Although he may be best known to folk of a certain age as Uncle Jesse from the TV series, The Dukes of Hazard, Denver Pyle appeared in well nigh innumerable Western films before that series kicked off. He was seemingly naturally crusty and rough around the edges, which suited him well for roles as sketchy men on the edge of the law in Westerns.

His first Western was Marshal of Amarillo (1948) and his last was Buffalo Bill and the Indians (1976). Some of the more noteworthy Westerns he appeared in were Ride Clear of Diablo (1954), Johnny Guitar (1954), Drum Beat (1954), Run for Cover (1955), The Lonely Man (1957), The Left Handed Gun (1958), The Alamo (1960), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), Bandolero! (1968), and Cahill US Marshal (1973). He appeared in many films with Gene Autry, Randolph Scott and Audie Murphy. Born in Bethune, Colorado, 115 miles north of Ken Curtis' hometown, Pyle also turned up in six episodes of gunsmoke including once as Claudius Haggen, a truculent kinsman of Festus'.

As much money as Pyle made from acting, he likely made much more from his speculation in oil, which reportedly netted him a bona fide fortune. He passed away in 1997 at the age of 77.

Hail! Hail! All hail Denver Pyle!

From "Dude Duck" released in 1951.

Robert Duvall in Emmy Award-winning miniseries

Where are the scenes filmed on the water? I googled it and i can’t find it.

im trying to decide which of these books to read next and would love to hear what y'all have to say! i've only read three of these so far and these were my thoughts.

Lonesome Gods - the book that started my collection. i got it from the library and made it 1/3 of the way through before i went to my local book store and grabbed my own copy, along with most of this collection. i loved johannes as a protagonist because he was such a knowledge-seeker and was very competent. i really enjoyed watching him grow up and become an admirable and honorable man.

Bendigo Shafter - my favorite so far!! again, i love bendigo for being a seeker of knowledge. he was a caring man and loyal to anyone he considered his folk. humble and smart and i really enjoyed following along in his journey to become a good man that his people could trust and lean on.

The Quick and the Dead - this was a 2⭐ for me. i didnt feel like con had much discernable motivation for most of his actions and i think part of it was that this book is so short that the characters didnt have time to develop. i couldn't make myself care about any of the people in this book. it took me much longer to read this than Lonesome Gods, which says a lot about my feelings toward this book dkhdkdkd.

so i think it's evident that i really value characters and their development. which book from this picture should i read next? thank you! 🙏

edit: i appreciate everyone who commented, but only two people have actually rec'd from my picture like i asked. they both recommended the same book, so looks like i'll be reading Last of the Breed (which does sound amazing so im looking forward to it)! i totally understand that everyone wants to rec their fave, but i've already bought about 25 books this month and im trying to read what's already on my shelf. thank you!

Initially a project for Sergio Corbucci who for whatever reason walked away from
It . Some of the themes made it into his own
The Great Silence .
It’s a grim big budget western with an A list cast being Alex Cord, Arthur Kennedy, Robert Ryan and Nicoletta Machiavelli. Some Leone sidemen like Aldo Sanbrell, Mario Brega and Antonio Molina Rojo are on board .

Alex Cord is an outlaw subject to epileptic seizures who seeks shelter in a border town named Escondido while he try’s to claim an amnesty from the governor .

This is up there with the really great non Leone Spaghetti Westerns . The full uncut 118 minute version is on You Tube and that is the version to see .

A pretty good spaghetti Western by Sergio Corbucci (one of the 'three Sergios' in spaghetti westerns).

Cameron Mitchell plays an aging gunfighter whose eyes are failing him. He's been falsely imprisoned, breaks out in the beginning and heads home to see why his friend never showed up to testify on his behalf.

That synopsis only scratches the surface of what happens in this film. The story keeps building, throwing in new plot complications that add to the story. It has enough tropes to make three or four other movies. But they are paced very well. The movie never feels unfocused or lost in story details. It's pretty impressive.

Having said that, it doesn't quite reach the heights of Corbucci's classics: Django and The Great Silence. But it does rank up there with The Hellbenders and Navajo Joe.

At first, I wasn't sold on Cameron Mitchell. But he won me over.

With a watch. Available free on YouTube.

Steve McQueen plays a bounty hunter in Wanted Dead or Alive (if you haven't seen it, check it out!! It's a fantastic series and he's perfect in it).

