Warren Vanders (born Warren John Vanderschuit; May 23, 1930 – November 27, 2009) was an American character actor on television and in films.
Biography
He was born in San Fernando, California, as Warren John Vanderschuit. Under the name Warren Vanders, he secured a recurring role as Chuck Davis in fifteen episodes of the NBC modern western television series, Empire. He also portrayed Roy Bean on the TV series Hell Town.
He guest starred in such series as Tate, The Big Valley (twice), The Fugitive (twice), Bonanza (five times between 1965 and 1971), Daniel Boone (eight times), Alias Smith and Jones (as Curly Red Johnson in "The Day the Amnesty Came Through"), The Waltons, Gunsmoke (twelve times), Combat! (twice), Kung Fu, Hawaii Five-O (1970, as Jase Gorman in the episode: The Payoff), The Rockford Files, and How the West Was Won. He appeared in such films as Nevada Smith with Steve McQueen, Hot Lead and Cold Feet, and in the John Wayne/Katharine Hepburn film Rooster Cogburn, in the role of Bagby.
Quentin Tarantino named a character after him in Django Unchained.
He was also a boxer, winning the Los Angeles 1954 Golden Gloves Championship, and continued to box when he was in the United States Navy.
Vanders died on November 27, 2009, at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena, California, after having lung cancer. He was 79 years old.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1960 The Great Impostor Minor Role Uncredited1967 Rough Night in Jericho Harvey 1968 Stay Away, Joe Hike Bowers 1968 The Split Mason 1969 The Price of Power Arthur McDonald 1972 The Revengers Tarp 1975 Rooster Cogburn Bagby 1977 Little House on the Prairie: "Little Women" Harold Mayfield Air Date: 01/24/19771978 Hot Lead and Cold Feet Boss Snead 2006 Touched Wylie Tucker (final film role)
References
The Los Angeles Times, December 7, 2009, "PASSINGS: Warren Vanderschuit..." . New York Times, 2010, Sandra Brennan, "Warren Vanders" .
External links at the Los Angeles Times at the New York Times at the Internet Movie Database at MSN at Fandango