Western Gear pictures, - 2. Western crew.
by road-traveled | created - 25 Jul 2016 | updated - 25 May 2017 | Public- list 2 of 4. Western gear.
1. Roberto Contreras
Actor | Bound by Honor
Roberto Contreras was born on December 12, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for Bound by Honor (1993), Scarface (1983) and Topaz (1969). He died on July 18, 2000 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
150 westerns, 56-82.
11 feature westerns.
Frank Ramay,
A Matter of Life and Death (1959). 1959.
1928 - 2000, 71.
2. Suzanne Ridgway
Actress | From Hell It Came
Nobody in the history of films has ever gotten dropped into quicksand by a tree possessed by the spirit of a wrongly killed chief's son like Suzanne Ridgway. Her career didn't always start out so glamorous. Her undeniable beauty got her a movie contract where they saw her as a potential foil for a ...
26 westerns, 40-58.
California Passage (1950). 1950.
1918 - 1996, 78.
3. Rex Bell
Actor | Broadway to Cheyenne
Rex Bell was born on October 16, 1903 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Broadway to Cheyenne (1932), Lucky Larrigan (1932) and Rainbow Ranch (1933). He was married to Clara Bow. He died on July 4, 1962 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
29 westerns, 28-61.
Idaho Kid (1936). 1936.
1903 - 1962, 58.
4. Louise Stanley
Actress | Sky Bandits
Louise Stanley was born on January 28, 1915 in Springfield, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for Sky Bandits (1940), Pinto Canyon (1940) and Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin (1937). She was married to Charles Alexander Munn III, Jack Randall, Dennis O'Keefe and Leland Hunt Bennett. She died on ...
15 westerns, 37-44.
Land of the Six Guns (1940). 1940.
1915 - 1982, 67.
5. Paul Sutton
Actor | In Old Mexico
Paul Sutton was born on May 14, 1910 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. He was an actor, known for In Old Mexico (1938), Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die (1942) and Riders of the Northland (1942). He died on January 31, 1970 in Ferndale, Michigan, USA.
21 westerns, 36-45.
In Old Mexico (1938). 1938. The Fox. Credited.
1910 - 1970, 59.
6. Whip Wilson
Actor | Canyon Raiders
He was obviously handed one of those unique stage names, like Lash La Rue, in order for audiences (especially the kiddies) to immediately associate him with western heroics and the trademark he would be remembered for in films. Not one of the better remembered sagebrush heroes in today's world, ...
26 feature westerns, 46-55.
Silver Trails (1948), 1948. Esteban's Foreman. Credited.
1911-1964, 53.
7. Art Davis
Actor | The Texas Marshal
Art Davis was born on May 31, 1913 in Paradise, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for The Texas Marshal (1941), Rolling Down the Great Divide (1942) and Along the Sundown Trail (1942). He died on January 16, 1987 in Bloomburg, Texas, USA.
26 westerns, 35-49.
Violin player, Guns and Guitars (1936). 1936. Credited.
1913 - 1987, 73.
8. Nina Varela
Actress | Tales of Tomorrow
Born near St. Louis in 1902, and trained in Europe in opera as a mezzo-soprano, square-faced, lantern-jawed, full-figured Nina Varela came to the United States in the late 1930s and ended up in Hollywood. During the 40s, 50's, and 60's, she worked frequently at the Shubert Theater, accompanying ...
1902 - 1982, 79.
Mayor Delilah Courtney, Woman They Almost Lynched (1953). 1953.
9 westerns, 53-60.
9. Jo Van Fleet
Actress | East of Eden
Jo Van Fleet was born on December 29, 1915 in Oakland, California. She established herself as a notable dramatic actress on Broadway over several years, winning a Tony Award in 1954 for her skill in a difficult role, playing an unsympathetic, even abusive character, in Horton Foote's "The Trip to ...
11 westerns, 56-71.
Legacy of Hate (1966). 1966.
1915-1996, 80.
10. Helen Ainsworth
Producer | 5 Against the House
Formerly a stage actress in San Francisco and on Broadway, Ainsworth went to Hollywood in the 1920s as an agent. She helped many actors attain stardom: Guy Madison, Marilyn Monroe, Rhonda Fleming, Carol Channing and Howard Keel, among others. She also put together a deal for Guy Madison to star in ...
1901 - 1961, 59.
11. Edward Howard
Actor | The Lady Confesses
Edward Mills Howard was born Friday, September 2, 1910 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA, the eighth of ten children born to James Robert Howard (1853-1937) and Lula Monica Mills (1871-1952). Edward's father began as a farmer, moved into being a carpentry foreman for the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, and ...
17 westerns, 44-46.
Three in the Saddle (1945). 1945. Credited.
1910-1946, 36.
