In what 50s Western film did the lead play 2 parts ?

Brian

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Nov 6, 2012, 6:42:03 PM11/6/12

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In what 1950s Western movie, did the lead actor play 2 parts,
as an Indian warrior and also as a jailer.

Alan

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Nov 7, 2012, 9:26:28 AM11/7/12

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"Brian" <lav...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> In what 1950s Western movie, did the lead actor play 2 parts,
> as an Indian warrior and also as a jailer.
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Nov 7, 2012, 10:11:34 AM11/7/12

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On Nov 6, 6:42 pm, Brian <lav...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> In what 1950s Western movie, did the lead actor play 2 parts,
> as an Indian warrior and also as a jailer.

Wikipedia doesn't know...

( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
List_of_actors_who_have_played_multiple_roles_in_the_same_film )

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Nov 7, 2012, 10:47:01 AM11/7/12

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On Tuesday, November 6, 2012 6:42:03 PM UTC-5, Brian wrote:
> In what 1950s Western movie, did the lead actor play 2 parts,
>
> as an Indian warrior and also as a jailer.

Dick Miller played two parts in Roger Corman's APACHE WOMAN (1955)--an Indian and one of the town posse. But he wasn't the lead.

Dont' know of any others and I've seen a zillion '50s westerns.

Bill Steele

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Nov 7, 2012, 2:09:25 PM11/7/12

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In article <c49bbbd4-7d59-4e6a...@googlegroups.com>,

I can think of a couple of B-Westerns where Buster Crabbe and Bob Steele
played lookalike good and bad guys. But that was the 40s.

For lead actors as Indian warriors all that comes to mind is Burt
Lancaster and Charles Bronson,and I think we would have noticed.

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Nov 7, 2012, 6:36:24 PM11/7/12

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I guess we've drifted somewhat from the OP's original question (the answer to which in my case is - "I don't know.") but Roy Rogers played dual roles in _Jesse James at Bay_ and _Billy the Kid Returns_.

I recall Jack Palance played an Apache warrior in _Arrowhead_ - Long time since I've seen it but I'm pretty sure he didn't play a jailer as well.

Dave M

Piper

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Nov 7, 2012, 10:31:40 PM11/7/12

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Mel Brooks played Governor Le Petomane and an Indian in his western movie.

Wrong decade tho.

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Nov 9, 2012, 5:00:51 PM11/9/12

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That would be BLAZING SADDLES (1974)

hislop

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Nov 10, 2012, 6:53:55 AM11/10/12

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On 7/11/2012 10:42 AM, Brian wrote:
> In what 1950s Western movie, did the lead actor play 2 parts,
> as an Indian warrior and also as a jailer.
>

Was Jack Lemmon in it?

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Nov 10, 2012, 10:27:12 AM11/10/12

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Jack Lemmon was only in one Western as far as I know _Cowboy_ and neither he nor his costar Glenn Ford played an Indian warrior or a jailer.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051496/fullcredits#cast

Dave M

hislop

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Nov 10, 2012, 7:06:29 PM11/10/12

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I knew about Cowboy

notbob

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Nov 11, 2012, 10:16:26 AM11/11/12

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> On 11/11/2012 2:27 AM, dm16...@gmail.com wrote:

>>> On 7/11/2012 10:42 AM, Brian wrote:

>>>> In what 1950s Western movie, did the lead actor play 2 parts,

>> Jack Lemmon was only in one Western as far as I know _Cowboy_ and
>> neither he nor his costar Glenn Ford played an Indian warrior or a
>> jailer.

Now you got me goin'.

I started thinking of the weird one's. Not Bronson or Lancaster, but
Rock Hudson or Elvis. An indian and a jailer. IMDB will list all the
roles, even the "un-credited" one's. I even thought of Sam Waterson,
who actually played and indian in Eagle's Wing, but that was '79 a he
didn't get into the game until the mid-60s. Still looking. Any more
hints?

