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Lee Horsley

Lee Horsley

Birthday: 1955-05-15 | Place of Birth: Muleshoe, Texas, USA

Lee Arthur Horsley is an American film, television, and theater actor known for starring roles in the television series Nero Wolfe, Matt Houston, and Paradise. He starred in the 1982 film The Sword and the Sorcerer and recorded the audiobook edition of Lonesome Dove. Horsley began his acting career touring in stage productions of West Side Story, Damn Yankees, and Oklahoma!. In 1981, he portrayed TV detective Archie Goodwin in the short-lived NBC drama series Nero Wolfe. He played the title character in the detective series Matt Houston, as well as Ethan Allen Cord in the Western Heritage Award-winning series Paradise. This was followed by a lead role on Bodies of Evidence. He appeared in the feature-length cult film The Sword and the Sorcerer in 1982, and appeared in its sequel Tales of an Ancient Empire in 2010. He recorded the audiobook edition of Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove. In 2006, Horsley and Marshall R. Teague traveled the world in search of exotic game on the Outdoor Life Network for the reality show, Benelli's Dream Hunts. In 2012. he appeared in the Quentin Tarantino film Django Unchained, as Sheriff Gus, and also has a role as a stagecoach driver in Tarantino's 2015 western The Hateful Eight.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2010
Tales of an Ancient Empire

as    Talon

2007
Showdown at Area 51

as    Diamond Joe Carson

1994
French Silk

as    Detective Cassidy

1994
Hawkeye

as    Natty 'Hawkeye' Bumppo

1992
Bodies of Evidence

as    Lieutenant Ben Carroll

1991
Palomino

as    Tate Jordan

1990
The Face of Fear

as    Graham Harris

1988
Paradise

as    Ethan Allen Cord

1985
Thirteen at Dinner

as    Bryan Martin

1982
Matt Houston

as    Matt Houston

1981
Nero Wolfe

as    Archie Goodwin