- American character actor. Educated in Santa Fe, he attended Pasadena Junior College to study drama, literature and art. His screen career (1946-1994) began and ended in westerns. Often sporting whiskers, he essayed many a grizzled sidekick to the hero. His best known role was as the cranky cook Wishbone on TV's Rawhide (1959).
- Brinegar had his only known press book biography (albeit short) in the double bill of "How to Make a Monster" and "Teenage Caveman.".
- He was helping out at a small theatre when he met an actress called Shirley and a year later they were married,.
- Body Cremated and Ashes scattered.
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