# Who's the toughest TV cowboy?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-toughest-tv-cowboy/648210>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 24, 2013, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-toughest-tv-cowboy/648210 "2013-01-24T11:26:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-toughest-tv-cowboy/648210/61 "2013-01-25T20:45:51Z")

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> [@lieu](#):
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> Huh, I’d forgotton he played for the other team.

What, was he in Brokeback Mountain?

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**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-toughest-tv-cowboy/648210/62 "2013-01-25T21:17:09Z")

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> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#):
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> He also played for the Chicago Cubs. Mike Royko said there was no one who couldn’t hit the way he couldn’t hit.

Well, he’s also the rumored star of gay porn film from the 1940s, but it’s never been quite proven or disproven.

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**Author:** ![Dave\_Hartwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-toughest-tv-cowboy/648210/63 "2013-01-25T21:24:03Z")

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> [@LawMonkey](#):
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> I hear tell he’s the deadliest pistoleer since Wild Bill Hickok. Do you think I should hate him? I mean, there’s just something around the eyes…

Speaking of Wild Bill, Seth Bullock from _Deadwood_. Has a mustache, swears, and [kills Native Americans with rocks](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T2t84RrPIs).

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-toughest-tv-cowboy/648210/64 "2013-01-25T21:33:30Z")

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> [@TriPolar](#):
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> I’ve always felt sorry for Connors for having to play that part. He also did Cowboy in Africa. Life can be cruel sometimes.

James Garner bested him in _Support Your Local Gunfighter_.

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