GOODBYE, MORGAN WOODWARD...

You were rough, tough and ideal for the roles you embraced.

Among westerns, you were one the most diligent, costarring with Hugh O'Brien as Shotgun Gibbs on "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp", but you also found your way into "Bonanza"; "Have Gun - Will Travel"; "Hec Ramsey"; "Branded"; "Rawhide"; "High Chapparal"; "Kung Fu"; "The Quest"; "The Big Valley"; "Bearcats!"; "Frontier Doctor"; "The Virginian"; "Cimarron Strip"; "Death Valley Days"; "Wagon Train"; and "Gunsmoke". On the big screen, there was "Death of a Gunfighter"; "Gunpoint"; "The Gun Hawk"; "Gunsight Ridge"; "Firecreek"; "Yuma"; and "Western Ho the Wagons!"

In other forms of gritty and joyful adventure, you occupied "Daniel Boone"; "The A-Team"; "Starsky and Hutch"; "T.J. Hooker"; "The Fall Guy", "It Takes a Thief"; "The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo"; and among science-fiction and the offbeat, "The Incredible Hulk"; "Fantasy Island", "Knight Rider"; "Logan's Run"; "Planet of the Apes"; "The X-Files", "Millennium" and the big-screen, cult favorite, "Battle Beyond the Stars". 

However, for a large, fandom base, you'll remain most relished for two, classic "Star Trek" episodes, "The Omega Glory" and "Dagger of the Mind", for which you gave two of your most potent portrayals. 

And yet to others, you'll be forever cherished for your steely, silent, mirrored-goggled persona in the exceptional "Cool Hand Luke".

No matter what the part, no matter what the context, you always emerged a formidable force, Mr. Woodward: an actor worthy of constant recognition ... the highest respect.