12. Richard Bailey
Actor | Manhunt of Mystery Island
Richard Bailey was born on September 26, 1919 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Manhunt of Mystery Island (1945), The Train (1964) and City of Silent Men (1942). He died on February 6, 2000 in Mission Viejo, California, USA.
11 westerns, 43-57.
6 feature westerns.
Galloping Thunder (1946). 1946.
1919-2000, 80.
13. Bob J. Human
Sound_department | Police Woman
Bob J. Human was born on November 30, 1917 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. He was an actor and editor, known for Police Woman (1974), A Fire in the Sky (1978) and White Line Fever (1975). He died on May 5, 1979 in Huntington Beach, California, USA.
20 westerns, 55-78.
Hide Jumpers (1958). 1958.
1917-1979, 61.
14. Ellen Hall
Actress | Range Law
Ellen Hall was born on April 18, 1923 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Range Law (1944), Lawless Code (1949) and Brand of the Devil (1944). She died on March 24, 1999 in Bellevue, Nebraska, USA.
12 westerns, 1943-1951.
Outlaws of Stampede Pass (1943). 1943.
1923-2000, 75.
15. Kay Morley
Actress | Six-Gun Serenade
Brunette B-movie starlet, born Leona Elaine Winona DeVinna in Pocatello, Idaho, was one of the five children of Edgar DeVinna (at one time superintendent at a Native American reservation) and his wife Lorena. By her own account, she was 'discovered' by a talent scout while visiting a friend in ...
9 westerns, 47-57.
Trails End (1949), 1949.
16. Eleanor Hansen
Actress | Flaming Frontiers
Eleanor Hansen was born on September 13, 1917 in Terre Haute, Indiana, USA. She was an actress, known for Flaming Frontiers (1938), The Mad Miss Manton (1938) and Russian Dressing (1938). She died on May 27, 2013 in San Diego, California, USA.
Flaming Frontiers (1938). 1938.
17. Patricia Walthall
Actress | Empty Holsters
Patricia Walthall was born on March 16, 1918 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Empty Holsters (1937).
Empty Holsters (1937). 1937.
1918, --
18. Norma Brooks
Actress | Sea Hunt
Norma Brooks was born on September 24, 1936 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. She was an actress, known for Sea Hunt (1958), Blazing the Overland Trail (1956) and The Bob Cummings Show (1955). She died on February 6, 2005 in Reno, Nevada, USA.
3 westerns.
credits, 1955-1959.
Four Ladies from Laredo (1956). 1956,
19. Helen Gilbert
Actress | The Falcon Takes Over
Helen Amelia Gilbert was one of those finds for whom everyone had high hopes, and who quickly made a splash in Hollywood, though not due to her acting, which was average at best. She appeared more in gossip columns than on the silver screen, and as her acting career waned, her notoriety grew ...
6 westerns, 46-56.
God's Country (1946). 1946.
1915 - 1995, 80.
20. Pauline Moore
Actress | The Three Musketeers
Pauline began as a model, appearing on the covers of magazines such as Cosmopolitan, McCall's and Ladies Home Journal. She was married to Jefferson Machamer, a cartoonist, from 1934 until his death in 1960. In 1962, she married minister Dodd Watkins, who died in 1972. She has three children: Wendy,...
13 westerns, 34-57.
The Trail Blazers. 1940.
King of the Texas Rangers (1941), 1941.
1914 - 2001, 87.
21. Woody Strode
Actor | Spartacus
An athlete turned actor, Strode was a top-notch decathlete and a football star at UCLA. He became part of Hollywood lore after meeting director John Ford and becoming a part of the Ford "family," appearing in four Ford motion pictures. Strode also played the powerful gladiator who does battle with ...
33 westerns, 39-95.
Incident of the Buffalo Soldier (1961). 1961. Credited.
1914 - 1994, 80.
22. Penny Edwards
Actress | The Dalton Girls
Vivacious blue-eyed blonde Penny Edwards was born in New York City in 1928 and displayed signs of musical talent as a youth. She began studying dance by age six and, as a teen, appeared on Broadway in "The Ziegfeld Follies of 1943". After a couple of other musicals and a stint with the St. Louis ...
42 westerns, 48-61.
Utah Wagon Train (1951), 1951, Credited.
1928 - 1998, 70.
23. Katy Jurado
Actress | High Noon
Katy Jurado was born María Cristina Estela Jurado García into a wealthy family on January 16, 1924. Her early years were spent amid luxury until her family's lands were confiscated by the federal government for redistribution to the landless peasantry. Despite the loss of property, the matriarch of...
23 westerns, 52-98.
The Badlanders (1958), 1958.
1924 - 2002, 78
24. Joan Taylor
Actress | 20 Million Miles to Earth
Joan Taylor's mother, Amelia Berky, was a vaudeville singing-dancing star in the 1920s. Her father was a prop man in Hollywood during that same period, but, after Joan's birth, the family moved to Lake Forest, Illinois, where her father managed a movie theater. She developed a love of movies from ...
