Caption: Young Dean West II aka Dean Teaster at the Wild West Show "Ghost Town in the Sky" in 1963. Pictured on right is Dean's father Robert Doyle Teaster as "Digger the Undertaker", who acted regularly with Herbert "Cowboy" Coward. Both Herbert 'Cowboy' Coward and Robert Doyle Teaster acted with Paul Fix, Tony Dow, Clu Gulager, Burt Reynolds, Dan Blocker, and Gig Young during that time. They were celibrity gun fighters with the original cast of "Ghost Town in the Sky". Dean's first exposure to acting.
Actor, Soundtrack
Born: December 10, 1928
Star sign: Sagittarius
Height: 6' 4" (1.93 m)
Known for: Bonanza (1959), Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County (1970), Come Blow Your Horn (1963), Something for a Lonely Man (1968)
Source: IMDB
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