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Biography

Dennis Weaver was born on June 4th 1924. In 1945 he married Gerry Stowell and had 3 kids. Rick, Robby, and Rusty. He worked…more

Born

6/4/1924, Joplin, Missouri, USA

Died

2/24/2006

Birth Name

William Dennis Weaver

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (11)

Role
- Wildfire
  Henry Ritter
  - S 1: Ep 9 Identity
    8/22/05
  - S 1: Ep 4 Guilty
    7/18/05
  - S 1: Ep 3 Mothers
    7/11/05
  - S 1: Ep 2 Trust
    6/27/05
  - S 1: Ep 1 Premiere (aka Pilot)
    6/20/05
- McCloud
  Deputy Marshal Sam McCloud, Taos, New Mexico
  - S 7: Ep 7 The Return of Sam McCloud
    11/12/89
  - S 7: Ep 6 McCloud Meets Dracula
    4/17/77
  - S 7: Ep 5 London Bridges
    3/6/77
  - S 7: Ep 4 The Moscow Connection
    1/23/77
  - S 7: Ep 3 The Great Taxicab Stampede
    1/16/77
  - + 42 More Credits
- Buck James
  Dr. Buck James
  - S 1: Ep 11 Almost Perfect
    1/10/88
- Emerald Point N.A.S.
  Rear Admiral Thomas Mallory
  - S 1: Ep 22 The Wedding
    3/12/84
  - S 1: Ep 21 Pandora's Box
    3/5/84
  - S 1: Ep 20 Friends and Lovers
    3/2/84
  - S 1: Ep 19 The Best Laid Plans
    2/27/84
  - S 1: Ep 18 The Climax
    2/13/84
  - + 19 More Credits
- Stone
  Sgt. Daniel Stone
  - S 1: Ep 7 67 Hours, 24 Minutes, and Counting
    3/17/80
  - S 1: Ep 6 Death Run
    3/10/80
  - S 1: Ep 5 Just a Little Blow Between Friends
    3/3/80
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Man in the Full Toledo
    2/4/80
  - S 1: Ep 3 Case Number HM-89428, Homicide
    1/28/80
  - + 4 More Credits
- Centennial
  R.J. Poteet
  - S 1: Ep 1 Only the Rocks Live Forever (3 hr)
    10/1/78
- Gunsmoke
  Chester
  - S 15: Ep 13 Roots of Fear
    12/15/69
  - S 15: Ep 12 MacGraw
    12/8/69
  - S 15: Ep 11 Ring of Darkness
    12/1/69
  - S 15: Ep 5 Hawk
    10/20/69
  - S 15: Ep 3 Coreyville
    10/6/69
  - + 427 More Credits
- Gentle Ben
  Tom Wedloe
  - S 2: Ep 28 Busman's Holiday
    4/27/69
  - S 2: Ep 27 The Bully
    4/20/69
  - S 2: Ep 26 The Prey
    4/6/69
  - S 2: Ep 25 Elephant on the Lam
    3/30/69
  - S 2: Ep 24 Boom's Land Boomerang
    3/23/69
  - + 51 More Credits
- Kentucky Jones
  Kenneth Yarborough 'Kentucky' Jones
  - S 1: Ep 26 Kentuckys Vacation
    4/10/65
  - S 1: Ep 7 Ike's Song aka Ike's Tong
    11/14/64
  - S 1: Ep 6 Wildcat Soup
    11/7/64
  - S 1: Ep 5 Pony Boy
    10/17/64
  - S 1: Ep 4 Mail Order Bride
    10/10/64
  - + 3 More Credits
- Kentucky Jones
  Kenneth "Kentucky" Jones
  - S 1: Ep 25 The Victim
    4/3/65
  - S 1: Ep 24 Laughing Buddha
    3/27/65
  - S 1: Ep 23 Most Precious Gold
    3/20/65
  - S 1: Ep 22 Feminine Intrusion
    3/13/65
  - S 1: Ep 21 Bad Penny
    3/6/65
  - + 13 More Credits
- The Twilight Zone
  Adam Grant
  - S 2: Ep 26 Shadow Play
    5/5/61
Recurring Role (5)

