"I done today for you. For you youngins. 'Cause you youngins got to carry on the good fight. Me? My kind, we're finished. But you can't do it behind bars."" Blueboy's intention is to tactically avoid imprisonment by using the ignorance of the white judge and pretend to be a bumbling black stereotype. This method is echoed in other films, such as Blazing Saddles (1974). Donald Bogle writes, ""The latter presented audiences with a new-style coon: a coon with a double consciousness. Here in this uneven but wildly energetic spoof on Westerns, Cleavon Little plays a black man who shows"
"too much for the corrupt regulators of Cowtown (namely Mayor Oscar Bulloney and Sheriff Terrorbull) to handle by themselves. Helping them out, whether they wanted it or not, were a group of peacekeepers known as C.O.W.-Boys (the C.O.W. part is short for ""Code Of the West""). Led by Marshal Moo Montana, the C.O.W.-Boys also included the Dakota Dude and the Cowlorado Kid. Marshal Moo Montana and his deputies had their hands full with various ruffians and outlaw gangs that plagued the otherwise peaceful town. Several of these episodes or episode titles are parodies of popular Western films or books. The"
"Sheriff of Las Vegas Sheriff of Las Vegas is a 1944 American film directed by Lesley Selander and starring Wild Bill Elliott in the role of Red Ryder Costarring as Little Beaver, was actor ""(Bobby)"" Robert Blake. It was the sixth of twenty-three Red Ryder feature films that would be produced by Republic Pictures. The Duchess Alice Fleming, living in Las Vegas, Nevada promises to help the local schoolteacher Ann Carter ""(Peggy Stewart)"" with her “wild” boyfriend, Tom Blackwell ""(Jay Kirby)"". Red Ryder is asked to lend a hand by the Duchess but when he does, he discovers Tom drunk"
"CA, USA. Sheriff of Las Vegas Sheriff of Las Vegas is a 1944 American film directed by Lesley Selander and starring Wild Bill Elliott in the role of Red Ryder Costarring as Little Beaver, was actor ""(Bobby)"" Robert Blake. It was the sixth of twenty-three Red Ryder feature films that would be produced by Republic Pictures. The Duchess Alice Fleming, living in Las Vegas, Nevada promises to help the local schoolteacher Ann Carter ""(Peggy Stewart)"" with her “wild” boyfriend, Tom Blackwell ""(Jay Kirby)"". Red Ryder is asked to lend a hand by the Duchess but when he does, he discovers"
"murder. His little Indian pal, Little Beaver, manages to foil the corrupt Sheriff Kirk’s ""(Ed Cassidy)"" plan to kill Red as he escapes from jail. Hannah Rogers ""(Ruth Lee)"" in the pay of Governor York "" (Stanley Andrews)"", a dishonest politician, tries to trick Red in escaping jail. However, her scheme fails and Red Ryder shoots his way out. He manages to intercept a payroll robbery but finds that Little Beaver has been captured by the outlaws. ""The ""red headed"""" cowboy exposes Hannah’s plot, saves Little Beaver and brings an end to Governor York’s gang. ""Tucson Raiders"" was based on"
"from Little, leaving office, or from Mayor Parks, who insists he be consulted on any decision the new sheriff makes. A white man, John Braddock, is arrested on a manslaughter charge after his drunken driving causes the death of a young girl. Braddock's father carries considerable influence and demands his son be freed. Price's deputy, Bradford Wilkes, is beaten by Little's former deputy, Bengy Springer. Another arrest is made, this time of a black man, George Harley, accused of rape. The townspeople's mood turns uglier by the minute, particularly when Braddock's father threatens to spring his son by force if"
"west (read: far away), and open a practice. The boys open up shop in quiet western town, when their first customer (Slim Gaut) comes in with a mild toothache. Wearing glasses with lenses as thick as soda bottles, Dr. Shemp proceeds to drill the patient's teeth until smoke rises from his mouth. The appointment is abruptly cut short when an irate customer who claims to be the Sheriff (Dick Curtis) enters the office with a serious toothache. Feeling nervous, Shemp accidentally picks up the wrong book, entitled ""The Amateur Carpenter"". They first rub sandpaper to his chest, and paste the"
"Rob Bell; ""Baltimore Sun"" reporter and editor David Ettlin; Howard County Executive Ken Ulman; and former mayor Kurt Schmoke have appeared in minor roles despite not being professional actors. ""Little Melvin"" Williams, a Baltimore drug lord arrested in the 1980s by an investigation that Burns had been part of, had a recurring role as a deacon beginning in the third season. Jay Landsman, a longtime police officer who inspired the character of the same name, played Lieutenant Dennis Mello. Baltimore police commander Gary D'Addario served as the series technical advisor for the first two seasons and has a recurring role"
