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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.
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. Actor: Captain America. Born William Erksine Strange on September 10, 1929, in Denver, Colorado, Wayde Preston was raised in Laramie, Wyoming, with two younger sisters, Joan and Mary, by his schoolteacher parents John and Bernice Strange.
In 1959–1960, May temporarily replaced Wayde Preston as the lead in four episodes of the ABC/Warner Brothers western television series, Colt .45. May portrayed "Sam Colt, Jr.," cousin to Preston's character, Christopher Colt.
Wayde Preston. Actor: Captain America. Born William Erksine Strange on September 10, 1929, in Denver, Colorado, Wayde Preston was raised in Laramie, Wyoming, with two younger sisters, Joan and Mary, by his schoolteacher parents John and Bernice Strange.
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...
Feb 6, 1992 · Wayde Preston is known as an Actor. Some of his work includes Captain America, Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die!, Sartana in the Valley of Death, A Man Called Sledge, A Long Ride from Hell, Anzio, Wrath of God, and Colt .45.
Feb 6, 1992 · TV actor who starred as undercover government agent Christopher Colt on the Western series "Colt .45" from 1957-59. Like other Warner Bros. TV "walkout stars" Clint Walker, James Garner and Edd Byrnes, Preston walked off the show to protest his low salary during the 1958-59 season, but was...
American actor Wayde Preston may best be remembered for appearing in a string of spaghetti Westerns from the late '60s though the early '70s.
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?
