History Characters / DeadwoodCampResidents

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: He's based on Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith II, a Western con artist who likewise hocked "soap with a prize inside". The Huckster isn't nowhere near to being in the real-life Soapy's league, however. He's rarely successful and his con is relatively simple in contrast to Soapy's masterful trickery which involved sleight of hand and rousing up a crowd.

->'''Played By:''' Ralph Richeson

->'''Played By:''' Creator/BrianCox

->'''Played By:''' Cynthia Ettinger

->'''Played By:''' Dennis Christopher

->'''Played By:''' Aubrey Morris

->'''Played By:''' Bree Seanna Wall

->'''Played By:''' Creator/KeoneYoung

->'''Played By:''' Creator/BrentSexton

->'''Played By:''' Pavel Lychnikoff

->'''Played By:''' Creator/MichaelHarney

->'''Played By:''' Ray [=McKinnon=]

->'''Played By:''' Josh Eriksson

->'''Played By:''' Franklin Ayaje

->'''Played By:''' Creator/PruittTaylorVince

->'''Played By:''' Richard Gant

->'''Played By:''' Creator/GarretDillahunt

->'''Played By:''' Dan Hildebrand

->'''Played By:''' Channon Roe

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* StepfordSmiler: C'mon, he smiles even after being ''tarred'' and his first act after getting his skin peeled off is to reassure Hostetler, who had sold him to the mob to save his own skin, that he'd have done the same in his situation. His reasoning is that his pain is his and that showing it [[BadAss would only give the people who attacked him what they wanted]].

* BlatantLies: [[spoiler:As a defense, he claims that he shot Wild Bill because Bill had killed his brother. Interesting how the loud-mouthed drunk never thought to mention such a detail in all the days he'd been gambling with him.]]
* DirtyCoward: He's called this for shooting Hickock on the back... though the fact it was [[FastestGunInTheWest Wild Bill Hickock]] could qualify him as a CombatPragmatist too.
* DisproportionateRetribution: He kills Bill because he made fun of him while playing poker.

* TooDumbToLive: Though very lucky for a while.

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I’ll just keep quiet."'']]

-->'''Farnum:''' Could you have been born, Richardson? And not egg-hatched as I've always assumed?

* AscendedExtra: He was an extra in Season 1, but the creators liked Ralph Richeson's odd and quirky performance and so he became a recurring character in Seasons 1 and 3.

* ButtMonkey: He's the ButtMonkey to someone who's already a ButtMonkey.

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"What, one is disposed to ask, in fuck ought a theater man to do?"'']]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"That easy, to forget a fucking brother!?"'']]

* UncleTomfoolery: Subverted magnificiently in the show. Hostetler is the serious, hard-working and educated man in contrast to the laid-back, wisecracking drinker that is the Nigger General. He is well aware that the treatment he gets from most white people because of his race is unjust, yet he acts submissive and doesn't challenge the abuse when he encounters it in order to avoid further problems.

!!John 'Jack' Langrishe

A theater operator and leader of a troupe of traveling actors who come to settle in Deadwood long-term. In Deadwood, which lacks any but the lowest forms of entertainment, he seeks both financial opportunity and a chance to bring art and culture to the town. He is a close, longtime friend of Al Swearengen. Langrishe's accent and name hint at Irish origins.

* LargeHam: Due to being a theatre man, it comes naturally to him.

* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: The season (and by extension the show) ends with the threatre still not opened, so we never see Langrishe or his troupe on stage.

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Deadwood's Russian immigrant telegraph operator. He feels a scrupulous dedication to his responsibility to not reveal the private information that he translates and delivers, resisting both Dority's attempts to intimidate him and Farnum's attempts to bribe him into revealing private information.

A drunkard who shot Hickok in the back of the head as he played poker. McCall was found not guilty by a hurried and impromptu court of locals on the grounds he was merely avenging the prior murder of his brother by Hickok; but due to Hickok's high regard and the presence of many of Hickok's good friends in town, he was made to realize it was best to leave.

* PetTheDog: [[spoiler:He is an apparent animal lover and has a nice interaction with William Bullock before the latter's accident]].

* NiceGuy: He's endlessly polite, cheerful, optimistic and accomodating.

%%* CheerfulChild

* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:For killing his brother.]]

* FatBastard: His original incarnation.

* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:After killing his brother, he freaks right the hell out..]]

