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Tex Holden(1908-1973)

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  • Stunts
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If you watch a western and there's an actor with a peg leg, odds are that it's Tex Holden who found a niche for himself in such roles.

However, he did not let disability stop him from obtaining regular work. Starting in the late 1940s, he managed to obtain work as barflies and townsman in B-Westerns including in films that starred Gene Autry and Tim Holt.

With the fading of the classic B-western Holden had no problem finding work in the 1950s and 1960s sometimes as a barfly, townsman, or with his peg leg as needed. In 1951 he had probably was perhaps his best role in Clark Gable's Across the Wide Missouri as Peg Leg Bates where he showcases his mobility with his leg and ability to perform stunts.

Never short of work, Holden continued to appear in westerns until the mid 1960s working on such shows as Gunsmoke, Laramie, Maverick, Bat Masterson, and Laredo.
BornSeptember 28, 1908
DiedMarch 21, 1973(64)
BornSeptember 28, 1908
DiedMarch 21, 1973(64)
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  • James Drury, Doug McClure, and John McIntire in Le Virginien (1962)
    Le Virginien
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Townsman
    • Barfly
    • Trial Spectator (uncredited)
    • 1966–1970
  • Richard Widmark and Lena Horne in Une poignée de plombs (1969)
    Une poignée de plombs
    6.2
    • Townsman (uncredited)
    • 1969
  • Violence à Jericho (1967)
    Violence à Jericho
    6.4
    • Townsman (uncredited)
    • 1967
  • Winchester 73 (1967)
    Winchester 73
    5.5
    TV Movie
    • Townsman (uncredited)
    • 1967
  • Laredo (1965)
    Laredo
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Townsman (uncredited)
    • 1966–1967
  • Roddy McDowall and Mike Mazurki in L'honorable Griffin (1967)
    L'honorable Griffin
    6.4
    • Townsman (uncredited)
    • 1967
  • Alain Delon, Dean Martin, Joey Bishop, and Rosemary Forsyth in Texas, nous voilà ! (1966)
    Texas, nous voilà !
    6.2
    • Townsman (uncredited)
    • 1966
  • Abby Dalton, Don Murray, and Guy Stockwell in Les Fusils du Far-West (1966)
    Les Fusils du Far-West
    5.2
    • Townsman (uncredited)
    • 1966
  • Jane Russell and Howard Keel in La loi des hors-la-loi (1966)
    La loi des hors-la-loi
    5.4
    • Barfly (uncredited)
    • 1966
  • Rancho Bravo (1966)
    Rancho Bravo
    6.3
    • Townsman (uncredited)
    • 1966
  • James Arness, Amanda Blake, Milburn Stone, and Dennis Weaver in Gunsmoke (1955)
    Gunsmoke
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Townsman
    • Prisoner
    • Barfly (uncredited) ...
    • 1955–1965
  • Lee Majors, Barbara Stanwyck, Linda Evans, Peter Breck, and Richard Long in La grande vallée (1965)
    La grande vallée
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Townsman (uncredited)
    • 1965
  • Lloyd Bridges in The Loner (1965)
    The Loner
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Barfly (uncredited)
    • 1965
  • Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands, Carroll O'Connor, Michael Kane, William Schallert, and Bronze Star in Seuls sont les indomptés (1962)
    Seuls sont les indomptés
    7.6
    • Minor Role (uncredited)
    • 1962
  • L'homme qui tua Liberty Valance (1962)
    L'homme qui tua Liberty Valance
    8.1
    • Statehood Audience Member (uncredited)
    • 1962

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  • Le tour du monde en 80 jours (1956)
    Le tour du monde en 80 jours
    6.7
    • stunts (uncredited)
    • 1956

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  • Born
    • September 28, 1908
    • Hudspeth County, Texas, USA
  • Died
    • March 21, 1973
    • North Hollywood, California, USA

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