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62-476: Kurt Vogel Russell (born March 17, 1951) is an American actor. At the age of 12, he began acting in the Western TV series The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1963–1964). In the late 1960s, he signed a ten-year contract with The Walt Disney Company , where he starred as Dexter Riley in films such as The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969), Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972), and The Strongest Man in
124-623: A double play early in the season, the incoming runner at second base collided with him and tore the rotator cuff in Russell's right (throwing) shoulder. He did not return to El Paso, but was a designated hitter for the independent Portland Mavericks in the Northwest League late in their short season. The team was owned by his father, and he had been doing promotional work for them in the interim. The injury forced his retirement from baseball in 1973 and led to his return to acting. In
186-700: A science fiction Western called The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. , which lasted for only 27 episodes. In the fall of 1995, the UPN network aired its own science fiction Western, Legend , which ended after 12 episodes. Western TV shows from the 2000s included the Zorro-inspired, syndicated Queen of Swords , starring Tessie Santiago and filmed in Almeria , Spain; Louis L'Amour 's Crossfire Trail starring Tom Selleck ; Monte Walsh ; and Hillerman's Coyote Waits and A Thief of Time . DVDs offer
248-557: A 50.5-acre (20.4 ha) site on Moorpark Road from Janss Corporation for $ 245,693.45 and awarded a $ 2.275 million building contract to Viola Incorporated, more than $ 200,000 over budget. Thousand Oaks High School opened in 1962 with a student body of 895; the first principal was Tom Roser, a former social science teacher at Oxnard High School. The campus was shared with the Valley Oaks School District, educating 300 students in grades K–8 while Meadows Elementary of
310-593: A Center for Advanced Studies and Research student, studied the potential of the chemical compound isonicotinamide (INAM) to extend the lifespan of yeast cells for his project. His project was conducted though the Center program. This project allowed Moreno Jr. to be named a top 40 finalist for Regeneron Science Talent Search, the nation's oldest and most prestigious science research competition for high school students, allowing him to earn up to $ 25,000 in scholarship money. Thousand Oaks High School athletic teams are nicknamed
372-905: A Time in Hollywood (2019). He also appeared in the Fast & Furious franchise as Mr. Nobody (starring in Furious 7 (2015), The Fate of the Furious (2017), and F9 (2021)). He also portrayed Ego in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) installments Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) and What If...? (2021), and played the role of Santa Claus in The Christmas Chronicles (2018) and The Christmas Chronicles 2 (2020). Kurt Vogel Russell
434-664: A baseball career. In the early 1970s, Russell was a switch-hitting second baseman for the California Angels minor league affiliates, the Bend Rainbows (1971) and Walla Walla Islanders (1972) in the short season Class A-Short Season Northwest League , then moved up to Class AA in 1973 with the El Paso Sun Kings of the Texas League . While Russell was in the field turning the pivot of
496-611: A child actor. It was directed by John Carpenter and led to a series of collaborations between the two men. Russell starred in Amber Waves (1980) and the comedy Used Cars (1980). He then played Snake Plissken in Escape from New York (1981), directed by Carpenter. He returned to Disney to provide the voice of Copper as an adult for The Fox and the Hound (1981) then reunited with Carpenter for The Thing (1982), based upon
558-923: A documentary about his father and the Portland Mavericks, which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in 2014. He co-starred in the action thriller Furious 7 in 2015. That same year, Russell garnered attention for his portrayal of Sheriff Franklin Hunt in the Western-horror film Bone Tomahawk . On May 4, 2017, Russell and Goldie Hawn received stars in a double star ceremony on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for their achievements in motion pictures, located at 6201 Hollywood Boulevard . Russell married actress Season Hubley , whom he met while filming Elvis , in 1979, and they had
620-510: A late-era Western setting. The low-budget sitcom Dusty's Trail was an Old West adaptation of Gilligan's Island , complete with the star of the earlier show, Bob Denver . Little House on the Prairie was set on the frontier in the time period of the Western, but was essentially a family drama. Kung Fu was in the tradition of the itinerant gunfighter Westerns, but the main character