"stage character, ""Big Beenie, the G.I. War Bride"". The popularity of the Glasgow stage comedian's pantomime-style parodies of the city's culture was not lost on Neill, and was to influence his best known cartoon strip. The fictional Calton Creek (Calton is a district of Glasgow) was an outpost of the wild west, supposedly located somewhere in Arizona, but its inhabitants were all Glaswegians from the Calton area and spoke with Glasgow accents. ""Lobey Dosser"" was the pint-sized, whiskered Sheriff of Calton Creek who, assisted by ""El Fideldo"" (Elfie), his resourceful two-legged horse, strove to maintain law and order and protect"
"in a famous horse-stealing raid (c. 1830) on the Comanches with Yellow Wolf. Little Wolf Little Wolf (""Cheyenne"": Ó'kôhómôxháahketa, sometimes transcribed ""Ohcumgache"" or ""Ohkomhakit"", more correctly translated Little Coyote, 18201904) was a Northern Só'taeo'o Chief and Sweet Medicine Chief of the Northern Cheyenne. He was known as a great military tactician and led a dramatic escape from confinement in Oklahoma back to the Northern Cheyenne homeland in 1878, known as the Northern Cheyenne Exodus. Born in present-day Montana, by the mid-1820s, Little Wolf had become a prominent chieftain of the Northern Cheyenne, leading a group of warriors called the ""Elk"
"""John Setton"" or ""John Sutton"". Both Harpe and Samuel Mason, the gang leader, escaped, but Mason was shot. Afterwards, Little Harpe and another gang member, Peter Alston (who went by the name ""James May""), son of the counterfeiter Philip Alston, tried to claim the bounty on Samuel Mason, although it is unclear whether Mason died from the wounds sustained during the escape or whether Harpe killed him. Regardless, as they presented Mason's head, a Kentuckian recognized Harpe and Alston as outlaws themselves and the two men were arrested. The two soon escaped but were quickly recaptured, tried, and sentenced to"
"Maltese wrote most of the episode stories. Screen Gems originally syndicated the series. Quick Draw (voiced by Daws Butler) was usually depicted as a sheriff in these short films set in the American Old West. Quick Draw was often accompanied by his deputy, a Mexican burro called Baba Looey (Butler). Although technically the side-kick, or deputy, to the main character of Sheriff Quick Draw, Baba Looey is often portrayed as the more thoughtful half of the duo; at times realizing some detail about a given situation and trying desperately without success to caution Quick Draw of a trap or other"
"a deputy when he stepped outside the building. Sheriff Anderson was well liked by the public, and was buried in Brackettville, Texas, after a very emotional funeral at which many Sanderson citizens were in attendance. Billy Wilson (outlaw) David Lawrence Anderson (1862 – June 4, 1918) was a 19th-century American outlaw, better known under the alias Billy Wilson, who rode with Billy the Kid following the Lincoln County War. In his later years, he also served as a law enforcement officer and a U.S. customs inspector. Born in Trumbull County, Ohio, he moved with his family to southern Texas in"
"on poles, along the Natchez Trace. Peter Alston Peter Alston (after 1765 - February 8, 1804) was the late 18th Century and early 19th Century counterfeiter, horse thief, highwayman, and river pirate, who was believed to be the associate of serial-killer, Little Harpe and partner, in the murder of notorious outlaw, leader Samuel Mason in 1803. Alston was also, the son of the colonial-era counterfeiter, Philip Alston, associated with Cave-in-Rock, Illinois, and Natchez, Mississippi. Peter Alston was born the son of the notorious counterfeiter. His mother was one of the three wives of his father: Temperance Smith, Mary Molly Temple,"
"Blevins brothers alone, knowing there would likely be a shootout. Sheriff Owens went to the Blevins house (which still stands), knocked on the door and when Blevins asked what he wanted, announced he'd come to arrest Blevins. Blevins resisted arrest and a shootout occurred. Blevins, two brothers, a friend, and Blevins horse were all shot - all died except one brother. Owens emerged unscathed despite being shot at from a half-dozen feet away. Owens single-handedly taking on four men made him a western legend rivaling the Earp Brothers and Texas John Slaughter as lawmen of the west. Holbrook was known"
"deputy sheriff under sheriff Johnny Behan. Many shootouts involving lawmen were caused by disputes arising from these alternative occupations, rather than the lawman's attempts to enforce the law. Tom Horn, historically cited as an assassin, served both as a deputy sheriff and as a Pinkerton detective, a job in which he shot at least three people as a killer for hire. Ben Thompson, best known as a gunfighter and gambler, was a very successful chief of police in Austin, Texas. King Fisher had great success as a county sheriff in Texas. Doc Holliday and Billy the Kid both wore badges"
