By then both famous and infamous, he was widely known as . James Butler Hickok (May 27, 1837 - August 2, 1876), better known as " Wild Bill " Hickok, was a folk hero of the American Old West known for his life on the frontier as a soldier, scout, lawman, cattle rustler, gunslinger, gambler, showman, and actor, and for his involvement in many famous gunfights. The film was a big hit, even though it was overshadowed by The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), another film on a similar theme. He then joined General James Henry Lane's Kansas Brigade, and while serving with the brigade, saw his friend Buffalo Bill Cody, who was serving as a scout. [6][35] Witnesses confirm that while working as a scout at Fort Harker, Kansas, on May 11, 1867, Hickok was attacked by a large group of Indians, who fled after he shot and killed two. Thomas Carr. A U.S. We drove on to Beatrice and at the trial, his plea was self-defense; no one appeared against him, and he was cleared. [34]:34 The show featured six buffalo, a bear, and a monkey, and one show ended in disaster when a buffalo refused to act, prompting Hickok to fire a bullet into the sky. Drawn to this ruffian lifestyle, he headed west at age 18 as a fugitive from justice, working as a stagecoach driver and later as a lawman in the frontier territories of Kansas and Nebraska. Eulogized and ostracized, James Butler Hickok was alternately labeled courageous, affable, and self confident; cowardly, cold-blooded, and drunken; a fine specimen of physical manhood; an overdressed dandy with perfumed hair; an unequaled marksman; a poor shot. He had three brothers, Wayne, Harold and David, and a sister, Rosemary. A highly fictional film account of Hickok's later years and death, titled Wild Bill (1995), stars Jeff Bridges as Hickok and David Arquette as Jack McCall, and was written and directed by Walter Hill. While delivering his own brand of frontier justice, the infamous gunfighter's reput Read allLegendary lawman and gunslinger, Wild Bill Hickok, is tasked with taming the wildest cow-town in the west. "[49], Hickok and Phil Coe, a saloon owner and acquaintance of Hardin's, had a dispute that resulted in a shootout. [citation needed], On August 1, 1876, Hickok was playing poker at Nuttal & Mann's Saloon No. Wild Bill Hickok: No one's harmless with a gun and a belly full of liquor. For confirmation that Hickok was employed as a U.S. Army scout fighting Indians in Kansas in the summer of 1867, see Ames, George Augustus, Russell, Majors and Waddell freight company, List of cultural depictions of Wild Bill Hickok, "How many men did Wild Bill Hickok actually kill? Sullivan's a good customer. [3][11], Madison's second starring role paired him with fellow Selznick contract player Shirley Temple in Honeymoon (1947), which was a huge flop. Madison married the actress Gail Russell in 1949. Produced on a budget of $30 million, it took in just over $2 million in the United States. He had been a marshal in Hays City, and then Abilene, Kansas, gaining a reputation as a man who could pacify an untamed community. Mulvey wheeled his horse around to face those who might shoot him from behind, and before he realized he had been fooled, Hickok shot him through the temple. [31], Several weeks later, an interview Hickok gave to Colonel George Ward Nichols, a journalist who subsequently became known as the creator of the Hickok legend,[32] was published in Harper's New Monthly Magazine. Marshal. The bullet emerged through his right cheek and struck another player, riverboat captain William Massie, in the left wrist. Following his retirement, Madison built a large ranch home in Morongo Valley, California. [72] As of 2020, the flag is no longer flown. "[56], Martha Jane Cannary, known popularly as Calamity Jane, claimed in her autobiography that she was married to Hickok and had divorced him so he could be free to marry Agnes Lake, but no records that support her account have been found. 6. [51], Hickok was relieved of his duties as marshal less than two months after the accidental shooting, this incident being only one of a series of questionable shootings and claims of misconduct during his career. McCall was found guilty and sentenced to death. [citation needed], Buffalo Bill claimed that he encountered Hickok disguised as a Confederate officer in Missouri in 1864. He both fueled it and was a prisoner of it, that it was his raison d'etre, and at the same time he felt himself very constrained by it. The script was based on several sources. 7 Episodes 1951. Joe then begins telling an exaggerated tale of Bill's past exploits; Bill grows upset, leaves the saloon and goes to an opium den. The murderer escaped. The new trial was held in Yankton, the capital of the Dakota Territory. James Butler Hickok (May 27, 1837 August 2, 1876), better known as "Wild Bill" Hickok, was a folk hero of the American Old West known for his life on the frontier as a soldier, scout, lawman, cattle rustler, gunslinger, gambler, showman, and actor, and for his involvement in many famous gunfights. See More by this Creator. Picks on rebels, especially Texans, to kill." | [4] Production [ edit] director of photography (as Lloyd Ahern) Film Editing by Freeman A. Davies . "[3] Dexter wrote a script based on his novel which was sent to Barry Levinson and Sydney Pollack before going to Hill. Filming & Production Deadwood had no legal standing, but Laramie, Wyoming, did. The watch had great sentimental value to Hickok, so he asked Tutt not to wear it in public. One of Hickok's first jobs was as a bodyguard. [28] Strawhun "made remarks against Hickok", and Hickok killed him with a shot through the head. Who Played Wild Bill Hickok? Jingles described Hickok as "the bravest, strongest, fightingest U.S. Eventually winding up in Cheyenne, a man named Will Plummer, whom Bill crippled years earlier after killing his brother, calls him out. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Madison was borrowed by William Castle for Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven (1948). Teens who join the Pony Express include a young Wild Bill Hickok and 'Billy' Cody (who grew up to be Buffalo Bill). Jeff Bridges and Ellen Barkin signed to star. Your Birth Certificate is Incorrect, Sir. Wild Bill Hickok, byname of James Butler Hickok, (born May 27, 1837, Homer [now Troy Grove], Illinois, U.S.died August 2, 1876, Deadwood, Dakota Territory [now in South Dakota, U.S.]), American frontiersman, army scout, and lawman who helped bring order to the frontier West. He earned a great deal of notoriety in his own time, much of it bolstered by the many outlandish and often fabricated tales he told about himself. Citizens of the town complained to Hickok, who requested that Thompson and Coe remove the image. The Spectator March 13, 1997: C6. He was one of the early "heroes of . authorities, and after trial has been sentenced to death for willful murder. Updated on March 08, 2017. ), 18721886. In 1860, Hickok was badly injured by a bear, while driving a freight team from Independence, Missouri, to Santa Fe, New Mexico. [54], Charles Snyder, the Lucien Howe Librarian of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, said "Granular conjunctivitis, ophtalmia, trachomacall it what you willwas common on the Western Frontier. RKO gave him a starring role in Till the End of Time, a drama about veterans returning after World War II (1946). Marshal in the whole West." (6 episodes, 2019) Series Cinematography by Series Film Editing by Series Casting By Sarah Crowe . Actor Guy Madison played Bill in the TV series "The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok" for seven years in the 1950s. And that's about it: he beat up all the bad guys and somehow kept his good looks.Hickok rode Buckshot while 300-pound Jingles rode Joker. Hickok was sent from Abilene to arrest Matt Dillon (William Conrad) for the murder of a man he had thrown out of Dodge earlier that month. Hickok left his new bride a few months later, joining Charlie Utter's wagon train to seek his fortune in the gold fields of South Dakota. He noted that the sound was similar to tapping a brick wall and believed the remains weighed more than 400lb (180kg). As a result, calcium carbonate from the surrounding soil had replaced the flesh, leading to petrifaction. [9][41], The second killed by Hickok was Samuel Strawhun, a cowboy, who was causing a disturbance in a saloon at 1:00 am on September 27, when Hickok and Lanihan went to the scene. While a Jayhawker, he met 12-year-old William Cody (later known as "Buffalo Bill"), who, despite his youth, served as a scout just two years later for the U.S. Army during the Utah War. He was arrested while using the name Haycock in 1865. And that's about it: he beat up all Hickok rode Buckshot while 300-pound Jingles rode Joker. Jack offers to let Bill kill himself with a gun loaded with one bullet, but deliberately takes the last bullet out so Bill will be humiliated when he tries to shoot him. It was nice reading the other posts, for I too was a huge fan of The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickock. FOX Business 'Legends & Lies' recounts the life of American old west James Butler 'Wild Bill' Hickok, an unruly lawman and gunslinger.#FoxBusiness #FoxSubscr. Outlaw John Wesley Hardin arrived in Abilene at the end of a cattle drive in early 1871. The series ran for seven years. Wild Bill Hickok was born James Butler Hickok in Homer, Illinois on May 27, 1837. At Wild Bill Hickok's funeral, his friend Charley Prince recalls Hickok's final days in Deadwood. [74] He wore his revolvers butt-forward in a belt or sash (when wearing city clothes or buckskins, respectively), and seldom used holsters; he drew the pistols using a "reverse", "twist", or cavalry draw, as would a cavalryman. Above: Bill Elliott rides to the rescue through a herd of stampeding cattle in Valley of Vanishing Men. "George Ward Nichols and the Legend of Wild Bill Hickok. "[1], The film was shot in Los Angeles, including at Universal Studios and Warner Bros. Studios. Under the name "Wild Bill Hitchcock" [sic], the article recounted the "hundreds" of men whom Hickok had personally killed and other exaggerated exploits. Babe says he entirely made up the nature of Jack McCall, whom he turned into Hickok's illegitimate son. The series took the usual liberties with history, and ran three. They separated in November 1960 and divorced in April 1963. Jack and his posse agree on a new plan as Bill continues to bemoan his bad luck. This series gave way to a new one in 1944, when Republic cast Elliott as . [1] He attended Bakersfield College, a junior college, for two years and then worked briefly as a telephone lineman before joining the United States Navy in 1942, during World War II. The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok starred Guy Madison as the legendary Old West lawman (in real life, also a gunfighter) United States Marshal James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok, and Andy Devine as his comedy sidekick, Jingles P. Jones. Paramount Pictures' Western silent film Wild Bill Hickok (released on November 18, 1923) was directed by Clifford Smith and stars William S. Hart as Hickok. 