The [[GentleGiant large but gentle]] owner of the livery stable, where people leave their horses to be cared for during their stay or go to hire new mounts. He also happens to be the only black man in Deadwood besides the 'Nigger General' Samuel Fields, which given the time means that he has little choice but to hang around with him in order to talk to somebody on a daily basis. This brings conflict since the two men's personalities [[OddCouple are nothing alike]].

%%* LastNameBasis

* OnceAcceptableTargets: In-universe. The show makes it clear that it wasn't easy to be a Black man in 1870s America.

* StraightMan: To the Nigger General.
* ThoseTwoGuys: With the Nigger General.

* UncleTomfoolery: Subverted magnificiently in the show. Hostetler is the serious, hard-working and educated man in contrast to the laid-back, wisecracking drinker that is the Nigger General, and is well aware that the treatment he gets from most white people because of his race is unjust, yet he acts submissive and doesn't challenge the abuse when he encounters it in order to avoid further problems.

A buffalo hunter that spends most of his time gambling and drinking at the No 10 Saloon. [[YouShouldKnowThisAlready He shoots Wild Bill Hickock, only to be dubiously acquitted by an impromptu court]].

* BlatantLies: As a defence, he claims that he shot Wild Bill because Bill had killed his brother. Interesting how the loud-mouthed drunk never thought to mention such a detail in all the days he'd been gambling with him.
* DirtyCoward: Called this for shooting Hickock on the back... though the fact it was [[FastestGunInTheWest Wild Bill Hickock]] could qualify him as a CombatPragmatist too.

* DoomedByCanon: The show never says what happened to him after he was arrested by Bullock and given to the authorities. In RealLife the first verdict was declared illegal and he was retried, found guilty and hanged.

* YouLookFamiliar: Played by Garrett Dillahunt, who would return in the next season as Francis Wolcott.

Reverend Henry Weston Smith (Ray McKinnon) is a kind Christian minister who, among other tasks, leads the funerals of many of the individuals who die. Smith was a field nurse in the Civil War, serving at Shiloh and 2nd Manassas, until he received a "sign from God." He subsequently left his wife and children and became a reverend in Deadwood.

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Bak Wai Lo Me...Cocksucka."'']]

The official or unofficial leader of Deadwood's substantial but mostly unseen Chinese ("Celestials") population, the Asian counterpart to Swearengen. He routinely interacts with Swearengen and other Caucasians over a few matters of business, such as the opium trade, and the seemingly daily efficient disposal of numerous human remains, through the route of his pigs. He knows almost no English beyond the words "San Francisco," "cocksucker," and "Hearst." He however communicates effectively with Swearengen (whom he refers to as "Swedgin!") with the aid of charcoal drawings and hand signals.

%%* EloquentInMyNativeTongue

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Fuck you, fuck the institution, and fuck the future!"'']]

%%* NiceGuy: Harry is a pretty nice fellow, agreeable and genial to everyone if they treat him well.

%%* LaserGuidedKarma

* TheAlcoholic: Their shared addiction leads him to befriend Jane.

%%* DeadpanSnarker

* NamesTheSame: His family name is Fields, the same as Steve the Drunk's.

* OddCouple / StraightManAndWiseGuy: With Hostetler.
%%* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname

* StepfordSmiler: C'mon, he smiles even after being ''tarred'' and his first act after getting his skin peeled off is to reassure Hostetler, who had sold him to the mob to save his own skin, that he'd done the same in his situation. His reasoning is that his pain is his and that showing it [[BadAss would only give the people who attacked him what they wanted]].

* TheAtoner: For [[spoiler:killing his brother.]]

* [[spoiler:ImmuneToBullets: His fat saves his life.]]

%%* MyGodWhatHaveIDone

* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:[[MyGodWhatHaveIDone After killing his brother]].]]
%%* VillainousGlutton

* AbhorrentAdmirer: To Alma.

* AmbiguousDisorder: It's unclear if there's anything mentally wrong with him beyond being an idiot.

* ObfuscatingStupidity: Or so it's implied by one masterful shot of him reading the newspaper.
%%* PluckyComicRelief

a theater operator and leader of a troupe of traveling actors who come to settle in Deadwood long-term. In Deadwood, which lacks any but the lowest forms of entertainment, he seeks both financial opportunity and a chance to bring art and culture to the town. He is a close, longtime friend of Al Swearengen. Langrishe's accent and name hint at Irish origins.