"Support Your Local Sheriff! Support Your Local Sheriff! (also known as The Sheriff) is a 1969 American comedy western film directed by Burt Kennedy and starring James Garner, Joan Hackett, Walter Brennan, Harry Morgan, Jack Elam and Bruce Dern. It was distributed by United Artists and produced by William Bowers (who also wrote the screenplay) and Bill Finnegan. The film parodies the iconic story of the western hero who tames a lawless frontier town. Its title was derived from a popular 1960s campaign slogan ""Support Your Local Police"". The Old West town of Calendar, Colorado, springs up almost overnight when"
"Sheriff of Sundown Sheriff of Sundown is a 1944 American western drama film. When cattleman Tex Jordan (Lane) and his friends Chihuahua Ramirez (Renaldo) and Third Grade Simms (Terhune) bring their cattle to market in Sundown, Texas near the Mexican border, they learn the broker Jack Hatfield (Barcroft) is using a sliding pay scale. The larger the herd, the more he pays per head, squeezing the small ranchers like Andy Craig (Kirk). When Craig threatens to disclose the practice, he is murdered. Sheriff Tom Carpenter (London) asks for evidence in the murder investigation, and he is also murdered. Governor Brainerd"
"Richards appeared in both ""Cass Malloy"" and ""She's the Sheriff"", but in the CBS pilot, their characters' surnames were different. Wyner played Deputy Max Rosenkrantz, who had hoped to fill the shoes of deceased Sheriff Big Jim Malloy, but who was now miffed about being passed over in favor of Malloy's wife. Richards played Deputy Dennis Little in the pilot. The cast also featured Glynn Turman as Officer Woodrow Freeman, whose character very well served as the basis for Leonard Lightfoot's Alvin Wiggins in ""She's the Sheriff""; Dick Butkus as Officer Alvin Dimsky; Murphy Dunne as Adam Barrett; and Dianne"
"Pow Wow Smith Ohiyesa ""Pow Wow"" Smith is a fictional Western hero published by DC Comics. Created by writer Don Cameron and penciler Carmine Infantino, he is a Sioux who is the sheriff of the small Western town of Elkhorn, where he is known as a master detective. He prefers to be addressed by his proper name, Ohiyesa, but the white citizenry take to calling him ""Pow Wow"" so stubbornly that he eventually gives up and accepts the nickname among them. Originally, the Pow Wow Smith character was located in the modern West. Later stories were set in the 19th"
"of several Westerns produced by the Alexanders starring Guinn ""Big Boy"" Williams The film opens with an apparent bank robbery terminated when the driver of the alleged getaway car is fatally shot by a sniper. Inside the car is the late driver's daughter, Tiny Norton who is adopted by rancher Ted Wright and his Three Stooges type ranch hands, Tom, Dick and Harry, the ""Three Radio Nuts"" who spend their time impersonating radio stars. The robbery and assassination of Tiny's father was orchestrated by a cruel and corrupt banker in cahoots with a crooked sheriff. ""I'll get you for this!"""
"as that of the Kents, is delved into in the late 1980s ""World of Smallville"" miniseries, plus the 1997-1998 miniseries ""The Kents"". Later, Smallville was retconned to have a violent history, with green kryptonite, a common substance in the area, having a mutating, dangerous effect on normal citizens of the town (similar to the TV show ""Smallville""). This history, plus the near-destruction and reconstruction of the town by overzealous government forces, is explored in the storyline ""The Search For Kryptonite."" Smallville's police chief is Chief Douglas Parker, who in pre-Crisis stories is considered a close ally of Superboy. Superboy is"
"one of its leading offenders. The corrupt, but now somewhat reformed, sheriff is assisted in his schemes by Deputy Perkins (Mills Watson) whose buffoonery often upsets and exacerbates the situation. An honest but naive new deputy, Birdwell ""Birdie"" Hawkins (Brian Kerwin), who is unaware of Lobo's schemes has joined the force and has become one of Lobo's deputies. He often refers to Lobo as his ""Hero"" and compares him to Wyatt Earp, ""a little rough around the edges, but a good lawman."" At first this baffles Lobo to think that someone actually thinks highly of him in any way, but"
"Peter Alston Peter Alston (after 1765 - February 8, 1804) was the late 18th Century and early 19th Century counterfeiter, horse thief, highwayman, and river pirate, who was believed to be the associate of serial-killer, Little Harpe and partner, in the murder of notorious outlaw, leader Samuel Mason in 1803. Alston was also, the son of the colonial-era counterfeiter, Philip Alston, associated with Cave-in-Rock, Illinois, and Natchez, Mississippi. Peter Alston was born the son of the notorious counterfeiter. His mother was one of the three wives of his father: Temperance Smith, Mary Molly Temple, or Mildred McCoy. Alston had two"
"involvement in the ""Kansas City Massacre."" Floyd later appeared as a character in the 2008 comic book ""Pretty, Baby, Machine"". Pretty Boy Floyd Charles Arthur Floyd (February 3, 1904 – October 22, 1934) nicknamed Pretty Boy Floyd, was an American bank robber. He operated in the Midwest and West South Central States, and his criminal exploits gained widespread press coverage in the 1930s. Like several other prominent outlaws of that era, he was pursued and killed by a group led by Melvin Purvis. Historians have speculated as to which officers were at the event, local or the FBI: known accounts"
