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318:Jack Kelly
197:Early life
57:1921-01-03
1377:Biography
1246:March 27,
1180:Obituary
878:Fort Utah
838:Rio Bravo
584:emphysema
552:Filmation
497:Rio Bravo
328:Ty Hardin
303:Sugarfoot
102:1939–1988
1297:Argonaut
886:Buckskin
710:Frenchie
694:Undertow
574:(1979).
521:series,
494:Western
458:Cheyenne
449:Cheyenne
415:(1952).
394:'s 1948
351:Colt .45
342:Maverick
323:Maverick
201:Born in
1363:Portals
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1183:Variety
444:Warners
230:malaria
179:Western
163:
151:
147:
136:
124:
120:
107:Spouses
1275:
1215:
1062:Notes
1056:Title
1005:Notes
999:Title
969:(1981)
951:(1976)
466:Lawman
357:Lawman
333:Bronco
313:Lawman
284:(1962)
282:Lawman
272:(1959)
269:Lawman
254:(1957)
236:Career
184:Lawman
41:, 1959
39:Lawman
1121:1979
1085:1958
1067:1958
1059:Role
1053:Year
1002:Role
996:Year
578:Death
482:Sioux
153:(
149:
126:(
122:
1413:Film
1342:IMDb
1320:IMDb
1273:ISBN
1248:2019
1213:ISBN
1027:1985
1010:1976
159:div.
132:div.
73:Died
47:Born
1349:at
1340:at
509:NBC
440:ABC
409:in
344:),
336:),
326:),
316:),
306:),
266:in
248:in
176:ABC
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155:m.
128:m.
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