Role
- Lonesome Dove: The Series
  Buffalo Bill
  - S 1: Ep 8 Last Stand
  - S 1: Ep 16 Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
    3/18/95
- Lonesome Dove: The Series
  Buffalo Bill Cody
  - S 1: Ep 3 When Wilt Thou Blow
  - S 1: Ep 2 Down Come Rain
  - S 1: Ep 1 O Western Wind
    9/9/94
- The Dean Martin Show
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 1 5th Season Premiere: Goldie Hawn. Dennis Weaver, Dom DeLuise
    9/18/69
  - S 4: Ep 14 1968 Christmas Show
    12/19/68
  - S 7: Ep 3 Dennis Weaver / Leslie Uggams / Dick Martin
    9/30/71
  - S 6: Ep 16 Dennis Weaver / Bob Newhart / Bobbie Martin
    1/7/71
- Dragnet
  Sgt. Jay Allen
  - S 4: Ep 15 The Big Bible
    12/2/54
- Dragnet
  Officer Boone
  - S 3: Ep 35 The Big Plant
    4/29/54
Guest Star (53)

Role
- The Hollywood Squares
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 106 Crime Fighters Week - Monday
    2/23/04
- Touched By an Angel
  Emmett
  - S 9: Ep 17 The Good Earth
    3/1/03
- The Weakest Link (US)
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 35 NBC All-Stars Edition
    5/26/02
- The Simpsons
  Buck McCoy
  - S 13: Ep 12 The Lastest Gun in the West
    2/24/02
- Family Law
  Judge Richard Lloyd
  - S 3: Ep 10 Sex, Lies, and the Internet
    12/10/01
- Politically Incorrect
  Self
  - S 9: Ep 37 Jason Alexander, David Crosby, Charmaine Yoest, Dennis Weaver
    10/23/01
- The Beast (2001)
  Walter Charles McFadden
  - S 1: Ep 5 Travinia ... Life Is But a Dream
    7/18/01
  - S 1: Ep 4 Travinia ... Gently Down the Stream
    7/11/01
- Captain Planet and the Planeteers
  Josh
  - S 2: Ep 12 Off Road Hog
    11/30/91
- One On One With John Tesh
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 52 November 19, 1991
    11/19/91
- Live! with Kelly
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 160 April 22, 1991
    4/22/91
  - S 2: Ep 49 November 9, 1989
    11/9/89
- The Pat Sajak Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 202 November 6, 1989
    11/6/89
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  Guest
  - S 28: Ep 11 Show #4056
    10/24/89
  - S 25: Ep 50 Show #3850
    9/11/87
  - S 9: Ep 95 710819
    8/19/71
- Our World
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 26 Spring, 1953
    5/28/87
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Himself
  - S 38: Ep 1 The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/21/86
- Magnum, P.I.
  Lacy Fletcher (present day)
  - S 5: Ep 18 Let Me Hear the Music
    2/21/85
- Hee-Haw
  Himself
  - S 17: Ep 11 Dennis Weaver / Sylvia / Boxcar Willie
    12/1/84
  - S 9: Ep 14 Dennis Weaver / Susan Raye / Jimmy Henley
    12/17/77
  - S 9: Ep 7 Dennis Weaver / Eddie Rabbitt / Jana Jae
    10/29/77
- The Big Show
  Host
  - S 1: Ep 8 Episode 8
    4/29/80
- Dinah!
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 117 March 3, 1980
    3/3/80
  - S 6: Ep 68 December 17, 1979
    12/17/79
  - S 5: Ep 210 August 9, 1979
    8/9/79
  - S 5: Ep 172 May 24, 1979
    5/24/79
  - S 5: Ep 114 February 28. 1979
    2/28/79
  - + 5 More Credits
- Police Story
  Bentley
  - S 5: Ep 8 A Cry for Justice
    5/23/79
- Centennial
  RJ Poteet
- The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 4 The Mystery of the Hollywood Phantom (1)
    10/2/77
- The Hardy Boys Mysteries
  Himself
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Himself (as "McCLOUD")
  - S 11: Ep 36 January 10-16, 1977 (2) "The Nighttime Storybook SQUARES No. 1"
    1/10/77
- Dean Martin Celebrity Roast
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 5 Dennis Weaver
    4/27/76
- Cher
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 13 Show 13
    5/11/75
- The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 6 Show 49 - Dennis Weaver
    10/17/73
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself/Co-host
  - S 11: Ep 119 February 16, 1973
    2/16/73
  - S 11: Ep 118 February 15, 1973
    2/15/73
  - S 11: Ep 117 February 14, 1973
    2/14/73
  - S 11: Ep 116 February 13, 1973
    2/13/73
  - S 11: Ep 115 Week of February 12, 1973
    2/12/73
- The Don Knotts Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 6 October 20, 1970
    10/20/70
- That Girl (1966)
  Lewis Franks
  - S 4: Ep 17 That Meter Maid
    1/22/70
- The Red Skelton Show
  Guest Star
  - S 19: Ep 42 Blood is Thicker Than Water and Harder to Shave With
    1/20/70
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 10 November 3-7, 1969
    11/3/69
  - S 4: Ep 5 September 29-October 3, 1969
    9/29/69
  - S 12: Ep 6 September 26-30, 1977 (NBC-TV)
    9/26/77
  - S 11: Ep 24 November 22-28, 1976 (2)
    11/22/76
  - S 11: Ep 9 October 4-8, 1976 (NBC-TV)
    10/4/76
  - + 27 More Credits
- The Name of the Game
  Walter Grayson
  - S 2: Ep 7 Give Till It Hurts
    10/31/69
- Judd for the Defense
  Professor Robert Beardsley
  - S 2: Ep 24 The View From the Ivory Tower
    3/14/69
- The Joey Bishop Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 151 April 19, 1968
    4/19/68
  - S 2: Ep 140 April 3, 1968
    4/3/68
- Gallegher Goes West
  George Tucker The Sundown Kid
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Crusading Reporter
    10/30/66
  - S 1: Ep 1 Showdown with the Sundown Kid
    10/23/66
- Dr. Kildare
  Wayne Wandemeir
  - S 4: Ep 31 Reverence For Life
    4/29/65
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 10 September 18, 1964
    9/18/64
  - S 18: Ep 15 September 21, 1979
    9/21/79
  - S 15: Ep 202 June 15, 1977
    6/15/77
- The Match Game
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 3 Michael Landon & Dennis Weaver
    9/16/63
- Stump the Stars
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 34 May 13, 1963
    5/13/63
- The Garry Moore Show
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 3 October 9, 1962
    10/9/62
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 3 October 3, 1962
    10/3/62
  - S 12: Ep 185 June 3, 1975
    6/3/75
  - S 9: Ep 177 June 16, 1972
    6/16/72
  - S 9: Ep 146 May 4, 1972
    5/4/72
  - S 9: Ep 118 March 27, 1972
    3/27/72
  - + 3 More Credits
- The Perry Como Show
  Himself
  - S 14: Ep 28 May 16, 1962
    5/16/62
- What's My Line?
  Guest Panelist
  - S 13: Ep 34 EPISODE #610
    4/22/62
- Password
  Guest
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  Charles Cavender
  - S 5: Ep 30 Insomnia
    5/8/60
- The Twilight Zone
  Adam Grant
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  scheduled guest
  - S 12: Ep 23 scheduled: Dennis Weaver; Roger Williams; Pat Henning
    2/22/59
- Playhouse 90
  Karl Ohringer
  - S 2: Ep 30 The Dungeon
    4/10/58
- Climax!
  Steve Maclyn
  - S 4: Ep 20 Burst of Fire
    1/30/58
- The Lone Ranger
  Jeb Sullivan
  - S 4: Ep 32 The Tell-Tale Bullet
    4/14/55
- Dragnet
  Dave Rotbart
  - S 4: Ep 22 The Big Screen
    1/27/55
- Dragnet
  Lt. Dick Whitley
  - S 4: Ep 9 The Big Present
    10/21/54
- Dragnet
  Russ Camp
  - S 4: Ep 8 The Big Bar
    10/14/54
Director (2)