"his own run-in with the ""white people"" when he was a child. Gates and Sloan slowly become friendly with the Cheyenne. However, Yellow Wolf's son is sick, wounded after the gunfight with the convicts. Despite the elder's concerns, Sloan convinces Yellow Wolf to allow Gates to ride into town to obtain medicine. In town, Gates robs the pharmacy and is chased by local law enforcement, including Sheriff Deegan, his father-in-law. After escaping, Gates meets Yellow Wolf in the wilderness, and they return to the Cheyenne camp. By this time, the sheriff has gathered a posse and sets out to hunt"
"deputy sheriff named Alamosa Bill Kermit (Jack Elam), he rides to Santa Fe to meet with Governor Lew Wallace (Jason Robards), who introduces him to a pair of powerful men from the Santa Fe Ring. They offer a thousand dollars for the capture of Billy the Kid, with five hundred dollars upfront. Garrett rejects the money saying they can pay him in full when Billy is brought in and warns them that he will be successful as long as another cattle war is not started. Meanwhile Billy returns to his gang at Old Fort Sumner, where he decides to lie"
"got so lucky with his serious interpretation of the song."" Casting was problematic. Richard Pryor was Brooks' original choice to play the Sheriff Bart, but the studio, claiming his history of drug arrests made him uninsurable, refused to approve financing with Pryor as the star. Cleavon Little was cast in the role, and Pryor remained as a writer. Brooks offered the other leading role, the Waco Kid, to John Wayne; he declined, deeming the film ""too blue"" for his family-oriented image, but assured Brooks that ""he would be the first one in line to see it."" Gig Young was cast,"
"a killing rampage, encouraged by the manipulative Kain, who publicly decries Billy's efforts. Governor Lew Wallace offers Billy a pardon which he turns down. Pat Garrett is sent to catch Billy. The film fictionalises the true events of the Lincoln County War but follows the basic facts. Jameson (Shepperd Strudwick) is based on John Tunstall and Alexander Kain (Albert Dekker) on Alexander McSween. Murphy was cast after his performance as a juvenile delinquent in ""Bad Boy"", with Billy the Kid being depicted as a 19th-century juvenile delinquent. J. Edgar Hoover offered to narrate the film. The Kid from Texas The"
"sheriff down the street. ""I thought at the time he was an autograph seeker,"" said Cummings. Both cases later settled out of court. According to one report, the show ""enjoyed nothing but popularity. Cummings, who possesses histrionic depth and power far richer and deeper, nonetheless brought to a character implausibly named Beanbossom the full, heartwarming exaultation of the naive and ingenuous youth whom life has not and shall never hurt. The fantasy of the well meaning office worker was heightened from story to story, with characteristics out of a gamut of sources from Don Quixote, Paul Bunyan and Ivanhoe to"
"with sixty-four convicts on board. Six of these convicts are a young boy named Toby Nelson, his older sister Polly, ""Big George"" Tomkins, a blacksmith, Jake ""Dipper"" Davey, a professional pickpocket who had only been nabbed when he became old and slow, William Watts, a ""village idiot"" who was on board for stealing a pig from a farmer - he had been caught when he tried to sell the same pig to the same farmer on the same day, an action that led to him being nicknamed ""Silly Billy"" after his trial - and Jack Doolan, a highwayman who had"
"County, where he establishes a small criminal enterprise that smuggles weapons and manufactures methamphetamine, which he hopes will grow into a large empire. Due to raging abandonment issues, Trevor surrounds himself with two loyal friends that he kidnapped and brainwashed from their previous lives named ""Nervous"" Ron Jakowski and Wade Hebert. Trevor also enters an uneasy truce with his competitors in Sandy Shores, including The Lost Motorcycle Club led by Johnny Klebitz, the Varrios Los Aztecas gang, and the O'Neil Brothers. Nine years after the fateful heist, Trevor finds out that Michael faked his death, and is so spooked and"
"be used by Frank Stilwell. Stilwell had until the prior month been a deputy for Sheriff Johnny Behan but had been fired for ""accounting irregularities"". Deputy U.S. Marshal Virgil Earp assisted by his brother Wyatt and Sheriff's posse led by Behan attempted to track the Bisbee stage robbers. At the scene of the holdup, Wyatt discovered an unusual boot print left by someone wearing a custom-repaired boot heel. The Earps checked a shoe repair shop in Bisbee known to provide widened boot heels, and were able to link the boot print to Frank Stilwell. Stilwell had just arrived in Bisbee"