682-469: A nearly all-Western format in 2022. Several Westerns have episodes that have lapsed into the public domain in the United States , allowing networks and stations to carry them without cost. Yellowstone , a neo-Western that debuted in 2018, jumped in ratings over the course of its third and fourth seasons to become one of cable television's most popular programs. Yellowstone , in turn, inspired
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#1732791700766744-615: A second baseman. He graduated from Thousand Oaks High School in California in 1969. His father played professional baseball. His sister, Jill, is the mother of baseball player Matt Franco . From 1969 to 1975, Russell served in the California Air National Guard and belonged to the 146th Tactical Airlift Wing , then based in Van Nuys . Russell made his film debut with an uncredited part for It Happened at
806-573: A second life to TV series like Peacemakers , and HBO's Deadwood . In 2002, a show called Firefly (created by Joss Whedon ) mixed the Western genre with science fiction. Breaking Bad , a neo-Western about crystal methamphetamine cooks in Albuquerque, NM , debuted in 2008 on AMC . Series with Western themes that debuted in the 2010s include Justified , about a Western-style vigilante U.S. Marshal based in modern rural Kentucky, which debuted in 2010 on FX ; Hell on Wheels , about
868-551: A secret as long as Cosmatos was alive; Cosmatos died in April 2005. Russell said he did not get a chance to edit his version, but Vajna gave him a tape of "everything on the movie" and that he might try to "reconstruct the movie", although he would need to go back to the script and all his notes. Russell played the villainous Stuntman Mike in Quentin Tarantino 's segment Death Proof of the film Grindhouse (2007), and
930-402: A similar role as a kid named Packy Kerlin in the 1964 episode "Blue Heaven" for the Western series Gunsmoke . At age 13, Russell played the role of Jungle Boy on an episode of CBS 's Gilligan's Island , which aired on February 6, 1965. In 1966, Russell was signed to a ten-year contract with Walt Disney Productions , where he became, according to Robert Osborne , the "studio's top star of
992-812: A son, Boston (born February 16, 1980). After his divorce from Hubley in 1983, Russell began his relationship with Goldie Hawn, and appeared alongside her in Swing Shift and Overboard , having previously appeared with her in The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band in 1968. They have a son, Wyatt Russell (born July 10, 1986), and have owned homes in Vancouver, British Columbia ; Snowmass Village, Colorado ; Manhattan, New York ; Brentwood and Palm Desert, California . In an interview with People in December 2020, Russell revealed that he and Hawn never felt
1054-486: A star in his own right. Other B-movie series were Lash LaRue and the Durango Kid . Herbert Jeffreys , as Bob Blake with his horse Stardust, appeared in a number of movies made for African American audiences in the days of segregated movie theaters. Bill Pickett , an African-American rodeo performer, also appeared in early Western films for the same audience. When the popularity of television exploded in
1116-634: A traditionally-set Western prequel, 1883 , in 2021, and another series, 1923 , a year later, both of which were successes. Thousand Oaks High School Thousand Oaks High School ( TOHS ) is a high school in Thousand Oaks, California , United States. Established in 1962, it is part of the Conejo Valley Unified School District . It has a suburban campus with one story buildings, connected by external sidewalks, lawn areas and overhanging roofs. The campus
1178-566: A young robber released from jail, alongside James Stewart in Fools' Parade . Later, he guest-starred in an episode of Room 222 as an idealistic high school student who assumed the costumed identity of Paul Revere to warn of the dangers of pollution. However, the bulk of his film work was for Disney in films such as Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1971), Charley and the Angel (1973), and Superdad (1973). Russell, like his father, had
1240-579: Is also an FAA-licensed private pilot holding single/multi-engine and instrument ratings , and is an Honorary Council Member of the humanitarian aviation organization Wings of Hope . In 2010, he was inducted as part of the Living Legends of Aviation , receiving the "Aviation Mentor Award" from fellow actor-pilot John Travolta . In February 2003, Russell and Hawn moved to Vancouver so that their son could play hockey. Westerns on television Television Westerns are programs with settings in
1302-607: The Conejo Valley attended Oxnard High School and later Adolfo Camarillo High School , both campuses of the Oxnard Union High School District (OUHSD). In response to rapid population growth throughout the district in the postwar years, OUHSD superintendent Joseph W. Crosby began an ambitious school construction program. In 1960, voters approved a school bond measure that enabled the building of several new high school campuses. OUHSD purchased
