John Alderson (actor)

John Alderson
Alderson in a shot from the 1955 series Medic
Born
John Bramwell Alderson

(1916-04-10)10 April 1916
Died4 August 2006(2006-08-04) (aged 90)
OccupationActor
Years active1951–1990
TelevisionBoots and Saddles

John Bramwell Alderson (10 April 1916 – 4 August 2006) was an English actor noted for playing the lead in the 1957–58 syndicated western television series, Boots and Saddles, which ran for thirty-eight episodes in a single season, and many supporting roles in films in a career spanning almost forty years, from 1951 to 1990.

Alderson was cast as the rugged trail guide Hugh Glass, an historical figure, in the 1966 episode "Hugh Glass Meets the Bear" of the syndicated series, Death Valley Days. Others in the episode were Morgan Woodward as Thomas Fitzpatrick, Victor French as Louis Baptiste and Tris Coffin.[1]

  1. ^ "Hugh Glass Meets the Bear on Death Valley Days". Internet Movie Database. 24 March 1966. Retrieved 9 September 2015.