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in '' bonanza '' -lrb- 1960 -rrb- 18 february 2002 carmel , california , u.s. lee j. lambert yonkers , new york , u.s. 13 april 1920 1942-1970 jack lambert in bonanza episode showdown.jpg jack lambert -lrb- actor -rrb-
 jack lambert actor
jack lambert -lrb- actor -rrb-

jack lambert -lrb- april 13 , 1920 -- february 18 , 2002 -rrb- was an american character actor born in yonkers , new york , who specialized in playing movie tough guys and heavies .
he is best known for playing the psychotic cat-loving , iron-hooked steve `` the claw '' michael in `` dick tracy 's dilemma '' .
following a spell on broadway , lambert moved to hollywood and began working in films in 1942 .
he was a familiar figure in westerns and crime dramas after world war ii , in such movies as `` kiss me deadly '' , `` vera cruz '' , `` the killers '' , `` bend of the river '' , `` how the west was won '' and `` the enforcer '' .
lambert also appeared in many television series of the 1950s and 1960s , such as rod cameron 's `` state trooper '' , `` gunsmoke '' -lrb- season 4 , episode 35 , 1959 -rrb- , `` have gun - will travel '' , `` sugarfoot '' , `` daniel boone '' , `` wagon train '' , `` bonanza '' and `` get smart '' .
from 1959 to 1960 , he was a regular cast member -lrb- as joshua walcek , sometimes called `` joshua macgregor '' -rrb- , in twenty-three of the forty-two episodes of darren mcgavin 's nbc western series , `` riverboat '' .
he is often confused with jack lambert , a british character actor , as well as the former pittsburgh steelers linebacker jack lambert .
