Kris Kristofferson’s pre-fame years ... Soon followed one of his most iconic roles, that of Billy in 1973’s Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, a poetic revisionist Western directed by Sam Peckinpah.

Kris Kristofferson will always be known as an incredible country musician, but his time in Hollywood is nothing to sneeze at, either.

Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid features James Coburn giving his best performance as a former friend turned lawman now hunting down the Kid, played by a startlingly charismatic Kris Kristofferson.

Kris Kristofferson, the ragged country music ... fame as a leading man in such 1970s films as “Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid,” “A Star is Born” and “Heaven’s Gate,” has died at ...

Country music was never the same after the day in 1969 when Kris Kristofferson landed his helicopter ... “Jody And The Kid” and “Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I’ll Ever Do Again)”.