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Wright Thornburgh King (January 11, 1923 – November 25, 2018) was an American stage, film and television actor whose career lasted for over forty years. He is best known for playing Jason Nichols in the television series Wanted Dead or Alive (1958–1961).
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Wanted: Dead or Alive: With Steve McQueen, Wright King, Olan Soule, Mort Mills. A Civil War veteran with a sawed-off rifle as a holstered weapon makes a living as a bounty hunter in the Wild West of the 1870s.
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In one season of Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958) he played the sidekick of bounty hunter Josh Randall, played by Steve McQueen (1960) . A close friend of Eileen Heckart until her death in 2001, King left the acting profession in 1987.
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Wanted Dead or Alive is an American Western television series starring Steve McQueen as bounty hunter Josh Randall. It aired on CBS for three seasons from 1958–1961. The black-and-white program was a spin-off of a March 1958 episode of Trackdown, a 1957–1959 Western series starring Robert Culp.
Wright King joined “Wanted…” as Jason Nichols, a sheriff’s deputy in Virginia City, with episode 57 (1/30/60), “Jason”. He and McQueen form a partnership with the next episode, “The Partners”, and for a total of 11 episodes til the end of the second season.
Wright King. Jason Nichols 8 Episodes 1960. Learn more about the full cast of Wanted: Dead or Alive with news, photos, videos and more at TV Guide.
Aug 3, 2023 · Wanted:Dead or Alive Cast. Steve McQueen as Josh Randall Wright King as Jason Nichols. Horse:Ringo. Wanted:Dead or Alive Theme Song “Wanted: Dead or Alive Theme” by William G. Loose. Wanted:Dead or Alive Tidbits. Josh Randall (Steve McQueen) was a man of few words. A bounty hunter by trade, he tracked his prey all over the West.
