Edward Faulkner, Actor in John Wayne and Elvis Presley Films, Dies at 93

Edward Faulkner, The Familiar Character Actor Who Received a Career Jump Start from Director Andrew V. Mclaglen en route to appearing in Mclintock!, Rio lobo, The Green Berets And Three Other Films With John Wayne, Has Died. He was 93.

FAULKNER DIED AUG. 26 of Natural Cause at a Health Care Facility in Vista, California, HIS DAUGHTER LESLIE WADSWORTH Told The Hollywood Reporter.

A strapping 6-foot-3, The AmIable Kentucky Native Put His Horse-Riding Skills to The Test on Several TV Westerns, Including Have gun – Will Travel (13 episodes from 1958-62); Gunsmoke (Six episodes from 1959-72); Rawhide (Seven Episodes from 1959-64); Bonanza (Three Episodes from 1961-66) and The Virginian (11 episodes from 1963-70).

HE MADE HIS BIG-BREEN DEBUT IN Gi blues (1960), then Portrayed Fitness Instructor Brad Bentley in Another Elvis Presley Movie, Tickle me (1965).

FAULKNER WORKED ALONGSIDE WAYNE IN Mclintock! (1963), The Green Berets (1968), Hellfighters (1968), The Undefeated (1969), Rio lobo (1970) and Chisum (1970). All But Two of Those Movies Were Directed by Mclaglen.

Onscreen, He Said in A 2019 Interview, He “Never Won A Fight… I Was Always the Bad Guy.”

The Youngst of Two Children, Fieldden Edward Faulkner II Was Born on A Leap Day – Feb. 29, 1932 – in Lexington, Kentucky. His Father Owned A Building Supple Company, and His Mother, Ferie June, Was A Music Teacher.

He and a friend Partnered in a comedy song-and-dance act while Henry Clay High School, and He Atted the University of Virginia and the University of Kentucky, Wayre.

After Two Years As A Fighter Pilot with The US Air Force, Faulkner Moved to Los Angeles in 1958 to Pursue Acting. He was introduced to mclaglen, then astaff Director at cbs, and quicly put into an episode of Have gun – Will TravelStarring Richard Boone. (He Got The Going Day Rate is $ 80.)

Mclaglen Also Directed Him on TV on Gunsmoke, Rawhide, Everglades!, Wagon Train an The Lieutenant d Such Other Films As The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Coe (1961), Shenandoah (1965), The Ballad of Josie (1967) and Something Big (1971).

FAULKNER SAID HE PLAYED CHESS HUNDRES OF TIMES WAYNE – “I OCCASIONALLY LET HIM WIN,“ HE said with a laugh – and they unce kept a flight idling at the gate InterRupt Their Game.

Plus, After Spotting Faulkner’s Three Daughters, Jan, Barbara and Leslie, On the Sidelines Dringing Filming of The Undefeated In mexico, Wayne Yelled for Wardrobe and Put the Young Girls in the Movie.

WHEN HE HEARD ABOUT The Green BeretsFaulkner Sent A Note to Wayne, He Told Host Rob Word in 2015, Writing: “Like Yourself, I’ve Worng A Stetson Long Enough. Perhaps a Change of Hats, Maybe a Baret.

A week or so later, Word Got Out he was being in the warfilm, whore he wound Portray cap. Macdaniel.

Faulkner’s résumé also included the features How to Murder Your Wife (1965), The Navy Vs. The Night Monsters (1966), Nobody’s Perfect (1968), The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968), Hang Your Hat on the Wind (1969) and The man (1972) and the tv shows Dragnet, Lassie, Gilligan’s Island, Mod Squad, The Fugitive, It takes a thief, Cannon, Adam-12 an The Six Million Dollar Man.

In 1976, Faulkner Took a Break from Acting and for the Next Dozen or So Years Worked for a Company that LEASED CARGO CONTAINERS TO The Marine Transportation Industry and Offered and Operated.

In addition to his daughters, survivors include his Son, edward III, and his Grandchildren, tyler, wyatt, steven, olivia and brooke.

His High-School Sweetheart and Wife of Nearly 60 Years, Barbara-They Starred Together in Plays in High School and In Thornon Wilder’s Our Town In College – Died in May 2013.

“Offscreen, Faulkner Never Lost His Boyhood Love of Magic, Delighting Friends and Family with Sleight-of-Hand and Illusions Throughout his Life,” his Family Noted. “Colleagues and loved Ones Alike Remembered Him for His Kindness and Genuine Warmth – Qualities that Dent Doned Him As Much as His Body of Work.”

Rhett Bartlett Contributed to this Report.