Small-screen Western actors often get overlooked, but some of the true greats of the Western genre have actually made their name on television.

Peck took his first "against type" role as a cruel cowboy in the 1946 Western, Duel in the Sun and started the 1950s off with what would become one of his most famous Westerns, The Gunfighter.

For actors like Clint Eastwood and John Wayne, they have become synonymous with the Western genre and started their careers in it.

Dale Robertson, thestar of scores of Hollywood Westerns in the 1950s and 1960s, has died at the age of 89 in Southern California, Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla said on Thursday.

Western Character Actor Harry Carey Jr. Dies UPDATED: The 91-year-old appeared in many of John Ford's greatest films, including "The Searchers" and "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon." ...

Dale Robertson, an Oklahoma native who became a star of television and movie Westerns during the genre's heyday, died Tuesday. He was 89.

An actor known for ubiquitous macho roles in westerns such as "Gunsmoke," "Rawhide," "Bonanza," "Have Gun -- Will Travel" and "The Rifleman" has died, reports The New York Times. R.G. Armstrong Jr ...

In the 1950s ... fellow Oklahoma-born actor and writer Will Rogers, once told Robertson to avoid formal training and keep his own persona. Robertson received the Golden Boot Award in 1985, and was ...