# Your Top 5 All-Time Westerns Stars **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 21, 2015, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-all-time-westerns-stars/718195 "2015-04-21T15:38:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![denquixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-all-time-westerns-stars/718195/21 "2015-05-01T06:10:25Z")
Other: Joel McRea (Am I really the only one?) Randolph Scott Ben Johnson ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-all-time-westerns-stars/718195/22 "2015-05-01T12:02:13Z")
> [@bup](#): > > Other - Randolph Scott > [@denquixote](#): > > Other: > > Joel McRea (Am I really the only one?) > Randolph Scott > Ben Johnson **Please see Post #19** ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-all-time-westerns-stars/718195/23 "2015-05-01T14:38:11Z")
I keep waiting for the 80th Voter to show up, but here’s the story at #79: ```auto ========================================== View Poll Results: Your Top 5 All-Time Westerns Stars This poll will close on 06-20-2015 at 10:43 AM Clint Eastwood (1930- ) 64 81.01% John Wayne (1907–1979) 49 62.03% Jimmy Stewart (1908–1997) 25 31.65% Gary Cooper (1901–1961) 22 27.85% Lee Marvin (1924–1987) 21 26.58% James Garner (1928–2014) 21 26.58% Jack Palance (1919–2006) 20 25.32% Henry Fonda (1905–1982) 19 24.05% Paul Newman (1925–2008) 17 21.52% Robert Duvall (1931- ) 14 17.72% James Coburn (1928–2002) 12 15.19% Glenn Ford (1916–2006) 10 12.66% OTHER (post and name up to FIVE) 10 12.66% Steve McQueen (1930–1980) 9 11.39% Slim Pickens (1919–1983) 8 10.13% Jack Elam (1920–2003) 6 7.59% Walter Brennan (1894–1974) 5 6.33% Burt Lancaster (1913–1994) 5 6.33% Robert Redford (1936- ) 3 3.80% Strother Martin (1919–1980) 1 1.27% Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 79 ========================================== ``` ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2015, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-all-time-westerns-stars/718195/24 "2015-05-03T02:46:08Z")
Even though the current thread/poll is still active (and will be for another few weeks) I have used the latest set of votes to set up three additional polls: ```auto View Poll Results: Your Top 5 All-Time Westerns Stars This poll will close on 06-20-2015 at 10:43 AM Clint Eastwood (1930- ) 67 80.72% (#1) John Wayne (1907–1979) 52 62.65% Jimmy Stewart (1908–1997) 26 31.33% (#2) Gary Cooper (1901–1961) 22 26.51% Lee Marvin (1924–1987) 22 26.51% James Garner (1928–2014) 22 26.51% Jack Palance (1919–2006) 21 25.30% Henry Fonda (1905–1982) 20 24.10% Paul Newman (1925–2008) 17 20.48% Robert Duvall (1931- ) 14 16.87% (#3) James Coburn (1928–2002) 12 14.46% Glenn Ford (1916–2006) 10 12.05% Steve McQueen (1930–1980) 9 10.84% Slim Pickens (1919–1983) 8 9.64% Jack Elam (1920–2003) 8 9.64% Walter Brennan (1894–1974) 5 6.02% Burt Lancaster (1913–1994) 5 6.02% Robert Redford (1936- ) 4 4.82% Strother Martin (1919–1980) 1 1.20% OTHER (post and name up to FIVE) 10 12.05% <=== Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 83 ``` #1 [Who is your favorite Westerns Star of these two?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=755950) #2 [Who’s your favorite Westerns Star of these seven?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=755972) #3 [Which of these four Westerns Stars is your favorite?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=755990) The three new polls are ONE VOTE Anonymous. Depending on how this current thread plays out, there may be other tidy-up polls later. Two such tidy-up threads/polls already up are: [All-Time Westerns Stars – Tidy-Up #1](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=755659) [All-Time Westerns Stars – Tidy-up #2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=755668) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-all-time-westerns-stars/718195/25 "2015-05-20T12:50:17Z")
