Cheryl Rogers Barnett

The daughter of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, Cheryl published her book, "The Cowboy Princess", to excellent reviews and sales. Her new book, "The All-American Cowboy Grill", has not only wonderful recipes but fascinating anecdotes from many cowboy heroes. Cheryl serves on the Board of Directors of the Beverly and Jim Rogers Museum of Lone Pine Film History. She recently accepted this year's Golden Boot Award given posthumously to Gabby Hayes which will be on permanent display at the Film History Museum.

Robert Easton

A Quiz Kid, an actor in many movies, and a dialect coach, Robert Easton has worked in and roamed these hills many times, he thinks. He and his wife have explored the area extensively. Some of his more recent films include Working Girl, Star Trek VI and Primary Colors. He was in the original television series The Beverly Hillbillies, the Gene Autry Show, Buffalo Bill Jr., and Gunsmoke. It was in 1964 that Easton developed his career as a dialect coach. "I had coach so many of my friends for free fors, that I decided to hand out my shingle." Since then he has helped over 2000 students including Charleton Heston, Gregory Peck Cher, Al Pacino and Hele Hunt to learn every imaginable dialect."

Diamond Farnsworth

Diamond has an extended list of stunt credits for many feature films. He now serves as stunt coordinator on Navy NCIS. He was also stunt coordinator on Quantum Leap. He also worked as stunt double for Scott Bakula on Enterprise, and worked on Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Diamond will put his Ken Maynard chaps on display at the Film History Museum on a long-term loan.

Ed Faulkner

One of our favorite Bad Guys, who really is a good guy, Ed Faulkner came to Lone Pine the very first time he went on location as an actor in a Have Gun, Will Travel episode called "The Road to Wickenburg." He worked with John Wayne in six films including The Green Berets, The Undefeated, Chisum and Rio Lobo. He has numerous television credits, including several western series; Rawhide, Gunsmoke, Laramie, Iron Horse and The Virginian.

Coleen Gray

Coleen Gray was born in Nebraska, where she earned her degree in arts, but journeyed west and broke into films, first achieving notice in Nightmare Alley. She starred in Lone Pine in Sand, a film we featured last year in our cowboys and their horses series. She also worked in Lone Pine on a Have Gun, Will Travel episode entitled "Ben Jalisco." Her credits are diverse with such films as Red River, Kiss of Death, Fury at Furnace Creek, and Arrow in the Dust. She has also appeared in many television episodes and three different daytime soap operas. She has been very active in Southern California with various social causes, and has become recognized as an artist in several shows at various Los Angeles galleries.

Teddy Infuhr

We welcome Teddy to the Festival for the first time. He worked here in a Gene Autry vehicle entitled Valley of Fire. He became a star as a child actor appearing in The Bishop's Wife and later in The Boy With the Green Hair. He also worked in television in the Cisco Kid and Gene Autry series.

Loren Janes

Loren Janes has been a special friend to the community of Lone Pine, the Film Festival and the Film History Museum for many years. After a busy and distinguished career as a stuntman, co-founder of the Stuntmen's Association and Steve McQueen's stuntman through most of his career, Loren took up helping us launch and nurture the Film Festival. He has been here every year and has helped us weather some difficult challenges. He serves on the Beverly and Jim Rogers Museum of Lone Pine Film History Board of Directors, and most recently has contributed many rare items from his personal career. His appearances are always a pleasure, both entertaining and educational.

Dick Jones

A favorite of Lone Pine audiences, Dick's career touched base with local filmmaking several times. As a child actor he appeared in Westward Ho, starring John Wayne. He was in Hi-Yo Silver, a feature film made from the Lone Ranger serial. He also appeared in Brigham Young. When his career turned to television, he co-starred with Jock Mahoney in The Range Rider, in several episodes shot here. Then he was in his own series, Buffalo Bill, Jr. All told, Dick has appeared in ninety-five feature films.