2. [65][66], McCall was summoned before an informal "miners' jury" (an ad hoc local group of miners and businessmen). McCall was extradited to Yankton, South Dakota, where he was tried for murder. [22] He died of emphysema at the Desert Hospital Hospice in Palm Springs, California, on February 6, 1996, at the age of 74. "Figures like Wild Bill were like rock stars," said Lili Zanuck. Although McCall accepted the money, he was apparently insulted. "The Custer-Hickok Shootout in Hays City. Will Jason. [44] In his 1895 autobiography, published after his death, Hardin claimed to have been befriended by Hickok, the newly elected town marshal, after he had disarmed the marshal using the road agent's spin, but Hardin was known to exaggerate. He is best known for playing Wild Bill Hickok in the Western television series The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok from 1951 to 1958. McCall alleged that John Varnes, a Deadwood gambler, had paid him to murder Wild Bill. [69] In 1979, Hickok was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame. Wild Bill Hickok: Your good customer just tried to bushwhack me. "[5] Roger Ebert gave the film two stars out of four, criticizing its pacing and plot. Bill goes back to the den and reminisces about the night he met Susannah. His work included identifying and counting the number of troops in uniform who were drinking while on duty, verifying hotel liquor licenses, and tracking down individuals who owed money to the cash-strapped Union Army. 97,784: 4.23: Movies: Aug 15, 2014: 3 Characters (Animated Edition) 41,124: 4.58: Movies: Aug 26, 2014: 3 Roles (Comedy Edition) 40,871: 4.20: Movies: [40]:192, On July 17, 1870, Hickok was attacked by two troopers from the 7th U.S. Cavalry, Jeremiah Lonergan and John Kyle (sometimes spelled Kile),[42] in a saloon. As vile a character as I ever met for some cause Wild Bill incurred Coe's hatred and he vowed to secure the death of the marshal. [20], On July 12, 1861, David McCanles went to the Rock Creek Station office to demand an overdue property payment from Horace Wellman, the station manager. [5] William Hickok died in 1852, when James was 15. "I believe in the old adage that when you see the trailer for your movie and it's very different from the movie you've actually made, then you can assume the studio wanted something else," Hill said. Calamity Jane is reputed to have led a mob that threatened McCall with lynching, but at the time of Hickok's death, Jane was actually being held by military authorities. Jack pulls a hidden derringer from his sleeve, gathers his nerve, and shoots Bill in the back of the head. Coe claimed that he was shooting at a stray dog,[g] and then suddenly turned his gun on Hickok, who fired first and killed Coe. Marshal. | Not a word was uttered. I don't believe that any genre dies. He had an affair with Gia Scala and, before her death, she made him the beneficiary to her portion of the Screen Actors Pension Fund. He wanted me to go with him, and as we started on our way, imagine my surprise and uncomfortable feeling when he announced his intention of stopping at the McCanles home. On October 5, 1871, Hickok was standing off a crowd during a street brawl when Coe fired two shots. I will be. [c] However, if they felt the threat of danger was real and imminent, he instructed they could apply the unwritten law of the "fair fight" and acquit. In any case, Hardin appeared to have thought highly of Hickok. ", "James Butler Hickok May 27 1837 - August 2 1876 Better known as "Wild Bill" Hickok", "James Butler 'Wild Bill' Hickok, Early Deadwood", "Nebraska Legends: Rock Creek Station and the McCanles Massacre", "Chronology on Life of James Butler HICKOK, Wild Bill Hickok, Old West Kansas", "Rock Creek Station State Historical Park", "Legal Culture, Wild Bill Hickok and the Gunslinger Myth", "Myths and Realities of Frontier Violence: A Look at the Gunfighter Saga", "Frontier Hero - Reminiscences of Wild Bill Hickok by his old Friend Buffalo Bill", "The State Journal (Jefferson City, Mo. Despite Charley trying to apologize for Bill and the mob harassing him, Jack does not relent. And Garret Dillahunt is one of today's most talented. In 1857, Hickok claimed a 160-acre (65ha) tract in Johnson County, Kansas, near present-day Lenexa. Personal account of the foreman of the Overland Stage Company stations, as given to, Judge Boyd told the jury, "The defendant cannot set up justification that he acted in self-defense if he was willing to engage in a fight with the deceased. A renowned marksman and Civil War spy, Hickok was known for his