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#17327917007661364-721: The military science fiction film Stargate (1994). He also had an uncredited role as the voice of Elvis Presley in the 1994 film Forrest Gump . His portrayal of U.S. Olympic hockey coach Herb Brooks in the 2004 film Miracle , won the praise of critics. "In many ways", wrote Claudia Puig of USA Today , " Miracle belongs to Kurt Russell." Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times wrote, "Russell does real acting here." Elvis Mitchell of The New York Times wrote, "Mr. Russell's cagey and remote performance gives ''Miracle'' its few breezes of fresh air." In 2006, Russell claimed in one interview that he had ghost-directed
1426-404: The soap opera genre and put it into a Western setting, with established TV Western star Jim Davis as patriarch Jock Ewing . The 1990s saw the networks filming Western movies on their own. These include Louis L'Amour's Conagher starring Sam Elliott and Katharine Ross , Tony Hillerman's The Dark Wind , The Last Outlaw , The Jack Bull , The Cisco Kid , The Cherokee Kid , and
1488-444: The '70s". Russell's first film for Disney was Follow Me, Boys! (1966). Walt Disney described Russell as "a 15-year-old boy for whom I predict a great acting future", in what would prove to be Disney's last filmed appearance before his death in December 1966. One of the last things Disney ever wrote was the name "Kurt Russell" (though misspelled as "Kirt") on a piece of paper. In January 1967, Russell played Private Willie Prentiss in
1550-787: The 1980s, he starred in several films directed by John Carpenter in which he played anti-hero roles: the futuristic action film Escape from New York (1981), its sequel Escape from L.A. (1996), the horror film The Thing (1982), and the kung-fu comedy action film Big Trouble in Little China (1986). Russell starred in various other films, including Used Cars (1980), The Best of Times (1986), Overboard (1987), Tango & Cash (1989), Backdraft (1991), Tombstone (1993), Stargate (1994), Executive Decision (1996), Breakdown (1997), Vanilla Sky (2001), Miracle (2004), Sky High (2005), Death Proof (2007), The Hateful Eight (2015) and Once Upon
1612-520: The 2021 title, on May 19, 2021, the team reached 31 consecutive victories dating back to the 2020 season, setting a Ventura County record and ranking ninth among all-time winning streaks in California. In 2022, the Lancer football team secured its first 10–0 regular season in the program's 55-plus-year history. The Lancers two previous unbeaten regular seasons came in 1964 and 1989, when they were 9–0 and 9–0–1, respectively. The Lancer Boys' swim team won
1674-555: The 30-by-30-foot (9.1 m × 9.1 m) structure seats 40 students, is powered entirely by renewable energy, and features outdoor furniture and an interactive white board. Construction concluded in April 2021. Thousand Oaks High School was named a California Gold Ribbon School in 2016–17. In the 2019–20 school year, the mean SAT score was 1206 (604 in Mathematics, 602 in Evidence Based Reading) and
1736-543: The Arts and Sciences was being built. On July 1, 1974, the Conejo Valley Unified School District (CVUSD) was formed from the easternmost territory of OUHSD, merging with two elementary school districts serving the Conejo Valley. The new district took control of TOHS and Newbury Park High School , the latter which opened in 1967. A 350-seat performing arts center opened at Thousand Oaks High School in 1999. In 2000,
1798-597: The British/Australian Western Whiplash set in 1850/60's Australia with four scripts by Gene Roddenberry . Traditional Westerns began to disappear from television in the late 1960s and early 1970s as color television became ubiquitous. With the exception of the short-lived The Cowboys in 1974, 1968 was the last season any new traditional Westerns debuted on television; by 1969, after pressure from parental advocacy groups who claimed Westerns were too violent for television, all three of
1860-729: The Lancers. The school is a member of the CIF Southern Section and competes in the Marmonte League . Thousand Oaks' main rival is Newbury Park High School . The student spirit section is known as the Green Hole. The TOHS cross-country program owns three CIF State championships. The boys' team won state titles in 1993 and 1994, while the girls' team earned a championship in 1993. The Lancers baseball team won CIF-SS championships in 2003 and 2021. En route to
1922-584: The Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1959. In 1964, Russell guest-starred in "Nemesis", an episode of the ABC series The Fugitive in which, as the son of police Lt. Phillip Gerard, he is unintentionally kidnapped by his father's quarry, Doctor Richard Kimble . In NBC 's The Virginian , he played the mistaken orphan whose father, played by Rory Calhoun , was an outlaw who was still alive and recently released from prison looking for his son. Russell played
