Lee Arthur Horsley is an American film television and theater actor known for starring roles in the television series Nero Wolfe Matt Houston and Paradise He starred in the 1982 film The Sword and the Sorcerer and recorded the audiobook edition of Lonesome Dove Horsley began his acting career touring in stage productions of West Side Story Damn Yankees and Oklahoma In 1981 he portrayed TV detective Archie Goodwin in the shortlived NBC drama series Nero Wolfe He played the title character in the detective series Matt Houston as well as Ethan Allen Cord in the Western Heritage Awardwinning series Paradise This was followed by a lead role on Bodies of Evidence He appeared in the featurelength cult film The Sword and the Sorcerer in 1982 and appeared in its sequel Tales of an Ancient Empire in 2010 He recorded the audiobook edition of Larry McMurtrys Lonesome Dove In 2006 Horsley and Marshall R Teague traveled the world in search of exotic game on the Outdoor Life Network for the reality show Benellis Dream Hunts In 2012 he appeared in the Quentin Tarantino film Django Unchained as Sheriff Gus and also has a role as a stagecoach driver in Tarantinos 2015 western The Hateful Eight