This poll – and the ones mentioned in the previous post – will still be open for a while longer, in case you want to participate in the venture. Thus far, 87 have supplied votes here. Not so many in the other polls/threads. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2015, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-all-time-westerns-stars/718195/26 "2015-05-25T16:18:59Z")
Here’s a progress report on the various All-Time Westerns Stars who are most likely to be the ones in a final poll to determine who (besides Eastwood and Wayne) can be deemed SDMB’s favorites. If you have yet to vote in any of these polls, please do. ```auto --------------------------------------------------------------------- http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=755009 View Poll Results: Your Top 5 All-Time Westerns Stars This poll will close on 06-20-2015 at 10:43 AM Jimmy Stewart (1908–1997) 33 35.48% Gary Cooper (1901–1961) 25 26.88% Lee Marvin (1924–1987) 25 26.88% Jack Palance (1919–2006) 24 25.81% Henry Fonda (1905–1982) 23 24.73% James Garner (1928–2014) 23 24.73% Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 93 --------------------------------------------------------------------- http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=755972 View Poll Results: Who's your favorite among these? This poll will close on 07-01-2015 at 02:06 PM Jimmy Stewart 10 41.67% Lee Marvin 6 25.00% Voters: 24 --------------------------------------------------------------------- http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=755990 View Poll Results: Which of these four Westerns Stars is your favorite? This poll will close on 07-01-2015 at 09:24 PM Robert Duvall 5 41.67% Glenn Ford 3 25.00% Voters: 12 --------------------------------------------------------------------- http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=755659 View Poll Results: All-Time Westerns Stars -- Tidy-Up #1 This poll will close on 06-28-2015 at 10:05 AM Sam Elliott (1944- ) 10 45.45% Lee Van Cleef (1925–1989) 7 31.82% Tom Selleck (1945- ) 6 27.27% Clayton Moore (1914–1999) 5 22.73% Charles Bronson (1921–2003) 5 22.73% Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 22 --------------------------------------------------------------------- ``` ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-all-time-westerns-stars/718195/27 "2015-06-02T04:54:02Z")
This thread’s poll has another 19 days to go before it locks you out. > [@](#): > > This poll will close on 06-20-2015 at 10:43 AM I’m not expecting big changes, but if you have yet to vote in any of these things, please do. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-all-time-westerns-stars/718195/28 "2015-06-02T06:07:09Z")
Katy Jurado. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-all-time-westerns-stars/718195/29 "2015-06-02T06:11:40Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > Katy Jurado. Indeed! Thanks. She was quite busy: Katy Jurado [Katy Jurado - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0432827/?ref_=nv_sr_3) (1924–2002 ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-all-time-westerns-stars/718195/30 "2015-06-02T06:31:34Z")
I was thinking of _High Noon_ and _Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid_. Katy was memorable in the [scene](https://youtu.be/hFxwq33rVAs) with the song “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door,” one of Dylan’s most beloved songs (and the only one from the movie of any note). ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-all-time-westerns-stars/718195/31 "2015-06-02T14:39:25Z")
