The Rifleman Intro....

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• skibum609

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  9 years ago

  Chuck Connors, former Boston Celtic.
• jackslash

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  9 years ago

  I had forgotten that show, but I used to watch it. I have a Winchester lever action rifle, but I could not fire it that fast.
• motorhead

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  9 years ago

  Good show. One of the cable channels, maybe AMC, shows it early Saturday mornings.
  
  Chuck Connors was pretty athletic for s white guy. He also played some Major League Baseball.
  
  
• motorhead

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  9 years ago

  After the Rifleman, Connors starred in "Branded". I don't really remember the show except for opening. It was pretty dramatic. He played a U.S. Cavalry officer who was kicked out of the Army. His superior ripped off his stripes and broke his sword and made him leave the fort.
• jackslash

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  9 years ago

  Branded. That's another show I had forgotten. But as soon as I read the name, I could hear the theme song:
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-Mnp6VA…
• minnow

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  9 years ago

  Thanks for posting, recall both shows. Move over, Alex Karras, Bubba Smith, etal. Chuck Connors may well be the former pro athlete (in 2 sports) who did the best in the movies and TV shows.
• san_jose_guy

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  9 years ago

  Don't know the answer to the original question, but I always liked Chuck Connors and thought he was an all around good guy.
  
  And no, you don't mess with someone with a Winchester Repeating Rifle.
  
  We could have had something comparable to an American Nobel Prize. But no:
  
  http://www.alamedainfo.com/Winchester_My…
  
  http://thetruthaboutthewinchesterhouse.c…
  
  SJG