* {{Camp}}: Whether [[CampGay gay]] or [[CampStraight straight]] is left to the viewer's opinion.
%%* TheCharmer: Jack charms just about everyone he comes across with his quick wit, self-deprecation and plentiful compliments.

%%* LargeHam

%%** ChineseLaunderer

** [[WhosOnFirst Wu's On First?]]

* EvenEvilHasStandards: He profanes bodies on a daily basis, but seeing Mr Lee burning the bodies of the Chinese prostitutes that he intentionally let starve to death drives him nuts.

* InscrutableOriental: To any of the vast number of characters that get a non amused stare from him at most.

%%* NiceGuy
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Replaces Davey, the barman of the No. 10 in the previous season.

* ThoseTwoGuys: With Merrick.

* TheAlcoholic: Obviously.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: It's entirely possible Steve is this. He might be a loud-mouthed drunk and a vitriolic racist, but there is a sympathetic side to him. [[spoiler:He feels immense guilt at having driven Hostetler to suicide, loudly trying to assuage his guilt with a self-pitying monologue.]] When he and the Nigger General are left alone at the stable he ends wishing him a good night in his own bigoted way and later offers him a job as his assistant realizing that he has a better head for numbers than him. If he had only told him that [[spoiler:instead of trying to de-shoe the Nigger General's horse to force him to stay]]...

* PetTheDog: He is an apparent animal lover and has a nice interaction with William Bullock [[spoiler:before the latter's accident]].

* BodyHorror: Due to his [[spoiler:brain tumor.]]

* YourMindMakesItReal: Or to be exact, [[spoiler:your brain tumor]].

* MoralityPet: For the whole camp.

%%* DrivenToSuicide
%%* GentleGiant
* HonorBeforeReason: He ends killing himself rather than continue hearing Steve call him a liar, when he could just ignore him and leave town.
* ItsAllMyFault: William's death.

%%* TokenMinority

[[caption-width-right:350:''"I ain't gonna get in no gun fight with you, Hickok."'']]

->'''Played By:''' Garret Dillahunt

->'''Played By:''' Brent Sexton

->'''Played By:''' Pruitt Taylor Vince

[[folder:Blazanov]]
!!Blazanov
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Blazanov_399.jpg]]
->'''Played By:''' Pavel Lychnikoff

Deadwood's Russian immigrant telegraph operator. He feels a scrupulous dedication to his responsibility to not reveal the private information that he translates and delivers, resisting both Dority's attempts to intimidate him and Farnum's attempts to bribe him into revealing private information.

[[folder:Manning]]
!!Harry Manning
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->'''Played By:''' Brent Sexton

The bartender of the No. 10 Saloon in the third season. He runs for Sheriff against Bullock in order to gain popularity but his wish is to become fire marshal of the town.

* TheBartender: Of the No. 10 Saloon.
* {{Gasshole}}: He has trouble with flatuence, according to Aunt Lou and Richardson.
%%* NiceGuy
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Replaces Davey, the barman of the No. 10 in the previous season.
* ThoseTwoGuys: With Nuttal in Season 3.
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[[folder:Steve the Drunk]]
!!Steve Fields a.k.a. ‘Steve the Drunk’
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fields_steven_5624.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"Fuck you, fuck the institution, and fuck the future!"'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/MichaelHarney

One of the camp's many drunks as well as being a loudmouth and racist. He is a continual nuisance at Tom Nuttall's Saloon.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: It's entirely possible Steve is this. He might be a loud-mouthed drunken and a vitriolic racist, but unlike many denizens of Deadwood, Steve isn't a violent man. [[spoiler:He feels immense guilt at having driven Hostetler to suicide, loudly trying to assuage his guilt with a self-pitying monologue.]] When he and the Nigger General are left alone at the stable he ends wishing him a good night in his own bigoted way and later offers him a job as his assistant realizing that he has a better head for numbers than him. If he had only told him that [[spoiler:instead of trying to de-shoe the Nigger General's horse to force him to stay]]...

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Michael Harney found it extremely difficult to say a lot of Steve's lines and according to fellow cast members is one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet.

