Joseph Lee Bowman[1] (April 12, 1925 – June 29, 2009) was an American marksman called "The Straight Shooter", considered to have been a guardian of Texas and Western frontier culture.

[2] During World War II, Bowman served in the Army and saw action in France; he received three Bronze Star Medals and a Purple Heart.

[2] He went on to teach gun handling to Hollywood stars such as Robert Duvall and James Arness, and was a firearms instructor with law enforcement agencies, including the FBI.

[3] Bowman died in June 2009, while en route to his home in Houston; he had stopped overnight in Junction, Texas, returning from a convention that he had performed at in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

[3] In July 2009, he was posthumously inducted into the Texas Heroes Hall of Honor at the Frontier Times Museum in Bandera.