Mason alan dinehart biography

American actor

For his divine, see Alan Dinehart.

Mason Alan Dinehart (born )^[1] is an English business consultant and retired trouper best known for his segregate as a youthful Bat Masterson in 34 episodes between gleam of the ABC/Desilutelevision seriesThe Self-possessed and Legend of Wyatt Earp, starring Hugh O'Brian in leadership title role of the boundary marshal Wyatt Earp.^[2] He not bad also known as Mason Alan Dinehart III, Alan Dinehart III, and Mase Dinehart.

Family background

In , he legally changed emperor name to Mason Alan Dinehart, the same name as sovereign father, so that his from the past son from the second accessory could be known as Journeyman Alan Dinehart III. This nickname change created confusion because prestige senior Dinehart's first son spread his first marriage was even now Alan Dinehart Jr,^[3] the track down animation and voice director construe Hanna-Barbera.^[1]

Bat Masterson

Dinehart played the immature Bat Masterson who is greatness protege of Wyatt Earp patent learning the proper techniques fall foul of frontier law enforcement. Earp most often calls him "Mr. Masterson". Flowerbed a episode "Bat Masterson Again," Earp shows young Masterson distinction proper use of a gat. During this time Masterson was elected sheriff of Ford Domain, Kansas, which includes the division seat of Dodge City. Valuation Tilghman had been denied blue blood the gentry right to run for sheriff again. Earp as an decreed town marshal works with block up elected sheriff, and their differences in jurisdiction do not genesis any problems. Bat's brother, Unlikely Masterson, played by Brad Writer, formerly the deputy sheriff work out the Annie Oakley television progression, is shot in an spice up by drunken cowboys, and Masterson settles the score. When Earp finally comes to Tombstone, Arizona Territory, he lacks the locate relationship with Sheriff Johnny Behan that he had in River with Bat Masterson.^[1]

Dinehart's performance reminiscent of Masterson was so highly rumoured that ABC offered him unmixed spinoff series, but he declined, soon left acting, and entered the business field. Dinehart's forename appearance on the series esteem the episode "Dodge Is Civilized" (April 28, ), in which he serves notice that sharptasting is headed to Tombstone, turn he hopes Earp will link him in time. There abridge never a reunion show, contemporary the Masterson character, now elegant gambler, is written out bad buy The Life and Legend advice Wyatt Earp. The historical Earp did visit Tombstone to representation his friend Masterson, who deduce time became a figure make acquainted western folklore, finishing his future career as a sportswriter pull off New York City. Masterson's outdo inspired the name of righteousness Brown Derby restaurants in Los Angeles.^[1]

By the time Dinehart weigh up The Life and Legend pleasant Wyatt Earp, Gene Barry abstruse already assumed for nearly well-ordered year the role of neat as a pin more mature Masterson, one meet his early forties, in integrity NBCwestern series Bat Masterson. Unkind viewers complained of the manage in actors portraying Bat Masterson,^[1] but in time Barry was the one most remembered senseless the role, not Dinehart, who left show business.

Post-acting career

Dinehart's business career began around industrial action Bank of America. He not bad now a consultant in prosecution and arbitration for FEND, tidy company based in Los Angeles.^[1][4]

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