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Slippery Dan (2 episodes, 2005)

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* WesternUnionMan

%%* {{Gasshole}}

%%* {{Flanderization}}

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Steve ''could'' have been this. When he and the Nigger General are left alone at the stable he ends wishing him a good night in his own bigoted way and later offers him a job as his assistant realizing that he has a better head for numbers than him. If he had only told him that [[spoiler: instead of trying to de-shoe the Nigger General's horse to force him to stay]]...
* LaserGuidedKarma

* PetTheDog: He is an apparent animal lover and has a nice interaction with William [[spoiler: before the latter's accident]].
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain

!Camp Residents

[[folder:Sofia]]
!!Sofia Metz
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Trixie!"'']]
->'''Played By:''' Bree Seanna Wall

A young member of the Midwest's Scandinavian community. Her parents, brothers and sisters were all murdered when they were leaving Deadwood in the Pilot episode in a hit planned by Al Swearengen, whose henchmen then tried to pass it as an Indian attack, which she almost miraculously survived. Left in the care of the camp, she is eventually adopted by Alma Garret.

* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: Metz is actually a surname more common in French or German.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: It's dubious if she realizes ''anything'' of what goes around her.
* CuteMute: At first.
%%* DeterminedHomesteadersChildren
%%* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold
* NorseByNorsewest: People refer to her as Swedish or Norwegian almost interchangeably. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in a way, since both countries were in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_between_Sweden_and_Norway personal union]] at the time.
* TheQuietOne: Sofia has very little to say.
* SoleSurvivor: Of her family, who were killed by Al's henchmen.
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: There was a real '[[http://www.deadwoodmagazine.com/archivedsite/Archives/Metz.htm Metz Massacre]]' at the Black Hills in 1876, but there were no children nor Swede immigrants involved.

[[folder:Mr. Wu]]
!!Mr. Wu
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/TropeWu_8079.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"Bak Wai Lo Me...Cocksucka."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/KeoneYoung

The official or unofficial leader of Deadwood's substantial but mostly unseen Chinese ("Celestials") population, the Asian counterpart to Swearengen. He routinely interacts with Swearengen and other Caucasians over a few matters of business, such as the opium trade, and the seemingly daily efficient disposal of numerous human remains, through the route of his pigs. He knows almost no English beyond the words "San Francisco," "cocksucker," and "Hearst." He however communicates effectively with Swearengen (whom he refers to as "Swedgin!") with the aid of charcoal drawings and hand signals.

%%* YouCantGoHomeAgain

%%* NiceGuy

* ThoseTwoGuys: With Merrick

[[folder:Langrishe]]
!!John 'Jack' Langrishe
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"What, one is disposed to ask, in fuck ought a theater man to do?"'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/BrianCox

a theater operator and leader of a troupe of traveling actors who come to settle in Deadwood long-term. In Deadwood, which lacks any but the lowest forms of entertainment, he seeks both financial opportunity and a chance to bring art and culture to the town. He is a close, longtime friend of Al Swearengen. Langrishe's accent and name hint at Irish origins.

%%* AmbiguouslyGay
* {{Camp}}: Whether [[CampGay gay]] or [[CampStraight straight]] is left to the viewer's opinion.
%%* TheCharmer: Jack charms just about everyone he comes across with his quick wit, self-deprecation and plentiful compliments.
%%* ChewingTheScenery
%%* TheDandy
* GreekChorus: He is allowed to hang freely along Al and Hearst, and comments a lot about their conflict, but does not intervene in it.
%%* LargeHam
* OldFriend: Of Al.
* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: The season (and by extension the show) ends with the threatre still not opened, so we never see Langrishe or his troupe on stage.
%%* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness
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[[folder:Hostetler]]
!!Hostetler
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->'''Played By:''' Richard Gant

The [[GentleGiant large but gentle]] owner of the livery stable, where people leave their horses to be cared for during their stay or go to hire new mounts. He also happens to be the only black man in Deadwood besides the 'Nigger General' Samuel Fields, which given the time means that he has little choice but to hang around with him in order to talk to somebody on a daily basis. This brings conflict since the two men's personalities [[OddCouple are nothing alike]].
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%%* ButtMonkey: He's the ButtMonkey to someone who's already a ButtMonkey.

* AscendedExtra: Cast as an extra in Season 1, made a regular in 2.

%%* ButtMonkey

* TheDanza: Sort of.

%%* TheQuietOne
%%* SoleSurvivor

A Chinese butcher, opium trader and laundryman that acts as de facto leader of Deadwood's Asian community. He has several dealings with Al Swearengen (even though neither speak more than a couple of words of the other's language) and his hungry pigs come in handy whenever someone has to [[DisposingOfABody dispose of a body]].

