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Sam Elliott Biography (1944-)

Full name, Samuel Pack Elliott; born August 9, 1944, in Sacramento, CA; father, worked for the Department of the Interior; mother, a physical training instructor; married Katharine Ross (an actress), 1984; children: Cleo Rose. Addresses: Agent: William Morris Agency, 151 El Camino Dr., Beverly Hills,CA 90212.; Manager: Hofflund/Polone, 9465 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 820, BeverlyHills, CA 90212.; Contact: 33050 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, CA 90265.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor, producer, writer

Birth Details

August 9, 1944

Sacramento, California, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• Card player number two, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1969
• Richie Robinson, The Games, Universal, 1970
• Johnny Lawler, Molly and Lawless John, Producers Distributors Corporation, 1972
• Pickett Smith, Frogs, American International Pictures, 1972
• Rick Carlson, Lifeguard, Paramount, 1976
• Pete Danner, The Legacy (also known as The Legacy of Maggie Walsh) Universal, 1979
• Gar, Mask, Lorimar, 1985
• Mike Marshak, Fatal Beauty, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1987
• Richie Marks, Shakedown (also known as Blue Jean Cop), Universal, 1988
• Wade Garrett, Road House, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1989
• John Riggs, Prancer, Orion, 1989
• Charles Turner, Jr., Sibling Rivalry, Columbia, 1990
• Larry Dodd, Rush, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Pathe, 1991
• Brigadeer General John Buford, Gettysburg, New Line Cinema, 1993
• Virgil Earp, Tombstone, Buena Vista, 1993
• Marshal Bill Speakes, The Desperate Trail, Turner Home Entertainment, 1994
• Voice of Kaa (Python), The Jungle Book (also known as Adventures of Mowgli and Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book), 1996
• The stranger, The Big Lebowski, Gramercy, 1998
• Jim Ed Love, The Hi-Lo Country, Gramercy, 1998
• Kermit Newman, The Contender (also known as Manipulations),DreamWorks, 2000
• Sergeant Major Basil Plumley, We Were Soldiers, Paramount, 2002
• General Thunderbolt Ross, The Hulk, Universal, 2003
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Dr. Doug Robert, Mission: Impossible, CBS, 1970-1971
• Chance McKenzie, The Yellow Rose, NBC, 1983-1984
• Movies
• Bryant, The Challenge, ABC, 1970
• Ensign Sandover, Assault on the Wayne, ABC, 1971
• Detective Charlie Bronski, The Blue Knight, NBC, 1973
• Captain Wood, I Will Fight No More Forever, ABC, 1975
• Tell Sackett, The Sacketts, NBC, 1979
• Hugh Cardiff, Wild Times, syndicated, 1980
• Dr. John Hill, Murder in Texas, CBS, 1982
• Dal Traven, The Shadow Riders (also known as Louis L'Amour's The Shadow Riders), CBS, 1982
• Title role, Travis McGee (also known as Travis McGee: The EmptyCopper Sea), 1983
• D. Jordan Williams, A Death in California (also known as Psychopath), ABC, 1985
• Harry Wingate, The Blue Lightning, CBS, 1986
• Sam Houston (title role), Houston: The Legend of Texas (also knownas Gone to Texas: The Sam Houston Story), CBS, 1986
• Con Vallian, The Quick and the Dead, HBO, 1987
• Conn Conagher (title role), Conagher (also known as Louis L'Amour's Conagher), TNT, 1991
• Lyn Cutter, Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert (also known as Fugitive Nights), 1993
• Bill Bell, The Ranger, the Cook, and a Hole in the Sky (also knownas Hole in the Sky), ABC, 1995
• Mr. Howland, Blue River, 1995
• Ross Bishop, Woman Undone (also known as Joshua Tree), Showtime, 1996
• John Pierce, Final Cut, HBO, 1996
• The Adventures of Mowgli, HBO, 1997
• Charlie Falon, Dogwatch (also known as Dead End), HBO, 1997
• Bill Tilghman, You Know My Name (also known as Bill Tilghman), TNT, 1998
• Congressman Tom Raskob, Fail Safe, CBS, 2000
• Detective Lukas Black, Pretty When You Cry, HBO, 2001
• Miniseries
• Sam Damon, Once an Eagle, NBC, 1976
• Tom Keating, Aspen (also known as The Innocent and the Damned), NBC, 1977
• Wild Bill Hickock, Buffalo Girls, CBS, 1995
• Captain Bucky O'Neil, Rough Riders (also known as Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders), TNT, 1997
• Specials
• The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood's Stuntmen, ABC, 1988
• The Hollywood Christmas Parade, syndicated, 1989
• Host, The Golden Globe Awards, TBS, 1990
• Interviewee, Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western (documentary), TNT, 1997
• Episodic
• Jack, "Kiss me, Kill You," Felony Squad, 1968
• Attendant, "The Fatal Hours," Felony Squad, 1968
• Marine leader, "Blind Terror," Felony Squad, 1969
• "Death Bait," Lancer, CBS, 1969
• "The Great Humbug," Lancer, CBS, 1969
• Martin Reed, "Six Hours to Live," Land of the Giants, 1969
• "Blue Skies for Billy Sharpe," Lancer, CBS, 1970
• Cory Soames, "The Wedding," Gunsmoke, CBS, 1972
• "Good Times Are Just Memories," The Mod Squad, ABC, 1972
• Bill Saunders, "Little Girl Lost," Mannix, CBS, 1973
• "Die, Darling, Die," Hawkins, 1973
• "A Time to Live," Doc Elliot, 1974
• Jack Houston, "The Two-Faced Corpse," Hawaii Five-O, CBS, 1974
• "Farewell, Mary Jane," Police Woman, NBC, 1975
• Also appeared in episodes of The F.B.I, ABC, and The Streets ofSan Francisco, ABC.
• Pilots
• Title role, Evel Knievel, CBS, 1974
• Texarkana, CBS, 1998
• Television Work
• Movies
• Executive producer, Conagher (also known as Louis L'Amour's Conagher), TNT, 1991
• Executive producer, You Know My Name (also known as Bill Tilghman), TNT, 1998
• WRITINGS
• Television Movies
• (With Katherine Ross and Jeffrey M. Meyer) Conagher (adapted fromLouis L'Amour's book of the same title; also known as Louis L'Amour's Conagher), TNT, 1991

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

• American Western Magazine, October, 2001
• Movieline, August, 1999, p. 16