Happy, happy! Joy, joy! We hit 100 Votes! Thanks. ```auto View Poll Results: Your Top 5 All-Time Westerns Stars This poll will close on 06-20-2015 at 10:43 AM Clint Eastwood (1930- ) 81 81.00% John Wayne (1907–1979) 65 65.00% Jimmy Stewart (1908–1997) 34 34.00% Lee Marvin (1924–1987) 28 28.00% Gary Cooper (1901–1961) 25 25.00% Henry Fonda (1905–1982) 25 25.00% Jack Palance (1919–2006) 24 24.00% James Garner (1928–2014) 24 24.00% Robert Duvall (1931- ) 20 20.00% Paul Newman (1925–2008) 19 19.00% James Coburn (1928–2002) 14 14.00% Glenn Ford (1916–2006) 12 12.00% Steve McQueen (1930–1980) 12 12.00% OTHER (post and name up to FIVE) 11 11.00% Slim Pickens (1919–1983) 10 10.00% Jack Elam (1920–2003) 9 9.00% Walter Brennan (1894–1974) 6 6.00% Burt Lancaster (1913–1994) 5 5.00% Robert Redford (1936- ) 4 4.00% Strother Martin (1919–1980) 1 1.00% Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 100 ``` ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-all-time-westerns-stars/718195/32 "2015-06-08T23:34:23Z")
How’s this for an idea: Seeing how these polls are going with the GUYS in this group after 105 voters: > **[Your Top 5 All-Time Westerns Stars](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=755009)** > > Refer to Pre-Poll Data Collecting – Westerns Stars (or specifically this post) for background. The preliminary threads will be open a while longer, but since it looks like things are winding down, this is a first pass at tidying things up. Your Top 5 All-Time Westerns Stars View Poll Results: Your Top 5 All-Time Westerns Stars This poll will close on 06-20-2015 at 10:43 AM ```auto Clint Eastwood (1930- ) 84 80.00% John Wayne (1907–1979) 67 63.81% Jimmy Stewart (1908–1997) 35 33.33% Lee Marvin (1924–1987) 30 28.57% Gary Cooper (1901–1961) 26 24.76% James Garner (1928–2014) 26 24.76% Henry Fonda (1905–1982) 25 23.81% Jack Palance (1919–2006) 25 23.81% Paul Newman (1925–2008) 23 21.90% Robert Duvall (1931- ) 21 20.00% ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ James Coburn (1928–2002) 15 14.29% Steve McQueen (1930–1980) 13 12.38% Glenn Ford (1916–2006) 12 11.43% Slim Pickens (1919–1983) 11 10.48% OTHER (post and name up to FIVE) 11 10.48% Jack Elam (1920–2003) 9 8.57% Walter Brennan (1894–1974) 8 7.62% Burt Lancaster (1913–1994) 6 5.71% Robert Redford (1936- ) 6 5.71% Strother Martin (1919–1980) 1 0.95% ``` Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 105 ============================== And the GALS in this group after 20 Voters: > **[First pass at Your Favorite Westerns FEMALE Stars](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=758650)** > > Just to test the water with the input we’ve gotten at … Pre-Poll Data Collecting – FEMALE Westerns Stars … let’s see what your TOP TEN from this group would look like: Honor System Anonymous Poll. Mention any others not on the list, either here... First pass at Your Favorite Westerns FEMALE Stars View Poll Results: Your Favorite Westerns FEMALE Stars – Vote for up to TEN This poll will close on 06-24-2015 at 09:12 PM ```auto Maureen O'Hara 9 45.00% Madeline Kahn 8 40.00% Dale Evans 7 35.00% Amanda Blake 6 30.00% Jodie Foster 6 30.00% Barbara Stanwyck 5 25.00% Marlene Dietrich 4 20.00% Jane Fonda 4 20.00% Patricia Neal 4 20.00% Susanne Pleshette 4 20.00% Madeleine Stowe 4 20.00% Robin Weigert 4 20.00% ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Jane Russell 3 15.00% Laura San Giacomo 3 15.00% Mary Steenburgen 3 15.00% Sharon Stone 3 15.00% Raquel Welch 3 15.00% ``` Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 20 ============================== What if we combine the **winning sets** – those with Over 20% in each poll – and have a _Unisex_ competition? Just a thought, but it could be fun! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-all-time-westerns-stars/718195/33 "2015-06-10T06:44:28Z")
Huh. I’d’ve thought Gregory Peck deserved a place on the list, but he’s not there. ☹ Should’ve thought of him earlier. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-all-time-westerns-stars/718195/34 "2015-06-10T06:45:31Z")
