
Known for
Acting
Born
June 4, 1924
Birthplace
Joplin, Missouri, USA
Died
February 24, 2006 (aged 81)
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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 Wa...
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as Abner (voice)
2000
as Buck Stevens
2000
as Mart Howe
2000
as Sam Balaam
1999
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as Grandpa Flint
1997
as Sam Jenks
1997
as Captain Farnsworth
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as Sheriff Pratt
1994
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as Chance Wayne
1992
as Vice President Dale Burden
1992
as Reader (voice)
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as Sam McCloud
1988
as Sheriff Ben Harlen
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as Self
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as Jack Duggan