| Lou Frizzell | |
| Birth Name: | Louis Francis Frizzell Jr. |
| Birth Date: | 10 June 1920 |
| Birth Place: | Missouri, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Actor, music director |
| Yearsactive: | 1955–1979 |
Lou Frizzell (June 10, 1920 - June 17, 1979)[1] was an American actor and music director who worked on Broadway productions, television shows and films. He was perhaps best known for playing Dusty Rhodes in the American western television series Bonanza.[2] Frizzell died in June 1979 of lung cancer at his home in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 59.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | The Stalking Moon | Stationmaster | ||
| 1969 | Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here | Whitewater station agent | ||
| 1969 | The Reivers | Doyle | ||
| 1970 | Halls of Anger | Phil Stuart | ||
| 1971 | Duel | School Bus Driver | ||
| 1971 | Summer of '42 | Druggist | ||
| 1972 | The Other | Uncle George | ||
| 1972 | Hickey & Boggs | Lawyer | ||
| 1972 | Rage | J.T. 'Spike' Boynton (veterinarian) | ||
| 1974 | The Man from Independence | Quilling | ||
| 1974 | Our Time | Dr. Freeman | ||
| 1974 | The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder | Fowler | ||
| 1974 | The Front Page | Endicott | ||
| 1974 | The New Land | Murdock | TV series (series regular) | |
| 1976 | Farewell to Manzanar (TV Movie) | Himself | He was the actual music teacher at Manzanar | |
| 1977 | Capricorn One | Horace Gruning | ||
| 1978 | Ruby and Oswald | Captain J. Will Fritz |