# Pre-Poll Data Collecting -- Westerns Stars **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 2, 2015, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-westerns-stars/716651 "2015-04-02T20:10:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-westerns-stars/716651/1 "2015-04-02T20:10:42Z")
Name as many stars of Westerns as you think are worth being in a poll to determine SDMB’s favorite. Once we get a decent number I’ll put up said poll. Add to these: Clint Eastwood Tom Selleck Russell Crowe Gene Hackman John Wayne Alan Ladd Burt Lancaster Bob Steele Gene Autry Roy Rogers Charles Starrett Smiley Burnette Charles Bronson Lee Van Cleef Hopalong Cassidy ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-westerns-stars/716651/2 "2015-04-02T20:31:32Z")
Here’s one source to help jog memories: [http://wikibin.org/articles/list-of-western-film-actors.html](http://wikibin.org/articles/list-of-western-film-actors.html) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-westerns-stars/716651/3 "2015-04-02T20:33:05Z")
Randolph Scott Joel McCrea Lee Marvin (and his horse) Tom Berenger ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-westerns-stars/716651/4 "2015-04-02T22:01:47Z")
Jimmy Stewart ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-westerns-stars/716651/5 "2015-04-02T22:24:42Z")
Arthur Hunnicutt Jack Elam Walter Brennan Let’s hear it for the sidekicks! To be a bit more serious, Gary Cooper. And Audie Murphy. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-westerns-stars/716651/6 "2015-04-02T22:30:21Z")
Russell Crowe?!? On the basis of what exactly? Ditch him and add Tom Mix, Glenn Ford, and Henry Fonda. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-westerns-stars/716651/7 "2015-04-02T22:42:02Z")
> [@MovieMogul](#): > > Russell Crowe?!? On the basis of what exactly? [His IMDb resume’](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000128/?ref_=nv_sr_2) includes several Westerns, perhaps most notably 3:10 to Yuma The Quick and the Dead (which I just saw on Netflix the other day). ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-westerns-stars/716651/8 "2015-04-02T22:52:07Z")
from two popular shows. William Conrad Parley Baer James Arness Dennis Weaver Burt Reynolds Ken Curtis John Dehner Richard Boone ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-westerns-stars/716651/9 "2015-04-03T02:57:15Z")
Tom Mix Tommy Lee Jones Robert Duvall Slim Pickens ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-westerns-stars/716651/10 "2015-04-03T11:56:37Z")
Here’s the list so far, alphabetized on last name: James Arness Gene Autry Parley Baer Tom Berenger Richard Boone Walter Brennan Charles Bronson Smiley Burnette Hopalong Cassidy William Conrad Gary Cooper Russell Crowe Ken Curtis John Dehner Robert Duvall Clint Eastwood Jack Elam Henry Fonda Glenn Ford Gene Hackman Arthur Hunnicutt Tommy Lee Jones Alan Ladd Burt Lancaster Lee Marvin Joel McCrea Tom Mix Tom Mix Audie Murphy Slim Pickens Burt Reynolds Roy Rogers Randolph Scott Tom Selleck Charles Starrett Bob Steele Jimmy Stewart Lee Van Cleef John Wayne Dennis Weaver ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-westerns-stars/716651/11 "2015-04-03T12:36:48Z")
Strother Martin Warren Oates Woody Strode Dub Taylor Eli Wallach ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-westerns-stars/716651/12 "2015-04-03T14:08:19Z")
And Warren Oates! ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-westerns-stars/716651/13 "2015-04-03T14:15:44Z")
> [@Labdad](#): > > And Warren Oates! There’s two Warren Oateses? ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-westerns-stars/716651/14 "2015-04-03T14:16:40Z")
Steve McQueen James Garner ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-westerns-stars/716651/15 "2015-04-03T14:16:51Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Ken Curtis > Robert Duvall Thank you and thank you. Paul Newman Robert Redford (Besides the obvious there’s Hombre and Jeremiah Johnson) ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-westerns-stars/716651/16 "2015-04-03T14:17:53Z")
Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-westerns-stars/716651/17 "2015-04-03T14:18:57Z")
Jay Silverheels Clayton Moore Clint Walker Clu Gulager Lash LaRue James Drury Chuck Connors Ward Bond Yakima Canutt Chief Dan George Wes Studi Graham Greene ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-westerns-stars/716651/18 "2015-04-03T14:25:51Z")
William S. Hart Broncho Billy Anderson Tom Mix Yes, they were from the silent days, but Anderson created the [Hollywood image](https://garbonza.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/broncho_billy_1914.jpg) of the cowboy, and [Hart](http://cowboylands.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/William-S-Hart-Ad.jpg) was nearly as big an influence. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-westerns-stars/716651/19 "2015-04-03T14:42:21Z")
I was pretty sure that some of these names looked familiar here at SDMB so I did some looking and found [Best Western (movie)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=556655) which ran from 03-21-2010, 10:46 AM through 04-03-2010, 07:21 AM and which led to [Best Western (not the motel chain)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=558313) which was up from 04-03-2010, 12:30 AM until 04-05-2010, 12:17 PM (and may still be accepting votes!) There may be other such threads, so I’ll look some more. If you know of similar threads please post a link. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-westerns-stars/716651/20 "2015-04-03T14:45:49Z")
Hey, you left Lee Marvin’s horse off the list. The horse shared an Oscar - he needs to be represented! _In his Oscar acceptance speech, Lee Marvin concluded by saying, “I think, though, that half of this belongs to a horse somewhere out in San Fernando Valley,” a reference to the horse Kid Shelleen rode, which appeared to be as drunk as Shelleen was_. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-westerns-stars/716651.md?page=2)