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mccloud and gunsmoke were his best known series. i believe he was 81.
 

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i have heard of don knotts but not all these other dead guys.
 

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Actor Dennis Weaver, a regular on the television series Gunsmoke and McCloud, has died at age 81.
Weaver died of cancer last Friday at his home in Ridgway, Colo., his publicist, Julian Myers, said on Monday.

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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=614 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top width=396><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=396 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=story>The actor played slow-witted Deputy Chester Goode in the long-running western Gunsmoke, as well a cowboy detective in New York City in McCloud.

Weaver was born in June 1924 in Joplin, Mo., where he performed in high school productions. He served in the U.S. navy during the Second World War and then enrolled at the University of Oklahoma. A gifted athlete, he placed sixth in the decathlon at the 1948 U.S. Olympic trials.
The budding performer studied at the Actors Studio in New York City and appeared in plays such as A Streetcar Named Desire, Stone and Buck James.

He headed to Hollywood during the 1950s, delivering flowers in order to survive before he was offered the Gunsmoke spot on CBS.

Weaver found the Chester role "inane," he revealed in his 2001 autobiography.

"With all my Actors Studio training, I'll correct this character by using my own experiences and drawing from myself," said Weaver, who gave his character a bad leg and a limp.

The role, which he played for nine years, won him an Emmy in the 1958/1959 season.

In 1966, Weaver starred in another series, Gentle Ben, about a family that adopts a black bear as a pet. It lasted two seasons.

He was later offered the character of Sam McCloud, calling it "the most satisfying role of my career."

McCloud ran from 1970 to 1977, with Weaver playing the fish-out-of-water role of a New Mexico detective who brings his unique crime-fighting tactics to the streets of New York.

His film credits include Dragnet (1954), Seven Angry Men (1955), Touch of Evil (1958), and Way ... Way Out (1966). He has more than 100 film and TV credits, making TV appearances until 2005.

Weaver also was a committed environmentalist and combated world hunger. He headed Love is Feeding Everyone, which served meals to 150,000 needy people every week in Los Angeles. He also founded the Institute of Econolonomics, focusing on solutions to economic and environmental problems.

Weaver and his wife Gerry once built a solar-powered home out of recycled tires and cans dubbed "Earthship."
Weaver is survived by his wife, three sons and three grandchildren.

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McCloud was a great show, enjoyed the heck out of that show.

Sad days in Hollywood these days.
 

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i think we'll file this one in the " who the hell cares " department .....
 

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Fishhead said:
McCloud was a great show, enjoyed the heck out of that show.

Sad days in Hollywood these days.
You're right! Columbo better be careful!
 

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World Number One said:
i think we'll file this one in the " who the hell cares " department .....


You have no heart.
 

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TANG said:
You have no heart.


jesus h. christ .. 1000's of people die every hour . i'm not gonna give some B actor a memorial ...

dude was 80 something.. been around long enough .

time to move on..
 

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World Number One said:
i think we'll file this one in the " who the hell cares " department .....

Why in tarnations would you ever say such a thing?

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You should not make fun of anyone who dies or make light of it unless their name is Timmy Chang.
 

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all right , all right ...

he was a quality guy . the serving meals in l.a. was damn nice of him..

the building a house out of tires was a little out there...

the guy had an amazing knack of solving crimes in just under an hour...

truly a giant in hollywood..

i want to apologize to the weaver family and hope they doing well in their house of tires...
 

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Actually Dennis Weaver had an impressive career stretching over 50 years.



Dennis Weaver Filmography..

His role as David Mann in the movie Duel directed by Steven Spielberg may have been his most notable Hollywood movie part.




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His role as David Mann in the movie Duel directed by Steven Spielberg may have been his most notable Hollywood movie part.


those old 70's tv movies of the week were better than most of whats on today. duel might have been the best of the lot. still trying to see the truck drivers face.
 

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Sad Sad news....Now does this make the 3rd one? It does doesnt it?

R I P
 

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everybody brace themselves ..

grizzly adams might be next .. he's pretty old by now isnt he ?
 

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Hilo Boy said:
His role as David Mann in the movie Duel directed by Steven Spielberg may have been his most notable Hollywood movie part.


What a great movie. I remember I first saw it with my Dad. I just saw it again about two months ago.
 

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Duel was excellent .....think it was Spielberg's directorial debut
 

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