Warren Vanders

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Warren Vanders (actually Warren John Vanderschuit ; born May 23, 1930 in San Fernando , California - † November 27, 2009 in Pasadena , California) was an American actor .

Life

Vanders was a US Navy soldier during the Korean War and boxed in military competitions. He then continued his sports career; so he was part of the Golden Gloves series and won the 1954 title of light heavyweight champion of Southern California . He also played American football .

In 1956, the 1.91 m tall Vanders began studying acting and initially worked as a teacher himself; only gradually did he find roles in film, television and on stage, mostly as a gangster or an unscrupulous power man. His best-known roles have been in westerns  - many on the small screen in Smoking Colts , Bonanza and Daniel Boone ; on the canvas in bloody lead .

For a while he was married to fellow actor Dawn Bender .

Filmography (selection)

movie theater

  • 1961: A Charming Impostor (The Great Impostor)
  • 1967: When Jim Dolan Came In (Rough Night in Jericho)
  • 1968: Hard Fists, Hot Songs (Stay Away, Joe)
  • 1968: cops - how long do you want to live? (The Split)
  • 1969: Bloody lead (Il prezzo del potere)
  • 1972: Revengers (The Revengers)
  • 1975: With dynamite and pious sayings (Rooster Cogburn)
  • 1978: Hot Shots, Cold Feet (Hot Lead and Cold Feet)
  • 2006: Touched

watch TV

  • 1969: Daniel Boone (TV series)
  • 1970: Cutter does not condone murder (Cutter's Trail)
  • 1975: The Last Day of the Daltons
  • 1975: Nevada Smith
  • 1976: SOS in the clouds (Mayday at 40,000 Feet!)
  • 1978 How the West Was Won (TV miniseries)
  • 1987: The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
  • 1991: Matlock (TV series)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ passings: Warren Vanderschuit - Character actor in many westerns. In: latimes.com. Los Angeles Times , December 7, 2009, accessed January 16, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Vanders, Warren
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vanderschuit, Warren John (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH May 23, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH San Fernando , California , United States
DATE OF DEATH November 27, 2009
Place of death Pasadena , California , United States