daniel Boone(eight times),Alias Smith and Jones(as Curly Red Johnson in "The Day the Amnesty Came Through" ),The Waltons,Gunsmoke(twelve times),Combat!(twice),Kung Fu,Hawaii Five-O(1970, as Jase Gorman in the episode: The Payoff),The Rockford Files,andHow the West Was Won.He appeared in such films asNevada SmithwithSteve McQueen,Hot Lead and Cold Feet,and in theJohn Wayne/Katharine HepburnfilmRooster Cogburn,in the role of Bagsby.[3]

Quentin Tarantinonamed a character after him inDjango Unchained.[4][5]

He was also a boxer, winning theLos Angeles1954Golden GlovesChampionship, and continued to box when he was in theUnited States Navy.[6]

Vanders died on November 27, 2009, atHuntington Memorial HospitalinPasadena, California,after havinglung cancer.He was 79 years old.[1]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1960 The Great Impostor Minor Role Uncredited
1967 Rough Night in Jericho Harvey
1968 Stay Away, Joe Hike Bowers
1968 The Split Mason
1969 The Price of Power Arthur McDonald
1972 The Revengers Tarp
1975 Rooster Cogburn Bagby
1977 Little House on the Prairie: "Little Women" Harold Mayfield Air Date: 01/24/1977
1978 Hot Lead and Cold Feet Boss Snead
2006 Touched Wylie Tucker (final film role)

References

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  1. ^ab"Actor in westerns".The Los Angeles Times.December 8, 2009. p. 30.RetrievedMay 21,2021– viaNewspapers.
  2. ^abTerrace, Vincent (2011).Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010(2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 307.ISBN978-0-7864-6477-7.
  3. ^"PASSINGS: Warren Vanderschuit, Eva Szorenyi, Eric Woolfson, Robert Kendall, Vyacheslav Tikhonov".Los Angeles Times.2009-12-07.ISSN0458-3035.Retrieved2017-06-12.
  4. ^Richard Corliss (2014-02-04)."Will Tarantino's The Hateful Eight Ride Again?".TIME.Retrieved2015-01-06....is "Warren Vanders"; that's name of an actor who appeared in Western movies
  5. ^Fleming, Mike (11 August 2015)."'The Hateful Eight's Bruce Dern On His Passion For Nurturing Female Writers ".DEADLINE.Retrieved22 June2018.
  6. ^Whorton, C. (14 February 1954). "EIGHT GOLDEN GLOVES CHAMPS CROWNED: ESCOBAR VOTED TOP SCRAPPER".LOS ANGELES TIMES.
  • The Los Angeles Times,December 7, 2009, "PASSINGS: Warren Vanderschuit..."[1].
  • New York Times,2010, Sandra Brennan, "Warren Vanders"[2].
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