Lee Horsley

Lee Horsley Headshot

Actor

Birth Date: May 15, 1955

Age: 69 years old

Birth Place: Muleshoe, Texas

Born in the tiny town of Muleshoe, TX, actor Lee Horsley started singing in church as a youngster in the Denver area, his vocal talents eventually leading him to tour in stage productions of "West Side Story," "Damn Yankees," "Oklahoma!" and "1776" prior to his arrival in Hollywood. He began his TV career as detective Archie Goodwin (opposite William Conrad) in the 1981 NBC drama series "Nero Wolfe" but is best known for his starring role as the detective "Matt Houston" (ABC, 1982-1985). A true outdoorsman, who enjoys fly fishing and horseback riding and participates in celebrity rodeos and other sporting events, Horsley has lent his six-foot-four-inch rugged good looks to a wide array of TV-movies, including "Agatha Christie's '13 at Dinner'" (CBS, 1985), "Danielle Steele's 'Palomino'" (NBC, 1991) and "The Corpse Had a Familiar Face" (CBS, 1994), as well as two ABC miniseries, "North and South: Book II" and "Crossings" (both 1986), adapted from the best-selling novel by Danielle Steele.

After short series runs with "Guns of Paradise" (ABC, 1988), "Bodies of Evidence" (ABC, 1992-93) and "Hawkeye" (syndicated, 1994-95), Horsley landed the part of wealthy rancher Gardner Poole (opposite Bo Derek) on NBC's very short-lived "Wind on Water" (1998). His only feature appearance (to date) was as the star of "The Sword and the Sorcerer" (1982), a film that has acquired through the years a devoted following among fantasy film buffs. He took time away from Hollywood in 1987 and 1988 to return to his great love, musical theater, playing legendary silent screen director Mack Sennett in the revival of Jerry Herman's "Mack & Mabel" at the Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey.

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The Hateful EightStream

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Ed
Movie
2015
75%

Django UnchainedStream

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Sheriff Gus (Snowy Snow)
Movie
2012
87%

Tales of an Ancient EmpireStream

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Talon
Movie
2010

Showdown at Area 51

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Diamond Joe Carson
Movie
2007

Dismembered

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Joe Kenny
Movie
2003

El Hombre de las Pesadillas

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Ed Cody
Movie
1999

Nightmare Man

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Ed Cody
Movie
1999

Wind on Water

Actor
Show
1998

Home Song

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Tom Gardner
Movie
1996

The Care and Handling of Roses

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Tom Doster
Movie
1996

Touched by an AngelStream

Guest Star
Series
1994

HawkeyeStream

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Natty "Hawkeye" Bumppo
Series
1994

Terreur sous les tropiques

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Movie
1994

French Silk

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Detective Cassidy
Movie
1994

The Corpse Had a Familiar Face

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Ben Nicholson
Movie
1994

Unlawful Passage

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Peter Browning
Movie
1994

Lingerie Muy Fina

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Movie
1994

Bodies of Evidence

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Series
1992

Palomino

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Tate Jordan
Movie
1991

The Face of Fear

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Graham Harris
Movie
1990

Le Visage du tueur

Actor
Movie
1990

Single Women, Married Men

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Ross Marino
Movie
1989

Paradise: A Gathering of Guns

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Ethan Allen Cord
Movie
1989

Guns of Paradise

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Ethan Allen Cord
Series
1988

Infidelity

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Nick Denato
Movie
1987

North and South, Book II

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Rafe Beaudeen
Miniseries
1986

Danielle Steel's Crossings

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Show
1986

When Dreams Come True

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Alex Kazloff
Movie
1985

Thirteen at Dinner

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Bryan Martin
Movie
1985

Matt Houston

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Matt Houston
Series
1982

The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch

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Captain John Cain
Movie
1982

Matt Houston

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Matt Houston
Movie
1982

The Sword and the SorcererStream

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Talon
Movie
1982
67%

Nero Wolfe

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Archie Goodwin
Series
1981

Breakaway

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Michael Matlock
Movie
1956