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 law-enforcement 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 Bendix's 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 ABC/Desilu western television series, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, with Hugh O'Brian 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 U.S. 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 Wasn't There" of the ABC/Warner 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 ABC/WB 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 Conrad's CBS crime drama, Cannon. Pendleton died at the age of seventy-six in Pasadena, California.
Series | Cannon | Unknown | 1971-09-14 |
Movie | Tora! Tora! Tora! | Destroyer Captain (uncredited) | 1970-01-26 |
Movie | Pit Stop | Luther | 1969-05-14 |
Series | Julia | Unknown | 1968-09-17 |
Series | Ironside | Unknown | 1967-03-28 |
Series | Batman | Unknown | 1966-01-12 |
Series | Get Smart | Unknown | 1965-09-18 |
Series | The Virginian | Unknown | 1962-09-19 |
Series | The Beverly Hillbillies | Unknown | 1962-09-26 |
Movie | Ocean's Eleven | Major Taylor (uncredited) | 1960-08-10 |
Series | The Andy Griffith Show | Unknown | 1960-10-03 |
Movie | I Married a Woman | Photographer | 1958-03-01 |
Series | The Rifleman | Unknown | 1958-09-30 |
Movie | Once Upon a Horse... | Milligan | 1958-09-01 |
Movie | The Night Runner | Captain Reynolds | 1957-04-02 |
Series | Official Detective | Unknown | 1957-01-01 |
Series | Perry Mason | Unknown | 1957-09-21 |
Movie | The Unholy Wife | Deputy Bob Watkins | 1957-06-24 |
Series | Maverick | Unknown | 1957-09-22 |
Movie | Bombers B-52 | Lt. Col. Graham (uncredited) | 1957-11-22 |
Series | 26 Men | Unknown | 1957-11-01 |
Movie | The Price of Fear | 1956-03-13 | |
Series | Buffalo Bill Jr. | Unknown | 1955-03-01 |
Movie | Phantom Trails | Curt Leslie | 1955-05-08 |
Series | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Unknown | 1955-09-06 |
Series | Navy Log | Unknown | 1955-09-20 |
Series | Cheyenne | Unknown | 1955-09-20 |
Movie | Killers from Space | FBI Agent Briggs | 1954-01-23 |
Movie | The Glenn Miller Story | Lt. Col. Bassell (uncredited) | 1954-01-04 |
Movie | The Caine Mutiny | Court-Martial Board Member (uncredited) | 1954-06-24 |
Series | Lassie | Unknown | 1954-09-12 |
Movie | The Two Gun Teacher | Bailey | 1954-12-26 |
Movie | Target Earth | Colonel | 1954-11-07 |
Series | Studio 57 | Unknown | 1954-09-21 |
Movie | Border City Rustlers | Larson | 1953-11-15 |
Series | Dangerous Assignment | Unknown | 1952-01-01 |
Series | Hopalong Cassidy | Unknown | 1952-09-19 |
Series | Adventures of Superman | Unknown | 1952-09-19 |
Series | Cavalcade of America | Unknown | 1952-10-01 |
Movie | Trail of the Arrow | (archive footage) | 1952-11-02 |
Movie | Buckaroo Sheriff of Texas | Sam White | 1951-05-01 |
Series | The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | Unknown | 1951-04-15 |
Movie | Submarine Command | 1951-11-01 | |
Movie | Purple Heart Diary | Sgt. Morse | 1951-11-12 |
Movie | Chicago Calling | Police Lt. Ryan | 1951-12-31 |
Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |
Movie | Desert of Lost Men | Posse Member | 1951-11-19 |
Movie | A Lady Without Passport | Joe - Airport Attendant (uncredited) | 1950-08-03 |
Movie | No Man of Her Own | Policeman (uncredited) | 1950-02-21 |
Movie | Gunfire | Charlie Ford (as Gaylord Pendleton) | 1950-08-12 |
