Guy Wilkerson
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"A very funny guy -- funnier than most gave him credit for," as one director described him, lanky, slow-moving Guy Wilkerson is fondly remembered for playing comedy sidekick Panhandle Perkins in the 1942-1945 PRC Texas Rangers film series, a low-rent competition for Republic Pictures' popular Three Mesquiteers Westerns. As Panhandle, Wilkerson's comedy was never intrusive and often used merely as a slow-witted counterpoint to the action. In Hollywood from at least 1937 (some sources claim he appeared onscreen as early as the 1920s), Wilkerson had honed his skills in minstrel shows, burlesque, and vaudeville, but away from his sidekick duties at PRC, he was usually seen playing less humorous characters, notably ministers or undertakers. Appearing in hundreds of feature films and television series over three decades, Guy Wilkerson was last seen in the crime thriller The Todd Killings in 1971, the year of his death from cancer.
Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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No Score Yet | A Dangerous Friend |
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— | 1971 |
89% | Monte Walsh |
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— | 1970 |
89% | True Grit |
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— | 1969 |
No Score Yet | The Silencers |
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— | 1966 |
75% | The Haunted Palace |
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— | 1963 |
92% | To Kill A Mockingbird |
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— | 1962 |
No Score Yet | Susan Slade |
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— | 1961 |
94% | Elmer Gantry |
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— | 1960 |
83% | The Hanging Tree |
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— | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Name on the Bullet |
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— | 1959 |
93% | Man of the West |
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— | 1958 |
No Score Yet | Decision at Sundown |
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— | 1957 |
40% | Band of Angels |
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— | 1957 |
100% | Jubal |
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— | 1956 |
No Score Yet | I'll Cry Tomorrow |
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— | 1955 |
No Score Yet | Foxfire |
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— | 1955 |
100% | The Far Country |
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— | 1955 |
No Score Yet | One Desire |
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— | 1955 |
No Score Yet | Ma and Pa Kettle at Home |
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— | 1954 |
67% | Crime Wave |
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— | 1954 |
No Score Yet | The Stranger Wore a Gun |
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— | 1953 |
No Score Yet | The Last Posse |
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— | 1953 |
89% | The Big Sky |
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— | 1952 |
100% | Scandal Sheet |
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— | 1952 |
No Score Yet | Comin' Round the Mountain |
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— | 1951 |
No Score Yet | Along the Great Divide |
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— | 1951 |
No Score Yet | Santa Fe |
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— | 1951 |
85% | The Red Badge of Courage |
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— | 1951 |
No Score Yet | The Great Missouri Raid |
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— | 1951 |
100% | Winchester '73 |
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— | 1950 |
No Score Yet | A Ticket to Tomahawk |
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— | 1950 |
No Score Yet | Roseanna McCoy |
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— | 1949 |
No Score Yet | The Girl From Jones Beach |
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— | 1949 |
No Score Yet | The Sun Comes Up |
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— | 1949 |
No Score Yet | Fury at Furnace Creek |
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— | 1948 |
No Score Yet | Texas, Brooklyn and Heaven |
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— | 1948 |
No Score Yet | That Hagen Girl |
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— | 1947 |
14% | The Sea of Grass |
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— | 1947 |
76% | Duel in the Sun |
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— | 1946 |
No Score Yet | Flaming Bullets |
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— | 1945 |
No Score Yet | Frontier Fugitives |
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— | 1945 |
No Score Yet | Enemy of the Law |
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— | 1945 |
No Score Yet | Marked for Murder |
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— | 1945 |
No Score Yet | The Whispering Skull |
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— | 1944 |
No Score Yet | Gangsters of the Frontier |
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— | 1944 |
No Score Yet | Brand of the Devil |
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— | 1944 |
No Score Yet | Spook Town |
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— | 1944 |
No Score Yet | Guns of the Law |
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— | 1944 |
No Score Yet | The Pinto Bandit |
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— | 1944 |
No Score Yet | Boss of Rawhide |
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— | 1944 |
No Score Yet | Three in the Saddle |
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— | 1944 |
No Score Yet | Outlaw Roundup |
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— | 1944 |
No Score Yet | Trail of Terror |
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— | 1944 |
No Score Yet | The Rangers Take Over |
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— | 1942 |
No Score Yet | Juke Girl |
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— | 1942 |
No Score Yet | Captain Midnight |
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— | 1942 |
100% | The Major and the Minor |
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— | 1942 |
No Score Yet | Spooks Run Wild |
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— | 1941 |
88% | Sergeant York |
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— | 1941 |
No Score Yet | Swamp Woman |
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— | 1941 |
91% | Gone With the Wind |
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— | 1939 |
100% | Dodge City |
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— | 1939 |
No Score Yet | Our Neighbors - The Carters |
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— | 1939 |
No Score Yet | Professor Beware |
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— | 1938 |
No Score Yet | Gold Is Where You Find It |
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— | 1938 |
No Score Yet | Heart of the Rockies |
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— | 1937 |
No Score Yet | Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge |
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— | 1937 |
No Score Yet | Paradise Express |
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— | 1937 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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No Score Yet |
Bonanza
1959-1973
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No Score Yet |
Green Acres
1965-1971
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No Score Yet |
The Fugitive
1963-1967
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No Score Yet |
Maverick
1957-1962
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82% |
The Twilight Zone
1959-1964
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