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Emmy award winner Anthony Zerbe ("Harry O"), portrays waystation manager and town marshal Teaspoon Hunter. Confidante, advisor and friend to the orphaned Pony Express riders, Teaspoon is a self-educated, highly eccentric man who was initially hired by Russell, Majors and Waddell to train and oversee the Pony Express riders, but is now also the marshal of Rock Creek, Neb.

After graduating from high school, Zerbe, a native Californian, hitchhiked to New York to begin his acting career. Once in New York, he became a student at the Stella Adler Theater Studio and was soon on his way.

Zerbe co-starred in the series "Harry O" for which he received a 1976 Emmy Award as Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. He also guest-starred in such series as "Cannon," "The Streets of San Francisco," "Hawaii Five-O," "Mission: Impossible," Highway to Heaven," "Dynasty," "The Equalizer" and "Columbo."

Zerbe starred in the miniseries "North and South Book II," "Dream West" and "The Richest Man in the World: The Story of Aristotle Onassis" and the televison movies "Once An Eagle," "One Police Plaza" and "Independence." "The Young Riders" is Zerbe's second television series.

His most recent film performances include the James Bond thriller "Licence to Kill," and the comedy "Hear No Evil, See No Evil" with Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor. His other film credits include "The Turning Point," "The First Deadly Sin," "Dead Zone," "Papillon," "Judge Roy Bean," "The Omega Man" and "Cool Hand Luke."

His prestigious theater credits include a five-year residency at the Old Globe Theater in San Diego, where he performed Coriolanus, Iago, Richard III and Macbeth; a two year residency with the famed Stratford Theater in Canada; and the Mark Taper Forum productions of "Macbeth," "The Catonsville Nine" and "Crystal and The Fox." His Broadway credits include "Terra Nova," "Solomon's Child," "The Little Foxes" and "Moon Besieged."

Zerbe continues his longstanding association with the GeVa Theater in Rochester, New York as associate artistic director. In the 1989/90 season, Zerbe designed an auxiliary education program for students around the production of "A Street Car Named Desire." He also produced "Reflections '90 A New Plays Festival," which included the play "Forgiving Typhoid Mary," which he also directed.

During the 1990-91 GeVa Theater season, Zerbe directed fellow "The Young Riders" cast member Josh Brolin in "The Closer," a play by Willy Holtzman which depicts the life of a high-powered salesman caught off-guard by a stranger lurking in his living room. Zerbe is also responsible for selecting the plays for next year's festival.

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