In what sitcom would on first have found the character of the actor who stars alongside Gene Wilder in "Blazing Saddles?"
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Blazing Saddles Blazing Saddles is a 1974 American satirical Western comedy film directed by Mel Brooks. Starring Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder, the film was written by Brooks, Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, Norman Steinberg, and Al Uger, and was based on Bergman's story and draft. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and audiences, was nominated for three Academy Awards, and is ranked No. 6 on the American Film Institute's "100 Years...100 Laughs" list.
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Cleavon Little Cleavon Jake Little (June 1, 1939 – October 22, 1992) was an American stage, film, and television actor. He began his career in the late 1960s on the stage. In 1970, he starred in the Broadway production of "Purlie", for which he earned both a Drama Desk Award and a Tony Award. His first leading television role was that of the irreverent Dr. Jerry Noland on the ABC sitcom "Temperatures Rising" (1972–1974). Shortly before the program's conclusion, Little gave what has become his signature performance, portraying Sheriff Bart in the Mel Brooks comedy film "Blazing Saddles" (1974).
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Robert Brubaker Robert Brubaker (October 9, 1916 – April 15, 2010) was an American character actor best known for his roles in television and movie westerns, including "Gunsmoke" and "40 Guns to Apache Pass". Brubaker was the only actor to have two recurring roles on the television series, "Gunsmoke", portraying both a bartender named Floyd and a stagecoach driver named Jim Buck. Some of Brubaker's other credits included the Rock Hudson film, "Seconds", and television crime drama "The Walter Winchell File" and the television police drama "The Asphalt Jungle".
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Sam Melville (actor) Samuel Gardner "Sam" Melville (August 20, 1936 – March 9, 1989) was an American actor who appeared as a guest star on many popular television programs of the 1960s and 1970s. He portrayed Officer Mike Danko in four seasons of Aaron Spelling's ABC series, "The Rookies", and The Bear in the classic 1978 surfing movie, "Big Wednesday", with Celia Kaye as his unnamed "bride."
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J. B. Smoove Jerry Angelo Brooks (born December 16, 1965), widely known as JB Smoove, is an American actor, writer, comedian, and voice actor. He began his career on "Def Comedy Jam" in 1995, and is known for his recurring role as Leon on the HBO series "Curb Your Enthusiasm". Smoove joined the Season 2 cast of the Fox sitcom "'Til Death" in 2008, and was promoted to the main cast for Season 3. He also starred on the CBS sitcom "The Millers" from 2013–2015. He currently portrays a fictionalized version of himself on the BET improv-comedy reality television parody "Real Husbands of Hollywood".
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Don Wilbanks Don Wilbanks (born Thomas Donald Wilbanks on October 4, 1926; died July 26, 2013) was an American actor who appeared in such television series as "Rawhide", "Tate", "Twilight Zone", "Tales of Wells Fargo", "Laramie", "Bat Masterson", " The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp", "Bonanza", "Cheyenne", "Convoy", "Mayberry R.F.D.", "The Guns of Will Sonnett ", "77 Sunset Strip", "Ironside", "Mod Squad", "Lancer", "The Virginian", "Charlie's Angels" and "Lawman", among others.
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The Laytons The Laytons was an American sitcom that was broadcast on the now defunct DuMont Television Network, from August to October 1948. The series starred Amanda Randolph, who became the first African-American performer in a regular role on a U.S. network TV series. It co-starred Vera Tatum.
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Jerry Winsett Jerry Winsett (born July 19, 1950) is an actor, writer and singer who has appeared in numerous television shows including "Coach", "Mr. Belvedere", "It’s Garry Shandling's Show" and "Newhart" as well as such films as "The Chosen", "One Crazy Summer", "Ragtime" and Woody Allen’s "Radio Days". He starred in the nightclub act Schoch and Jerry in New York City with Tim Schoch, which was rated "Tops in Town" by "Show Business" magazine.
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Richard Bull (actor) Richard William Bull (June 26, 1924 – February 3, 2014) was an American film, stage and television actor. He was best known for his performance as "Doc" on "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" and Nels Oleson on "Little House on the Prairie".
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Blondie (1957 TV series) Blondie is the first of two TV series based on the comic strip of the same name. It first aired on January 4, 1957, on NBC. Although Penny Singleton had starred in most of the Blondie movies, producers chose Pamela Britton for the title role, with Arthur Lake playing the role of Dagwood Bumstead as he had in the "Blondie" movie series.