Series | The Gene Autry Show | Unknown | 1950-07-23 |
Movie | Sunset in the West | Walter Kimball (as Gaylord Pendleton) | 1950-09-25 |
Movie | Where Danger Lives | Policeman at Roadblock (uncredited) | 1950-11-16 |
Movie | Rio Grande | Capt. Prescott | 1950-11-15 |
Movie | Alias Nick Beal | Det. Sgt. Hill | 1949-03-04 |
Movie | Ride, Ryder, Ride! | Gerry Brooks | 1949-02-02 |
Movie | He Walked by Night | Detective (uncredited) | 1949-02-06 |
Movie | Johnny Allegro | 1949-05-26 | |
Movie | Arson, Inc. | Murph, the undercover man (as Gaylord Pendleton) | 1949-06-24 |
Movie | Chinatown at Midnight | Policeman | 1949-11-17 |
Movie | Roll, Thunder, Roll! | Marshal Bill Faugh | 1949-08-26 |
Movie | Beyond Glory | Gen. Prescott | 1948-08-03 |
Movie | Walk a Crooked Mile | Police Detective Gaines | 1948-09-02 |
Movie | Highway 13 | George Montgomery | 1948-12-28 |
Movie | Enchantment | RAF Officer | 1948-12-25 |
Movie | Untamed Fury | Jeff Owens | 1947-03-22 |
Movie | The Return of Rin Tin Tin | Gordon Melrose | 1947-11-01 |
Movie | Sergeant York | Scorer (uncredited) | 1941-09-27 |
Movie | Young Buffalo Bill | Jerry Calhoun | 1940-04-11 |
Movie | Road to Singapore | Gordon Wycott (uncredited) | 1940-03-22 |
Movie | The Grapes of Wrath | Gas Station Attendant #2 in Needles (uncredited) | 1940-03-15 |
Movie | Sailor's Lady | Information | 1940-07-05 |
Movie | Manhattan Heartbeat | Tony | 1940-07-11 |
Movie | Flight Command | North Island Tower Operator | 1940-12-27 |
Movie | Knute Rockne All American | Football Player #12 (uncredited) | 1940-10-05 |
Movie | American Spoken Here | Young Marksman (uncredited) | 1940-11-30 |
Movie | Triple Justice | Tommy Dale | 1940-09-22 |
Movie | One Crowded Night | Mat | 1940-08-09 |
Movie | Confessions of a Nazi Spy | Naval Courier (uncredited) | 1939-05-06 |
Movie | The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle | Adjutant (uncredited) | 1939-03-29 |
Movie | Wings of the Navy | Cadet Ormsby | 1939-02-11 |
Movie | When Tomorrow Comes | Busboy | 1939-08-11 |
Movie | Reno | Prosecuting Attorne | 1939-12-01 |
Movie | Geronimo | Pvt. Young | 1939-11-26 |
Movie | The Marshal Of Mesa City | Jim Tanner (uncredited) | 1939-11-03 |
Movie | Disputed Passage | Lawrence Carpenter (as Gaylord Pendleton) | 1939-10-25 |
Movie | Having Wonderful Time | Camp Waiter (uncredited) | 1938-07-01 |
Movie | Next Time I Marry | Reporter | 1938-12-09 |
Movie | Pie a la Maid | Mary's Brother | 1938-12-25 |
Movie | The Duke of West Point | Cadet Rains | 1938-12-29 |
Movie | Internes Can't Take Money | Jones (as Gaylord Pendleton) | 1937-04-16 |
Movie | They Gave Him a Gun | Soldier (uncredited) | 1937-05-07 |
Movie | Exclusive | Elliott | 1937-08-06 |
Movie | Behind The Headlines | Martin Gang Member | 1937-05-14 |
Movie | The Informer | Dennis Daly | 1935-05-09 |
Movie | Twentieth Century | Brother in Play (uncredited) | 1934-05-11 |
Movie | Fighting to Live | John Z. Blake | 1934-04-06 |
Movie | Unknown Valley | Joshua Townsman | 1933-05-05 |
Movie | Life in the Raw | Tom Halloway | 1933-07-07 |
Movie | The Death Kiss | Bystander | 1932-12-05 |
Movie | Seas Beneath | Ens. Richard 'Dick' Cabot (as Gaylord Pendleton) | 1931-01-30 |
Movie | Daddy Long Legs | Sally's Beau (uncredited) | 1931-06-05 |
Movie | Manslaughter | Bobby | 1930-07-22 |
Movie | The Bluffer | Jack | 1930-09-28 |
Movie | Up the River | Morris (uncredited) | 1930-10-10 |
Movie | Success | Joe (as Gaylord Pendleton) | 1923-02-25 |