Trivia

Competed on the University of Nevada track team in 1926.

Appeared in 17 movies with John Wayne.

Was part of a group of actors, often referred to as "The John Wayne Stock Company," that John Wayne regularly used in his films.

Often erroneously credited as the coach/manager/cornerman in the boxing flashback in The Quiet Man (1952), but according to Worden himself it is actually another actor of vaguely similar appearance.

Worked on several Tex Ritter Westerns billed as Heber Snow because the producer felt that a Mormon-like name such as Heber Snow would help the films do better business in heavily-Mormon areas such as Utah.

His father was a train engineer on the Denver & Rio Grande railroad.

Lived with Jim Beaver for many years.

Hank Worden, who played Claude in this episode, appeared in many John Wayne classic westerns. Among his many appearances with Wayne were Stagecoach (albeit uncredited), Fort Apache, and The Searchers. All of these movies were directed by the legendary John Ford. This is Worden's only appearance on Gunsmoke.

Worden appeared in the second-season premiere of Twin Peaks. Much of the action in Twin Peaks takes place at One-Eyed Jacks. In 1961, Worden appeared in a film called One-Eyed Jacks.