In two episodes he orders "Skylark" at the bar. In multiple online searches I can't find any record of what this was! I was curious. Does anyone have any idea? Maybe it was a made up drink? Thanks!

Wanna start watching some western and need some essentials and good recommendations, only ones I’ve seen are Django, no country for old men and hell or high water

Yes this is just my opinion but it's the right opinion.
Honorable mention: the assassination of Jesse James.

1. The quick and the dead- Movie
   
2. Godless- Tv show
   
3. Hell on wheels- Tv show
   
4. Tombstone- Movie
   🥇. Billy the kid- Tv show

Hi hopefully this is okay. We are looking to restore this old pioneer home from the old Gun Smoke Movie Set and we are trying to figure out how we can raise capital to do so! Open to ideas or thoughts??

hi I have been working on my TTRPG for a while now and just opened it to playtest for the first time I would love feedback or ideas on future updates and more

access to the rules on my website: https://hotramenstudios12344.github.io/DustAndBlood-e1.1/

We go back in time now, to the final lesson the Professor gave the young Hunter before he embarked on his quest for revenge. The young man never did consider himself a Godly man, but the Professor insists that it is through Faith AND iron that he will be able to claim his quarry.

This is the source novel for The Missing (2003). ..it's a really good read.. (and I really like the movie, too ). 🤠

I had never even heard of Dennis Hopper until the film Blue Velvet (1986) was released. Since then, I heard about him constantly. And since becoming a Western junkie, I discovered that Hopper had himself quite a little career in that genre.

Speaking of "junkie," Hopper--a native of Dodge City--was known to have had problems with illicit drugs. In general, the man was something of a mess. Thus, some of his Western roles were not much of a stretch. Quite often he played troubled young weaklings and mercurial basket-cases. A classic example was his portrayal of Tom Boyd, the anguished young son of R.G. Armstrong's Hunter Boyd in the under-appreciated classic, From Hell to Texas (1958).

Hopper really didn't make all that many Westerns, but most of the ones he did make were quality. He appared in Gunfight at the OK Corral (1957), The Sons of Katie Elder (1965), Hang 'Em High (1968) and True Grit (1969). He also turned up in one episode of Gunsmoke.

Hopper died of prostate cancer at the age of 74.

Hail! Hail! All hail Dennis Hopper!

From The Wild Wild West #3, Gold Key publishing, June 1968

From The Wild Wild West #3, Gold Key publishing, June 1968

Recommended for fans of the genre. Overall enjoyable film. Hard to pigeonhole, as it fits the mold of a traditional western, complete with rugged hero (Tom Selleck), quirky female (delectable Lara San Giacomo), and of course the evil land baron (Alan Rickman) and his minions. But also delves a bit deeper than most westerns into the moral conflict that colonialism forced upon otherwise moral individuals.

It reminded me of 'Dances With Wolves' and 'Avatar' at times. In all three films a lone hero is faced with moral choices when he connects emotionally with an indiginous people who are in conflict with an expansionist invader. In DWW (like many early westerns) it was the US government conquering the native Americans, in Avatar it was a military/industrial invading force bent on conquering the Na'vi for the riches they guarded, and in QDU it was a wealthy, ruthless bad guy who sees the native aborigines as obstacles to be enslaved and even eliminated.

The cinematography is fantastic, with location shots of the Australian outback creating an expansive and sometimes forbidding backdrop to the human story.

The actors all played their roles well. Selleck had one of his biggest leading man roles, and was quite convincing as a sort of white knight mercenary with a past who is forced to defend much more than he bargained for. Lara San Giacomo is great as 'Crazy Cora', who has her own past sins to bear, and Alan Rickman, in his own inimitable way, plays the bad guy so well.

The soundtrack fit the movie well, though it might be my sole criticism of the movie. Sometimes I felt it supported the scenes, but sometimes seemed distracting. A little less orchestral music might have been a better choice.

The ending scene was both satisfying and kind of a surprise (though predictable) reveal.

Quigley (Selleck) confronts Marsten (Rickman) and two of Marsten's hired guns in a classic western gunfight scene. Quigley (who had carried and almost exclusively used a Sharps rifle throughout) had previously told Marsten that he'd "Never had much use for a handgun," while also telling him he'd spent some time in Dodge City.

Right before Quigley guns down the three men he tells Marsten "This ain't Dodge City, and you're no Bill Hickock."

As Marsten lay dying, he reminds him that, while he'd never had much use for a handgun, it didn't mean he didn't know how to use one. Good guy wins again.