49 westerns, 49-62.
The Long Goodbye (1961). 1961.
1929 - 2012, 82.
25. Smith Ballew
Soundtrack | Magic in the Moonlight
Began in show business as a radio singer. In the early 1930s he became one of the first singing screen cowboys. He starred in a series of musical westerns for Paramount, and another series for 20th Century Fox. In later years he was featured in supporting roles well into the 1950s.
11 westerns, 37-50.
#1, Panamint's Bad Man (1938) 1938.
1902-1984, 82.
26. Richard Martin
Actor | The Arizona Ranger
Richard Martin began working in films as a receptionist at MGM in the late 1930s. He began appearing in films while under contract to RKO in the early 1940s. Martin created the character of "Chito Jose Gonzalez Bustamonte Rafferty", the Irish-Mexican comic sidekick of cowboy star Tim Holt, in the ...
37 westerns, 42-60.
Nevada (1944). 1944.
1917 - 1994, 76
27. John James
Actor | Flying Tigers
John James was born on August 7, 1913 in Wichita Falls, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Flying Tigers (1942), Murder by Invitation (1941) and Thundering Trails (1943). He was married to Jacqueline James. He died on May 20, 1960 in New York City, New York, USA.
37 westerns, 41-58.
34 feature westerns.
Song of the Wasteland (1947). 1947. #3. Credit.
1910-1960, 50.
28. Ralph Meeker
Actor | Paths of Glory
Burly American character actor Ralph Meeker first acted on stage at his alma mater, Northwestern University, alongside other budding performers Charlton Heston and Patricia Neal. He graduated as a music major because his dean had discouraged him from pursuing a theatrical career. Ignoring that ...
25 westerns, 53-75.
2 feature westerns.
The Naked Spur (1953). 1953. Credited.
1920-1988, 67.
29. Alfonso Bedoya
Actor | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Mexican character actor who achieved his greatest success in U.S. films. He was born in Mexico city, living in numerous places throughout the country. He received a private education in Houston, Texas as a teenager, but dropped out and roamed about doing an assortment of jobs. His family, however, ...
17 westerns, 1937-1953.
1904 - 1957, 53.
30. Johnny Ginger
Actor | The Outlaws Is Coming
Johnny Ginger was born on June 16, 1934 in Toledo, Ohio, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Outlaws Is Coming (1964), The Johnny Ginger Show (1960) and Alleged (2010).
Two Ounces of Tin (1962), 1962.
1934, --
31. Will Geer
Actor | Jeremiah Johnson
Will Geer was born William Aughe Ghere in Frankfort, Indiana, to Katherine (Aughe), a teacher, and Roy Aaron Ghere, a postal worker. Will admired his grandfather, a man who said hello to trees by their Latin names and who had used what he brought back to Indiana from the California gold rush to ...
25 westerns, 39-74.
8 feature westerns.
Smiler with a Gun (1971). 1971.
1902 - 1978, 76.
32. Rafael Campos
Actor | Agent for H.A.R.M.
Rafael Campos was born on May 13, 1936 in Santiago, Dominican Republic. He was an actor, known for Agent for H.A.R.M. (1966), This Could Be the Night (1957) and Centennial (1978). He was married to Dinah Washington and Sally Boyd. He died on July 9, 1985 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, ...
48 westerns, 58-86.
Tonka (1958). 1958.
1936 - 1985, 49. Dominican Republic. USA.
33. O.Z. Whitehead
Actor | The Grapes of Wrath
American character actor of rather bizarre range, a member of the so-called "John Ford Stock Company." Originally a New York stage actor of some repute, Whitehead entered films in the 1930s. He played a wide variety of character parts, often quite different from his own actual age and type. He is ...
14 westerns, 47-62.
6 feature westerns.
Diamond Cut Diamond (1960). 1960.
1911-1998, 87.
34. William Bishop
Actor | Lorna Doone
William attended grammar and high schools in New York and New Jersey. Upon graduation, he enrolled at West Virginia University where he planned to study law and played football and tennis. One summer, his uncle got him a job at the Suffern County (in New York) Theatre. He worked with actors ...
23 westerns, 47-59.
Gun Belt (1953). 1953.
1918 - 1959, 41.
35. Tex Ritter
Actor | Song of the Gringo
Tex Ritter was born on January 12, 1905 in Murvaul, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Song of the Gringo (1936), High Noon (1952) and Varsity Blues (1999). He was married to Dorothy Fay. He died on January 2, 1974 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
74 westerns.
1905 - 1974, 68.
36. Buster Slaven
Actor | The Devil Is a Sissy
Buster Slaven was born on October 30, 1922 in Seattle, Washington, USA. He was an actor, known for The Devil Is a Sissy (1936), Ridin' Down the Trail (1947) and Range Beyond the Blue (1947). He was married to Betty (Conklin) Jackson. He died on June 27, 2009 in Walnut Creek, California, USA.
