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Buford 'Mad Dog' TannenBuford "Mad Dog" Tannen is a fictional character in the Back to the Future films he is a town outlaw in Hill Valley, 1885 and is the great-grandfather of Biff Tannen from the first two Back to the Future films. The role of Buford Tannen is played by Thomas F. Wilson. Little is known about Buford's family life, other than he will eventually have a son who will marry Gertrude and produce Biff's father. Buford does not seem to have any fixed address, and he and his gang of three ride around the Hill Valley area, robbing, shooting and bullying the local people. For some reason, he took a dislike to Seamus McFly, warning the Irish farmer not to enter the Palace Saloon ever again. Seamus does not take much notice of Buford though and will not fight with him. Buford has a very short temper and a tendency to drool, thus earning him the nickname of "Mad Dog", a name he hates. When Marty McFly, a time traveller from 1985, accidentally called him by that nickname, Buford nearly hung him from the courthouse - fortunately for Marty, Doc Brown was able to save him. Originally, Buford shot Doc dead on September 7th 1885 after Doc refused to pay $80 that Buford claimed he owed him, but thanks to Marty this event was altered and Buford went to jail for robbing the Pine City Stage on the 7th. Buford also shot 12 men, not including Indians or Chinamen, before 1884 - records were stopped after Buford shot dead an editor who printed a story about him in that year. In the original version of Back to the Future Part III, he also shot Marshal Strickland while his son was present. The actions of Marty and Doc apparently did not change the history of the Tannen family, as Biff Tannen has the same personality and relation to the McFly family as he did at the end of the first Back to the Future film. This has led some fans to believe that Buford is not actually a direct ancestor of Biff, but a relative with the same last name. Tannen, Buford
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