mason alan dinehart played bat masterson in the movie tombstone.
mason alan dinehart played bat masterson in the movie tombstone.
who played bat masterson in the movie tombstone?
mason alan dinehart
dinehart played the youthful bat masterson who is the understudy of wyatt earp in learning the proper techniques of frontier law enforcement. earp rarely calls him "bat" but "mr. masterson" to teach the young man maturity. in a 1956 episode "bat masterson again," earp shows young masterson on the proper use of a pistol. during this time masterson was elected sheriff of ford county, kansas, which includes the county seat of dodge city. bill tilghman had been denied the right to run for sheriff again. earp as an appointed town marshal works with an elected sheriff, and their differences in jurisdiction do not cause any problems. bat's brother, ed masterson, played by brad johnson, formerly the deputy sheriff on the "annie oakley" television series, is shot in an ambush by drunken cowboys, and masterson settles the score. when earp finally comes to tombstone, arizona territory, he lacks the working relationship with sheriff johnny behan that he had in kansas with bat masterson.
mason alan dinehart
bullet::::- dearment, robert k. "bat masterson's rescue of bully bill," "true west", october 1979.









































bullet::::- dearment, robert k. "that masterson-mcdonald standoff." "true west", january 1998.









































bullet::::- dearment, robert k. "bat masterson and the boxing club war of denver." "colorado heritage", autumn 2000.









































bullet::::- dearment, robert k. "bat masterson in new york city." "wild west", june 2001.









































bullet::::- dearment, robert k. "bat masterson's femmes fatales." "true west", october 2001.









































bullet::::- dearment, robert k. "bat masterson myths." "wild west", june 2004.









































bullet::::- demattos, jack. "the president and the gunfighter," "true west", february 1976.
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