Ray Walston

New Orleans born Ray Walston, best remembered for his role as “Uncle Martin” in TV’s My Favorite Martian, was also a Tony Award Winner for his devilish turn in Damn Yankees. His distinctive characterizations include such fan favorites as The Sting and South Pacific. Younger generations might remember his for his role as “Mr. Hand” in Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

Mr. Walston appeared in the Western Musical Paint Your Wagon (he actually sang with Clint Eastwood and Lee Marvin) and made frequent guest appearances on TV Westerns such as Little House on the Prairie, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, The Outlaws, The Wild, Wild West, and The Wide Country. In the mid-’90s, he made double Emmy® Award winning appearances on Picket Fences.

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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.