20 westerns, 29-50.
18 feature westerns.
Return of the Lash (1947). 1947.
1922 - 2009, 86.
37. Russell Hopton
Actor | Once in a Lifetime
Russell Hopton was born on February 18, 1900 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Once in a Lifetime (1932), The Little Giant (1933) and Star of Midnight (1935). He died on April 7, 1945 in North Hollywood, California, USA.
14 westerns, 31-45.
Law and Order (1932). 1932.
1900 - 1945, 45.
38. Eddie Dew
Actor | Trail to Gunsight
Eddie Dew was born on January 29, 1909 in Sumner, Washington, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Trail to Gunsight (1944), The Old Texas Trail (1944) and Beyond the Last Frontier (1943). He was married to Mary Dew. He died on April 6, 1972 in Burbank, California, USA.
78 westerns
1909-1972, 63.
39. Monte Hale
Actor | Giant
American B-Western star and singing cowboy Monte Hale was born Samuel Buren Ely in 1919 in Ada, Oklahoma, to Herod and Helen Ely. He learned to sing and play guitar at an early age. In Houston and later Galveston, Texas, he played for vaudeville shows and local rodeos. During World War II a job as ...
40 westerns, 44-68.
31 feature westerns.
Blue Horse (1959). 1959.
1919 - 2009, 89.
40. Monte Rawlins
Actor | The Adventures of the Masked Phantom
Monte Rawlins was born Dean Spencer in Yakima, Washington. His job as an aerial "barnstormer" in the 1930s landed him some aerial stuntwork in a few films. His big break came when he got the starring role in The Adventures of the Masked Phantom (1939), but the film, an independent effort, didn't ...
4 westerns, 35-39.
Hop-a-Long Cassidy (1935). 1935.
1907 - 1988, 81.
41. Frank McGlynn Jr.
Actor | Bar 20 Rides Again
Frank McGlynn Jr. was born on July 9, 1904 in Marin County, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Bar 20 Rides Again (1935), Hop-a-Long Cassidy (1935) and America (1924). He died on March 29, 1939 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
15 westerns
1904-1939, 34.
42. Steve Rowland
Actor | Crime in the Streets
Steve Rowland was born on September 3, 1932 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Crime in the Streets (1956), Battle of the Bulge (1965) and The Rifleman (1958).
34 westerns, 52-64.
Lawless Legacy (1952). 1952. Credited.
1932 -
43. Eddie Dean
Actor | Range Beyond the Blue
Eddie Dean made his name as a country-western singer on radio in the '30s. He journeyed to Hollywood to make it in western movies, debuting in Manhattan Love Song (1934), but he could only land bit parts in features and musical shorts. His career started to take off in the early 1940s, though, and ...
56 westerns, 38-62.
51 feature westerns.
28 soundtrack credits.
Hidden Gold (1940). 1940.
1907 - 1999, 91.
44. Lloyd Perryman
Actor | Sons of the Pioneers
Lloyd Perryman was born on January 29, 1917 in Ruth, Arkansas, USA. He was an actor, known for Sons of the Pioneers (1942), Heldorado (1946) and West of Cheyenne (1938). He was married to Violet "Buddie" Thatcher. He died on May 31, 1977 in Burbank, California, USA.
66 westerns, 37-74.
Heldorado (1946). 1946. Credited.
1917 - 1977, 60.
45. John Goddard
Actor | The Rifleman
John Goddard was born on August 28, 1927 in the USA. He is an actor, known for The Rifleman (1958), Wild Youth (1960) and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964). He has been married to Virginia Goddard since October 25, 1952. They have three children.
31 feature westerns, 54-68.
3 feature westerns.
Ride Clear of Diablo (1954). 1954.
46. Stewart East
Actor | Have Gun - Will Travel
Stewart East was born on November 19, 1913 in the USA. He was an actor, known for Have Gun - Will Travel (1957), The Buccaneer (1958) and The Mountain Men (1980). He died on February 18, 2007 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
32 westerns, 59-80.
2 feature westerns.
The Calf (1960). 1960.
1913 - 2007, 93.
47. Eddie Acuff
Actor | The Case of the Velvet Claws
Eddie Acuff is one of those wonderful supporting actors who peopled the fascinating world of Hollywood's A, B or Z movies. In a career spanning eighteen years he appeared in an amazing almost 300 movies and one TV episode! His appearances could be invisible (when deleted), hardly visible (he ...
37 westerns, 37-50.
Bad Bascomb (1946), 1946.
1903-1956, 53.
48. Russell Arms
Actor | The Man Who Came to Dinner
Russell Arms played Chester Finley opposite Doris Day in "By the Light of the Silvery Moon" (Warner Bros. 1953). Chester, a nerd in love with Marjorie Winfield, Day's character, was Marjorie's piano teacher, a rival to Bill Sherman, played by Gordon MacRae. Arms, in 1953, was not yet a featured ...
