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John Alderson

John Alderson

John Bramwell Alderson (10 April 1916 – 4 August 2006) was an English actor noted for playing the lead in the 1957–58 syndicated western television series, Boots and Saddles, which ran for thirty-eight episodes in a single season, and many supporting roles in films in a career spanning almost forty years, from 1951 to 1990.

Alderson was cast as the rugged trail guide Hugh Glass, an historical figure, in the 1966 episode "Hugh Glass Meets the Bear" of the syndicated series, Death Valley Days. Others in the episode were Morgan Woodward as Thomas Fitzpatrick, Victor French as Louis Baptiste and Tris Coffin.

Evil Under the Sun

1982

as Police Sergeant

Ragtime

1981

as Waldo's Aide No. 1

Haywire

1980

as Andrew (uncredited)

The Memory of Eva Ryker

1980

as Sheriff

The Cat from Outer Space

1978

as Mr. Smith

Candleshoe

1977

as Jenkins

Valentino

1977

as Cop

The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox

1976

as Trent

The Log of the Black Pearl

1975

as Eric Kort

The Klansman

1974

as Vernon Hodo

Blazing Saddles

1974

as Gum Chewer (uncredited)

Kisses at Fifty

1973

as Audrey's Husband

Fear Is the Key

1972

as Tanner (uncredited)

The Onedin Line

1971

as Bosun

The Persuaders!

1971

as Kyle Sandor

Night Gallery

1970

as Granger

Play for Today

1970

as Audrey's Husband

You Can't Win 'Em All

1970

as U.S. Army Major

The Molly Maguires

1970

as Jenkins

Hellfighters

1968

as Jim Hatch

Cowboy in Africa

1967

as Baron

Double Trouble

1967

as Iceman

Mission: Impossible

1966

as Follet

Doctor Who: The Gunfighters

1966

as Marshal Wyatt Earp

The War Lord

1965

as Holbracht

BBC Play of the Month

1965

as Richard F Snyder, US Consul in Moscow

The Wild Wild West

1965

as Clive Marchmount

Green Acres

1965

as Corporal

Strange Bedfellows

1965

as Truck Driver (uncredited)

My Fair Lady

1964

as Jamie - Doolittle's crony (uncredited)

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

1964

as Jenkins

The Rogues

1964

as Bill

Doctor Who

1963

as Wyatt Earp

Arrest and Trial

1963

as Bartender

Donovan's Reef

1963

as Officer (uncredited)

The Hook

1963

as Crewman Svenson

Combat!

1962

as Sgt. Rawlings

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962

as Guard #3

Romanoff and Juliet

1961

as Randal Wix

Play of the Week

1959

as Miguel

Adventures in Paradise

1959

as Darcy

Bonanza

1959

as Hugh Gwylnedd

No Name on the Bullet

1959

as Chaffee

Black Saddle

1959

as Big Sam Davis

Wolf Larsen

1958

as Johnson

The Young Lions

1958

as Cpl. Kraus (uncredited)

Don't Go Near the Water

1957

as Lt. Cmdr. Diplock

Maverick

1957

Maverick

1957

as Zindler

Maverick

1957

as Ben Chapman

Maverick

1957

as Simon Girty

Boots and Saddles

1957

as Sgt. Bullock

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957

as Max Clay

Last Stagecoach West

1957

as Angus MacKendrick

Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend

1957

as Clyde Walters

Spoilers of the Forest

1957

as Big Jack Milna

Target Zero

1955

as Cpl. Devon Enoch

Screen Director's Playhouse

1955

as Swede

Cheyenne

1955

as Beef Simpkins

Gunsmoke

1955

as Canby

Gunsmoke

1955

as Ab Laster

To Catch a Thief

1955

as Detective at the Costume Ball (uncredited)

Moonfleet

1955

as Nathanial Greening

Violent Saturday

1955

as Amish Farmer on Train

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

as Sgt. Duncan MacGregor

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

as Sergeant McDonald

Knock on Wood

1954

as English Bobby

South Sea Woman

1953

as Fitzroy - Baritone

The Desert Rats

1953

as Corporal (uncredited)

Against All Flags

1952

as Jonathan Harris

Death Valley Days

1952

as John Tunstall (as John Anderson)

Death Valley Days

1952

as Hugh Glass