Dennis Fimple

He appeared in a variety of TV shows including Here Come the Brides Petticoat Junction Matt Houston MASH 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 TJ 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 nonetoobright Devils Hole Gang member Kyle Murtry on the ABC comedywestern 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 19931994 he appeared as Garral in seven episodes of the Beau BridgesLloyd Bridges comedywestern series Harts of the West on CBS His last role was in the 2003 Rob Zombie horror film House of 1000 Corpses as the foulmouthed Grandpa Hugo Fimple was born in Taft California the son of Dolly and Elmer Fimple1 He graduated from Taft Union High School in 19582 He died in Frazier Park California in August 2002 from a car accident