Role
- McCloud
  Director
  - S 7: Ep 2 'Twas the Fight Before Christmas...
    12/26/76
- Gunsmoke
  Director
  - S 7: Ep 13 Marry Me
    12/23/61
  - S 6: Ep 28 Little Girl
    4/1/61
Co-Executive Producer (1)

Role
- McCloud
  Co-Executive Producer
  - S 7: Ep 7 The Return of Sam McCloud
    11/12/89
Camera Operator (1)

Role
- Grounded for Life
  Camera Operator
  - S 2: Ep 11 Mr. Roboto
    1/30/02
  - S 2: Ep 9 Is She Really Going Out with Walt?
    1/16/02
  - S 2: Ep 8 Let's Talk About Sex, Henry
    1/2/02
  - S 2: Ep 6 Smoke on the Daughter
    12/12/01
  - S 2: Ep 4 Rubber Sold
    11/28/01
  - + 8 More Credits
Story (1)

Role
- Gentle Ben
  Story
  - S 1: Ep 21 Batter Up
    2/4/68

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- Dennis Weaver tried out for the the U.S Olympic team in the decathlon, but never made the team.
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- Mr. Weaver was a vegetarian.
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- Mr. Weaver was born at 8:00am-CST.
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- Mr. Weaver: I don't think any less seriously about Chester (his character on Gunsmoke) than I did about King Lear in college.
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- Mr. Weaver: To get what you want, STOP doing what isn't working.
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- Mr. Weaver: When we realize we can make a buck cleaning up the environment, it will be done!
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