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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 4, 1924
Died
February 24, 2006
Place of Birth
Joplin, Missouri, USA
Also Known As
- William Dennis Weaver
- دنیس ویور
Dennis Weaver
2.0 Popularity
Biography
William Dennis Weaver (June 4, 1924 – February 24, 2006) was an American actor, best known for his work in television, including roles on Gunsmoke, as Marshal Sam McCloud on the NBC police drama McCloud, and the 1971 TV movie Duel.
Known For
8.5
Henry Ritter
Wildfire
2005
6.1
Abner (voice)
Home on the Range
2004
3.1
Buck Stevens
Submerged
2000
5.2
Mart Howe
High Noon
2000
4.9
Sam Balaam
The Virginian
2000
8.2
Judge Richard Lloyd
Family Law
1999
7.2
Grandpa Flint
Escape from Wildcat Canyon
1998
🎬
6.0
Sam Jenks
Seduction in a Small Town
1997
7.6
Captain Farnsworth
Stolen Women, Captured Hearts
1997
8.1
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Credits
Wildfire
as Henry Ritter
2005
8.5
Home on the Range
as Abner (voice)
2004
6.1
Submerged
as Buck Stevens
2000
3.1
High Noon
as Mart Howe
2000
5.2
The Virginian
as Sam Balaam
2000
4.9
Family Law
as Judge Richard Lloyd
1999
8.2
Escape from Wildcat Canyon
as Grandpa Flint
1998
7.2
🎬
Seduction in a Small Town
as Sam Jenks
1997
6.0
Stolen Women, Captured Hearts
as Captain Farnsworth
1997
7.6
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
8.1
Two Bits & Pepper
as Sheriff Pratt
1995
4.6
Touched by an Angel
as Emmett Rivers
1994
7.2
Lonesome Dove: The Series
as Buffalo Bill Cody
1994
7.3
Greyhounds
as Chance Wayne
1994
0.0
Mastergate
as Vice President Dale Burden
1992
2.0
Earth and the American Dream
as Reader (voice)
1992
6.7
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990
6.8
Great Adventurers & Their Quests: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
as Narrator
1990
4.0
Dennis Weaver's Earthship
1990
0.0
The Simpsons
as Buck McCoy (voice)
1989
8.0
The Return of Sam McCloud
as Sam McCloud
1989
6.0
Disaster at Silo 7
as Sheriff Ben Harlen
1988
6.3
Walking After Midnight
as Self
1988
0.0
Buck James
as Dr. Buck James
1987
5.0
Bluffing It
as Jack Duggan
1987
6.0
Amy Grant: Headin' Home for the Holidays
as Tom Miller
1986
2.0
A Winner Never Quits
as Mr. Wyshner
1986
6.0
Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story
as Wally Johnson
1985
4.0
Emerald Point N.A.S.
as Rear Adm. Thomas Mallory
1983
5.0
Cocaine: One Man's Seduction
as Eddie Gant
1983
6.6
Don't Go to Sleep
as Phillip
1982
6.5
The Day the Loving Stopped
as Aaron Danner
1981
0.0
Magnum, P.I.
as Lacy Fletcher
1980
7.3
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
as Dr. Samuel A. Mudd
1980
4.6
Amber Waves
as Elroy 'Bud' Burkhardt
1980
8.5
Stone
as Det. Sgt. Daniel Stone
1980
6.0
Stone
as Daniel Ellis Stone
1979
0.0
A Cry For Justice
as Sgt. Ted Bentley
1979
8.0
The Ordeal of Patty Hearst
as Charles Bates
1979
6.0
Ishi: The Last of His Tribe
as Prof. Benjamin Fuller
1978
4.0
Pearl
as Col. Jason Forrest
1978
5.5
Centennial
as R.J. Poteet
1978
7.7
The Islander
as Gable McQueen
1978
0.0
Intimate Strangers
as Donald Halston
1977
5.0
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
as Self
1977
7.1
Cher
as Self - Guest
1975
6.2
Terror on the Beach
as Neil Glynn
1973
4.6
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1973
6.3
Police Story
1973
6.9
Female Artillery
as Deke Chambers
1973
0.0
Rolling Man
as Lonnie McAfee
1972
5.0
The Great Man's Whiskers
as Abraham Lincoln
1972
0.0
Duel
as David Mann
1971
7.4
The Forgotten Man
as Lt. Joe Hardy
1971
6.5
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
1971
6.5
What's the Matter with Helen?
as Lincoln Palmer
1971
5.8
The Pet Set
as Self
1971
5.5
A Man Called Sledge
as Erwin Ward
1970
6.0
🎬
The Don Knotts Show
as Self
1970
0.0
McCloud
as Sam McCloud
1970
7.1
Swing Out, Sweet Land
as Self
1970
6.0
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
as Self
1968
7.6
Mission Batangas
as Chip Corbett
1968
0.0
The Name of the Game
as Walter Grayson
1968
6.8
Gentle Giant
as Tom Wedloe
1967
10.0
Gentle Ben
as Tom Wedloe
1967
6.6
Judd for the Defense
1967
7.5
Gallegher Goes West
as George Tucker, the Sundown Kid
1966
0.0
Way... Way Out
as Hoffman
1966
5.7
That Girl
1966
6.1
Duel at Diablo
as Willard Grange
1966
6.3
🎬
Kentucky Jones
as Kentucky Jones
1964
6.0
Combat!
as Noah
1962
7.7
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1961
5.4
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
Dr. Kildare
as Wayne Wandemeir
1961
5.5
The Gallant Hours
as Andy Lowe
1960
6.7
The Twilight Zone
as Adam Grant
1959
8.5
Touch of Evil
as Mirador Motel Night Manager
1958
7.8
Storm Fear
as Hank
1955
6.0
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Charles Cavender
1955
7.8
Gunsmoke
as Chester
1955
6.6
Chief Crazy Horse
as Maj. Carlisle
1955
5.6
Seven Angry Men
as John Brown Jr.
1955
5.2
Ten Wanted Men
as Sheriff Clyde Gibbons
1955
5.8
Climax!
as Steve Maclyn
1954
3.3
Dragnet
as Capt. R.A. Lohrman
1954
6.1
Dangerous Mission
as Ranger clerk
1954
5.8
War Arrow
as Pino
1953
5.6
The Golden Blade
1953
6.3
The Man from the Alamo
as Tennessean (uncredited)
1953
6.5
Column South
as Menguito
1953
6.0
Law and Order
as Frank Durling
1953
5.3
The Mississippi Gambler
as Julian Contant
1953
7.2
The Redhead from Wyoming
as Matt Jessup
1953
6.1
The Lawless Breed
as Jim Clements
1952
6.6
Horizons West
as Dandy Taylor
1952
6.2
Dragnet
1951
6.4
Dragnet
as Russ Camp
1951
6.4
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Ben
1951
7.2
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8