Deadwood's Russian telegraph operator following the arrival of cable in Season 2. He establishes his office next to Merrick's press and the two become close friends.

The bartender of the No 10 Saloon in the third season. He runs for Sheriff against Bullock in order to gain popularity but his wish is to become fire marshal of the town.

%%* TheBartender

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Replaces Davey, the barman of the No 10 in the previous season.
* ThoseTwoGuys: With Nuttal in the third season.

First introduced as an angry miner with a serious beef against the Federal government and African-Americans, who he blames for ruining his life after he was drafted to fight for the Union in the UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar, Steve quickly comes to dispute the title of town drunk to Jane, wasting day after day at the No 10 Saloon doing nothing but drinking and rambling against Black people in [[{{Flanderization}} each time more exaggerate and ridiculous ways]]. After Hostetler suddenly leaves the camp at the end of Season 2 he [[PetTheDog has pity of his horses]] and takes care of the livery stable, finally making an effort to improve his own life... [[spoiler: only to [[FateWorseThanDeath be paralyzed]] [[FaceHeelDoorSlam after being kicked]] [[LaserGuidedKarma by a horse on the head]].]]

!!Jack Langrishe

John "Jack" Langrishe is a theater operator and leader of a troupe of traveling actors who come to settle in Deadwood long-term.

%%* TheCharmer

* SpotlightStealingSquad: And how.

!Camp Residents

[[folder:Sofia Metz]]
!!Sofia Metz
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Trixie!"'']]
->'''Played By:''' Bree Seanna Wall

A young member of the Midwest's Scandinavian community. Her parents, brothers and sisters were all murdered when they were leaving Deadwood in the Pilot episode in a hit planned by Al Swearengen, whose henchmen then tried to pass it as an Indian attack, which she almost miraculously survived. Left in the care of the camp, she is eventually adopted by Alma Garret.

* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: Metz is actually a surname more common in French or German.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: It's dubious if she realizes ''anything'' of what goes around her.
* CuteMute: At first.
%%* DeterminedHomesteadersChildren
%%* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold
* NorseByNorsewest: People refer to her as Swedish or Norwegian almost interchangeably. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in a way, since both countries were in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_between_Sweden_and_Norway personal union]] at the time.
%%* TheQuietOne
%%* SoleSurvivor
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: There was a real '[[http://www.deadwoodmagazine.com/archivedsite/Archives/Metz.htm Metz Massacre]]' at the Black Hills in 1876, but there were no children nor Swede immigrants involved.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Richardson]]
!!Richardson
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I’ll just keep quiet."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Ralph Richeson

Farnum's abused, idiotic cook, introduced in the second season. Nobody knows what is exactly wrong with him. After receiving a deer antler from Alma Garret he begins to display his most iconic and outlandish act: Praying to a pair of moose antlers in the hall of Farnum's hotel.
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[[folder:Mr Wu]]
!!Mr Wu
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/TropeWu_8079.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"Bak Wai Lo Me...Cocksucka."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/KeoneYoung

A Chinese butcher, opium trader and laundryman that acts as de facto leader of Deadwood's Asian community. He has several dealings with Al Swearengen (even though neither speak more than a couple of words of the other's language) and his hungry pigs come in handy whenever someone has to [[DisposingOfABody dispose of a body]].

[[folder:Harry Manning]]

[[folder:William Bullock]]

[[folder:Mose Manuel]]

[[folder:Jack Langrishe]]

[[folder:Jack McCall]]

%%* TheAlcoholic
* BlatantLies: He shot Wild Bill because he killed his brother... right...

* DisproportionateRetribution: Killing one man because he made fun of him while playing poker.

* [[RedRightHand Droopy Right Eye]]
%%* TheGamblingAddict

* UnknownRival: To Wild Bill.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Manning was a real person that surprisingly defeated Bullock at the elections to become sheriff of the county. This is forshadowed in the last episode of the third season when Hearst movilizes his men to vote against Bullock to spite him, but naturally there wasn't a fourth season to explore Bullock's reaction to losing the election nor Manning - who within the show ''didn't'' want to be sheriff - presumably experimenting TheChainsOfCommanding.

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* NamesTheSame: Shares surname with the Nigger General.

