Les — The Spikes Gang Character Profile

About Les

One of the three young friends who flee home. After working menial jobs in Mexico, he joins Spikes' gang but is shot multiple times by Spikes and a bounty hunter, dying in Wil's arms.

Character Facts

Played by

Ron Howard

Appears in

The Spikes Gang (1974)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (4)

• Les — Narrative Mentor — Harry Spikes (Lee Marvin)

  Initial savior and later criminal recruiter who guides the boys' early journey.

• Les — Alliance Teammate — Will (Gary Grimes)

  Loyal companions who share a bond forged through shared hardship and adventure.

• Les — Alliance Teammate — Tod (Charles Martin Smith)

  Loyal companions who share a bond forged through shared hardship and adventure.

• Les — Conflict Rejected Aspirant — Kid White (Arthur Hunnicutt)

  An eager outsider rejected by the gang leader, resulting in a deadly gunfight.

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More characters from The Spikes Gang

• Harry Spikes (Lee Marvin)
• Will (Gary Grimes)
• Tod (Charles Martin Smith)
• Basset (Noah Beery Jr.)
• Kid White (Arthur Hunnicutt)
• Cowboy (Don Fellows)
• Billy (Elliott Sullivan)
• Abel Young (Marc Smith)