A.C. Lyles

A.C. Lyles has worked at Paramount longer than anyone else, and he has know all the great stars since the 1930's and called many of them close friends. He helped Lone Pine recover and screen the first film made here called The Round-Up. Most recently A.C. has served as a consultant on the award-winning and controversial western Deadwood for HBO. He has served on the Board for the Beverly and Jim Rogers Museum of Lone Pine Film History and has for many years been a great friend to the community,

Donna Martell

Donna Martell returns to Lone Pine this year after having worked here in the movie Kim. She also worked with Gene Autry in Hills of Utah. Other movies include The Golden Hawk, Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer and Project Moonbase. She made guest appearances in many regular television series including Broken Arrow, Bat Masterson and The Range Rider.

Jan Merlin

Jan Merlin returns to our Festival once again. He is an appropriate person to have with us this year as we remember Audie Murphy. He appeared with Murphy in his Lone Pine film, Hell Bent For Leather. He was also in Gunfight at Comanche Creek and had several roles, in disguise, in The List of Adrian Messenger with Kirk Douglas. Jan appeared in early television; notably in Tom Corbett, Space Cadet as Roger Manning. He specialized in villainous roles in many television western series. Since he left acting, he has written several novels, one entitled "Shooting Montezuma"; the inside story of the making of a film in which an actor is forced to wear several disguises, doubling for a major star.

Ben Murphy

Ben Murphy came to Lone Pine in 1976 to play Kit Carson in the film Bridger, also starring Sally Fields. He is noted for playing Jed Kid Curry in the successful series Alias Smith and Jones. He has also starred in several other series and mini-series including The Chisholms, The Winds of War and The Dirty Dozen, to name a few. He graduated from the University of Illinois with a BA in Political Science, and graduated from the Pasadena Playhouse with a BA in Theater. Ben is a great lover of animals and resides in the hills of California. He is a lifetime tennis player when he is not traveling the world.

Henry Silva

Early in his career, Henry Silva worked in Lone Pine, playing the villain in westerns including The Tall T with Randolph Scott (see the lobby cards in our insert) and The Law and Jake Wade with Robert Taylor and Richard Widmark. He appeared in many television series episodes such as Wagon Train, Cimarron Strip and Laredo. Henry has appeared in over eighty films, most notably The Manchurian Candidate, recently in Oceans Eleven (both the original and the remake) and Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai.

Dave Stamey

Dave Stamey says he has been bucked off and stomped by many horses, stepped on by mules, and dragged around branding pens by angry cattle of various sizes. He's an entertainer now. He finds he prefers this. He's been awarded the "Male Performer of the Year" award by the Western Music Association, is a three-time nominee for "Songwriter of the Year", and is rapidly becoming one of the most popular Western entertainers working today. Dave lives in Nipomo California with his wife and partner Melissa, several horses, cats and dogs.

Peggy Stewart

Peggy Stewart first gave much to Lone Pine and her fans, starring in two Lone Pine films. She starred here with Roy Rogers and Dale Evans in Utah and returned in Trail to San Antone with Gene Autry. Both films have important places in the Beverly and Jim Rogers Museum of Lone Pine Film History. The "Buick Eight" from Trail (on loan from the James E. Rogers Collection) is found in the museum along with Peggy's boots from the days when she was the "Princess of the Plains." Peggy now serves on the Museum Board of Directors and brings both enthusiasm and beauty to the Museum project.

Ian Tyson

Tyson has long been one of Canada's most respected singer-songwriters. He was a pioneer who began his career in the early days of the first folk boom in the 1960's as part of the duo Ian and Sylvia. In the years that followed he hosted his own TV show, recorded some of the best "folk" albums ever made, quit the music business and became a rodeo rider and a successful rancher. He returned to music in the 1980's and found he was able to combine his two separate lives in new songs that explained the reality of "western culture" and the mindset of a cowboy in a sometimes-alien world. It is a great honor to welcome Ian Tyson to our stage.

William Wellman Jr.

Bill is a renaissance man with many accomplishments in varied fields. He is an actor with an extended list of appearances, working here very early in his career in two Have Gun, Will Travel episodes. He is also a producer; having made a documentary on the life of his father, the famous director, William A. Wellman, entitled Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick. Now he has just published his first book about the making of Wings, directed by his father, entitled "The Man and His Wings". The Wellman Family has donated Wellman's personal script for Yellow Sky with all his notes, his director's chair, many archival items and the framed poster belonging to him, all now on display in the Museum.