Clu Gulager

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Clu Gulager (November 16, 1928 - August 6, 2022) 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).

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Known For

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Book Store Man

The Return of the Living Dead

Burt

A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge

Ken Walsh

Knight Rider

Eugene Hanson

Piranha 3DD

MacGyver

Walt Kirby

Tangerine

The Cherokee

The Last Picture Show

Abilene

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2023	Masters of the Grind MOVIE	Self
2022	Merry F*cking Christmas: The Making of Tangerine MOVIE	Self
2019	Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood MOVIE	Book Store Man
2019	Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street MOVIE	Self
2018	Children of the Corn: Runaway MOVIE	Crusty
2016	Blue Jay MOVIE	Waynie
2016	Deconstructing Dunning MOVIE	Self
2015	Tangerine MOVIE	The Cherokee
2015	Director's Commentary: Terror Of Frankenstein MOVIE	Gavin Merrill (voice)
2014	Out of Print MOVIE	Self
2012	Piranha 3DD MOVIE	Mo
2011	More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead MOVIE	Himself
2010	Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy MOVIE	Self
2009	Feast III: The Happy Finish MOVIE	Bartender
2008	Meet the Gulagers MOVIE	Self
2008	Feast II: Sloppy Seconds MOVIE	Bartender
2006	Vic MOVIE	Vic
2005	Feast MOVIE	Bartender
2005	Jacqueline Hyde MOVIE	Strip Club Bouncer (uncredited)
2004	The Killing Device MOVIE	Smitty
1999	Gunfighter MOVIE	Uncle Buck Peters, Owner Bar 20 Ranch
1999	Palmer's Pick-Up MOVIE	Telegraph Operator
1994	Puppet Master 5 MOVIE	Man #1
1993	In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco MOVIE	McLennan County Sheriff
1993	Eddie Presley MOVIE	Sid
1993	Walker, Texas Ranger TV	Duke Jamison
1993	Beavis and Butt-Head TV	Anderson’s War Buddy (voice / uncredited)
1993	Kung Fu: The Legend Continues TV	Deputy Clay Hardin
1993	Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman TV	Art McKendrick
1991	My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys MOVIE	Dark Glasses
1990	The Willies MOVIE	Greeley Principal
1990	The Raven Red Kiss-Off MOVIE	Desk Sergeant
1989	Teen Vamp MOVIE	The Reverend
1988	I'm Gonna Git You Sucka MOVIE	Lt. Baker
1988	Tapeheads MOVIE	Norman Mart
1988	Uninvited MOVIE	Albert
1987	The Hidden MOVIE	Lt. Ed Flynn
1987	From a Whisper to a Scream MOVIE	Stanley Burnside
1987	Summer Heat MOVIE	Will Stanton
1986	Hunter's Blood MOVIE	Mason Rand
1986	Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors MOVIE	Self
1985	Terror at London Bridge MOVIE	Chief Peter 'Pete' Dawson
1985	North and South TV	Gen. Philip Henry Sheridan
1985	A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge MOVIE	Ken Walsh
1985	MacGyver TV	Walt Kirby
1985	The Return of the Living Dead MOVIE	Burt
1985	Prime Risk MOVIE	Paul Minsky
1985	Into the Night MOVIE	Federal Agent
1985	Street Hawk TV	Will Gassner
1984	The Initiation MOVIE	Dwight Fairchild
1984	Trancers MOVIE	Mall Security Guard
1984	Murder, She Wrote TV	Mike Gann
1984	Murder, She Wrote TV	Ray Carter
1984	Murder, She Wrote TV	Carl Mestin
1984	Cover Up TV	Self
1984	Chattanooga Choo Choo MOVIE	Sam
1984	Airwolf TV	Cullen Dixon
1984	Master Ninja MOVIE	Mr. Christensen
1984	The Master TV	Christensen
1983	Automan TV	Rudolph Brock
1983	Masquerade TV	Self
1983	Lies MOVIE	Doctor Bartlett
1983	Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story MOVIE	J.R. Smith
1982	Knight Rider TV	Eugene Hanson
1981	Simon & Simon TV	Self
1981	The Fall Guy TV	Col. Halston / Marv Jackson / Osborne
