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Wayde Preston (born William Erksine Strange; September 10, 1929 [citation needed] – February 6, 1992) was an American actor cast from 1957 to 1960 in the lead role in 67 episodes of the ABC/Warner Bros. Western television series, Colt .45.
Wayde Preston (1929-1992) was an American actor who starred in Colt .45 (1957) and appeared in many spaghetti westerns. He was also a musician, a park ranger, a pilot and a soldier who fought in the Korean War.
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Wayde Preston was an actor who starred in Colt .45 (1957) and appeared in many spaghetti westerns. He was born in 1929, served in the Korean War, and died of colon cancer in 1992.
- September 10, 1929
- February 6, 1992
Feb 27, 1992 · Wayde Preston, 62, star of the “Colt .45” TV series from 1957 to 1959 who walked off the show in a dispute over his $250-a-week salary. Preston, who portrayed an undercover agent masquerading ...
Colt .45 (also known as The Colt Cousins) is an American Western television series, originally starring Wayde Preston, which aired on ABC between October 1957 and September 1960. The half-hour program is loosely based on the 1950 Warner Bros. film of the same name, starring Randolph Scott.
Wayde Preston starred as Christopher Colt, a government agent disguised as a gun salesman, in this 1957-1960 western series. He left the show after a dispute with producers, but returned for the final episodes with Donald May as his cousin Sam.
Dec 3, 2023 · Was actor Wayde Preston, the star of COLT .45, his own worst enemy? Why was the handsome, popular 6’4” lead in the hit series fired and then blackballed by studio head Jack Warner?
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