Richard Jaeckel

Richard Jaeckel, though baby-faced, always managed to look
tough on screen, and never seemed to age, even close to the time
of his death at age 70.

Born in New York, he moved to Hollywood with his family in the
1940s. He picked up a job in the mail room at 20th Century Fox
Studios, and moved up to being an actor.

Not a tall man, he was strong and athletic, and made a marvelous
villain and action hero in noteworthy westerns…………………………..

Wildest Westerns Magazine Awards!

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.