1980	Magnum, P.I. TV	Theo Wolf
1980	Skyward MOVIE	Steve Ward
1980	Touched by Love MOVIE	Don Fielder
1980	The Gambler MOVIE	Rufe Bennett
1979	A Force of One MOVIE	Dunne
1979	Lawman Without a Gun MOVIE	Marvin Tayman
1979	The MacKenzies of Paradise Cove TV	Self
1979	Willa MOVIE	Joe Welch
1978	A Question of Love MOVIE	Mike Guettner
1978	Stickin' Together MOVIE	Cuda Weber
1978	Ski Lift to Death MOVIE	Marv Gilman
1978	King TV	William Sullivan
1978	Black Beauty TV	Reuben Smith
1977	The Oregon Trail TV	Self
1977	CHiPs TV	Self
1977	Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging MOVIE	Charlie Cobb
1977	The Other Side of Midnight MOVIE	Bill Fraser
1976	Once an Eagle TV	Alvin Merrick
1976	Quincy, M.E. TV	Self
1976	The Killer Who Wouldn't Die MOVIE	Harry Keller
1976	Good Heavens TV	Self
1975	Ellery Queen TV	Father Terrence Devlin
1975	Kate McShane TV	Inspector Brenner
1975	Medical Story TV	Self
1975	Three for the Road TV	Self
1975	Khan! TV	Self
1974	A Stranger Came by Train MOVIE	Glenn Mortenson
1974	Hit Lady MOVIE	Roarke
1974	Houston, We've Got a Problem MOVIE	Lou Matthews
1974	McQ MOVIE	Toms
1974	Smile Jenny, You're Dead MOVIE	Det. Milt Bosworth
1973	Shaft TV	Self
1973	A Chant of Silence MOVIE	Halliman
1973	Police Story TV	Self
1973	Call to Danger MOVIE	Emmet Jergens
1973	Barnaby Jones TV	Sheriff Mack Hollister
1973	Barnaby Jones TV	Mark Landy
1973	The Mystery in Dracula's Castle MOVIE	Keith Raynor
1972	Molly and Lawless John MOVIE	Deputy Tom Clements
1972	Kung Fu TV	Sheriff Rutledge
1972	Footsteps MOVIE	Jonas Kane
1972	The Streets of San Francisco TV	Self
1972	The Bull of the West MOVIE	Deputy Emmett Ryker
1972	The Glass House MOVIE	Brian Courtland
1971	The Last Picture Show MOVIE	Abilene
1971	Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law TV	Self
1971	Cannon TV	B.J. Long
1971	The Psychiatrist TV	Frank Halloran
1970	San Francisco International Airport TV	Bob Hatten
1970	San Francisco International MOVIE	Bob Hatten
1970	Company of Killers MOVIE	Frank Quinn
1970	McCloud TV	Self
1969	Harold Robbins' The Survivors TV	Self
1969	Winning MOVIE	Larry
1968	The Mod Squad TV	Dustin Ellis
1968	Hawaii Five-O TV	Jack Gulley
1968	The Name of the Game TV	Steve Heywood
1968	The Name of the Game TV	Bill Danziger
1968	Hawaii Five-O TV	Arthur Lambert
1968	The Name of the Game TV	Rex Dakota
1967	Mannix TV	Lyle Foster
1967	Sullivan's Empire MOVIE	Juan Clemente
1967	Ironside TV	Self
1967	Ironside TV	Jack Brody
1966	And Now Miguel MOVIE	Johnny
1965	The F.B.I. TV	Lyle Chernik
1964	The Killers MOVIE	Lee
1963	Kraft Suspense Theatre TV	Dan Walsh
1962	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour TV	Jimmy K. Bresson
1962	The Virginian TV	Jake Carewe
1962	The Virginian TV	Emmett Ryker
1961	Five Fingers : The Temple of the Swinging Doll MOVIE	Larry Dane
1961	Dr. Kildare TV	Dr. Norman Gage
1961	The Defenders TV	Tom Clinton
1960	The Tall Man TV	Billy the Kid
1959	The Rebel TV	Virgil Taber
1959	Law of the Plainsman TV	Truck Garnett
1959	Laramie TV	Self
1959	Riverboat TV	Beau Chandler
1959	The Deputy TV	The Drifter
1959	Black Saddle TV	Andy Meade
1958	Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse TV	Self
1958	Wanted: Dead or Alive TV	Joe Collins
1957	Wagon Train TV	Harry Diel
1957	Wagon Train TV	Sam Spicer
1957	Have Gun, Will Travel TV	Self
1956	West Point TV	Self
1956	Bang the Drum Slowly MOVIE	Coker
1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV	Sailor
1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV	Rod Collins
1954	The Wonderful World of Disney TV	Keith Raynor
1948	Studio One TV	Lloyd Carpenter

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