Arvo Ojala

Arvo Ojala was born on February 21, 1920 in Seattle, Washington, USA. He was an actor, known for Silverado (1985), Back to the Future Part III (1990) and Three Amigos! (1986). He was married to Doris Seversen. He died on July 1, 2005 in Gresham, Oregon, USA.




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Arvo Ojala was born on February 21, 1920 in Seattle, Washington, USA. He was an actor, known for Silverado (1985), Back to the Future Part III (1990) and Three Amigos! (1986). He was married to Doris Seversen. He died on July 1, 2005 in Gresham, Oregon, USA.


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A legendary Hollywood quick-draw expert and gun coach, he appeared as the anonymous bad guy who loses the gun duel with James Arness' Marshal Matt Dillon in the opening of the long-running weekly TV series Gunsmoke (1955). Arvo once said that the royalties that he earned from that one scene paid for many Cadillacs over the years.Of Finnish descent. Said that his success came from having "sisu" - the Finnish word for a person's driving focus to be the b... [Details Intro]