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1984-517: The TV series Lonesome Dove . Zorro was remade with Duncan Regehr for The Family Channel filmed in Madrid, Spain. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman was an American Western/dramatic television series created by Beth Sullivan. It ran on CBS for six seasons, from January 1, 1993, to May 16, 1998, and won multiple Emmy awards. Walker, Texas Ranger was a long-running Western/crime drama series, set in
2046-728: The World (1975). For his portrayal of rock and roll superstar Elvis Presley in Elvis (1979), he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie . According to Robert Osborne of Turner Classic Movies , Russell became the studio's top star of the 1970s. Russell was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for his performance in Mike Nichols 's Silkwood (1983). Also in
2108-478: The World's Fair , playing a boy who kicked a pilot ( Elvis Presley ) in the leg. On April 24, 1963, Russell guest-starred in the ABC series Our Man Higgins , starring Stanley Holloway as an English butler in an American family. Later, he played the title role in the ABC Western series The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1963–64). The show was based on Robert Lewis Taylor 's eponymous novel, which won
2170-549: The autumn of 1974, he appeared in the ABC series The New Land , inspired by the 1972 Swedish film of the same name . Critically acclaimed, it suffered very low ratings and aired only six of the 13 episodes. He returned to Disney for The Strongest Man in the World (1975). Russell was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special for the 1979 television film Elvis , in which his then-wife Season Hubley played Priscilla . This would transition Russell's Hollywood career after years as
2232-522: The boom in TV Westerns began, thirty such shows were on television during prime time; none had been canceled that season, while 14 new ones had appeared. In one week in March 1959, eight of the top ten shows were Westerns, and an estimated $ 125 million in toys based on TV Westerns would be sold that year. Many were "four-wall Westerns", filmed indoors in three days or less with scripts of poor quality, and
2294-526: The campus underwent a major modernization project, addressing heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) and ADA accessibility issues. Thousand Oaks High School had its HVAC replaced in 2018 and the school library was renovated in 2019. In January 2020, Schneider Electric donated an outdoor classroom shade structure and solar panels to the school. Called the Sustainable Outdoor Learning Environment (SOLE),
2356-546: The construction of the First transcontinental railroad across the United States, which debuted in 2011 on AMC ; and Longmire , about a modern-day Wyoming sheriff, which debuted in 2012 on A&E . The Mandalorian (2019) is a space Western set within the Star Wars franchise and universe, with its lead character, a Mandalorian , roaming the galactic frontier and borrowing character traits from Clint Eastwood . With
2418-735: The episode "Willie and the Yank: The Mosby Raiders" in Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color , released theatrically in some markets as Mosby's Marauders (1967). During this time, Russell continued to guest star on non-Disney TV shows. He, Jay C. Flippen and Tom Tryon appeared in the episode "Charade of Justice" of the NBC Western series The Road West starring Barry Sullivan . In a March 1966 episode of CBS's Lost in Space entitled "The Challenge", he played Quano,
2480-563: The genre's enormous popularity mystified even its creators; TIME quoted one of the about 100 writers for TV Westerns as wondering "I don't get it. Why do people want to spend so much time staring at the wrong end of a horse?" A horse cost up to $ 100 a day, compared to $ 22.05 for an extra; increasing production costs caused most action half-hour series vanishing in the early 1960s to be replaced by hour long television shows, increasingly in color. Two unusual Western series of this era are Zorro , set in early California under Spanish rule, and
2542-482: The growth of cable television and direct broadcast satellites , reruns of Westerns have become more common. Upon its launch in 1996, TV Land carried a block of Westerns on Sundays; the network still airs Bonanza and the color episodes of Gunsmoke to the present day, which make up several hours of their daytime schedule. Encore Westerns , part of the Encore slate of premium channels, airs blocks of Western series in
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2604-472: The hit 1993 Western film Tombstone on behalf of credited director George P. Cosmatos , saying he gave Cosmatos shot lists. Russell claimed Stallone recommended Cosmatos to him after the removal of the first director, writer Kevin Jarre , but Cosmatos had also worked with Tombstone executive producer Andrew G. Vajna before on Rambo: First Blood Part II . Russell said he promised Cosmatos he would keep it
