RIP To Cowboy Actor Harry Carey, Jr.

The British newspaper the Daily Mail offers a good piece on the death of actor Harry Carey, Jr.

The Daily Mail also offers some good photos of the old cowboy. 

Harry Carey appeared in several of John Ford's classic Western films, appearing alongside John Wayne, Ward Bond, Pedro Armendariz, Ben Johnson and the other great actors in Ford's so-called stock company.

Carey, a World War II U.S. Navy veteran, also appeared in one of my favorite more recent Westerns, Tombstone.

By all accounts, Carey was a fine man as well as a fine actor.

Western character actor Harry Carey, Jr. died on Thursday aged 91. 

His daughter Melinda confirmed that he passed away from natural causes surrounded by family at a hospice facility in Santa Barbara, California. 

She said on Friday: 'He went out as graceful as he came in.' 

You can read the rest of the piece via the below link:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2254710/Western-character-actor-Harry-Carey-Jr-dies-aged-91.html

You can also watch the trailer for 3 Godfathers via the below link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3x3_Hy70usg

Note: Harry Carey appears in the center of the above movie poster between John Wayne and Pedro Armendariz.

This Couldn't Have Happened To A Nicer Feller: Turner Classic Movies Salutes Ben Johnson

The Tulsa World reports that Ben Johnson, the late, great cowboy character actor, will be honored on Turner Classic Movies (TCM) this Thursday.

As he said when he received his Academy Award for The Last Picture Show, "This couldn't have happened to a nicer feller."

You can read the story and see what Ben Johnson films TCM will be airing via the below link:

http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/article.aspx?subjectid=283&articleid=20110810_283_D2_Oklaho686736