19 westerns, 47-62.
1920 - 2012, 92.
49. Bill Elliott
Actor | Across the Sierras
Born Gordon Nance in 1904 on a farm in Pattonsburg, Missouri -- a small town about 60 miles northeast of Kansas City -- the future "Wild Bill Elliott" grew up around horses. His father was a commissioner at the Kansas City Stockyards. and at age 16 Elliott won a first-place ribbon in that city's ...
83 westerns
1904-1965, 61.
50. William Wilkerson
Actor | Juarez
William Wilkerson was born on September 18, 1902 in Cobb, Oklahoma, USA. He was an actor, known for Juarez (1939), Singin' Spurs (1948) and California Conquest (1952). He died on March 3, 1966 in Hollywood, California, USA.
57 westerns, 35-54.
1902 - 1966, 63.
51. Archie Twitchell
Actor | Mickey the Kid
Archie Twitchell was born on November 28, 1906 in Pendleton, Oregon, USA. He was an actor, known for Mickey the Kid (1939), Television Spy (1939) and Web of Danger (1947). He was married to Lillian Vaughan and Sherma. He died on January 31, 1957 in Pacoima, California, USA.
30 westerns, 37-54.
24 feature westerns.
Prairie Stranger (1941). 1941.
1906 - 1957, 50.
52. Frank Matts
Actor | The Capture
Frank Matts was born on April 7, 1920 in San Luis Obispo, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Capture (1950), The Cisco Kid (1950) and The Range Rider (1951). He died on November 13, 1990 in Van Nuys, California, USA.
62 westerns, 47-59.
31 feature westerns.
5 stunts, 50-53.
Gold Dust Charlie (1950). 1950. Stunts, actor.
The Secret Lode (1951). 1951. Credited.
1920 - 1990, 70.
53. Matt Willis
Actor | The Return of the Vampire
After a long film career, he lived a quiet, sober life, returning to his boyhood home area. In 1965 he was employed as an advertising salesman for WQVA, a radio station in Quantico Va. under the supervision of Rick Miller, Sales Manager/Sports Director. He lived with his wife and son Hunter in a ...
7 westerns, 42-49.
Singing on the Trail (1946), 1946.
1913-1989, 75.
54. Hank Robinson
Actor | The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Tall (6'1"), tough, and burly actor, extra, and baseball player Hank Robinson was born Henry Ford Robinson on March 27, 1923 in Covington, Tennessee. Robinson grew up on a sharecropper farm in rural Tennessee and served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Hank spent thirteen seasons playing in ...
57 westerns
1923-2012, 89.
55. Brad Dexter
Actor | The Magnificent Seven
American supporting player specializing in tough guys. Of Serbian extraction, he was born in Nevada in 1917. As a young man, he boxed in amateur bouts and had early training in theatre at the Pasadena Playhouse. He joined the Air Corps during World War II and was assigned to the troupe performing ...
33 westerns
1917-2002, 85.
56. Chubby Johnson
Actor | The First Texan
Chubby Johnson was born Charles Rutledge Johnson on August 13, 1903, in Terre Haute, Indiana. He made a living as a journalist and did not become a movie actor until he was in his 40s, making his debut in the Randolph Scott oater Abilene Town (1946) in support of Scott, Ann Dvorak and Edgar Buchanan...
133 westerns, 46-72.
Night Riders of Montana (1951). 1951.
1903 - 1974, 71.
57. George Huggins
George Huggins was born on November 8, 1901 in Rainy River, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor. He died on April 5, 1959 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
55 westerns, 39-58.
38 feature westerns.
Prospector, King of the Bullwhip (1950). 1950.
1901 - 1959, 57. Canada. USA.
58. Karl Swenson
Actor | The Sword in the Stone
Of Swedish descent, burly, light-haired character actor Karl Swenson was born in Brooklyn and started his four-decade career on radio. Throughout the late 30s and 40s, his voice could be heard all over the airwaves, appearing in scores of daytime serials ("Lorenzo Jones") and mystery dramas ("Inner...
189 westerns.
1908 - 1978, 70.
59. Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez
Actor | Rio Bravo
First came to notice as a contestant on Groucho Marx's quiz show, You Bet Your Life (1950). His highly amusing personality won him bit parts in films, and he continued to work as a minor supporting player for years. He is the brother of Jose Gonzales-Gonzales. His most famous role was on John Wayne...
48 westerns.
#3 credit: Ricochet Romance (1954). 1954.
1925 - 2006, 80.
60. Anthony Zerbe
Actor | The Omega Man
Hailing from Long Beach, California, talented character actor Anthony Zerbe has kept busy in Hollywood and on stage since the late 1960s, often playing villainous or untrustworthy characters, with his narrow gaze and unsettling smirk. Zerbe was born May 20, 1936 in Long Beach, and served a stint in...
