Alex Nicol

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Alex Nicol (January 20, 1916 - July 29, 2001) was a film actor of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. The Blond-haired actor appeared in many tough-guy cowboys in Westerns including The Man from Laramie, in a memorable role as a bad guy that menaced Jimmy Stewart. He appeared in over 40 feature films as well as directing many TV shows including Wild Wild West, Tarzan and Daniel Boone. Nicol was a student of Lee Strasberg's Actors Studio in the 1940s which led to minor roles in the Broadway productions "South Pacific" and "Mister Roberts," the latter in which he served as understudy to Henry Fonda. He later appeared on Broadway in the role of 'Brick' in the Tennessee Williams 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'. His first film role was in The Sleeping City (1950). He also appeared in (and directed) the film The Screaming Skull (1958), which was featured on the television series Mystery Science Theater 3000. In the 1960s he appeared in television programs including The Twilight Zone.