Warren Vanders

Who was Warren Vanders?

Warren Vanders was an American character actor on television and in films. He was initially a substitute teacher for the Montebello Unified School District in California 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, Bonanza, Daniel Boone, Alias Smith and Jones, Gunsmoke, Kung Fu, 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.