Tom Nuttall

Tom Nuttall owns the Number 10 Saloon, one of Deadwood's main gathering spots, and greets the camp's arrivals with genuine hospitality and a showman's pride in his establishment. Eager to see the settlement grow respectable and profitable, he's friendly, talkative, and always ready with a drink, a game of cards, or a bit of local gossip.

Rippy plays Nuttall as pure civic enthusiasm, a man who genuinely loves his saloon and the ragged little world forming around it, which makes him a warm, human counterweight to Deadwood's uglier ambitions. His unguarded delight in small novelties, and his proximity to the camp's biggest moments, give the show a steady, likable pulse.