Paul Brinegar

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Paul Brinegar
Born	19 December 1917 Tucumcari, New Mexico  United States
Died	27 March 1995 Los Angeles
Years active	1946 - 1994

Paul Brinegar (1917 - 1995) was an American character actor.

Brinegar made over 100 appearances between 1946 and 1994, appearing in many western films, and played the barman in Clint Eastwood's High Plains Drifter in 1973.

Brinegar was best known for his long-running role as the cook, "Wishbone," on Eastwood's CBS series Rawhide from 1959 to 1966.

[edit] Filmography

Appeared mostly in Westerns.

Non-Western roles included:

• Alfred Hitchcock Presents "Premonition" (1955)
• Perry Mason "The Case of the Sun Bather's Diary" (1958)
• Perry Mason "The Case of the Unwelcome Well" (1966)

[edit] External links

• Paul Brinegar at the Internet Movie Database