Steve Raines
Steve Raines | |
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Born |
Grants Pass, Oregon, USA | June 17, 1916
Died | January 4, 1996 79) | (aged
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1947–1974 |
Steve Raines (June 17, 1916 – January 4, 1996) was an American actor.
Career
Born in Grants Pass, Oregon, Raines appeared in many television series and several films, including Naked Gun (1956), Street of Darkness (1958), and Macho Callahan (1970). Steve was the adopted son of Mr. and Mrs Henry Savage of San Antonio, Texas. The Savages had a riding stable across the road from an orphans home where Steve was. Steve started coming over to the stable and eventually was adopted by the Savages. He and Mr. Savage performed in some "B" movies with Henry Garcia a local actor. After a while, he decided he would go to California to be in the movies and the rest is below.
Raines is known for playing the role of Jim Quince in the CBS western series, Rawhide (1959–1965), starring Clint Eastwood and Eric Fleming. From the 1950s to the 1970s, he guest-starred in The Adventures of Kit Carson, Brave Eagle, Maverick, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, Laredo, and The High Chaparral.
His last appearance was in a 1974 episode of CBS's Gunsmoke, starring James Arness.
Filmography
- 1947 BajoColorado Skies
- 1948 Oklahoma Badlands
- 1949 Son of a Badman
- 1949 Sheriff of Wichita
- 1951 Border Fence
- 1953 Shane
- 1954 Drums Across the River
- 1955 The Gene Autry Show -TV
- 1955 Count Three and Pray
- 1956 Naked Gun
- 1956 The Roy Rogers Show -TV
- 1958 Street of Darkness
- 1959 Rawhide -TV
- 1966 Laredo -TV
- 1966 Daniel Boone -TV
- 1966 Gunsmoke TV Stage Stop the driver
- 1967 The Virginian- TV
- 1967 Disneyland -TV
- 1968 Bonanza -TV
- 1969 The Wild Wild West -TV
- 1970 Macho Callahan
- 1974 Gunsmoke -TV
References
- Television western players of the fifties: a biographical encyclopedia of, by Everett Aaker