If you watch a western and there's an actor with a peg leg, odds are
that it's Tex Holden who found a niche for himself in such roles.
However, he did not let disability stop him from obtaining regular
work. Starting in the late 1940s, he managed to obtain work as barflies
and townsman in B-Westerns including in films that starred Gene Autry
and Tim Holt.
With the fading of the classic B-western Holden had no problem finding
work in the 1950s and 1960s sometimes as a barfly, townsman, or with
his peg leg as needed. In 1951 he had probably was perhaps his best
role in Clark Gable's Across the Wide Missouri as Peg Leg Bates where
he showcases his mobility with his leg and ability to perform stunts.
Never short of work, Holden continued to appear in westerns until the
mid 1960s working on such shows as Gunsmoke, Laramie, Maverick, Bat
Masterson, and Laredo.