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Nov 11, 2012, 2:37:30 PM11/11/12

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On Tuesday, November 6, 2012 6:42:03 PM UTC-5, Brian wrote:

> In what 1950s Western movie, did the lead actor play 2 parts,
>
> as an Indian warrior and also as a jailer.

Well if you're looking for off-beat casting I know both Joey Bishop and Trevor Howard have both played Indians - not in the same movie.

Dave M

Mack A. Damia

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Nov 11, 2012, 2:41:16 PM11/11/12

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Bruce Cabot in a 1950's B-grade Western?

Can't find a reference, though.

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Nov 11, 2012, 4:05:49 PM11/11/12

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I don't recall the Trevor Howard miscast, but he certainly
had the bone structure.

Stone me.

Mack A. Damia

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Nov 11, 2012, 5:18:59 PM11/11/12

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On Tue, 6 Nov 2012 15:42:03 -0800 (PST), Brian <lav...@hotmail.com>
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>In what 1950s Western movie, did the lead actor play 2 parts,
>as an Indian warrior and also as a jailer.

See question # 10.

10. In which 1950s western did a well known character actor play two
different parts � one as an Indian warrior, the other as a
jailer?*

He was a well-known character-actor.

http://www.stack.net.au/comp.php?goto=503&enter=now&win=STACK-Quiz-November

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Nov 11, 2012, 6:06:43 PM11/11/12

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I didn't say he was miscast but if I was a casting director Trevor Howard wouldn't be the first name to spring to mind for playing an Indian. Actually he does well in the role - The movie is _Windwalker_ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081760/ and it's a good one.

Dave M

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Nov 11, 2012, 6:19:55 PM11/11/12

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He went from "lead" to "character-actor". That certainly changes it.

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Nov 11, 2012, 6:59:41 PM11/11/12

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It sure does. We were all barking up the wrong tree. It opens up a whole new range - Let's start with George "Gabbby" Hayes (perhaps not!).

Dave M

hislop

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Nov 12, 2012, 3:16:38 AM11/12/12

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On 12/11/2012 9:18 AM, Mack A. Damia wrote:
> On Tue, 6 Nov 2012 15:42:03 -0800 (PST), Brian<lav...@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> In what 1950s Western movie, did the lead actor play 2 parts,
>> as an Indian warrior and also as a jailer.
>
> See question # 10.
>
> 10. In which 1950s western did a well known character actor play two

> different parts ï¿½ one as an Indian warrior, the other as a

> jailer?*
>
> He was a well-known character-actor.
>
> http://www.stack.net.au/comp.php?goto=503&enter=now&win=STACK-Quiz-November
>

Not Michael Pate? Not that well known maybe, but often played an Indian.
Too much to check on imdb.
Walter Brennan?
Dirk Bogarde?
Larry Storch?

Piper

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Nov 12, 2012, 7:09:40 PM11/12/12

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Jerry Lewis donned warpaint and Indian costume in My Friend Irma Goes West.

I don't think he was a jailer, though.

Mack A. Damia

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Dec 11, 2012, 8:25:50 PM12/11/12

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On Tue, 6 Nov 2012 15:42:03 -0800 (PST), Brian <lav...@hotmail.com>
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>In what 1950s Western movie, did the lead actor play 2 parts,
>as an Indian warrior and also as a jailer.

"The Indian Fighter" (1955) in which Hank Worden (lead actor?) played
both the roles of Crazy Bear and the Guardhouse Keeper.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048204/

As if we we would have known.........

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On Tuesday, December 11, 2012 8:25:50 PM UTC-5, Mack A. Damia wrote:

> As if we we would have known.........
>

"we we"? Oh, do tell . . .

Mack A. Damia

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Dec 12, 2012, 5:02:10 AM12/12/12

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I have a st-st-stutter.

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In article <p0nfc81gjk8raicf3...@4ax.com>,

Mack A. Damia <mybaco...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> "The Indian Fighter" (1955) in which Hank Worden (lead actor?) played
> both the roles of Crazy Bear and the Guardhouse Keeper.
>
> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048204/

Of course one wonders why.