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- George Bell is a cowboy actor who has been constantly overlooked by western enthusiast. Starting in the 1940s, Bell was a regular in western movies that were filmed at Republic where Bell could be seen menacing the good guys as a part of the gang that were terrorizing the local citizens or he could be seen riding in a sheriff's posse.
During the 1950s, Bell was so widely respected among his peers that he was frequently taken on location in various films. This was never more evident during the filming of the Gary Cooper movie "Distant Drums" where he and two other cowboy extras were chosen to join the primary cast and to portray soldiers where they were taken on location to Florida for 2 months. When he got back, he continued to appear in a various assortment of movies that were filmed at Republic and Warner Brothers.
By the late 1950s, the age of the television western had arrived. There were countless westerns on the air and they all needed cowboys to fill their posse scenes. This couldn't have come at a better time for Bell because the once dominate Republic Studios had fallen into disrepair under the mismanagement of Herbert Yates and eventually was forced to close down. Bell found himself working various television westerns including a significant amount of work appearing a barfly or a henchman in many different Warner Brothers television productions.
During the early 1960s, Warner Brothers started to divest itself from the television western market and Bell went on to appear for a few more years in shows like "Gunsmoke," "Bonanza", and "The Virginian". Eventually in 1964, George Bell decided to retire after more than 30 years as an on screen cowboy leaving behind a lasting legacy that encompassed the golden era of westerns. - Actor
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Harry Millard was born on 14 October 1927 in Annville, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Kemek (1970), The Last Mile (1959) and Thunder in Dixie (1964). He died on 2 October 1969 in New York City, New York, USA.- Actor
Gordon Cobbledick was born on 31 December 1898 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was an actor. He died on 2 October 1969 in Tucson, Arizona, USA.- Katherine Susannah Prichard was born on 4 December 1883 in Levuka, Fiji. She was a writer, known for The Pioneers (1916), Brumby Innes (1973) and Intimate Strangers (1981). She died on 2 October 1969 in Greenmount, Perth, Australia.
- Milton Owen was born on 27 September 1891 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He was an actor, known for The Exile (1947) and The Great Garrick (1937). He died on 2 October 1969 in Los Angeles, California, USA.