2666-432: The late 1940s and 1950s, TV Westerns quickly became an audience favorite, with 30 such shows airing at prime time by 1959. Traditional Westerns faded in popularity in the late 1960s, while new shows fused Western elements with other types of shows, such as family drama, mystery thrillers, and crime drama. In the 1990s and 2000s, slickly packaged made-for-TV movie Westerns were introduced. The Saturday Afternoon Matinee on
2728-490: The late 1940s and 1950s, Westerns quickly became a staple of small-screen entertainment. The first, on June 24, 1949, was the Hopalong Cassidy show, at first edited from the 66 films made by William Boyd . Many B-movie Westerns were aired on TV as time fillers, while a number of long-running TV Westerns became classics in their own right. The earliest TV Westerns were written primarily for a children's audience; it
2790-574: The later half of the 19th century in the American Old West , Western Canada and Mexico during the period from about 1860 to the end of the so-called " Indian Wars ". More recent entries in the Western genre have used the neo-Western subgenre, placing events in the modern day, or the space Western subgenre but still draw inspiration from the outlaw attitudes prevalent in traditional Western productions. When television became popular in
2852-419: The major networks ceased airing new Western series. Demographic pressures and overall burnout from the format may have also been a factor as viewers became bored and disinterested with the glut of Westerns on the air at the time. By 1971, production companies had acknowledged that "the Western idea is out." The two last traditional Westerns, Death Valley Days and Gunsmoke , ended their runs in 1975. While
2914-560: The mean ACT composite score was 26.4. The school has specialized programs for research (the Center for Advanced Studies and Research or "The Center"), entrepreneurship and business (ETHOS Entrepreneurship Academy or "ETHOS"), and a majors program. TOHS offers the California Biliteracy Seal to students who demonstrate a high level of proficiency in English and at least one other language. In 2024, Ramon Moreno Jr.,
2976-465: The modern era, in the United States, that starred and later was produced by Chuck Norris . It ran on CBS for nine seasons, from April 21, 1993, to May 19, 2001. For most of their time on air, Dr. Quinn and Walker aired on the same Saturday night lineup. Walker would receive a reboot in 2021, with a prequel, Walker: Independence , following in 2022. In the 1993–1994 season, the Fox network aired
3038-437: The morning and in the afternoon, while the channel airs Western films the rest of the day. MeTV , a digital broadcast channel, includes Westerns in its regular schedule as well, as does sister network Heroes & Icons . The family oriented INSP and Grit , another digital broadcast channel, also carry Westerns on its daytime schedules. INSP, previously a televangelism network, had such success with its Westerns that it adopted
3100-407: The need to marry, stating that a "marriage certificate wasn't going to create anything that otherwise we wouldn't have." Russell is a libertarian . In 2020, he stated that celebrities should keep their political opinions to themselves, believing that it negatively impacts their work. Russell is a hunter and a staunch supporter of gun rights , and said that gun control will not reduce terrorism. He
3162-518: The radio were a pre-television phenomenon in the US which often featured Western series. Film Westerns turned John Wayne , Ken Maynard , Audie Murphy , Tom Mix , and Johnny Mack Brown into major idols of a young audience, plus " singing cowboys " such as Gene Autry , Roy Rogers and Dale Evans , Dick Foran , Rex Allen , Tex Ritter , Ken Curtis , and Bob Steele . Each cowboy had a co-starring horse such as Rogers' Golden Palomino, Trigger , who became
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#17327917007663224-868: The short story Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell, Jr. , which had been interpreted on film before, albeit loosely, in 1951's The Thing from Another World . He was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for his performance in Silkwood (1983). Russell made Swing Shift (1984) co-starring Goldie Hawn, who became his romantic partner. He starred in The Mean Season (1986) and The Best of Times (1986), then played an antihero truck driver caught in an ancient Chinese war in Big Trouble in Little China , another Carpenter film which, like The Thing,
3286-683: The son of a planetary ruler. While filming the Sherman Brothers musical The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968), Russell met his future partner Goldie Hawn . For Disney, he made The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (1969) and Guns in the Heather (1969). Disney promoted Russell to star roles with The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969) which was a big hit. He followed it with The Barefoot Executive (1971), another success. In 1971, he co-starred as
