Marion Mitchell Morrison ( Marion Robert Morrison)

                         (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979)

       
          James King Arness (May 26, 1923 – June 3, 2011)

James Arness was best remembered for his portrayal of 
Marshal Matt Dillon on the CBS television series Gunsmoke
for 20 years (1955-1975).

Johnny Carson, left, and ‘Gunsmoke’ actor James Arness on ‘The Johnny Carson Show’ in 1955-56.

   Frank James (Gary) Cooper (May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961) 

Cooper’s career spanned from 1925 until shortly before his death in
1961, with more than one hundred films to his credit. He received five
 Academy Award nominations for Best Actor, winning twice for Sergeant
York and High Noon. He also received an Honorary Award in 1961 from
the Academy.

The American Film Institute’s 100 Years…100 Stars ranked cooper at 
#11 among males from the Classical Hollywood cinema period. In 2003,
his performances as Will Kane in High Noon (1952), Lou Gehrig in The
Pride of the Yankees (1942), and Alvin York in Sergeant York (1941) 
made the AFI’s 100 Years… 100 Heroes and Villains list, all of them
as heroes.

Gary Cooper in Sergeant York

Cooper in High Noon

 
       
      William Holden (April 17, 1918 – November 12, 1981) 

Holden won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1954 and the Emmy
Award for Best Actor in 1974. He is one of the most popular and well
known movie stars of all time, Holden was one of the biggest box office
draws of the 1950s, he was named one of the "Top 10 Stars of the
Year" six times (1954–1958, 1961) and appeared on the American
Film Institute‘s 100 Years…100 Stars list as number 25. He starred
in some of the most popular and critically acclaimed films of all time,
including such blockbusters as The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957),
The Wild Bunch (1969), The Towering Inferno (1974), and Network
(1976). 

    Wardell Edwin "Ward" Bond (April 9, 1903 – November 5, 1960)

Ward Bond was featured in over 200 movies and the television series
Wagon Train on NBC from 1957-1962 and on ABC from 1962-1965. He
initially starred as the wagon master, but was later replaced upon his
death in 1960 by John McIntire. In 2001, Bond was inducted into the
Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western
Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City.  

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