Dennis Fimple
Dennis Clarke Fimple (November 11, 1940 – August 23, 2002) was an American actor. Biography. Fimple was born in Ventura, California, the son of Dolly and Elmer Fimple. He graduated from Taft Union High School in 1958 and received a teaching certificate from San Jose State University, where he majored in Drama. He appeared in a variety of TV shows including "Here Come the Brides", "Petticoat Junction", "Matt Houston", "M*A*S*H", "Centennial", "Simon & Simon", "Highway to Heaven", "Sledge Hammer!", "Knight Rider", "Quantum Leap" and "ER". He also had roles in films such as "Truck Stop Women" (1974), "The Apple Dumpling  Gang" (1975), "Mackintosh and T.J." (1975), "Stay Hungry" (1976), "King Kong" (1976), "The Shadow of Chikara" (1977), "Goin' South" (1978), "The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch" (1982) and "Maverick" (1994), and shared the lead in "Bootleggers" (1974) and "Creature from Black Lake" (1976). His most popular role was that of the lovable but none-too-bright "Devil's Hole Gang" member, Kyle Murtry, on the ABC comedy/western series, "Alias Smith and Jones", starring Pete Duel and Ben Murphy. Fimple appeared in seven episodes and remains a favorite of fans of the series. In 1993-1994, he appeared as Garral  in seven episodes of the Beau Bridges/Lloyd Bridges comedy/western series "Harts of the West" on CBS. His last role was in the 2003 Rob Zombie horror film, "House of 1000 Corpses", as the foul-mouthed Grandpa Hugo. Fimple died in his Frazier Park home, where he was recovering from injuries sustained in a car accident on August 19.