Biography
Warren Vanders (born Warren John Vanderschuit; May 23, 1930 – November 27, 2009) was an American character actor on television and in films. He was born in San Fernando, California, as Warren John Vanderschuit. Under the name Warren Vanders, he secured a recurring role as Chuck Davis in fifteen episodes of the NBC modern western television series, Empire. He also portrayed Roy Bean on the TV series Hell Town.: 449 He guest starred in such series as Tate, The Big Valley (twice), The Fugitive (twice), Bonanza (five times between 1965 and 1971), Daniel Boone (eight times), Alias Smith and Jones (as Curly Red Johnson in "The Day the Amnesty Came Through"), The Waltons, Gunsmoke (twelve times), Combat! (twice), Kung Fu, Hawaii Five-O (1970, as Jase Gorman in the episode: The Payoff), The Rockford Files, and How the West Was Won. He appeared in such films as Nevada Smith with Steve McQueen, Hot Lead and Cold Feet, and in the John Wayne/Katharine Hepburn film Rooster Cogburn, in the role of Bagsby.Quentin Tarantino named a character after him in Django Unchained.He was also a boxer, winning the Los Angeles 1954 Golden Gloves Championship, and continued to box when he was in the United States Navy.Vanders died on November 27, 2009, at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena, California, after having lung cancer. He was 79 years old.
Filmography
all 32
Movies 17
TV Shows 15
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains (1987)
Tour of Duty (1987)
Matlock (1986)
Father of Hell Town (1985)
Child Bride of Short Creek (1981)
Hot Lead & Cold Feet (1978)
Dallas (1978)
Mayday at 40,000 Feet (1977)
In the Glitter Palace (1977)
How the West Was Won (1977)
Rooster Cogburn (1975)
Nevada Smith (1975)
The Last Day (1975)
The Tribe (1974)
Twice in a Lifetime (1974)
The Revengers (1972)
Nichols (1971)
Cutter's Trail (1970)
The Price of Power (1969)
The Split (1968)
Stay Away, Joe (1968)
Rough Night in Jericho (1967)
The Invaders (1967)
Mission: Impossible (1966)
Temple Houston (1963)
The Fugitive (1963)
Empire (1962)
Stagecoach West (1960)
The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960)
Bonanza (1959)
Gunsmoke (1955)
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1954)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1930-05-23
Deathday2009-11-27 (79 years old)
Birth PlaceSan Fernando, United States of America
RelationshipsDawn Bender (1953-01-01 - 1955-01-01)
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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