Harry Cheshire
| Harry V. Cheshire | |
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August 16, 1891 Emporia, Kansas, USA |
| Died | June 16, 1968 (aged 76) Orange County, California |
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Actor:
Judge Ben Wiley on
Buffalo Bill, Jr.
Harry V. Cheshire (August 16, 1891 – June 16, 1968) was an American character actor originally from Emporia, Kansas, with more than 150 film appearances to his credit.
With a raspy voice, Cheshire frequently played the parts of bankers and western townsmen but occasionally outlaws too. He was perhaps best known for his role as Judge "Fair and Square" Ben Wiley in the syndicated western television series, Buffalo Bill, Jr., in which he is the founder and leading citizen of the fictional town of Wileyville, Texas. While in the Black Hills of South Dakota, Wiley rescued two children, a brother and his sister who were orphaned in a massacre of their wagon train. He adopted and renamed the two children "Buffalo Bill, Jr." and "Calamity" after the western figures Buffalo Bill Cody and Calamity Jane. His co-stars were Dick Jones (1927-2014) as Buffalo Bill, Jr., and Nancy Gilbert as Calamity. Judge Wiley is also a businessman. The sign on his shop reads, "Wileyville General Store / Groceries - Hardware - Dry Goods / Judge Ben 'Fair 'n' Square' Wiley, Prop. / Justice of the Peace / Town Marshal / Physician & Surgeon / Blacksmith / Haircuts - Legal Advice / By Appointment Only".
Cheshier appeared as Judge Trager between 1958 and 1962 in fifteen episodes of the ABC/Warner Brothers western series, Lawman, with John Russell and Peter Brown.
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