Warren Vanders

Warren Vanders (May 23, 1930 – November 27, 2009) was an American character actor on television and in films. He was initially a substitute teacher for the Montebello Unified School District, he was also a substitute Math teacher at El Rancho High School in Pico Rivera California not only was he a great teacher, he had a sense of humor that his students appreciated and enjoyed, before he broke into the entertainment industry.

He was born in San Fernando, California, as Warren John Vanderschuit. Under the name Warren Vanders, he secured a recurring role as Chuck Davis in fifteen episodes of the NBC modern western television series, Empire, starring Richard Egan.

He guest starred in such series as Tate, The Big Valley (twice), Bonanza (five times), Daniel Boone (eight times), Alias Smith and Jones (as Curly Red Johnson in "The Day the Amnesty Came Through"), Gunsmoke (twelve times), Kung Fu, Hawaii Five O and How the West Was Won. He appeared in such films as Nevada Smith, Hot Lead and Cold Feet and in the John Wayne film, Rooster Cogburn in the role of as Bagsby.

Vanders died on November 27, 2009, at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena, California, following a battle with lung cancer. He was seventy-nine years old.