Clu Gulager is an American television and film actor. He is particularly noted for his co-starring role as William H. Bonney (Billy The Kid

Billy the Kid

William H. Bonney William H. Bonney William H. Bonney (born William Henry McCarty, Jr. est. November 23, 1859 – c. July 14, 1881, better known as Billy the Kid but also known as Henry Antrim, was a 19th-century American gunman who participated in the Lincoln County War and became a frontier...

) in the 1960–62 NBC TV series The Tall Man

The Tall Man (TV series)

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and for his role in the later NBC series The Virginian

The Virginian (TV series)

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. He also appeared in the racing film Winning

Winning

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(1969), with Paul Newman

Paul Newman

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 and Joanne Woodward

Joanne Woodward

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, and was the protagonist Burt in the horror movie The Return of the Living Dead (1985).
Gulager was born William Martin Gulager in Holdenville

Holdenville, Oklahoma

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, Oklahoma

Oklahoma

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, the son of John Gulager, a cowboy entertainer.