The Gunfighter - actors, characters and roles
All actors and their roles in the film "The Gunfighter"
The Gunfighter (1950)
Timing:
1:25 (85 min)
7.328/10
200
200
7.248/10
1208
1208
7.7/10
14000
14000
Actors and characters
Victor Adamson
Character Townsman at Funeral (uncredited)
C.E. Anderson
Character Street Loafer (uncredited)
Carl Andre
Character Street Loafer (uncredited)
Beulah Archuletta
Character Indian woman (uncredited)
Gregg Barton
Character Pete's Pal (uncredited)
David Clarke
Character Second Brother (uncredited)
Edmund Cobb
Character Citizen (uncredited)
Donald Duran
Character Boy (uncredited)
Eddie Ehrhart
Character Archie (uncredited)
Herschel Graham
Character Townsman at Funeral (uncredited)
Herman Hack
Character Townsman at Funeral (uncredited)
Sherry Hall
Character Townsman (uncredited)
Jim Hayward
Character Minor Role (uncredited)
Len Hendry
Character Card Player (uncredited)
Ray Hyke
Character Card Player (uncredited)
Jean Inness
Character Alice Marlowe (uncredited)
Tommy Lee
Character Long Fu - Cayenne Restaurant Cook (uncredited)
Pierce Lyden
Character Barfly (uncredited)
Terry MacRae
Character Street Loafer (uncredited)
Ted Mapes
Character Pete's Pal (uncredited)
Forrest Matthews
Character Bud (uncredited)
Harry Mendoza
Character Frank Loving (uncredited)
Edward Mundy
Character Man on Street (uncredited)
Herman Nowlin
Character Skeeter (uncredited)
Eddie Parks
Character Joe the Barber (uncredited)
John Pickard
Character Third Brother (uncredited)
Edward Rickard
Character Townsman at Funeral (uncredited)
Warren Schannon
Character Boy (uncredited)
Harry Shannon
Character Chuck (uncredited)
George Slocum
Character Street Loafer (uncredited)
Marvin Smith
Character Boy (uncredited)
Ray Spiker
Character Townsman at Funeral (uncredited)
Jack Tornek
Character Barfly (uncredited)
Archie Twitchell
Character Johnny (uncredited)
William Vedder
Character Minister (uncredited)
Anne Whitfield
Character Carrie Lou (uncredited)
Credda Zajac
Character Mrs. Cooper (uncredited)
What's left behind the scenes
- During the filming of the movie, Gregory Peck wore a mustache that many at the studio disliked. When filming began, producer Spyros P. Skouras was away. By the time he returned, most of the film had already been shot, and it was too late to ask Peck to shave off the mustache and reshoot the footage. After it became clear that the film was not successful and the costs were not being recouped, Skouras went to the actor and told him that his mustache had cost them millions.
- The film is based on the life of John Ringo (1850-1882), a bandit from the Wild West era and a cousin of members of the "Younger Brothers" gang. In life, Ringo was a ruthless killer who was lucky enough to survive the famous gunfight at the corral. Unlike the character portrayed in the film, the real John Ringo fell into depression after visiting relatives in California in July 1982, went on a 10-day drinking binge, and then sat under a tree and shot himself.
- The original story was written by William Bowers (1916-1987) and André De Toth (1912-2002) with John Wayne (1907-1979) in mind. Wayne liked the story and offered Bowers $10,000 for it, but Bowers asked for more. Later, Bowers sold the story to Fox for $70,000, which greatly offended Wayne. Subsequently, Harry Cohn (1891-1958), the founder of Columbia Pictures, acquired the story for Wayne, but he refused to work with the company due to old grievances against Cohn. Cohn then sold the screenplay to Twentieth Century Fox, which took on the project and signed Gregory Peck (1916-2003) for the lead role. When Peck was chosen as the "best Western actor" in 1950 and presented with an award – silver spurs – Wayne was furious. Wayne's last film, "The Shootist" (1976), has a noticeable resemblance to "The Gunfighter."
- In the original ending, the sheriff arrested Hunt Bromley, played by Skip Homeier (1930-2017), but this finale enraged studio head Darryl F. Zanuck (1902-1979) so much that director Henry King (1886-1982) and screenwriter Nannelli Johnson (1897-1977) devised a finale in which the sheriff beats Bromley and lets him go. Only then did Zanuck calm down.
- The film is based on the life of John Ringo (1850-1882), an outlaw of the Wild West and a cousin of the Younger Brothers gang. In real life, Ringo was a ruthless killer who managed to survive a famous shootout at the corral. Unlike the character portrayed in the film, the real John Ringo fell into depression after visiting relatives in California in July 1982, went on a 10-day drinking binge, and then sat under a tree and shot himself.
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