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{{short description|American actor and music director}}
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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name = Lou Frizzell
| name = Lou Frizzell
| birth_name = Louis Francis Frizzell Jr.<ref name="a" />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1920|6|10}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1920|6|10}}
| birth_place = [[Missouri]], U.S.
| birth_place = [[Missouri]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1979|6|17|1920|6|10}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1979|6|17|1920|6|10}}
| death_place = [[Los Angeles]], U.S.
| death_place = [[Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
| resting_place =
| resting_place =
| occupation = Actor, music director
| occupation = Actor, music director
| yearsactive = 1955–1979
| yearsactive = 1955–1979
}}
}}
'''Lou Frizzell''' (June 10, 1920<ref name="a" /> &ndash; June 17, 1979)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GRQbAQAAIAAJ|title=Television Guest Stars: An Illustrated Career Chronicle for 678 Performers of the Sixties and Seventies|pages=193–194|first=Jack|last=Ward|publisher=McFarland|date=1993|isbn=9780899508078|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> was an American actor and music director who worked on Broadway productions, television shows and films. He was perhaps best known for playing Dusty Rhodes in the American [[Western (genre)|western]] television series ''[[Bonanza]]''.<ref name="a">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ltUkDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1951|title=Television Western Players, 1960-1975: A Biographical Dictionary|page=177|first=Everett|last=Aaker|publisher=McFarland|date=May 25, 2017|isbn=9781476662503|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> Frizzell died in June 1979 of [[lung cancer]] at his home in [[Los Angeles, California]], at the age of 59.<ref name="a" /><ref>{{Citation|title=John Willis' Theatre World: Volume 36|page=144|publisher=Crown Publishers|work=[[University of Michigan]]|first=John|last=Willis|date=1981}}</ref>
'''Lou Frizzell''' (June 10, 1920 &ndash; June 17, 1979) was an [[United States|American]] actor and music director who worked on Broadway productions, television shows and films.


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
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|1971|| ''[[Summer of '42]]'' || Druggist ||
|1971|| ''[[Summer of '42]]'' || Druggist ||
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|1972|| ''The Other'' || Uncle George ||
|1972|| ''[[The Other (1972 film)|The Other]]'' || Uncle George ||
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|1972|| ''[[Hickey & Boggs]]'' || Lawyer ||
|1972|| ''[[Hickey & Boggs]]'' || Lawyer ||
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|1974|| ''[[The Front Page (1974 film)|The Front Page]]'' || Endicott ||
|1974|| ''[[The Front Page (1974 film)|The Front Page]]'' || Endicott ||
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|1974|| ''[[The New Land (TV series)|The New Land]]'' || Murdock || TV series (series regular)
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|1976|| ''[[Farewell to Manzanar (TV Movie)]]'' || Himself || He was the actual music teacher at Manzanar
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|1977|| ''[[Capricorn One]]'' || Horace Gruning ||
|1977|| ''[[Capricorn One]]'' || Horace Gruning ||
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|1978|| ''[[Ruby and Oswald]]'' || Captain J. Will Fritz ||
|1978|| ''[[Ruby and Oswald]]'' || Captain J. Will Fritz ||
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==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=0296135|name=Lou Frizzell}}
* {{IMDb name|id=0296135|name=Lou Frizzell}}
* {{Find a Grave|6809042}}
*{{AllMovie name|25161}}


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Latest revision as of 12:38, 12 April 2024

Lou Frizzell
Born
Louis Francis Frizzell Jr.[1]

(1920-06-10)June 10, 1920
Missouri, U.S.
DiedJune 17, 1979(1979-06-17) (aged 59)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)Actor, music director
Years active1955–1979

Lou Frizzell (June 10, 1920[1] – June 17, 1979)[2] was an American actor and music director who worked on Broadway productions, television shows and films. He was perhaps best known for playing Dusty Rhodes in the American western television series Bonanza.[1] Frizzell died in June 1979 of lung cancer at his home in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 59.[1][3]

Filmography[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1968 The Stalking Moon Stationmaster
1969 Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here Whitewater station agent
1969 The Reivers Doyle
1970 Halls of Anger Phil Stuart
1971 Duel School Bus Driver
1971 Summer of '42 Druggist
1972 The Other Uncle George
1972 Hickey & Boggs Lawyer
1972 Rage J.T. 'Spike' Boynton (veterinarian)
1974 The Man from Independence Quilling
1974 Our Time Dr. Freeman
1974 The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder Fowler
1974 The Front Page Endicott
1974 The New Land Murdock TV series (series regular)
1976 Farewell to Manzanar (TV Movie) Himself He was the actual music teacher at Manzanar
1977 Capricorn One Horace Gruning
1978 Ruby and Oswald Captain J. Will Fritz


References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Aaker, Everett (May 25, 2017). Television Western Players, 1960-1975: A Biographical Dictionary. McFarland. p. 177. ISBN 9781476662503 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Ward, Jack (1993). Television Guest Stars: An Illustrated Career Chronicle for 678 Performers of the Sixties and Seventies. McFarland. pp. 193–194. ISBN 9780899508078 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Willis, John (1981), "John Willis' Theatre World: Volume 36", University of Michigan, Crown Publishers, p. 144

External links[edit]

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