Steve Pendleton

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Steve Pendleton September 16 1908 October 3 1984 was an American film and television actor often cast in the role of lawenforcement officers Pendleton was cast in eight episodes in different roles from 1952 to 1957 on The Roy Rogers Show In 1955 he played the role of Baumer in Gold of Haunted Mountain of the CBS drama Brave Eagle In another 1955 appearance he was cast as Captain Kenneth McNabb in The Fight for Texas of the syndicated western series Buffalo Bill Jr In 1956 he was cast as Bill Mathison in the episode The Long Weekend of the then CBS military drama Navy Log In 1957 he appeared on two episodes of William Bendixs NBC situation comedy The Life of Riley In 1958 he played Marshal Purvis in Star Witness of another syndicated western series Casey Jones with Alan Hale Jr in the title role In 1959 he portrayed Sheriff Anderson in The Louisiana Dude of the CBS western series Yancy Derringer Pendleton was cast in two roles in a total of twelve episodes broadcast between 1956 and 1961 of the ABCDesilu western television series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp with Hugh OBrian in the title role of deputy marshal Wyatt Earp He played a United States Army mayor Benteen in five segments including Dull Knife Strikes for Freedom May 7 1957 In this segment the actor Ian MacDonald is cast as Dull Knife a Cheyenne chief who leads his tribe from its reservation in Oklahoma Territory to their homeland in Montana which they claim the US government had promised them Benteen has orders to prevent the Indians from passing through Pendleton also appeared in seven other series episodes as the character Thacker In 1960 Pendleton was cast as Marshal McCoy in The Town That Wasnt There of the ABCWarner Brothers western series Maverick That same year he played deputy Kelsey with Lee Van Cleef as deputy Clyde Wilson in the episode Man on a Mountain of another ABCWB western Lawman In 1961 he portrayed deputy marshal Ben Johnson in the episode Death Trap of the ABC western series The Rifleman starring Chuck Connors In 1967 he played Mr Hutchins in the episode Howard and Millie of the CBS sitcom The Andy Griffith Show From 1968 to 1970 he had a recurring role as Mr Bennett in six episodes of the NBC sitcom Julia starring Diahann Carroll His last role was as a businessman on the 1976 episode The Reformer of William Conrads CBS crime drama Cannon Pendleton died at the age of seventysix in Pasadena California