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William Leo Thourlby (January 22, 1924 – April 15, 2013) was an American actor, model and writer. He was known for his rugged, cowboy look when he appeared as the face of the Marlboro Man campaign in the 1950s. [1]
He was the Marlboro Man from 1968 until 1989. [2] He is also credited with being the most portrayed man in the world by some. [3] Philip Morris has used many cowboys for their ads but has declared that Winfield was "really the Marlboro man." [4] [5] As an adult, Winfield moved to Wyoming and began ranching.
The D-A-D song "Marlboro Man" is about the advertisements featuring the character. The Neil Young song "Big Green Country" refers to the Marlboro man as "the cancer cowboy", who was "pure as driven snow" before his death. The World Entertainment War song "Marlboro Man, Jr." begins, "The Marlboro Man is dead Long live the Marlboro Man! In our ...
In the mid-1950s he appeared in magazine and TV ads as the first widely publicized "Cowboy" Marlboro Man. [2] In 1959, he was cast as Sergeant Major Carmody, with Doug McClure as Corporal Jenkins, in the episode "The Face of Courage" of the NBC western series, Riverboat , starring Darren McGavin and Burt Reynolds .
Gene Huth of Ellet grew up to star in movies and TV shows and became an advertising icon, much to his later regret. Local history: Hollywood star David McLean, who played Marlboro Man, was an ...
Appearance. move to sidebar hide ... (21 years as the Marlboro Man) ... His life was the subject of the 1998 documentary short Castro Cowboy.
In the 1950s, Norris played the Marlboro Man in numerous Marlboro television commercials. [6] Norris was president of the American Quarter Horse Association [7] during the 1980s. Norris died on November 3, 2019, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, at the age of 90. [8]
Brad William Johnson (October 24, 1959 – February 18, 2022) [2] was an American actor and former Marlboro Man, [3] best known for his roles in films and television series during the late 1980s and 1990s. He gained prominence for his performances in Westerns and action-adventure films.