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Steve Pendleton

Steve Pendleton

Actor · 1908 – 1984 · Harlem, New York City, New York, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Steve Pendleton (September 16, 1908 – October 3, 1984) was an American film and television actor, often cast in the role of law-enforcement officers. Pendleton was cast in eight episodes in different roles from 1952 to 1957 on The Roy Rogers Show. In 1955, he played the role of Baumer in "Gold of Haunted Mountain" of the CBS drama, Brave Eagle. In another 1955 appearance, he was cast as Captain Kenneth McNabb in "The Fight for Texas" of the syndicated western series, Buffalo Bill, Jr. In 1956, he was cast as Bill Mathison in the episode "The Long Weekend" of the then CBS military drama, Navy Log. In 1957, he appeared on two episodes of William Bendix's NBC situation comedy, The Life of Riley. In 1958, he played Marshal Purvis in "Star Witness" of another syndicated western series, Casey Jones, with Alan Hale, Jr., in the title role. In 1959 he portrayed Sheriff Anderson in "The Louisiana Dude" of the CBS western series Yancy Derringer. Pendleton was cast in two roles in a total of twelve episodes broadcast between 1956 and 1961 of the ABC/Desilu western television series, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, with Hugh O'Brian in the title role of deputy marshal Wyatt Earp. He played a United States Army mayor, Benteen, in five segments, including "Dull Knife Strikes for Freedom" (May 7, 1957). In this segment, the actor Ian MacDonald is cast as Dull Knife, a Cheyenne chief, who leads his tribe from its reservation in Oklahoma Territory to their homeland in Montana, which they claim the U.S. government had promised them. Benteen has orders to prevent the Indians from passing through. Pendleton also appeared in seven other series episodes as the character Thacker. In 1960, Pendleton was cast as Marshal McCoy in "The Town That Wasn't There" of the ABC/Warner Brothers western series, Maverick. That same year, he played deputy Kelsey, with Lee Van Cleef as deputy Clyde Wilson, in the episode "Man on a Mountain" of another ABC/WB western, Lawman. In 1961, he portrayed deputy marshal Ben Johnson in the episode "Death Trap" of the ABC western series, The Rifleman, starring Chuck Connors. In 1967, he played Mr. Hutchins in the episode "Howard and Millie" of the CBS sitcom, The Andy Griffith Show. From 1968 to 1970, he had a recurring role as Mr. Bennett in six episodes of the NBC sitcom, Julia, starring Diahann Carroll. His last role was as a businessman on the 1976 episode "The Reformer" of William Conrad's CBS crime drama, Cannon. Pendleton died at the age of seventy-six in Pasadena, California.

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  • Movie7.2

    Tora! Tora! Tora!

    1970 · 623 votes

  • Movie7.8

    The Grapes of Wrath

    1940 · 1.1K votes

  • Movie7.2

    Sergeant York

    1941 · 239 votes

  • Movie6.4

    Ocean's Eleven

    1960 · 422 votes

  • Movie7.2

    The Caine Mutiny

    1954 · 383 votes

  • Movie6.8

    Rio Grande

    1950 · 408 votes

  • Movie7.0

    The Glenn Miller Story

    1954 · 169 votes

  • Movie6.7

    He Walked by Night

    1949 · 109 votes

  • Movie6.8

    Alias Nick Beal

    1949 · 34 votes

  • Movie6.9

    No Man of Her Own

    1950 · 48 votes

  • Movie5.8

    Bombers B-52

    1957 · 16 votes

  • Movie7.0
  • Movie5.8

    Submarine Command

    1951 · 18 votes

  • Movie6.2
  • Movie6.4

    I Married a Woman

    1958 · 7 votes

  • Movie6.2

    Red, Hot and Blue

    1949 · 5 votes

  • Movie6.4

    Road to Singapore

    1940 · 48 votes

  • Movie5.3

    A Lady Without Passport

    1950 · 23 votes

  • Movie6.2

    Wings of the Navy

    1939 · 6 votes

  • Movie5.3

    One Way Street

    1950 · 28 votes

  • Movie5.7

    Up the River

    1930 · 32 votes

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  • Movie6.8

    Twentieth Century

    1934 · 114 votes

  • Movie4.2

    Let's Do It Again

    1953 · 5 votes

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  • TV7.7

    Perry Mason

    1957 · 139 votes

  • TV6.8

    Ironside

    1967 · 71 votes

  • TV7.0

    Maverick

    1957 · 43 votes

  • TV7.6

    The Andy Griffith Show

    1960 · 175 votes

  • TV7.1

    The Rifleman

    1958 · 54 votes

  • TV8.0

    Get Smart

    1965 · 448 votes

  • TV6.3

    Lassie

    1954 · 74 votes

  • TV7.3

    Batman

    1966 · 618 votes

  • TV6.5

    The Virginian

    1962 · 35 votes

  • TV6.8

    Four Star Playhouse

    1952 · 11 votes

  • TV6.2

    Cheyenne

    1955 · 26 votes

  • TV6.7

    Cannon

    1971 · 41 votes

  • TV6.9

    The Beverly Hillbillies

    1962 · 139 votes

  • TV6.8
  • TV7.5

    Studio 57

    1954 · 2 votes

  • TV6.7

    Adventures of Superman

    1952 · 63 votes

  • TV4.7

    The Gene Autry Show

    1950 · 6 votes

  • TV5.2

    Navy Log

    1955 · 5 votes

  • TV6.4

    Julia

    1968 · 9 votes

  • TV5.3
  • TV7.2
  • TV4.6

    Cavalcade of America

    1952 · 5 votes

  • TV7.5

    Official Detective

    1957 · 2 votes

  • TV5.0

    26 Men

    1957 · 8 votes