bounty hunter
noun
1
: one who tracks down and captures outlaws for whom a reward is offered
2
: one who hunts predatory animals for the reward offered
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Over the next three years, Hauser was on a half-dozen episodes of Beverly Hills, 90210, portraying J. Jay Jones, a bounty hunter who worked with Luke Perry's character Dylan to get back the fortune that had been stolen from him.
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Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Among dozens of appearances on television, the charismatic actor also recurred as Lieutenant Colonel Miller on ABC’s China Beach in 1990-91, as Conners family neighbor Ty Tilden on Roseanne in 1992-93 and as bounty hunter J. Jay Jones on Fox’s Beverly Hills, 90210 in 1994-96.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2025
Venerable baby boomer Kevin Bacon plays the titular bounty hunter Hub Halloran, a proud Georgia man with little tolerance for tomfoolery and a hatred of the Red Sox.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025
With the exception of Whigham’s puckish, entertaining Bridger, the trappers, soldiers, bounty hunters and militiamen feel like extras from one Sam Peckinpah film or another.
—Mike Hale, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Among dozens of appearances on television, the charismatic actor also recurred as Lieutenant Colonel Miller on ABC’s China Beach in 1990-91, as Conners family neighbor Ty Tilden on Roseanne in 1992-93 and as bounty hunter J. Jay Jones on Fox’s Beverly Hills, 90210 in 1994-96.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2025
Venerable baby boomer Kevin Bacon plays the titular bounty hunter Hub Halloran, a proud Georgia man with little tolerance for tomfoolery and a hatred of the Red Sox.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025
With the exception of Whigham’s puckish, entertaining Bridger, the trappers, soldiers, bounty hunters and militiamen feel like extras from one Sam Peckinpah film or another.
—Mike Hale, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Bounty hunter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bounty%20hunter. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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