Chris Alcaide

Chris Alcaide is known for a number of films and appearances in just about every Western show on TV during the mid fifties to late sixties. Born in 1923, the Ohioan actor had roles in episodes of Rawhide, Bonanza, The Big Valley, Have Gun, Will Travel, The Annie Oakley Show and The Rifleman. With piercing eyes, a cold stare and an earth-shattering deep voice, Alcaide’s specialty was menacing such heroes as Lorne Greene, Richard Boone, Clint Walker, and even Gail Davis! One of Alcaide’s favorite roles was the lead henchman who had Gig Young, Elvis Presley, and yes, Charles Bronson, shaking in their boots in Kid Galahad. The kind and fun-to-watch actor passed away in Palm Springs, California of lung cancer.

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Western film and television shows helped shape the moral values of many people in this country. Children grew up watching Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, The Lone Ranger, and many other heroes of the silver screen following the "Code of the West." The battle of wrong vs. right was the theme of virtually every Western movie and television show, and the right always prevailed.

Wildest Westerns is a Western magazine that is dedicated to revisiting those "thrilling tales of yesteryear" in the articles, interviews, reviews, and photos on our magazine pages. Some of America's most respected and remembered heroes and villains came from these Western genres. It is our hope that this Western magazine will awaken the memories in your heart, and also help bring to light the values of the Western to those who didn't have the benefit of knowing these wonderful heroes and villains. We will always remember them, and would like to say "Thank You" to all the actors, actresses, directors, producers, studios, and all the unsung heroes behind the scenes that brought us the Western.