A surprising name in Hollywood holds the record for the most starring roles in the Western movie genre as one character. The vast majority of Westerns are standalone adventures, but there are some that grew into franchises, allowing their star to reprise their role and live to see more shootouts, saloon brawls, and train robberies.

Multiple actors have played the same character more than once in Westerns, with Eastwood portraying the poncho-wearing Man With No Name in all three installments in Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy . Then there's Yul Brynner, who starred in multiple Magnificent Seven movies.

Over the years, Hollywood has seen a long list of profitable Western movie franchises , but most either don't run for very long or change leading actors after a time. However, that

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