Where’s Patricia Blair? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-all-time-westerns-stars/718195/35 "2015-06-10T09:24:21Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Huh. I’d’ve thought Gregory Peck deserved a place on the list, but he’s not there. ☹ > > Should’ve thought of him earlier. :smack: A terrible oversight all around! ☹ Gregory Peck (1916–2003) [Gregory Peck - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000060/?ref_=nv_sr_1) We need some more wrap-up action for the MALE Westerns Stars project. See [this post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18335790&postcount=24) for the threads dealing with the MALE side of the issue. > [@terentii](#): > > Where’s Patricia Blair? 😕 She’s been mentioned at these threads: > **[Pre-Poll Data Collecting -- FEMALE Westerns Stars](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=758488)** > > In spite of the 70+ posts that were contributed to Pre-Poll Data Collecting – Westerns Stars– which had been active from 04-02-2015 03:10 PM until (#72) - 05-04-2015, 06:52 PM – it took this elegant post in Your Top 5 All-Time Westerns Stars –... Pre-Poll Data Collecting – FEMALE Westerns Stars 06-03-2015, 05:54 AM [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18414770&postcount=35](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18414770&postcount=35) #35 06-04-2015, 04:35 PM terentii ## Patricia Blair, in both The Rifleman and Daniel Boone. > **[First pass at Your Favorite Westerns FEMALE Stars](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=758650)** > > Just to test the water with the input we’ve gotten at … Pre-Poll Data Collecting – FEMALE Westerns Stars … let’s see what your TOP TEN from this group would look like: Honor System Anonymous Poll. Mention any others not on the list, either here... First pass at Your Favorite Westerns FEMALE Stars 06-04-2015, 09:00 PM ## Patricia Blair 0 0% > **[Second Pass -- Your Favorite Westerns FEMALE Stars](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=759045)** > > Background for this poll has come from Pre-Poll Data Collecting – FEMALE Westerns Stars 06-03-2015, 05:54 AM Zeldar First pass at Your Favorite Westerns FEMALE Stars 06-04-2015, 09:00 PM Zeldar (specifically this post) Please vote for... Second Pass – Your Favorite Westerns FEMALE Stars 06-09-2015, 01:55 AM Patricia Blair 0 0% * * * Action has been sparse on the FEMALE threads, but it’s early yet and nothing’s etched in stone there – at least for now. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-all-time-westerns-stars/718195/36 "2015-06-15T12:45:15Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Even though the current thread/poll is still active (and will be for another few weeks) > I have used the latest set of votes to set up three additional polls: > > ```auto > > View Poll Results: Your Top 5 All-Time Westerns Stars > This poll will close on 06-20-2015 at 10:43 AM > > Clint Eastwood (1930- ) 67 80.72% (#1) > John Wayne (1907–1979) 52 62.65% > > Jimmy Stewart (1908–1997) 26 31.33% (#2) > Gary Cooper (1901–1961) 22 26.51% > Lee Marvin (1924–1987) 22 26.51% > James Garner (1928–2014) 22 26.51% > Jack Palance (1919–2006) 21 25.30% > Henry Fonda (1905–1982) 20 24.10% > Paul Newman (1925–2008) 17 20.48% > > Robert Duvall (1931- ) 14 16.87% (#3) > James Coburn (1928–2002) 12 14.46% > Glenn Ford (1916–2006) 10 12.05% > Steve McQueen (1930–1980) 9 10.84% > > Slim Pickens (1919–1983) 8 9.64% > Jack Elam (1920–2003) 8 9.64% > Walter Brennan (1894–1974) 5 6.02% > Burt Lancaster (1913–1994) 5 6.02% > Robert Redford (1936- ) 4 4.82% > Strother Martin (1919–1980) 1 1.20% > > OTHER (post and name up to FIVE) 10 12.05% <=== > > Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 83 > > ``` > > #1 [Who is your favorite Westerns Star of these two?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=755950) > > #2 [Who’s your favorite Westerns Star of these seven?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=755972) > > #3 [Which of these four Westerns Stars is your favorite?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=755990) > > The three new polls are ONE VOTE Anonymous. > > Depending on how this current thread plays out, there may be other tidy-up polls later. > > Two such tidy-up threads/polls already up are: > > [All-Time Westerns Stars – Tidy-Up #1](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=755659) > > [All-Time Westerns Stars – Tidy-up #2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=755668) \*\*This main poll CLOSES in FIVE days. The others linked to here have more time for VOTING. \*\*🙂 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-all-time-westerns-stars/718195/37 "2015-06-15T13:19:53Z")
