Dennis Weaver

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Dennis Weaver, 1997

William Dennis Weaver (born June 4, 1924 in Joplin , Missouri , † February 24, 2006 in Ridgway , Colorado ) was an American actor .

Life

During school and college days, Weaver was a successful athlete; so he was among other things in 1948 sixth at the US championships in the decathlon . He began his stage career with the help of Shelley Winters , who gave him a role in Kehr zurück, kleine Sheba in 1952 . Between 1955 and 1966 he played the character Chester in the western series Smoking Colts , for which he received an Emmy Award . With a few exceptions, these episodes were not broadcast in Germany. His best-known film appearances include those as a simple-minded night porter in Orson Welles ' Under the Signs of Evil and as a sidekick to James Garner in The Lonely From the West . In Steven Spielberg's film debut Duell (1971) he played the lead role, a lonely motorist who sees himself being followed by a truck. In Germany he also gained great popularity through the crime series A Sheriff in New York (1970 to 1977).

From 1973 to 1975 Weaver was President of the Screen Actors Guild . In 2006, the actor died of lung cancer at the age of 81 . His three sons Rick (* 1949), Robby (* 1953) and Rusty (* 1959) from his marriage to Gerry Stowell in 1945 are also active in the film industry.

Filmography

  • 1952: The World Is His (The Mississippi Gambler) - Director: Rudolph Maté
  • 1952: The Redhead from Wyoming - Director: Lee Sholem
  • 1952: Curse of the Lost (Horizons West) - Director: Budd Boetticher
  • 1952: Greed for Gold (The Raiders) - Director: Lesley Selander
  • 1953: Until the Last Bullet (The Nebraskan) - Director: Fred F. Sears
  • 1953: The Hand on the Colt (Law and Order) - Director: Nathan Juran
  • 1953: The Lawless Breed - Director: Raoul Walsh
  • 1953: Column South (Column South) - Director: Frederick de Cordova
  • 1953: Conspiracy on Fort Clark (War arrow) - Directed by George Sherman
  • 1953: The Golden Sword (The Golden Blade) - Director: Nathan Juran
  • 1954: Ten wanted men - Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
  • 1955: The Spear of Vengeance (Chief Crazy Horse) - Director: George Sherman
  • 1955: Seven angry men - directed by Charles Marquis Warren
  • 1955: Storm fear (fear Storm) - Director: Cornel Wilde
  • 1958: Touch of Evil (Touch of Evil) - Director: Orson Welles
  • 1959: The Admiral (The gallant hours) - Directed by Robert Montgomery
  • 1964–1965: Kentucky Jones (TV series, 26 episodes)
  • 1965: Duel at Diablo (Duel at Diablo) - Director: Ralph Nelson
  • 1966: The Moon Calf (Way ... way out) - Director: Gordon Douglas
  • 1966: Gentle Giant - Director: James Neilson
  • 1970: The Lonely One from the West (Sledge) - Director: Vic Morrow
  • 1971: Duel (Duel) - Director: Steven Spielberg
  • 1971: Men like the devil (alternatively: raiding party through hell) (Mission Batangas) - Director: Keith Larsen
  • 1971: What's the matter with Helen? (What's the matter with Helen?) - Director: Curtis Harrington
  • 1974: The man with the golden hat (McCloud: The man with the golden hat) - Director: Lou Antonio
  • 1974: A cowboy in paradise (cowboy in paradise) - Director: Jerry Paris
  • 1976: Bonnie and McCloud (Bonnie and McCloud) - Director: Steven Hillard Stern
  • 1978: A cry for justice - Director: Bob Kelljan
  • 1981: Am Ende des Weges (The day the loving stopped) - Director: Daniel Mann
  • 1982: Lullaby of Horror (Don't go to sleep) - Director: Richard Lang
  • 1983: Cocain (Cocaine - one man's seduction) - Director: Paul Wendkos
  • 1986: Bluffing It - Director: James Sadwith
  • 1988: Inferno auf Rampe 7 (Disaster at Silo 7) - Director: Larry Elikann
  • 1989: Return of Sam McCloud - Director: Alan J. Levi
  • 1994: Greyhounds - Snoops Never Retire (Greyhounds) - Directed by Kim Manners
  • 1995: The Adventures of Two Bits & Pepper (Two bits and Pepper) - Director: Corey Michael Eubanks
  • 1997: Veil of Innocence (Seduction in a small town) - Director: Charles Wilkinson
  • 1998: Escape from Wildcat Canyon - Director: Marc Voizard
  • 2000: Destination Impact (Submerged) - Directed by Ed Raymond
  • 2000: Land of the Outlaws (The Virginian) - Directed by Bill Pullman
  • 2004: the cows are loose (voice)
  • 2005: Wildfire (TV series, as Henry Ritter)

Autobiography

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Commons : Dennis Weaver  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME Weaver, Dennis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Weaver, William Dennis (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH June 4, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Joplin , Missouri, USA
DATE OF DEATH February 24, 2006
Place of death Ridgway , Colorado