Wilbanks was born in Holdenville, Oklahoma, and moved to California to live with his mother when his father was called to active duty at the outbreak of World War II (1939). After the war, he attended Montana State University, where he was a star on the football field. After being invited to join an amateur theater group in San Diego (Drury Lane Theater), he decided to leave his successful service station business, and moved to North Hollywood in 1955 with his young family to start his professional acting career. Wilbanks was first cast as an extra in several movies and television shows. His first credited role came in the 1958 episode of Tales of Wells Fargo titled "The Sooners". Additional roles came in mostly other Western TV shows throughout the 1960s.[1]
wilbanks, born, thomas, donald, wilbanks, october, 1926, july, 2013, american, actor, appeared, such, television, series, rawhide, tate, twilight, zone, tales, wells, fargo, laramie, masterson, life, legend, wyatt, earp, bonanza, cheyenne, convoy, rango, maybe. Don Wilbanks born Thomas Donald Wilbanks October 4 1926 July 26 2013 was an American actor who appeared in such television series as Rawhide Tate Twilight Zone Tales of Wells Fargo Laramie Bat Masterson The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp Bonanza Cheyenne Convoy Rango Mayberry R F D The Guns of Will Sonnett 77 Sunset Strip Ironside Mod Squad Lancer The Virginian one of which was in 1970 when he appeared as Meyers on The Men From Shiloh which was the rebranded name that year for The Virginian Charlie s Angels and Lawman among others Don WilbanksDon Wilbanks in Tate 1960BornThomas Donald WilbanksOctober 4 1926Holdenville Oklahoma USADiedJuly 26 2013 2013 07 26 aged 86 NationalityAmericanYears active1955 1977Wilbanks was born in Holdenville Oklahoma and moved to California to live with his mother when his father was called to active duty at the outbreak of World War II 1939 After the war he attended Montana State University where he was a star on the football field After being invited to join an amateur theater group in San Diego Drury Lane Theater he decided to leave his successful service station business and moved to North Hollywood in 1955 with his young family to start his professional acting career Wilbanks was first cast as an extra in several movies and television shows His first credited role came in the 1958 episode of Tales of Wells Fargo titled The Sooners Additional roles came in mostly other Western TV shows throughout the 1960s 1 Wilbanks died on July 26 2013 2 Television edit1969 The Virginian TV series saison 7 episode 21 Eileen Brady 1970 The Virginian TV series Men of Shiloh saison 9 episode 01 The West vs Colonel MacKenzie MeyersReferences edit Gridiron Star Finds TV Plays Rough Game The Vindicator May 9 1959 Obituary Thomas D Wilbanks Tributes com External links editDon Wilbanks at IMDb Films and TV motion picture listing for Don Wilbanks at the Wayback Machine archived 2012 05 21 nbsp This article about an American television actor born in the 1920s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Don Wilbanks amp oldid 1195033830, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
