Kingfisher residents Mark and Deborah Maehs attended the Tulsa premier of the first episode of the TV series, “Tulsa King,” a special event for cast and crew members and their families.

The Tulsa Watch Party and Celebration was held Sunday, Nov. 13, at the Cox Business Convention Center Tulsa Ballroom.

Mark Maehs appeared as an extra in the first episode, playing the role of an old cowboy in attendance at a club where a bachelorette party takes over the stage.

During the scene, one of the partygoers tries to grab Maehs’ cowboy hat and dance with him.

Maehs was surprised to learn that his scene was included in the premiere episode since it was filmed several weeks into production earlier this year.

Although the entire club scene lasted less than five minutes during the episode, it actually took over six and a half hours to film because producers filmed the same scene numerous times from different angles.

The scene that appears in the premiere episode was actually “cobbled together” from all of the different shots to produce the final cut, Maehs said.

Maehs isn’t the only Kingfisher local to appear in the series.

Kingfisher residents, Tiffany and Fay Barnett, Cashion wrestling coach, will appear as upscale bar patrons in a different episode to be broadcast later in the year. They were unable to attend the premier due to a scheduling conflict.

“Tulsa King” stars Sylvester Stallone as Dwight “The General” Manfredi, who is released from prison after 25 years.

Dwight was a Mafia capo who “took the rap” for a murder committed by another Mafia member during the 1990s. Expecting to return to his old lifestyle, Dwight quickly learns that the Mafia world has changed and that there is no place for him in New York.

He is exiled by his Mafia bosses to set up shop in Tulsa, starting his mob life over again at age 75, in a new town, a new state and a new world, where smartphones and medical marijuana abound.

Filmed at various locations in Tulsa, Oklahoma City and other towns in the state, “Tulsa King” employed over 2,000 extras from the state of Oklahoma and contributed more than $56,000,000 to the Oklahoma economy.

It was the largest scripted television production to be filmed in the state of Oklahoma to date.

Although Sylvester Stallone could not attend the Tulsa premier in person, he was represented by a lifesize cutout, which was a popular prop in photos taken throughout the event.

The first episode of the series is available to view for free on Amazon Prime and the remaining episodes will be aired on the Paramount Plus subscription network.

“Tulsa King” is the most recent of Maehs’ professional acting experiences and the first to be released.

His resume also includes appearances as a White House Press Corp member and then an attendant at an Evangelical conference in “Reagan: The Movie,” starring Dennis Quaid, filmed in Guthrie; as a 1920s cowboy in “Killers of the Flower Moon,” with Robert DeNiro and Leonardo DiCaprio, and a speaking role as Ben Henwood, a church member in “Unsung Hero,” filmed in Calumet and Ripley.

His most recent role hits closest to home. Maehs plays himself as a proton therapy cancer survivor in a TV commercial filmed in Oklahoma City.