Just out of curiosity, has anyone cast a vote for Audie Murphy? Or for any of the many stars from old TV Westerns (e.g., Stuart Whitman, Andrew Duggan, Lee Majors)? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-all-time-westerns-stars/718195/38 "2015-06-15T14:18:02Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Just out of curiosity, has anyone cast a vote for Audie Murphy? Or for any of the many stars from old TV Westerns (e.g., Stuart Whitman, Andrew Duggan, Lee Majors)? Here’s the only one of the preliminary polls where Audie got a vote: > **[Favorite Westerns Stars born 1920-1929](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=754783)** > > See Pre-Poll Data Collecting – Westerns Starsfor background. Vote for up to FIVE from this list. One later list will focus on 1930-present years’ range. Use OTHER to mention other stars not on the list (check IMDb for dates). He didn’t get enough to move on in the process. He’s not alone in that regard. Maybe we need to start all over? There were oodles of people mentioned along the way but when it came voting time their names didn’t get many (if any) votes. It’s been that way in all these ventures. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-all-time-westerns-stars/718195/39 "2015-06-15T14:54:56Z")
Aha. I do see a fair number of TV stars mentioned. I guess it’s a generational thing again, but I wonder how many Dopers remember that Dennis Weaver was Chester Goode on _ **Gunsmoke** _ long before he became McCloud, or that William Conrad (aka detective Frank Cannon) was the original Matt Dillon on the radio version of _ **Gunsmoke** _ (which was before even my time). You should probably do a separate poll just for the stars of TV Westerns. My list would have Robert Conrad and Ross Martin near the top. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-all-time-westerns-stars/718195/40 "2015-06-15T15:19:47Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Aha. I do see a fair number of TV stars mentioned. I guess it’s a generational thing again, but I wonder how many Dopers remember that Dennis Weaver was Chester Goode on _ **Gunsmoke** _ long before he became McCloud, or that William Conrad (aka detective Frank Cannon) was the original Matt Dillon on the radio version of _ **Gunsmoke** _ (which was before even my time). > > You should probably do a separate poll just for the stars of TV Westerns. My list would have Robert Conrad and Ross Martin near the top. What I think I’ll do to be sure every Westerns star who has been mentioned anywhere along the way in the threads/polls I’ve started this year (movies, TV or Radio) has a chance to be in on whatever Final Poll we decide needs to happen is to collect all the No-Votes people from wherever and put up one last Tidy-Up (#3 it will be) so there’s one more shot at getting some votes for any of them that people want to be in on that Last Straw. If you, or anyone, want to do similar polling on the general issue of Westerns, be it movies, TV, comics, radio or Intenet-based productions, please be my guest. Mention your threads(s) here if you like so others who may be curious enough to want to have voted can see those threads. Best I can tell, my efforts started 04-02-2015, 03:10 PM with **Pre-Poll Data Collecting – Westerns Stars** and there have been a bunch of follow-up threads since then. But I believe it’s about time for my efforts in this project to come to an end. I’ll shoot for that Tidy-Up #3 soon. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-all-time-westerns-stars/718195.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-all-time-westerns-stars/718195.md?page=3)