119 westerns, 65-96.
1936, --
61. Joe McGuinn
Actor | Billy the Kid Outlawed
Joe McGuinn was born on January 21, 1904 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Billy the Kid Outlawed (1940), The Officer and the Lady (1941) and Mysterious Doctor Satan (1940). He died on September 22, 1971 in Hollywood, California, USA.
83 westerns, 51-65.
1904-1971, 67.
62. David Brian
Actor | Intruder in the Dust
David Brian was born Brian James Davis on August 5, 1914 in New York City. After graduating from City College, he found work as a doorman before entering show business with a song-and-dance routine in vaudeville and nightclubs. He did a wartime stint with the United States Coast Guard and returned ...
41 westerns, 1951-1974.
Fury at Gunsight Pass (1956). 1956.
1914 - 1993, 78.
63. Wag Blesing
Actor | The Rounders
Wag Blesing was born on December 26, 1921 in Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for The Rounders (1966). He was married to Faye Blesing. He died on October 14, 1981 in Ramona, California, USA.
21 westerns, 53-71.
Kill the Editor (1958). 1958.
1921 - 1981, 59.
64. Betsy King Ross
Actress | Smoke Lightning
Her father, J. King Ross was a superb horse trainer, a dapper gentleman who was with numerous traveling circuses and shows. Betsy was born on 14 March 1921 (not 1922 which is the date most often given for her birth). She appeared in a few motion pictures but when she was about 13 she decided she ...
Smoke Lightning (1933). 1933.
1922 - 1989, 67.
65. Frank Marlowe
Actor | Murder in the Blue Room
Frank Marlowe was born on December 24, 1906 in Taunton, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Murder in the Blue Room (1944), The Lone Ranger (1949) and Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1947). He died on March 30, 1964 in Hollywood, California, USA.
37 westerns, 1931-1958.
1904 - 1964, 60.
66. Jennifer Holt
Actress | Buffalo Bill Rides Again
Jennifer, born Elizabeth Marshall, was the daughter of film star Jack Holt and Margaret Wood Holt; she had an older half-sister from her mothers' previous marriage, named Imogene and a brother, Charles John Holt III, nicknamed Tim Holt. She would later change her name to Jennifer for professional ...
39 westerns.
1920 - 1997, 76.
67. Doye O'Dell
Soundtrack | Vice
Doye O'Dell was born on November 22, 1912 in Gustine, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Vice (2018), Heldorado (1946) and Hit Parade of 1947 (1947). He was married to Ella Mae McLeod, Joan Barton and Ruth Southard. He died on January 3, 2001 in Northridge, California, USA.
30 westerns, 40-63.
15 feature westerns.
Island in the Swamp (1958). 1958.
1912 - 2001, 88.
68. Lash La Rue
Actor | The Dark Power
He looked so much like superstar Humphrey Bogart that character actress Sarah Padden asked if the two were related. LaRue said he didn't think so. After a long pause studying the young actor's face, she asked, "Did your mother ever meet Humphrey Bogart?"
Alfred "Lash" LaRue was born in Louisiana (...
47 westerns, 45-86.
25 feature westerns.
Dead Man's Gold (1948). 1948.
1917-1996, 78.
69. Henry Jones
Actor | Vertigo
Henry Burk Jones was born in New Jersey and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Helen (Burk) and John Francis Xavier Jones, and the grandson of Pennsylvania Representative Henry Burk, a Prussian immigrant. He graduated from St. Joseph's College. His Broadway debut was in 1938 in ...
46 westerns, 46 westerns, 57-82.
8 feature westerns.
Town on Fire (1965). 1965.
1912-1999, 86.
70. Herb Jeffries
Actor | The Bronze Buckaroo
This velvet-toned jazz baritone and sometime actor was (and perhaps still is) virtually unknown to white audiences. Yet, back in the late 1930s and early 1940s, Herb Jeffries was very big...in black-cast films. Today he is respected and remembered as a pioneer who broke down rusted-shut racial ...
8 westerns.
#1 credit : Harlem on the Prairie (1937). 1937.
1913 - 2014, 100.
71. Linda Cristal
Actress | The High Chaparral
Argentinian leading lady Marta Victoria Moya Peggo Burges was one of three siblings, born in Buenos Aires to a French father and Italian mother. When she was five years of age, her father, a publisher, fled with his family to Montevideo, Uruguay, where they went on to live for several years in ...
113 westerns +.
1934, -- Argentina.
72. Brock Peters
Actor | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Born of African and West Indian ancestry on July 2, 1927 in New York City, Brock Peters set his sights on a show business career early on, at age ten. A product of NYC's famed Music and Arts High School, Peters initially fielded more odd jobs than acting jobs as he worked his way up from Harlem ...
