John Alderson

(for the similar sounding English actor, *see John Alderton) John Alderson (10 April 1916 – 4 August 2006) was a British actor noted for playing the lead in the 1957-58 syndicated western television series, Boots and Saddles, which ran for thirty-eight episodes in a single season, and many supporting roles in films in a career spanning almost forty years, from 1951 to 1990, including Don't Go Near the Water (1957), No Name on the Bullet (1959), Romanoff and Juliet (1961), My Fair Lady(1964), 'The War Lord (1965), I Deal in Danger (1966), Double Trouble (1967), Hellfighters (1968), The Molly Maguires (1970), Top of the Heap (1972), The Klansman (1974), The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox (1976), Candleshoe (1977), The Cat from Outer Space (1978), The Wild Geese (1978) and The American Way (1986). He also appeared uncredited as the gum-chewing bandit shot by antagonist Hedley Lamarr in Blazing Saddles (1974). Alderson was cast as the rugged trail guide Hugh Glass, an historical figure, in the 1966 episode "Hugh Glass Meets the Bear" of the syndicated series, Death Valley Days. Others in the episode were Morgan Woodward as Thomas Fitzpatrick, Victor French as Louis Baptiste and Tris Coffin. Other television appearances included: "Passage to Fort Doom", an episode exploring courage in Maverick Lawman "The Swamp Fox" and "Texas John Slaughter" episodes of Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color Black Saddle Colt .45 Border Patrol Hudson's Bay Yancy Derringer Adventures in Paradise Follow the Sun Have Gun – Will Travel Tales of Wells Fargo Bronco Going My Way Gunsmoke Arrest and Trial The Alfred Hitchcock Hour Combat! The Rogues Bonanza Doctor Who (in the serial The Gunfighters) The Wild Wild West The Guns of Will Sonnett Mission: Impossible Rod Serling's Night Gallery Philip Marlowe, Private Eye Blue Light In 1966, the first four episodes of Blue Light were edited together to create the theatrical film I Deal in Danger. Alderson's Blue Light appearance was included in the film.