William Fawcett
William Fawcett (born William Fawcett Thompson; September 8, 1894 – January 25, 1974) was a character actor in Hollywood B-films and in television. His career extended from 1946 until the early 1970s. He is probably best remembered for his role as the cantankerous, rusty-voiced Pete Wilkey of the Broken Wheel Ranch on the NBC series Fury, co-starring Peter Graves, Bobby Diamond, and Roger Mobley. He was one of the few actors to have earned a PhD degree.
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S2, E30 · THE MUNSTERSHerman's Sorority CaperWhile the Munster family are at a drive-in movie, two college students visit the house and decide it would be the perfect setting for a fraternity initiation. Not realizing that the house is occupied, the boys agree to force two pledges to spend the night there as part of the initiation ceremony.
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S3, E19 · I DREAM OF JEANNIEGenie, Genie, Who's Got the Genie?, Pt. 4After Jeannie has been in the safe for four weeks, she tells Tony that a genie locked up for a full moon belongs to the one frees her. Tony panics when Dr. Bellows reports that Dr. Wedemeyer, a demolition expert, is coming to open the safe. Tony sends Roger to delay him. Dr. Bellows assigns Roger to fly Wedemeyer. Tony buys all of Joe's ice cream and his bicycle cart. He paints the safe white, switches it for the ice cream case and persuades Joe to pedal it to his house. After a harrowing trip, Roger loses Wedemeyer, a nervous European, 100 miles away. Wedemeyer gets a lift and arrives at the blockhouse where the safe was stored. Tony convinces him it was moved to avoid an earthquake and to come to his house to open it.
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S1, E4 · THE LONE RANGERThe Legion of Old TimersA young Easterner who has inherited a ranch falls prey to the hands of schemers.
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S1, E5 · THE ROY ROGERS SHOWThe Train RobberyA crooked postmaster hires two gunmen to rob a train carrying a valuable shipment to the bank.
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S2, E5 · THE ROY ROGERS SHOWGo for Your GunsDale is worried about her nephew, Bob, who idolizes a notorious gunfighter. Especially when it turns out that the gunfighter is actually fronting for a vicious gang of holdup men.
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