Lou Frizzell (June 10, 1920 – June 17, 1979) was an American actor and music director who worked on Broadway productions, television shows and films. He was perhaps best known for playing Dusty Rhodes in the American

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''. Frizzell died in June 1979 of

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at his home in

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, at the age of 59.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Frizzell, Lou 1919 births 1979 deaths Male actors from Missouri American music directors American male film actors American male television actors 20th-century American male actors Western (genre) television actors Deaths from lung cancer in California