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Mel Brooks Mel Brooks (born Melvin Kaminsky; June 28, 1926) is an American actor, writer, producer, director, comedian, and composer. He is known as a creator of broad film farces and comic parodies. Brooks began his career as a comic and a writer for the early TV variety show "Your Show of Shows". He became well known as part of the comedy duo with Carl Reiner in the comedy skit "The 2000 Year Old Man". He also created, with Buck Henry, the hit television comedy series "Get Smart", which ran from 1965 to 1970.
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Earl Dwire Earl Dwire (October 3, 1883 – January 16, 1940) was an American character actor who appeared in more than 150 movies between 1921 and his death in 1940. Noted for his almost frightening long face, Dwire worked mainly as a villain in westerns, including "Riders of Destiny" (1933) with John Wayne in the first singing cowboy movie and "The Trail Beyond" (1934) opposite Wayne, Noah Beery, Sr., and Noah Beery, Jr. He also appeared in Bob Steele vehicles such as "Alias John Law" (1935).
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Tom Wilson (actor) Tom Wilson (August 27, 1880 – February 19, 1965) was an American film actor. He appeared in 254 films between 1915 and 1963. He was born in Helena, Montana, and died in Los Angeles, California. Wilson had notable supporting roles in the Silent era, like "The Kindly Officer" in D. W. Griffith's epic "Intolerance" (1916), the angry policeman in Charlie Chaplin's "The Kid" (1921) and a boxing coach in Buster Keaton's comedy "Battling Butler" (1926). After the rise of sound film, he was reduced to small roles for the rest of his long film career.
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Al Molinaro Albert Francis "Al" Molinaro (born Umberto Francesco Molinaro; June 24, 1919 – October 30, 2015) was an American actor. He was known for his television sitcom roles as Al Delvecchio on "Happy Days" and Officer Murray Greshler on "The Odd Couple". He also appeared in many television commercials, including On-Cor frozen dinners.
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Skip Young (actor) Skip Young (born Ronald Plumstead, March 14, 1930 - March 17, 1993) was an American actor best known for his decade-long role as Wally Plumstead in the ABC sitcom "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet". When chosen to join Ozzie Nelson's television series, Young suggested that the last name of his character be "Plumstead".
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David Huddleston David William Huddleston (September 17, 1930 – August 2, 2016) was an American actor. An Emmy Award nominee, Huddleston had a prolific television career, and appeared in many films including "Blazing Saddles", "Crime Busters", "" and "The Big Lebowski".
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Mel Stewart Milton "Mel" Stewart (September 19, 1929 – February 24, 2002) was an American character actor, television director, and musician who appeared in numerous films and television shows from the 1960s to the 1990s. He is best known for playing Henry Jefferson on the popular television series "All in the Family" and for playing section chief Billy Melrose on the television series "Scarecrow and Mrs. King". Stewart is sometimes credited as Melvin Stewart or Mel Stuart.
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Camp Wilder Camp Wilder is an American television sitcom which aired on ABC from September 18, 1992 until February 26, 1993. The premise centered on a young woman who opens up her home to the friends of her younger siblings, who sought it as judgment-free "hangout", and who regularly went to her for advice. The series was created by Matthew Carlson, and produced by a.k.a. Productions in association with Capital Cities Entertainment.
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Maverick (film) Maverick is a 1994 American Western comedy film directed by Richard Donner and written by William Goldman, based on the 1950s television series of the same name created by Roy Huggins. The film stars Mel Gibson as Bret Maverick, a card player and con artist collecting money to enter a high-stakes poker game. He is joined in his adventure by Annabelle Bransford (Jodie Foster), another con artist, and lawman Marshall Zane Cooper (James Garner). The supporting cast features Graham Greene, James Coburn, Alfred Molina and a large number of cameo appearances by Western film actors, country music stars and other actors.
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Hank Penny Herbert Clayton Penny (September 18, 1918 – April 17, 1992) was an accomplished banjo player and practitioner of Western swing. He worked as a comedian best known for his backwoods character "That Plain Ol' Country Boy" on TV with Spade Cooley. He was married to country singer Sue Thompson from 1953-63.
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Opie Taylor Opie Taylor is a fictional character played by Ron Howard in the American television program "The Andy Griffith Show", which was televised on CBS from October 3, 1960 to April 1, 1968. Opie Taylor appeared in 209 of the 249 episodes of "The Andy Griffith Show", and appeared in 2 spin-off shows and a TV Movie.
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Man in the Saddle (1951 film) Man in the Saddle is a 1951 Western film directed by Andre DeToth starring Randolph Scott. The screenplay is based on the novel of the same name by Ernest Haycox.