Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

103

Gender

Male

Birthday

1924-06-04

Deathday

2006-02-24 (81 years old)

Place of Birth

Joplin, Missouri, USA

Also Known As

William Dennis Weaver
دنیس ویور

Dennis Weaver

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

William Dennis Weaver (June 4, 1924 – February 24, 2006) was an American actor, best known for his work in television, including roles on Gunsmoke, as Marshal Sam McCloud on the NBC police drama McCloud, and the 1971 TV movie Duel.

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Known For

8.0%

The Simpsons

Dec 17, 1989

6.1%

Home on the Range

Apr 2, 2004

7.4%

Duel

Nov 13, 1971

7.7%

Touch of Evil

Mar 30, 1958

8.4%

The Twilight Zone

Oct 2, 1959

7.3%

Magnum, P.I.

Dec 11, 1980

7.7%

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Oct 2, 1955

6.8%

Captain Planet and the Planeteers

Sep 15, 1990

7.2%

Touched by an Angel

Sep 21, 1994

6.3%

Duel at Diablo

Jun 15, 1966

7.6%

Combat!

Oct 2, 1962

6.6%

Gunsmoke

Sep 10, 1955

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Acting

2005

Wildfire as Henry Ritter

2004

Home on the Range as Abner (voice)

2000		Submerged as Buck Stevens
2000		High Noon as Mart Howe
2000		The Virginian as Sam Balaam

1999

Family Law as Judge Richard Lloyd

1998

Escape from Wildcat Canyon as Grandpa Flint

1997		Seduction in a Small Town as Sam Jenks
1997		Stolen Women, Captured Hearts as Captain Farnsworth

1996

E! True Hollywood Story

1995

Two Bits & Pepper as Sheriff Pratt

1994		Touched by an Angel as Emmett Rivers
1994		Lonesome Dove: The Series as Buffalo Bill Cody
1994		Greyhounds as Chance Wayne

1992		Mastergate as Vice President Dale Burden
1992		Earth and the American Dream as Reader (voice)

1990		Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990		Great Adventurers & Their Quests: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade as Narrator
1990		Dennis Weaver's Earthship

1989		The Simpsons as Buck McCoy (voice)
1989		The Return of Sam McCloud as Sam McCloud

1988		Disaster at Silo 7 as Sheriff Ben Harlen
1988		Walking After Midnight as Self

1987		Buck James as Dr. Buck James
1987		Bluffing It as Jack Duggan

1986

A Winner Never Quits as Mr. Wyshner

1985

Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story as Wally Johnson

1983		Emerald Point N.A.S. as Rear Adm. Thomas Mallory
1983		Cocaine: One Man's Seduction as Eddie Gant

1982

Don't Go to Sleep as Phillip

1981

The Day the Loving Stopped as Aaron Danner

1980		Magnum, P.I. as Lacy Fletcher
1980		The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd as Dr. Samuel A. Mudd
1980		Amber Waves as Elroy 'Bud' Burkhardt
1980		Stone as Det. Sgt. Daniel Stone

1979		Stone as Daniel Ellis Stone
1979		A Cry For Justice as Sgt. Ted Bentley
1979		The Ordeal of Patty Hearst as Charles Bates

1978		Ishi: The Last of His Tribe as Prof. Benjamin Fuller
1978		Pearl as Col. Jason Forrest
1978		Centennial as R.J. Poteet
1978		The Islander as Gable McQueen

1977		Intimate Strangers as Donald Halston
1977		The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

1975

Cher as Self - Guest

1973		Terror on the Beach as Neil Glynn
1973		The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
1973		Police Story
1973		Female Artillery as Deke Chambers

1972		Rolling Man as Lonnie McAfee
1972		The Great Man's Whiskers as Abraham Lincoln

1971		Duel as David Mann
1971		The Forgotten Man as Lt. Joe Hardy
1971		The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
1971		What's the Matter with Helen? as Lincoln Palmer
1971		The Pet Set as Self

1970		A Man Called Sledge as Erwin Ward
1970		The Don Knotts Show as Self
1970		McCloud as Sam McCloud
1970		Swing Out, Sweet Land as Self

1968		The Dean Martin Christmas Show as Self
1968		Mission Batangas as Chip Corbett
1968		The Name of the Game as Walter Grayson

1967		Gentle Giant as Tom Wedloe
1967		Gentle Ben as Tom Wedloe
1967		Judd for the Defense

1966		Gallegher Goes West as George Tucker, the Sundown Kid
1966		Way... Way Out as Hoffman
1966		That Girl
1966		Duel at Diablo as Willard Grange
1966		Best of The Dean Martin Variety Show

1964

Kentucky Jones as Kentucky Jones

1962		Combat! as Noah
1962		The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1962		The Merv Griffin Show as Self

1961		The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
1961		The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1961		Dr. Kildare as Wayne Wandemeir

1960

The Gallant Hours as Andy Lowe

1959

The Twilight Zone as Adam Grant

1958

Touch of Evil as Mirador Motel Night Manager

1955		Storm Fear as Hank
1955		Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Charles Cavender
1955		Gunsmoke as Chester
1955		Chief Crazy Horse as Maj. Carlisle
1955		Seven Angry Men as John Brown Jr.
1955		Ten Wanted Men as Sheriff Clyde Gibbons

1954		Climax! as Steve Maclyn
1954		Dragnet as Capt. R.A. Lohrman
1954		Dangerous Mission as Ranger clerk

1953		War Arrow as Pino
1953		The Golden Blade
1953		The Man from the Alamo
1953		Column South as Menguito
1953		Law and Order as Frank Durling
1953		The Mississippi Gambler as Julian Contant
1953		The Redhead from Wyoming as Matt Jessup

1952		The Lawless Breed as Jim Clements
1952		Horizons West as Dandy Taylor

1951		Dragnet
1951		Dragnet as Russ Camp
1951		Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Ben

1948

The Ed Sullivan Show as Self

Directing

1970

McCloud as Director

1967

Gentle Ben as Director

1955

Gunsmoke as Director