skills with a pair of twin Colt revolvers, killing somewhere between eight and 100 men, depending on whose stories you believe. Marshal James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok, Episode: "Yesterday's Love/Fountain of Youth", This page was last edited on 12 April 2023, at 07:50. This, in turn, was destroyed by souvenir hunters and replaced in 1902 by a life-sized sandstone sculpture of Hickok. Actor By Action Role. "He's kind of a male-oriented director, and he has great knowledge of the West and all of the folklore and all of the heroes. [9], Shortly before his death, Hickock wrote a letter to his new wife, which read in part, "Agnes Darling, if such should be we never meet again, while firing my last shot, I will gently breathe the name of my wifeAgnesand with wishes even for my enemies I will make the plunge and try to swim to the other shore. He replaced Tom "Bear River" Smith, who had been killed while serving an arrest warrant on November 2, 1870. Bill kills the man in self-defense, but Susannah is distraught, and a young Jack witnesses the killing. The next day a mob brings Jack to Bill; Jack tells Bill that he aims to kill him because Bill mistreated his mother, Susannah Moore. A woman who works at the den tells a local prostitute, Lurline, about how often Bill visits to use opium, and she shares this information with Jack. Hickok was assigned to bring the men to Topeka for trial, and he requested a military escort from Fort Hays. They refused, so Hickok altered it himself. 1. Their quick-draw duel was recorded as the first of its kind. Calamity Jane was reported to have been buried next to Hickok according to her dying wish. After touring the country in a Wild West show with the likes of Buffalo Bill Cody, Hickok drifted from place to place, drinking heavily and gambling even more. 2, serial number 29963, a .32 rimfire with a six-inch barrel, blued finish, and varnished rosewood grips. At the end of the trial, Judge Sempronius H. Boyd told the jury they could not find Hickok acted in self-defense if he could have reasonably avoided the fight. A former cavalryman, J.W. He was known as a gunfighter and gambler who fought in the Civil War and was a scout for Custer's Cavalry. Somehow the director managed to lower that bar considerably. That night, he returns to the saloon, which is empty because a gold vein was discovered nearby, and everyone left to set up their claims. Elliott made his planned move to Republic in 1943, and was immediately given a B-western series there, in which he played (and was billed as) "Wild Bill Elliott.". He became a deputy U.S. marshal, and on March 28, 1868, he picked up 11 Union Army deserters who had been charged with stealing government property. He seemed to understand his own legend. During his career, Madison was given a special Golden Globe Award in 1954 and two stars (radio, television) on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. The website's critical consensus reads: "Crowded with talent on either side of the camera, Wild Bill shoots itself in the foot with a surprisingly muddled take on the story of the titular folk hero. "Walter Hill Rides Again 'Wild Bill,' the action director's latest effort, breaks out of saloon territory to explore the fields of moral ambiguity", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wild_Bill_(1995_film)&oldid=1149296565, Biographical films about people of the American Old West, Short description is different from Wikidata, All Wikipedia articles written in American English, Rotten Tomatoes template using name parameter, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 11 April 2023, at 10:23. This made it difficult for the men to carry the remains to the new site. They had ivory grips and nickel plating, and were ornately engraved with "J.B. Hickok1869" on the backstrap. Meanwhile, Bill and Jane share a bath, and argue because Bill will not explain his distant and unusual behavior. Jingles described Hickok as "the bravest, strongest, fightingest U.S. Terrible direction, no style of any kind whatsoever.. terrible sound editing,, a gunshot sounds like someone farted loudly.. awfully clichd dialogue, wooden acting at its worst, lighting was poor, cinematography was childlike and vacuous,. Writing in 1911, he detailed his admiration for Hickok and included a paragraph on the shooting that differs considerably from the reported account: "Phil" Coe was from Texas, ran the "Bull's Head" a saloon and gambling den, sold whiskey and men's souls. [citation needed], Henry M. Stanley, of the Weekly Missouri Democrat, reported Hickok to be "an inveterate hater of Indian People", perhaps to enhance his reputation as a scout and American fighter, but separating fact from fiction is difficult considering his recruitment of Indians to cross the nation to appear in his own Wild West show. The cemetery was moved in 1881, and when McCall's body was exhumed, the noose was found still around his neck.[69]. Hickok managed to fire another shot, wounding the bear's paw. It is difficult to separate the truth from fiction about Hickok who was the first "dime novel" hero of the western era, with his exploits presented in heroic form, making him seem larger than . 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