3348-424: The spirit of the recently popularized James Bond franchise. F Troop was a satirical sitcom that made fun of the genre. The limited-run McCloud , which premiered in 1970, was essentially a fusion of the sheriff-oriented Western with the modern big-city crime drama. Its companion series Hec Ramsey was a lighthearted who-dunnit mystery series set in the late Western era, starring Richard Boone (previously of
3410-440: The traditional Western Have Gun, Will Travel ; Boone described the characters in each series as very similar ) as a retired gunfighter turned detective. Cimarron Strip , a lavish 90-minute 1967 series starring Stuart Whitman as a U.S. Marshal , was canceled after a single season primarily because of its unprecedented expense. Nichols featured former Maverick star James Garner as a motorcycle-riding, unarmed peacemaker in
3472-589: The traditional Westerns mostly died out in the late 1960s, more modernized Westerns, incorporating story concepts from outside the traditional genre, began appearing on television shortly thereafter. A number of the new shows downplayed the traditional violent elements of Westerns, for example by having the main characters go unarmed and/or seek to avoid conflicts, or by emphasizing fantasy, comedy or family themes. The Wild Wild West , which ran from 1965 to 1969, combined Westerns with science fiction (what later would be termed steampunk ) and an espionage-thriller format in
3534-499: Was a Shaolin monk , the son of an American father and a Chinese mother, who fought only with his formidable martial art skill. Bruce Lee had proposed a series with a similar concept, The Warrior , but studios rejected it; it would eventually be produced over 40 years after Lee's death. The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams was a family adventure show about a gentle mountain man with an uncanny connection to wildlife who helps others who visit his wilderness refuge. Dallas took
3596-590: Was born on March 17, 1951, at Wesson Maternity Hospital in Springfield, Massachusetts . His father, Bing Russell , was also an actor. His mother, Louise Julia ( née Crone ) Russell, is a dancer. Russell is of English, Irish, German, and Scottish ancestry. He has three sisters, Jill Franco, Jamie and Jody. His family relocated to California when he was a child, and Russell grew up in Thousand Oaks . Russell played little league baseball throughout his grade school years and also on his high school baseball team as
3658-585: Was in two more Tarantino films, The Hateful Eight (2015) and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019). He also had a major role in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 . After a remake of Escape from New York was announced, Russell was reportedly upset with Gerard Butler for playing his signature character, Snake Plissken, as he believed the character 'was quintessentially [...] American.' Russell appeared in The Battered Bastards of Baseball ,
3720-824: Was initially a critical and commercial disappointment but has since gained a cult audience. More popular at the box office was Overboard (1987), a comedy with Goldie Hawn. Russell credited his performance in Tequila Sunrise (1988) with getting Hollywood to regard him differently. He starred in Winter People (1989) and co-starred with Sylvester Stallone in Tango & Cash (1989). Russell played Lt. Stephen "Bull" McCaffrey in Backdraft (1991), Wyatt Earp in Tombstone (1993) and Colonel Jack O'Neil in
3782-1036: Was not until the near-concurrent debuts of The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp and the TV version of Gunsmoke in 1955 that adult Westerns appeared on television, and the genre became enormously popular. Notable TV Westerns include The Lone Ranger with Clayton Moore , The Gene Autry Show with Gene Autry , Gunsmoke with James Arness , Cheyenne with Clint Walker , Have Gun – Will Travel with Richard Boone , Sugarfoot with Will Hutchins , Wagon Train with Ward Bond and Robert Horton , Maverick with James Garner and Jack Kelly , Trackdown with Robert Culp , Wanted Dead or Alive with Steve McQueen , Bronco with Ty Hardin , Bat Masterson with Gene Barry , The Rifleman , Rawhide with Eric Fleming and Clint Eastwood , Bonanza with Pernell Roberts and Dan Blocker , Laramie , The Virginian with James Drury and Doug McClure , The Big Valley with Barbara Stanwyck , The High Chaparral , and many others. By 1959, four years after
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#17327917007663844-523: Was originally built in the 1960s, however some of the campus has undergone renovation and construction, including the addition of a Performing Arts Center in 1999. As of the 2020–21 school year, the school has an enrollment of 2,042 out of a planned capacity of 2,886; graduating classes typically number between 450 and 500. In the 2019–20 school year, 24.9% of students received free or reduced lunch and 4.1% were classified as English learners. Before Thousand Oaks High School opened, high school students in
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