omg, now Dennis Weaver is dead age 81

[WI_DEM]

Chester on Gunsmoke, then Gentle Ben and McCloud and a good Democrat to boot.

[schmuls]

1. Who remembers Dennis Weaver in the movie "Duel"? You know,

the one where a faceless truck terrorizes him in somewhere in the Southwest? Scary! The ending, which I will not give away, is exactly how I think I would react under the circumstances.

[Catherine Vincent]

5. I saw that movie. It was a scary one.

And I believe it's one of Speilberg's first movies that he produced.

[edhopper]

23. It was

a made for TV movie and it was the FIRST movie Spielberg directed.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000229/

Weaver was about the only actor in it, and he was pretty darn good as the beleaguered everyman confronted by an overwhelming force.

[niyad]

9. oh, I remember--all the more so because nearly the exact same thing

happened to me--driving from el paso to tucson right after I saw it-- had a trucker doing his best to try to either run me off the road or kill me--after that, I was never without the CB in my car.

[HeeBGBz]

14. That was creepy

I remember him mostly as Chester limping around on Gunsmoke.

[schmuls]

18. Ha Ha... I like the way you said that! "Chester limping around on

Gunsmoke". he he

[HeeBGBz]

20. I remember "walkin like Chester" when I was a kid

It just wasn't the same when he left the show and they got Festus instead.

[Johonny]

2. Touch of Evil

He's really good in Touch of Evil too.

[Warchild]

10. He was very very good .....

..in Touch Of Evil...


"One of them........wild parties!"

[utopian]

3. I was wondering who the third would be

First Don Knotts and Darrin McGavin, and now Dennis Weaver. The cycle is complete.

[TomPainesBones]

6. So if a celebrity dies tomorrow

that won't count as number four, it's just number one in a new cycle.

Okay, I get it now.

:eyes:

[Chiyo-chichi]

8. Helloooooo. They all had first names beginning with "D."

What are the odds? (just kidding)

Fine actors & fine men all. Rest in peace.

[niyad]

12. I noticed that, too, and mentioned it in an earlier thread. just a bit

on the odd side, and all in their 80's, too.

[TomPainesBones]

15. Oh my! Three D's!

That must MEAN something!

I'll have to re-evaluate my position on the Easter Bunny, the Bible, hairy palms, and the Superman Curse.

:sarcasm:

[HeeBGBz]

11. I was counting Curt Gowdy as the first of three

Then Don Knotts and then Darrin McGavin. So is Dennis Weaver the first of a new three or the last of three and Curt Gowdy didn't count cause he's a sports guy?

What do you think?

[niyad]

16. he was in a slightly different field of endeavor, so his list is separate.

[melody]

17. yup, the saying is actors go in threes

I guess that would include all performing arts folk.

[MrBenchley]

4. He was also involved in the environmental movement

http://myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=d_weaver

[CrispyQ]

7. And a vegetarian since 1958!

I loved McCloud! Kind of hokey, but I still loved it.

[Sydnie]

13. all three D names recently too

Dennis, Don, and Darren. I don't ever remember that happening in the "list of threes" before.

RIP Dennis.

[henslee]

19. McCloud pic.

So long pardner. I always watched your show. You had a nice way about you.

[newyawker99]

21. Rest in Peace Mr Weaver.

:-(

[tjwash]

22. One more to go.

They come in three's you know.

[Jawja]

24. Well that's number 2.

First Don Knotts, now Dennis Weaver. They always pass in 3's.

[Tactical Progressive]

25. "I'll get him on the grade! I'll get him on the grade!"

'Duel', the first, or one of the first, made-for-TV movies. Small movie - 1 character more or less - a man and his car. Instant classic.

He also had a TV series, McCloud - modern western sherrif if I recall, in a 3-show rotation with McMillan and Wife starring Rock Hudson and one other.