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Clu Gulager

Acting

Born November 16, 1928 · Holdenville, Oklahoma, USA

Died August 5, 2022

Also known as William Martin Gulager

Biography

William Martin Gulager (November 16, 1928 - August 6, 2022), known professionally as Clu Gulager, was an American television and film actor. He is particularly noted for his co-starring role as William H. Bonney (Billy The Kid) in the 1960–62 NBC TV series The Tall Man and for his role in the later NBC series The Virginian. He also appeared in the racing film Winning (1969), with Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, and was the protagonist, Burt, in the horror movie The Return of the Living Dead (1985). His final on-screen role was in Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019).

Filmography50+ titles

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

2010as Self

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962as Jimmy K. Bresson

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955as Rod Collins

MacGyver

1985as Walt Kirby

Kung Fu

1972as Sheriff Rutledge

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

1993as Art McKendrick

Airwolf

1984as Cullen Dixon

The Fall Guy

1981as Col. Halston / Marv Jackson / Osborne

The Last Picture Show

1971as Abilene

North and South

1985as Gen. Philip Henry Sheridan

Murder, She Wrote

1984as Ray Carter

Knight Rider

1982as Eugene Hanson

Quincy, M.E.

1976

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019as Book Store Man

More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead

2011as Himself

Magnum, P.I.

1980as Theo Wolf

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957

The Return of the Living Dead

1985as Burt

McCloud

1970

Hawaii Five-O

1968as Jack Gulley

Beavis and Butt-Head

1993as Anderson’s War Buddy (voice / uncredited)

Blue Jay

2016as Waynie

Walker, Texas Ranger

1993as Duke Jamison

Barnaby Jones

1973as Mark Landy

Police Story

1973

The Streets of San Francisco

1972

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958as Joe Collins

Tangerine

2015as The Cherokee

The Hidden

1987as Lt. Ed Flynn

Street Hawk

1985as Will Gassner

CHiPs

1977

Ironside

1967as Jack Brody

The Killers

1964as Lee

Mannix

1967as Lyle Foster

Simon & Simon

1981

A Day with the Boys

1969Director, Producer, Writer

Laramie

1959

Wagon Train

1957as Harry Diel

King

as William Sullivan

Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street

2019as Self

Into the Night

1985as Federal Agent

The Virginian

1962as Emmett Ryker

The Deputy

as The Drifter

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

1988as Lt. Baker

The Glass House

1972as Brian Courtland

Feast

2005as Bartender

McQ

1974as Toms

Winning

1969as Larry

Trancers

1984as Mall Security Guard

The Gambler

1980as Rufe Bennett