Person
Clu Gulager
Born 16 November 1928 Died 5 August 2022, aged 93 Holdenville, Oklahoma, USA TMDB ↗
William Martin Gulager (November 16, 1928 - August 6, 2022), known professionally as Clu Gulager, was an American television and film actor. He is particularly noted for his co-starring role as William H. Bonney (Billy The Kid) in the 1960–62 NBC TV series The Tall Man and for his role in the later NBC series The Virginian. He also appeared in the racing film Winning (1969), with Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, and was the protagonist, Burt, in the horror movie The Return of the Living Dead (1985). His final on-screen role was in Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019).
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The numbers
19age in their first credit on record (1948)
71years on screen and counting
10credits in 1984, their busiest year
150dated credits on record
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Movie credits
Age: 90 Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2019as Book Store Man
Age: 89 Children of the Corn: Runaway
2018as Crusty
Age: 87 Blue Jay
2016as Waynie
Age: 87 Deconstructing Dunning
2016
Age: 86 Tangerine
2015as The Cherokee
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Age: 86 Director's Commentary: Terror Of Frankenstein
2015as Gavin Merrill (voice)
Age: 83 Piranha 3DD
2012as Mo
Age: 80 Feast III: The Happy Finish
2009as Bartender
Age: 79 Feast II: Sloppy Seconds
2008as Bartender
Age: 77 Vic
2006as Vic
Age: 76 Feast
2005as Bartender
Age: 76 Jacqueline Hyde
2005as Strip Club Bouncer (uncredited)
Age: 70 Gunfighter
1999as Uncle Buck Peters, Owner Bar 20 Ranch
Age: 70 Palmer's Pick-Up
1999as Telegraph Operator
Age: 65 Puppet Master 5
1994as Man #1
Age: 64 In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco
1993as McLennan County Sheriff
Age: 64 Eddie Presley
1993as Sid
Age: 62 My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
1991as Dark Glasses
Age: 62 The Killing Device
1991as Smitty
Age: 62 The Willies
1990as Greeley Principal
Age: 61 The Raven Red Kiss-Off
1990as Desk Sergeant
Age: 60 Teen Vamp
1989as The Reverend
Age: 59 I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
1988as Lt. Baker
Age: 59 Tapeheads
1988as Norman Mart
Age: 59 Uninvited
1988as Albert
Age: 58 The Hidden
1987as Lt. Ed Flynn
Age: 58 From a Whisper to a Scream
1987as Stanley Burnside
Age: 58 Summer Heat
1987as Will Stanton
Age: 57 Hunter's Blood
1986as Mason Rand
Age: 57 Terror at London Bridge
1985as Chief Peter 'Pete' Dawson
Age: 56 A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
1985as Ken Walsh
Age: 56 The Return of the Living Dead
1985as Burt
Age: 56 Prime Risk
1985as Paul Minsky
Age: 56 Into the Night
1985as Federal Agent
Age: 56 The Initiation
1984as Dwight Fairchild
Age: 55 Trancers
1984as Mall Security Guard
Age: 55 Chattanooga Choo Choo
1984as Sam
Age: 55 Master Ninja
1984as Mr. Christensen
Age: 54 Lies
1983as Doctor Bartlett
Age: 54 Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story
1983as J.R. Smith
Age: 52 Skyward
1980as Steve Ward
Age: 51 Touched by Love
1980as Don Fielder
Age: 51 The Gambler
1980as Rufe Bennett
Age: 50 A Force of One
1979as Dunne
Age: 50 Lawman Without a Gun
1979as Marvin Tayman
Age: 50 Willa
1979as Joe Welch
Age: 50 A Question of Love
1978as Mike Guettner
Age: 49 Stickin' Together
1978as Cuda Weber
Age: 49 Ski Lift to Death
1978as Marv Gilman
Age: 48 Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging
1977as Charlie Cobb
Age: 48 The Other Side of Midnight
1977as Bill Fraser
Age: 47 The Killer Who Wouldn't Die
1976as Harry Keller
Age: 45 A Stranger Came by Train
1974as Glenn Mortenson
Age: 45 Hit Lady
1974as Roarke
Age: 45 Houston, We've Got a Problem
1974as Lou Matthews
Age: 45 McQ
1974as Toms
Age: 45 Smile Jenny, You're Dead
1974as Det. Milt Bosworth
Age: 44 A Chant of Silence
1973as Halliman
Age: 44 Call to Danger
1973as Emmet Jergens
Age: 44 The Mystery in Dracula's Castle
1973as Keith Raynor
Age: 44 Molly and Lawless John
1972as Deputy Tom Clements
Age: 43 Footsteps
1972as Jonas Kane
