sentences:  Bo Hopkins had only a few television credits on his resume when he played the part of Clarence "Crazy" Lee.Warren Oates played Lyle Gorch, having previously worked with Peckinpah on the TV series "The Rifleman" and his previous films "Ride the High Country" (1962) and "Major Dundee" (1965).In April 1965, producer Reno Carrell optioned an original story and screenplay by Walon Green and Roy Sicker, called "The Wild Bunch".