Dennis Weaver - Famous Actor

Dennis Weaver Net Worth

$16,000,000

Famous American actor Dennis Weaver had a net worth of $16 million when he passed away in 2006. Weaver was best known for his roles in Gunsmoke, McCloud, Duel and Touch of Evil, winning a Primetime Emmy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, and serving as President of the Screen Actors Guild from 1973 to 1975.

Key facts:

The key facts about Dennis Weaver, based on the given context, are:
  • Dennis Weaver was an American actor who had nearly 100 acting credits to his name.
  • Weaver was best known for playing characters such as Chester on Gunsmoke, Kentucky Jones on Kentucky Jones, Tom Wedloe on Gentle Ben, Sam McCloud on McCloud, and Dr. Buck James on Buck James among many others.
  • Weaver starred in films such as Duel, directed by Steven Spielberg and Touch of Evil, directed by Orson Welles.
  • Weaver won a Primetime Emmy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
  • Weaver served as the President of the Screen Actors Guild from 1973 to 1975.

Basic Information About Dennis Weaver

CategoryCelebrities β€Ί Actors
ProfessionsActor, Pilot, Television Director
Net worth$16,000,000
Date of birth1924-06-04
Place of birthJoplin
Date of death2006-02-24 (aged 81)
NationalityUnited States of America
Spouse20 October - Geraldine Stowell (Β 1945 - 24 FebruaryΒ 2006)Β (his death)Β (3 children)
GenderMale
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Social Mediaβ†—οΈŽ Wikipedia β†—οΈŽ IMDb

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Dennis Weaver roles

Movie / Series Role
Home on the RangeAbner (voice)
Duel at DiabloWillard Grange
The SimpsonsBuck McCoy 1 episode, 2002
The VirginianJed Haines 1 episode, 1970
That GirlLewis M. Franks 1 episode, 1970
Hee HawSelf / ... 5 episodes, 1977-1981
Lonesome Dove: The SeriesBuffalo Bill Cody 5 episodes, 1994-1995
WildfireHenry 12 episodes, 2005
Dr. KildareWayne Wandemeir 1 episode, 1965
The Name of the GameWalter Grayson 1 episode, 1969
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew MysteriesSelf 2 episodes, 1977
Combat!Noah 1 episode, 1965
Gentle BenWriter
Gentle BenTom Wedloe 56 episodes, 1967-1969
Family LawJudge Richard Lloyd 1 episode, 2001

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Interesting Facts about Dennis Weaver

  1. Was a track and field athlete from the University of Oklahoma.
  2. Placed 6th in the 1948 Olympic Trials in the Decathlon. Bob Mathias placed first; Weaver won the final event, the 1500 meter run.
  3. Born at 8:00am-CDT.
  4. Shelley Winters gave him one of his first real breaks by helping him get a part in a stage production of "Come Back, Little Sheba."
  5. In 1958, he formed a singing trio with Milburn Stone and Amanda Blake. In 1960, the trio broke the house record for the Albuquerque Arena during the New Mexico State Fair.
  6. (1973-1975) President of Screen Actors Guild (SAG).
  7. Had three grandchildren: Jennifer Weaver, Travis Weaver and Jesse Weaver.
  8. Was a committed environmentalist; Weaver's home near Santa Fe, NM, is constructed almost entirely out of recycled materials.
  9. Father of actor Robert Weaver, actor/producer/director Rick Weaver and Rusty Weaver.
  10. Lost a daughter-in-law, Lynne Ann Weaver (who was married to his son, Robert Weaver), to a July 2003 Santa Monica, California, car accident that killed more than eight people.
  11. Inducted (as a cast member of Gunsmoke (1955)) into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1981.
  12. Almost didn't get the part of "Chester Goode" on Gunsmoke (1955) until he asked for a second chance to read the lines in a humorous, countrified accent and won the role.
  13. Served as the president of "Love Is Feeding Everyone" (LIFE), which fed 150,000 needy people a week in Los Angeles County. Also, founded the Institute of Ecolonomics, which sought solutions to economic and environmental problems.
  14. He was a struggling actor in Hollywood in 1955, earning $60 a week delivering flowers when he was offered $300 a week for a role in a new CBS television series, Gunsmoke (1955). After nine years as Chester, who he played with a stiff-legged gait, he was earning $9,000 a week.
  15. Died on the same day and at the same age as Don Knotts.
  16. Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Actors Branch).
  17. Built an Earthship environmental home in Ridgway, Colorado.
  18. He was a staunch supporter of the Democratic Party and a vocal opponent of the Iraq war.
  19. Good friend of Robert Brubaker. Their sons went to school together.
  20. Signed to a contract at Universal in 1952.

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