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Victor Edwin French (December 4, 1934 - June 15, 1989) was an American actor and director. Born in Santa Barbara, California, to Ted French, an actor and stuntman who appeared in westerns in the 1940s, Victor later appeared with his father in one episode of Gunsmoke entitled "Prime Of Life" in 1966, as well as a war film in 1963 called The Quick And The Dead. Ted French died in 1978. Following in his father's footsteps, French also began his television career as a stuntman in mostly westerns and anthology shows. During this period, he guest starred in some thirty-nine television series,... MORE

Victor Edwin French (December 4, 1934 - June 15, 1989) was an American actor and director. Born in Santa Barbara, California, to Ted French, an actor and stuntman who appeared in westerns in the 1940s, Victor later appeared with his father in one episode of Gunsmoke entitled "Prime Of Life" in 1966, as well as a war film in 1963 called The Quick And The Dead. Ted French died in 1978. Following in his father's footsteps, French also began his television career as a stuntman in mostly westerns and anthology shows. During this period, he guest starred in some thirty-nine television series, including the episode "The Noose" of the syndicated series Two Faces West; his fellow guest star on the segment was veteran western star L.Q. Jones. He appeared twenty-three times on the long-running Western drama Gunsmoke, often playing a crook, whether dangerous or bumbling. On October 25, 1971, he portrayed a cold-hearted gunman named "Trafton", who while robbing the communion vessels in a Roman Catholic church murders a priest. As the clergyman lies dying, he forgives his killer, a development which dogs Trafton, who holds human life in low regard, for the entire episode until he is shot to LESS