Douglas Osborne McClure (May 11, 1935 â€" February 5, 1995) was an
American actor whose career in film and television extended from the
1950s to the 1990s. He is best known for his role as the cowboy
Trampas during the entire run from 1962 to 1971 of the series The
Virginian, loosely based on the Owen Wister novel.McClure was born in
Glendale, California. His English mother, Clara Elsie (née Barker;
1907â€"1997), had moved to the United States in 1915, when her widowed
mother married an American, Frank S Artman. Clara Barker was
naturalized as an American citizen in 1918, and married Irish-American
Donald Reed McClure (1904â€"1965) in 1929. Donald and Clara were
parents to Donald Reed McClure Jr. (1931â€"2003) and then Doug. The
widowed Clara married former mayor of Beverly Hills Frank Clapp in
1971.McClure's acting career included such films as The Enemy Below,
The Unforgiven and Because They're Young, then he landed the role of
Trampas on The Virginian, a role that would make him famous. He also
starred:McClure had a minor role in 1957 as an Army officer in
"California Gold Rush in Reverse" on the anthology series Death Valley
Days. The episode is a dramatization of the race in 1848 between the
Army and the Navy to be the first to deliver gold nuggets from
California to Washington, D.C.
American actor whose career in film and television extended from the
1950s to the 1990s. He is best known for his role as the cowboy
Trampas during the entire run from 1962 to 1971 of the series The
Virginian, loosely based on the Owen Wister novel.McClure was born in
Glendale, California. His English mother, Clara Elsie (née Barker;
1907â€"1997), had moved to the United States in 1915, when her widowed
mother married an American, Frank S Artman. Clara Barker was
naturalized as an American citizen in 1918, and married Irish-American
Donald Reed McClure (1904â€"1965) in 1929. Donald and Clara were
parents to Donald Reed McClure Jr. (1931â€"2003) and then Doug. The
widowed Clara married former mayor of Beverly Hills Frank Clapp in
1971.McClure's acting career included such films as The Enemy Below,
The Unforgiven and Because They're Young, then he landed the role of
Trampas on The Virginian, a role that would make him famous. He also
starred:McClure had a minor role in 1957 as an Army officer in
"California Gold Rush in Reverse" on the anthology series Death Valley
Days. The episode is a dramatization of the race in 1848 between the
Army and the Navy to be the first to deliver gold nuggets from
California to Washington, D.C.
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