Ben Bates, who served as the stunt double for James Arness, the star of Gunsmoke, for more than 25 years, died Oct. 4 in Sun City, Calif., his family announced. He was 84.
In addition to stepping in for Arness as Marshal Matt Dillon on the long-running CBS Western, Bates doubled for the actor on the TV series McClain's Law and How the West Was Won (on which Bates also served as stunt coordinator) and in the TV movies Red River and The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory.
In 2001's James Arness: An Autobiography, Bates said that each...
In addition to stepping in for Arness as Marshal Matt Dillon on the long-running CBS Western, Bates doubled for the actor on the TV series McClain's Law and How the West Was Won (on which Bates also served as stunt coordinator) and in the TV movies Red River and The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory.
In 2001's James Arness: An Autobiography, Bates said that each...
- 10/20/2017
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Stockton Briggle, who directed such performers as Rock Hudson, Dick Van Dyke, Ann Miller and Joe Namath on stage, died March 22 in Beverly Hills after a long battle with cancer. He was 79. For television, Briggle produced the miniseries The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory (1987) starring Alec Baldwin and Raul Julia; Bridge to Silence (1989), with Marlee Matlin and Lee Remick; and Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story (1992), starring Lesley Ann Warren and Tess Harper. He and late partner Steven Willig founded Briggle/Willig Productions in the 1970s, and they worked with such actors as Fannie
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