# TV Western characters who were dicks.

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 8, 2019, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-western-characters-who-were-dicks/839862 "2019-09-08T01:51:05Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 15, 2019, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-western-characters-who-were-dicks/839862/101 "2019-09-15T18:21:52Z")

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> [@Tzigone](#):
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> Obsessing and being irritated over an actin are two very different things. And I wouldn’t want a sermon when watching my westerns, either.

I don’t want sermons at all.

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**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-western-characters-who-were-dicks/839862/102 "2019-09-16T00:47:43Z")

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> [@carnivorousplant](#):
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> Paladin encountered the same Jewish family in two episodes of _Have Gun Will Travel_. Ward Bond led a wagon train of Mormons in \*Wagon Master.  
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Yes, but the exceptions are noteworthy in that they are not the usual situation. Neither Jews nor Mormons were the usual fare on tv westerns. And they certainly didn’t get title roles.

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