Lee Horsley
Actor
Biography
Lee Arthur Horsley is an American film, television, and theater actor known for starring roles in the television series Nero Wolfe, Matt Houston, and Paradise. He starred in the 1982 film The Sword and the Sorcerer and recorded the audiobook edition of Lonesome Dove.
Horsley began his acting career touring in stage productions of West Side Story, Damn Yankees, and Oklahoma!. In 1981, he portrayed TV detective Archie Goodwin in the short-lived NBC drama series Nero Wolfe. He played the title character in the detective series Matt Houston, as well as Ethan Allen Cord in the Western Heritage Award-winning series Paradise. This was followed by a lead role on Bodies of Evidence.
He appeared in the feature-length cult film The Sword and the Sorcerer in 1982, and appeared in its sequel Tales of an Ancient Empire in 2010. He recorded the audiobook edition of Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove. In 2006, Horsley and Marshall R. Teague traveled the world in search of exotic game on the Outdoor Life Network for the reality show, Benelli's Dream Hunts. In 2012. he appeared in the Quentin Tarantino film Django Unchained, as Sheriff Gus, and also has a role as a stagecoach driver in Tarantino's 2015 western The Hateful Eight.
Filmography
The Hateful Eight
as Ed 2015
The Sword and the Sorcerer
as Talon 1982
Thirteen at Dinner
as Bryan Martin 1985
Tales of an Ancient Empire
as Talon 2010
Showdown at Area 51
as Diamond Joe Carson 2007
The Face of Fear
as Graham Harris 1990
Palomino
as Tate Jordan 1991
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self 1985
French Silk
as Detective Cassidy 1994
Unlawful Passage
as Peter Browning 1994
When Dreams Come True
as Alex Kazloff 1985
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
as Ben Nicholson 1994
Infidelity
as Nick Denato 1987
The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch
as Capt. John Cain 1982
Dismembered
as Joe Kenny 2003
Single Women, Married Men
as Ross Marino 1989