Clu Gulager
Born: 1928-11-16 in Holdenville, Oklahoma, USA
Died: 2022-08-05
Known For: Acting
Biography
William Martin Gulager (November 16, 1928 - August 6, 2022), known professionally as Clu Gulager, 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). His final on-screen role was in Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019).
Filmography
2023
- Masters of the Grind as Self
2022
2019
- Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood as Book Store Man
- Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street as Self
2018
- Children of the Corn: Runaway as Crusty
2016
- Blue Jay as Waynie
- Deconstructing Dunning
2015
- Tangerine as The Cherokee
- Director's Commentary: Terror Of Frankenstein as Gavin Merrill (voice)
2014
- Out of Print as Self
2012
- Piranha 3DD as Mo
2011
- More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead as Himself
2010
2009
- Feast III: The Happy Finish as Bartender
2008
- Feast II: Sloppy Seconds as Bartender
- Meet the Gulagers as Self
2006
- Vic as Vic
2005
- Feast as Bartender
- Jacqueline Hyde as Strip Club Bouncer (uncredited)
1999
- Palmer's Pick-Up as Telegraph Operator
- Gunfighter as Uncle Buck Peters, Owner Bar 20 Ranch
1995
- The Hunt for Bigfoot as Host
1994
- Puppet Master 5 as Man #1
1993
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman as Art McKendrick
- Walker, Texas Ranger as Duke Jamison
- Beavis and Butt-Head as Anderson’s War Buddy (voice / uncredited)
- Kung Fu: The Legend Continues as Deputy Clay Hardin
- In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco as McLennan County Sheriff
- The Hidden II as Lt. Ed Flynn (archive footage)
- Eddie Presley as Sid
1991
- My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys as Dark Glasses
- The Killing Device as Smitty
1990
- The Willies as Greeley Principal
- The Raven Red Kiss-Off as Desk Sergeant
1989
- Teen Vamp as The Reverend
1988
- I'm Gonna Git You Sucka as Lt. Baker
- Tapeheads as Norman Mart
- Uninvited as Albert
1987
- The Hidden as Lt. Ed Flynn
- From a Whisper to a Scream as Stanley Burnside
- Summer Heat as Will Stanton
1986
- Hunter's Blood as Mason Rand
- Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors as Self
1985
- MacGyver as Walt Kirby
- North and South as Gen. Philip Henry Sheridan
- Street Hawk as Will Gassner
- A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge as Mr. Walsh
- The Return of the Living Dead as Burt
- Into the Night as Federal Agent
- Terror at London Bridge as Chief Peter 'Pete' Dawson
- Prime Risk as Paul Minsky
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Mike Gann
- Airwolf as Cullen Dixon
- Cover Up
- The Master as Christensen
- Trancers as Mall Security Guard
- The Initiation as Dwight Fairchild
- Master Ninja as Mr. Christensen
- Chattanooga Choo Choo as Sam
1983
- Automan as Rudolph Brock
- Masquerade
- Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story as J.R. Smith
- Lies as Doctor Bartlett
1982
- Knight Rider as Eugene Hanson
1981
- Simon & Simon
- The Fall Guy as Col. Halston / Marv Jackson / Osborne
1980
- Magnum, P.I. as Theo Wolf
- Touched by Love as Don Fielder
- The Gambler as Rufe Bennett
- Skyward as Steve Ward
1979
- A Force of One as Dunne
- Lawman Without a Gun as Marvin Tayman
- The MacKenzies of Paradise Cove
- Willa as Joe Welch
1978
- Black Beauty as Reuben Smith
- King as William Sullivan
- A Question of Love as Mike Guettner
- Ski Lift to Death as Marv Gilman
- Stickin' Together as Cuda Weber
1977
- CHiPs
- The Oregon Trail
- The Other Side of Midnight as Bill Fraser
- Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging as Charlie Cobb
1976
- Quincy, M.E.
- Once an Eagle as Alvin Merrick
- Good Heavens
- The Killer Who Wouldn't Die as Harry Keller
1975
- Ellery Queen as Father Terrence Devlin
- Medical Story as Dr. Harry Carlisle
- Three for the Road
- Kate McShane as Inspector Brenner
- Khan!
1974
- McQ as Toms
- Smile Jenny, You're Dead as Det. Milt Bosworth
- Houston, We've Got a Problem as Lou Matthews
- Hit Lady as Roarke
- A Stranger Came by Train as Glenn Mortenson
1973
- Barnaby Jones as Sheriff Mack Hollister
- Police Story
- Shaft
- The Mystery in Dracula's Castle as Keith Raynor
- A Chant of Silence as Halliman
- Call to Danger as Emmet Jergens
1972
- The Streets of San Francisco
- The Bull of the West as Deputy Emmett Ryker
- Molly and Lawless John as Deputy Tom Clements
- The Glass House as Brian Courtland
- Kung Fu as Sheriff Rutledge
- Footsteps as Jonas Kane
1971
- Cannon as B.J. Long
- Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
- The Last Picture Show as Abilene
- The Psychiatrist as Frank Halloran
1970
- McCloud
- San Francisco International Airport as Bob Hatten
- San Francisco International as Bob Hatten
- Company of Killers as Frank Quinn
1969
- Hawaii Five-O as Jack Gulley
- Harold Robbins' The Survivors as Senator Mark Jennings
- Winning as Larry
- A Day with the Boys ... (Producer)
1968
- The Name of the Game as Steve Heywood
- The Mod Squad as Dustin Ellis
1967
- Ironside
- Mannix as Lyle Foster
- Sullivan's Empire as Juan Clemente
1966
- And Now Miguel as Johnny
1965
- The F.B.I. as Lyle Chernik
1964
- The Killers as Lee
1963
- Kraft Suspense Theatre as Dan Walsh
1962
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Jimmy K. Bresson
- The Virginian as Jake Carewe
1961
- Dr. Kildare as Dr. Norman Gage
- The Defenders as Tom Clinton
- Five Fingers : The Temple of the Swinging Doll as Larry Dane
1960
- The Tall Man as Billy the Kid
1959
- Laramie as Private Gil Brady
- The Rebel as Virgil Taber
- The Deputy as The Drifter
- Black Saddle as Andy Meade
- Riverboat as Beau Chandler
- Law of the Plainsman as Truck Garnett
1958
- Wanted: Dead or Alive as Joe Collins
- Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse as Young Vix
1957
- Wagon Train as Harry Diel
- Have Gun, Will Travel
1956
- West Point
- Bang the Drum Slowly as Coker
1955
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Sailor
1954
- The Wonderful World of Disney as Keith Raynor
1948
- Studio One as Lloyd Carpenter