19 westerns
1927-2005, 78.
73. George Mathews
Actor | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Burly, craggy-faced tough guy actor George Mathews was brought up in Manhattan and educated in Brooklyn. He had an extensive career on stage, which began in the early 1930s, after he failed to get a job with the US Post Office. Instead, he joined the WPA (Works Progress Administration) Theatre ...
14 westerns, 53-62.
Sheriff Bull Harper, The Last Wagon (1956). 1956.
1911 - 1984, 73.
74. Alan Wells
Actor | Cape Fear
Alan Wells was born on March 23, 1926 in Benzonia, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for Cape Fear (1962), Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1956) and The Great Missouri Raid (1951). He was married to Barbara Lang and Claudia Barrett. He died on June 14, 2008 in Reno, Nevada, USA.
87 westerns
1926-2008, 82.
75. Norman Willis
Actor | Bullets or Ballots
Norman Willis was born on May 27, 1903 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Bullets or Ballots (1936), Here Comes Carter (1936) and Secret Valley (1937). He died on January 27, 1988 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
52 westerns, 37-65.
31 feature westerns.
Outlaws of the Prairie (1937). 1937.
1903 - 1988, 84.
76. Ron Hagerthy
Actor | The Horse Soldiers
Born in South Dakota, the son of a railway and factory worker, Hagerthy arrived in Glendale, California at the age of four when his family moved there. After graduating from school, he studied at Glendale City College and gained his first acting experience in amateur school and college plays. While...
71 westerns.
1932, --
77. Mark Stevens
Actor | Between Midnight and Dawn
Mark Stevens, a good-looking, second-tier star during the 1940s and 1950s, was born Richard William Stevens in Cleveland, Ohio, on December 13, 1916 (the dates in reference books seem to vary between 1915-20). Of Scottish and English heritage, the freckle-faced boy with the reddish hair had a ...
27 westerns, 44-66.
7 feature westerns.
The Monty Britton Story (1958). 1958. Director.
1916 - 1994, 77.
78. Larry Finley
Actor | The Cowboys
Larry Finley was born on July 5, 1921 in Arizona, USA. He was an actor, known for The Cowboys (1972), The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1973) and The Culpepper Cattle Co. (1972). He died on April 14, 1977.
28 westerns, 58-75.
6 feature westerns.
The Gunman (1959). 1959.
1921 - 1977.
79. Jimmie Horan
Actor | F Troop
Jimmie Horan was born on October 23, 1907 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He was an actor, known for F Troop (1965), Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958) and Cavalcade of America (1952). He died on May 4, 1967 in Hollywood, California, USA.
99 westerns, 47-67.
26 feature westerns.
The Far Country (1954). 1954.
1907 - 1967, 59.
80. Mitchell Rhein
Writer | Howdy Mate
Mitchell Rhein was born on June 16, 1900 in New York, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Howdy Mate (1931), The Cat's Paw (1931) and Target: The Corruptors (1961). He was married to Mildred Rayfield. He died on September 23, 1977 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
5 westerns.
1900-1977, 77.
81. Kirby Grant
Actor | Gunman's Code
As a child, Kirby received a scholarship to the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago. Kirby won the scholarship as a violinist and singer, but he also dabbled as a sculptor. He would play a violinist in the film, I Dream Too Much (1935), which starred Henry Fonda. While his movie career was ...
26 westerns, 38-54.
Lawless Valley (1938). 1938.
1911 - 1985, 73.
82. Robert Kellard
Actor | Drums of Fu Manchu
Tall, dark and very handsome-looking Robert Kellard remains a little known lead and support player of late 30s and 40s "B" action and multi-chapter cliffhangers. Born the younger of two boys in Los Angeles on April 23, 1915, initial interest was triggered by his actor father, Ralph Kellard. An aunt...
20 westerens, 41-51.
1915-1981, 65.
83. Bill Cody Jr.
Actor | Scouts to the Rescue
Bill Cody Jr. was born on April 18, 1925 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Scouts to the Rescue (1939), Frontier Days (1934) and The Girl of the Golden West (1938). He was married to Elizabeth Sidford MacGregor. He died on August 11, 1989 in Studio City, California, USA.
13 westerns, 34-42.
1925 - 1989, 64.
84. Robert Winkler
Actor | Sullivan's Travels
Born in Chicago on February 12, 1927, Robert "Bobby" Winckler (often credited as "Winkler"), was one of the most prolific child actors of the 1930s and 1940s. Charles Chaplin's wife, Mildred Harris, got Robert into show business with a letter of introduction to producer Hal Roach. Between the ages ...
15 westerns, 38-47.
Pals of the Pecos (1941). 1941.
1927 - 1989, 62.
