# name this character actor

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**Created:** [May 16, 2004, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-character-actor/245482 "2004-05-16T21:42:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![aaslatten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f14d63/32.png) [@aaslatten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aaslatten)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2004, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-character-actor/245482/1 "2004-05-16T21:42:19Z")

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Help me identify this character actor, who mostly appeared in guest spots on TV westerns in the 70s like Little House on the Prairie, etc.: He was an older, round-faced man with white hair who always wore a bowler. He laughed a lot and said things like, “You got that right.” … if I remember correctly.

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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2004, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-character-actor/245482/2 "2004-05-16T22:34:02Z")

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The first person that comes to mind is Dub “Cannonball” Taylor:

[![](http://www.spookytoms.com/TR-DubTaylor.JPG) ](http://www.spookytoms.com/TR-DubTaylor.JPG)

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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2004, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-character-actor/245482/3 "2004-05-16T22:39:28Z")

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Better picture:  
[http://cayman.globat.com/~trademarksnet.com/GUNSMOKE/GunsmokeTGAW/Marks-Stuff/Gunsmoke/taylor.gif](http://cayman.globat.com/~trademarksnet.com/GUNSMOKE/GunsmokeTGAW/Marks-Stuff/Gunsmoke/taylor.gif)

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2004, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-character-actor/245482/4 "2004-05-16T22:39:52Z")

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Yep, that’s who I’d guess. Most of those classic western extras were in _Back To The Future Part III_, because they’ve come to represent the old time west just by their distinctive characterisations.

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**Author:** ![aaslatten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f14d63/32.png) [@aaslatten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aaslatten)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2004, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-character-actor/245482/5 "2004-05-17T14:06:07Z")

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Yes, that’s him. Thanks. I remember seeing him in the Back to the Future sequel and thinking, “wow, he’s been around forever.”