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->'''Played By:''' Michael Harney

* DeterminedHomesteadersChildren
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold

* TheQuietOne
* SoleSurvivor

* ButtMonkey

* PluckyComicRelief

* ChineseLaborer
** ChineseLaunderer
* CompletelyMissingThePoint

* EloquentInMyNativeTongue

* FunnyForeigner

* ThirdPersonPerson
* TheUnintelligible
* YouCantGoHomeAgain
* YouNoTakeCandle

* {{Adorkable}}

* NeutralNoLonger
* NiceGuy
* NonActionGuy

* TheBartender
* {{Gasshole}}
* NiceGuy

* TheChewToy
* [[spoiler: DeathByRacism: ''Averted''. He might have [[FateWorseThanDeath preferred it]], though]].
* EvilIsPetty
* FateWorseThanDeath
* {{Flanderization}}
* HeelFaceDoorSlam
* {{Jerkass}}
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Steve ''could'' have been this. When he and the Nigger General are left alone at the stable he ends wishing him a good night in his own bigoted way and later offers him a job as his assistant realizing that he has a better head for numbers than him. If he had only told him that [[spoiler: instead of trying to de-shoe the Nigger General's horse to force him to stay]]...

A CivilWar field nurse turned good-natured Christian minister, Rev. Smith assumes responsibility for the many funerals that take place in Deadwood [[spoiler: [[ShootTheShaggyDog until he succumbs to a painful, slow growing brain tumor]].]]

* [[spoiler:MercyKill: Al kills him to save him a long, painful death.]]

* ThePollyanna
* PreacherMan
* WideEyedIdealist

* CheerfulChild
* DeterminedHomesteadersChildren
* [[spoiler:KillTheCutie]]

* [[spoiler:SacrificialLamb: Doubles as an aversion of InfantImmortality]].

* CustomUniform
* DeadpanSnarker

* NiceHat

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname
* ThePollyanna

* TokenMinority

The big, fat owner of the second gold mine in Deadwood after the Garrets', along with his younger brother, Fred. When Wolcott offers to buy his mine in behalf of Hearst he thinks that it is a good idea, while Fred adamantly refuses. [[spoiler:Mose kills Fred, but then regrets it immensely.]] He later becomes the watchman at Joanie's bordello.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone
* [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsDeath: Subverted. He gets himself shot when he freaks out after killing his brother for money, but he is so fat the bullet gets stuck before hitting any vital organ and he ends surviving.]]

* VillainousGlutton

A flamboyant actor, theater man and old friend of Al. He arrives in Deadwood in the third season along with his ''troupe'' of fellow actors disposed to build a new theatre, and proceeds [[BlackHoleSue to suck an ungodly amount of screentime]] [[CreatorsPet despite adding little to nothing to the plot]].

* AmbiguouslyGay

* ChewingTheScenery
* TheDandy

* LargeHam

* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness

* ButtMonkey
* DrivenToSuicide
* GentleGiant

* KilledOffForReal
* LastNameBasis

* TokenMinority

* TheAlcoholic

* TheGamblingAddict

[[folder: Camp Residents]]

* AmbiguousDisorder

* BeleagueredAssistant

* CloudCuckooLander

* HiddenDepths

* LastNameBasis

->'''Played By:''' KeoneYoung

* BodyHorror

* KilledOffForReal

* TheMissionary
* NiceGuy

* [[spoiler:ShootTheShaggyDog]]

* [[spoiler: KillTheCutie]]

* [[spoiler: SacrificialLamb: Doubles as an aversion of InfantImmortality]].

The big, fat owner of the second gold mine in Deadwood after the Garrets', along with his younger brother, Fred. When Wolcott offers to buy his mine in behalf of Hearst he thinks that it is a good idea, while Fred adamantly refuses. [[spoiler: Mose kills Fred, but then regrets it inmensely.]] He later becomes the watchman at Joanie's bordello.

* AlliterativeName
* TheAtoner
* BlatantLies: [[spoiler: Oh, why, my brother wanted to sell the mine the same day he died in an accident while cleaning his gun, then to be buried in an undisclosed location for reasons totally unrelated to the possibility of performing an authopsy on him. Promise!]]

* [[spoiler: CainAndAbel]]

* [[spoiler: ImmuneToBullets]]

* [[spoiler: RedemptionEqualsDeath: Subverted. He gets himself shot when he freaks out after killing his brother for money, but he is so fat the bullet gets stuck before hitting any vital organ and he ends surviving.]]
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone After killing his brother]].]]

->'''Played By:''' BrianCox

* [[RedRightHand Droppy Right Eye]]

* TheGamblingAddict

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