Red, I always liked that too, the clever way they always kept us from seeing him.
And talk about two absolutely fantastic voices, he and Jay Silverheels were evenly matched in that.
Susan, that's a great list of shows and movies.
I'm fairly new to westerns, I've only been serious about watching them for a few years. TV westerns I'm completely clueless about except for Maverick and Palladin! For movies, I have always liked
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, even when I was a kid. I can't tell you how many times I've heard someone say "I don't like westerns but I love TMWSLV." So I think it was in me all along.
My main reason for watching them started out to be because my friends here at the message board were big fans, and also because I missed the midwest. I grew up in Oklahoma, then Illinois, then Wisconsin and now I'm in Connecticut, where there are trees everywhere! I really missed the wide open spaces, and that's what REALLY drew me to the western. Those westerns felt fresh and young and open, like my childhood.
So my favorites would be (sorry for the length of the list, I have way too many now that my friends here have clued me in!):
Wagon Master
The Searchers
Three Bad Men
My Darling Clementine
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Decision at Sundown
Shane
Westward the Women
The Big Trail
Devil's Doorway
The Red Man's View (1909)
The Tall T
Seven Men from Now
Roughshod
Ride the High Country (sorry

)
Four Faces West
Hell's Hinges (1916)
Wagon Train (1940)
Annie Oakley ( not sure this counts as a western but I love the wild west show)
Dodge City
Belle Starr
Go West, Young Lady