85. Jo Morrow
Actress | 13 Ghosts
Born in Cuero, Texas, Jo Morrow was still a baby when her parents took her to San Diego, where her father worked in aircraft manufacture and her mother encouraged Jo's acting aspirations. Entering a "Be a Star" contest which Morrow feels started out as a sham, she actually won a 20th Century-Fox ...
8 westerns, 59-64.
He Rides Tall (1964). 1964
1939, --
86. Jimmy Wakely
Soundtrack | Song of the Drifter
He was one of filmdom's last dying breed of crooning cowpokes following WWII. Jimmy Wakely had many talents (singing, songwriting, guitar-playing) and performed in many venues (radio, film, TV, rodeos, clubs) over his career. He began life in Mineola, Arkansas in 1914, but was raised in ...
58 westerns
1914-1982, 68.
87. Joel McCrea
Actor | Sullivan's Travels
One of the great stars of American Westerns, and a very popular leading man in non-Westerns as well. He was born and raised in the surroundings of Hollywood and as a boy became interested in the movies that were being made all around. He studied acting at Pomona College and got some stage ...
61 westerns
1905-1990, 84.
88. Chad Trower
Chad Trower was born on February 22, 1900 in Missouri, USA. He was an actor. He died on January 14, 1971 in Riverside County, California, USA.
3 westerns, 2 stunts.
1900-1971, 70.
89. Rufe Davis
Actor | Saddlemates
Perhaps best remembered today for the '60s sitcom Petticoat Junction (1963), Rufe Davis had a long and varied career in show business, winding from an Oklahoma farm to the bright lights of New York and ultimately to Hollywood, including stops around the world.
Rufus Eldon Davidson was born in Vinson...
18 westerns
1908-1974, 66.
90. Joe Brooks
Actor | Gremlins
Born in Los Angeles, Joe Brooks became an actor after graduating high school. He did some work as an extra, and his first speaking part was in the John Wayne WW II actioner The Fighting Seabees (1944). His acting career was interrupted by wartime service in the South Pacific. Returning to ...
66 westerns, 63-75.
1923-2007, 83.
91. Clancy Cooper
Actor | The Wild North
Clancy Cooper was born on July 23, 1906 in Boise, Idaho, USA. He was an actor, known for The Wild North (1952), Street of Chance (1942) and Railroaded! (1947). He was married to Elizabeth Murray Keyser. He died on June 14, 1975 in Hollywood, California, USA.
82 westerns
1906-1975, 68.
92. Arthur Franz
Actor | The Caine Mutiny
Arthur Scofield Franz was born in Perth Amboy, NJ, to Dorothy and Gustav Franz, German immigrants. He was a reliable character actor in many 1940s and 1950s "B" pictures, often cast as a friendly small-town businessman or professional (as in The Doctor and the Girl (1949)) or the lead's sympathetic...
40 westerns.
#2 credit: Most Beautiful Woman (1960). 1960.
1920 - 2006, 86.
93. Rex Allen
Soundtrack | Tomorrowland
Rex Allen started out as a singer in vaudeville, and sang on numerous radio shows before hooking up with a traveling rodeo show. He signed with Republic Pictures and became a popular singing cowboy, and was often paired with sidekick Slim Pickens. He starred in his own western TV series, Frontier ...
82 westerns
1920-1999, 78.
94. Gilbert Roland
Actor | The Bad and the Beautiful
Luis Antonio Damaso de Alonso, later known as Gilbert Roland, was born in 1905 in Mexico. Following his parents to the USA, he did not become the bullfighter he had dreamed of being but became an actor instead. His Mexican roots, his half macho half romantic ways, his handsome virile figure helped ...
54 westerns
1905-1994, 88.
Mexico. USA.
95. Jack Luden
Actor | Stagecoach Days
Jack Luden's story is one of the saddest in Hollywood. He was born as Jacob Benson Luden in Reading, Pennsylvania, with a silver spoon in his mouth; his uncle was the millionaire founder of Luden's Cough Drops and he attended the finest schools on the east coast. But he was restless, possessing an ...
13 westerns, 27-45.
Sundown Rider (1932).
1902 - 1951, 49.
96. Buck Morgan
Actor | The Texas Rambler
Buck Morgan was born on June 20, 1907 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for The Texas Rambler (1935) and Six Gun Justice (1935). He was married to Agnes. He died on August 27, 1981 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
72 westerns, 28-48.
Trailing Trouble (1937), 1937. Rancher. Uncredited.
1907-1981, 74.
97. Julie Carter
Actress | Redskin
Julie Carter was born on February 28, 1913 in Pueblo, Colorado, USA. She was an actress, known for Redskin (1929), The Boys from Syracuse (1940) and Stagecoach War (1940). She was married to Jimmy Starr, Leslie Fenton and Robert Livingston. She died on March 12, 1991 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
4 westerns, 29-41.
Corn Blossom, Redskin (1929). 1929.
1913 - 1991, 78.
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