sorry to be so thick - usually I can figure stuff like this out - but which actor played the very young-looking deputy-like sidekick with the funny, flattened, smokey-the-bear hat and the tall, brown riding boots?
I have seen his face before - my memory tells me he was a sniper in a John wayne movie or something like that. help me out - who is he? thanks
I think that where you may have seen that face is on a young Robert Mitchum. The character you're referring to (I think) is the boyfriend of Susan (Barbara Hershey) played by Chris Mitchum.
shareActually, he's thinking of Big Jake, which had both Chris Mitchum and Patrick Wayne in it (playing brothers, the sons of Duke)... and I think that Mitchum was indeed the sniper... not sure about that one though, it may hve been Wayne. Been a long time since I've seen it.
shareYeah, Chris Mitchum played the son who rode the motorcycle and carried the automatic rifle in "Big Jake." He also appeared with John Wayne in "Chisum" and "Rio Lobo". Finally, he was one of Robert Mitchum's sons, along with James Mitchum, who also made movies in the 1960s and 1970s.
shareHey folks,
This is an old thread, and maybe something went over my head, but it would seem Cookookymon-1's original post was confusing two characters - "...which actor played the very young-looking deputy-like sidekick with the funny, flattened, smokey-the-bear hat and the tall, brown riding boots?").
I think the "deputy" character was probably the character, Noel Nye, played by Michael Parks. Instead of being a deputy, Noel Nye was actually the Pima County Sheriff who apparently replaced Heston's character who was the former Pima County Sheriff. Parks wore a type of brown fedora hat that was commonly used by most working men throughout the first 60 years of the 20th Century. His hat was not a "western" type of hat as we would normally expect to see in 19th Century westerns.
The fellow in the smokey-the-bear hat and the tall, brown riding boots
was Hal Brickman, the apparent gentleman suitor of Heston's daughter, Barbara Hershey, and he was played by Chris Mitchum.
Larry Wilcox of TV's CHiPs series also played one of the escaped convicts.
Best wishes,
Dave Wile