Wayde Preston Death
Wayde passed away on February 6, 1992 at the age of 62 in Lovelock, Nevada, USA. Wayde's cause of death was colon cancer.
When did Wayde Preston die?
February 6, 1992How did Wayde Preston die? What was the cause of death?
Colon cancerHow old was Wayde Preston when died?
62Where did Wayde Preston die? What was the location of death?
Lovelock, Nevada, USA
Wayde Preston Birthday and Date of Death
Wayde Preston was born on September 10, 1929 and died on February 6, 1992. Wayde was 62 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: September 10, 1929
Date of Death: February 6, 1992
Age at Death: 62
Wayde Preston - Biography
Wayde Preston (September 10, 1929 – February 6, 1992) was an American actor cast from 1957 to 1960 in the lead role in sixty-seven episodes of the ABC/Warner Brothers western television series, Colt .45. He is also known for his appearance in the title role of an acclaimed 1959 episode entitled "The Saga of Waco Williams" of another ABC/WB western series, Maverick.
In Colt .45 he played Christopher Colt, a government undercover agent who masquerades as a pistol salesman traveling throughout the Old West. The series lasted until Preston, like James Garner and Clint Walker during the same period, ran afoul of the Warner Brothers studio and their production demands. Donald May replaced Preston in 1959 and 1960 in the role of Colt's cousin, Sam Colt Jr., but only in four episodes.
"The Saga of Waco Williams" is a critical favorite that paired Preston with James Garner, as Bret Maverick, and drew more viewers than any other Maverick episode; it remains one of Preston's career milestones. Tom Selleck's recurring comical character of Lance White in NBC's later The Rockford Files, starring James Garner, is loosely based by writer/producer Stephen J. Cannell upon Waco Williams (Selleck and Preston resembled each other.) After these appearances, Selleck in 1980 immediately procured his own CBS series, Magnum, P.I.
Preston played some 20 roles in television and films between 1957-91. Following his departure from Colt .45 he went to Europe, where he appeared in numerous spaghetti westerns including Vic Morrow's A Man Called Sledge opposite James Garner as well as the 1968 film Anzio about the World War II Battle of Anzio. Preston played the role of Logan in another 1968 film, Wrath of God; he was then cast in 1969 as Marshal Johnny Silver in Death Knows No Time.
