Dal Jenkins
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laaksonen-rj — 15 years ago(June 12, 2010 11:25 AM)
Dal Jenkins has been one of my favorite actors since the sixties when I, too, noticed him in Invitation to a Gunfighter. A young man who reminded me of Lee Van Cleef, with a surprisingly deep voice. Then he was in a bigger role in Young Fury, an atypical A.C. Lyles western about a gang of juvenile delinquents. I also saw him in two movies with Charlton Heston: Th16d0e War Lord and Will Penny. And that's it. Then he disappeared. According to IMDB's list of his work, he has not appeared in films or television since 1983, which is too bad.
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thxdave — 14 years ago(February 20, 2012 08:37 AM)
I just watched him in an episode of Naked City called "Tombstone for a Derelict" where he was in a gang with Robert Redford. They dressed up as Nazis and killed derelicts in order to draw attention to the cruelty in the world. When I first heard Jenkins speak, he sounded like he had been dubbed. His voice was weirdly deep but kind of "fuzzy" like he had a head full of cotton. Very odd sounding voice and a very weird episode. It must have had people scratching their heads back in 1961.
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schmidtkenn11 — 14 years ago(April 06, 2012 07:04 PM)
If this is who I think it is, he had a very dark, intense look, similar to a young John Saxon, as one of three escaped convicts in an episode of The Rifleman called "Requiem at Mission Springs" in which Mark loses the use of his legs from a riding accident.
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vestdennis — 12 years ago(June 25, 2013 02:01 AM)
I just saw him in an episode of Bonanza ("A Dime's Worth of Glory"). I recognized him but couldn't place where I had seen him. Finally I looked on here & saw where he played Smiley in The Rifleman episode.
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bastasch8647 — 10 years ago(November 28, 2015 12:52 AM)
I suppose he was too "odd" for most American cinema goers to popularize, but it's gratifying that he does have a fan base. There's just something riveting about him and his voice, and every role I've seen him play he gives a memorable performance, even tiny roles like King Herod's son Philip in
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MikeNTxs — 9 years ago(November 07, 2016 09:54 PM)
I just watched him on "Have Gun Will Travel" (episode "Bird of Time") and he was strange enough that I had to look him up here.
I agree with everything I've read here. Weirdly deep voice almost seems dubbed. Odd physicality, almost like he has some sort of physical disability; head and eye motions almost like he was at least partially blind.
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HarrySukman — 9 months ago(June 20, 2025 03:21 AM)
Athens Banner-Herald (GA) - Friday, March 19, 2004
Toccoa, GA - John Dallas "Dal" Jenkins, 62, died Wednesday, March 17, 2004. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Whitlock Mortuary. Burial will be in Stephens Memorial Gardens. Survivors include his wife, Barbara Jenkins; two daughters, Sonya Brown and Darla Arrowood, both of Toccoa; four sons, Keith Funderburk and Tony Funderburk, both of Gainesville, Andrew Jenkins, Toccoa, and Lynn Funderburk, Loganville; a sister, Carolyn Addison, Toccoa; 19 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.