Age: 43 The Bull of the West
1972as Deputy Emmett Ryker
Age: 43 The Glass House
1972as Brian Courtland
Age: 42 The Last Picture Show
1971as Abilene
Age: 41 San Francisco International
1970as Bob Hatten
Age: 41 Company of Killers
1970as Frank Quinn
Age: 40 Winning
1969as Larry
Age: 38 Sullivan's Empire
1967as Juan Clemente
Age: 37 And Now Miguel
1966as Johnny
Age: 35 The Killers
1964as Lee
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Age: 33 Five Fingers : The Temple of the Swinging Doll
1961as Larry Dane
Age: 27 Bang the Drum Slowly
1956as Coker
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TV credits
Age: 64 Walker, Texas Ranger
1993as Duke Jamison
Age: 64 Beavis and Butt-Head
1993as Anderson’s War Buddy (voice / uncredited)
Age: 64 Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
1993as Deputy Clay Hardin
Age: 64 Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
1993as Art McKendrick
Age: 56 North and South
1985as Gen. Philip Henry Sheridan
Age: 56 MacGyver
1985as Walt Kirby
Age: 56 Street Hawk
1985as Will Gassner
Age: 55 Murder, She Wrote
1984as Mike Gann
Age: 55 Murder, She Wrote
1984as Ray Carter
Age: 55 Murder, She Wrote
1984as Carl Mestin
Age: 55 Cover Up
1984
Age: 55 Airwolf
1984as Cullen Dixon
Age: 55 The Master
1984as Christensen
Age: 55 Automan
1983as Rudolph Brock
Age: 55 Masquerade
1983
Age: 53 Knight Rider
1982as Eugene Hanson
Age: 53 Simon & Simon
1981
Age: 52 The Fall Guy
1981as Col. Halston / Marv Jackson / Osborne
Age: 52 Magnum, P.I.
1980as Theo Wolf
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Age: 50 The MacKenzies of Paradise Cove
1979
Age: 49 King
1978as William Sullivan
Age: 49 Black Beauty
1978as Reuben Smith
Age: 48 The Oregon Trail
1977
Age: 48 CHiPs
1977
Age: 48 Once an Eagle
1976as Alvin Merrick
Age: 47 Quincy, M.E.
1976
Age: 47 Good Heavens
1976
Age: 46 Ellery Queen
1975as Father Terrence Devlin
Age: 46 Kate McShane
1975as Inspector Brenner
Age: 46 Three for the Road
1975
Age: 46 Medical Story
1975as Dr. Harry Carlisle
Age: 46 Khan!
1975
Age: 44 Shaft
1973
Age: 44 Police Story
1973
Age: 44 Barnaby Jones
1973as Sheriff Mack Hollister
Age: 44 Barnaby Jones
1973as Mark Landy
Age: 43 Kung Fu
1972as Sheriff Rutledge
Age: 43 The Streets of San Francisco
1972
Age: 42 Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971
Age: 42 Cannon
1971as B.J. Long
Age: 42 The Psychiatrist
1971as Frank Halloran
Age: 41 San Francisco International Airport
1970as Bob Hatten
Age: 41 McCloud
1970
Age: 40 Harold Robbins' The Survivors
1969as Senator Mark Jennings
Age: 39 The Mod Squad
1968as Dustin Ellis
Age: 39 Hawaii Five-O
1968as Jack Gulley
Age: 39 The Name of the Game
1968as Steve Heywood
Age: 39 The Name of the Game
1968as Bill Danziger
Age: 39 Hawaii Five-O
1968as Arthur Lambert
Age: 39 The Name of the Game
1968as Rex Dakota
Age: 38 Mannix
1967as Lyle Foster
Age: 38 Ironside
1967 Age: 38 Ironside
1967as Jack Brody
Age: 36 The F.B.I.
1965as Lyle Chernik
Age: 34 Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963as Dan Walsh
Age: 33 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962as Jimmy K. Bresson
Age: 33 The Virginian
1962as Jake Carewe
Age: 33 The Virginian
1962as Emmett Ryker
Age: 32 Dr. Kildare
1961as Dr. Norman Gage
Age: 32 The Defenders
1961as Tom Clinton
Age: 31 The Tall Man
1960as Billy the Kid
Age: 30 The Rebel
1959as Virgil Taber
Age: 30 Law of the Plainsman
1959as Truck Garnett
Age: 30 Laramie
1959
Age: 30 Riverboat
1959as Beau Chandler
Age: 30 The Deputy
1959as The Drifter
Age: 30 Black Saddle
1959as Andy Meade
Age: 29 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958as Young Vix
Age: 29 Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958as Joe Collins
Age: 28 Wagon Train
1957as Harry Diel
Age: 28 Wagon Train
1957as Sam Spicer
Age: 28 Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Age: 27 West Point
1956
Age: 26 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955as Sailor
Age: 26 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955as Rod Collins
Age: 25 The Wonderful World of Disney
1954as Keith Raynor
Age: 19 Studio One
1948as Lloyd Carpenter