Clu Gulager
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Clu Gulager (born William Martin Gulager on November 16, 1928) is an American television and film actor of part Cherokee Indian descent. He is particularly noted for appearing in 1980s horror movies such as The Return of the Living Dead, The Hidden and The Offspring. Gulager played Billy the Kid in the 1960 television series The Tall Men opposite Barry Sullivan as Pat Garrett, and played "Emmett Ryker" from 1964 to 1968 on the TV series The Virginian, along with over 60 other roles in movies and TV shows, including the 1964 version of The Killers. He is the father of film director John Gulager (contest winner in third season of Project Greenlight), and is the widower of the actress Miriam Byrd-Nethery who died in 2003.
Gulager served in the United States Marine Corps from 1946 to 1948.[1]
He appeared in his son John Gulager's film Feast as a shotgun-toting bartender.[2]
During the MST3K episode The Touch of Satan, robot Crow T. Robot was placed on Clu Gulegher alert and was supposed to warn the others if Clu Gulegher appeared in the film. He later resigned his post.
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- Clu Gulager at the Internet Movie Database
- Famous Marine Actors. Semper Fi Society. Retrieved on July 24, 2006.
- Interview from psychotronicvideo.com
- Mystery Science Theater 3000, episode #908(The Touch of Satan)