GOOD OL' DUKE BOY TO BE HONORED.

Byline: Daily News

NEWHALL - A Duke and a queen will be among the western legends honored at the annual Walk of Western Stars event, taking place at 7 p.m. March 22 at Melody Ranch and Motion Picture Studio.

As part of the Cowboy Poetry and Music Festival, Santa Clarita will honor John Schneider of ``The Dukes of Hazzard,'' Peggy Stewart, nicknamed the ``Queen of B Westerns,'' and Alex Cord, a former rodeo rider and star of spaghetti westerns. Each will receive a bronze plaque on the Western Walk of Fame that adorns the sidewalks of Old Town Newhall.

Schneider is probably best known for his role of Bo Duke in the popular television ``Hazzard'' series, which aired Friday nights from 1979 to 1985. Schneider can currently be seen playing Superman's dad, Jonathan Kent, on the WB's ``Smallville.''

To date, Schneider has starred in six TV series, five miniseries, four feature films, one soap opera, not to mention his many guest starring roles on other television shows.

He also is co-founder of The Children's Miracle Network, a nonprofit agency that raises money for children's hospitals throughout North America. Since 1983, the network has raised more than $1.8 billion.

Stewart began her career shortly after her family moved to California in 1936, landing the role of Joel McCrea's teen-age daughter in ``Wells Fargo.'' By the 1940s, she was the resident heroine at Republic Pictures, starring with Wild Bill Elliott, Sunset Carson, Allan Lane and others.

Generally portraying a savvy, smart and tough heroine who was often hot-tempered, Stewart appeared in about 35 films at Republic, most of which were serials and westerns.

Actor Alex Cord is a former rodeo star with a degree in literature from New York University. He has starred in a variety of spaghetti westerns including ``A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die,'' and has starred in many television movies of the week including ``Fire!''

He was a regular on the 1980s series ``Airwolf'' and has guest starred on ``Jake and the Fat Man,'' ``Murder, She Wrote'' and ``Walker, Texas Ranger.''

Cord recently returned to his first love, writing, and penned a book titled ``A Feather in the Wind,'' the story of a horse-training bronco-buster who competes in the National Cutting Horse Championship. Never losing his love for horses, Cord still works as a judge in cutting horse competitions.

Other confirmed attendees at the Walk of Western Stars banquet include actors Wilford Brimley, Jack Palance, Herb Jeffries, Morgan Woodward and Lee Horsley.

Tickets are available for $100 per person and include a catered, gourmet dinner, special gifts, entertainment and an exclusive, private shopping opportunity at the Cowboy Gear Show at Melody Ranch. Entertainment will include Belinda Gail and Wildwind, Sons of the San Joaquin and Johnny Western. Mickey Dawes will host the ceremony.

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