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Al Taylor (actor)
Al Taylor (August 8, 1887 – March 2, 1951) was an American character actor during the silent and sound film eras. Biography Born in Boston in 1887, Taylor began in films with a small role in the 1926 silent film, ''The Fighting Cheat'', starring Wally Wales and Jean Arthur. During his career he appeared in over 200 films, mostly in small, uncredited roles. The vast majority of his roles were in Westerns, such as ''The Lawless Nineties'' (1936), starring John Wayne, 1940's ''Heroes of the Saddle'', a The Three Mesquiteers' film, and the 1942 Roy Rogers film, ''Man from Cheyenne''. Filmography (Per AFI database) * ''The Fighting Cheat'' (1926) ... Cook * ''The Bandit Buster'' (1926) ... Hotel clerk * ''The Bonanza Buckaroo'' (1926) ... Carney * ''The Dangerous Dub'' (1926) ... Scar-Face Hanan * '' Rawhide'' (1926) ... Jim Reep * ''The Ramblin' Galoot'' (1926) * ''Soda Water Cowboy'' (1927) ... Joe * '' The Interferin' Gent'' (1927) ... Ben Douglas * '' Between Dangers'' (1927) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- most populous city in the country. The city boundaries encompass an area of about and a population of 675,647 as of 2020. It is the seat of Suffolk County (although the county government was disbanded on July 1, 1999). The city is the economic and cultural anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area known as Greater Boston, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) home to a census-estimated 4.8 million people in 2016 and ranking as the tenth-largest MSA in the country. A broader combined statistical area (CSA), generally corresponding to the commuting area and including Providence, Rhode Island, is home to approximately 8.2 million people, making it the sixth most populous in the United States. Boston is one of the oldest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bandit Buster
''The Bandit Buster'' is a 1926 American silent Western film. Directed by Richard Thorpe, the film stars Buddy Roosevelt, Molly Malone, and Lafe McKee. It was released on December 19, 1926. Plot Henry Morton is a prominent banker. His daughter, Sylvia, and his wife feel that he is working too hard. Sylvia enlists the help of her friend, Buddy Miller, who has romantic aspirations towards her, to fake a kidnapping, taking her father to a secluded cabin where he can rest for a week or two. Miller and his friend, Romeo, take Morton and bring him to a lakeside cabin. Unbeknownst to Morton's wife and daughter, he was in the midst of a large business transaction. When Morton's subordinates go to Mrs. Morton for instructions as to whether hold or sell Morton's stock, Mrs. Morton discusses the situation with Sylvia. Their discussion is overheard, and real kidnappers are informed of his whereabouts, and go to the cabin and conduct a real kidnapping. When Mrs. Morton receives the ransom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Range Feud
''The Range Feud'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code Western film directed by D. Ross Lederman for Columbia Pictures, that stars Buck Jones and John Wayne. Wayne biographer Ronald L. Davis referred to the film as the first in a collection of "cheap, assembly-line pictures" Wayne would make in the 1930s. It was remade in 1934 as a 15-chapter Buck Jones serial called ''The Red Rider'' (without Wayne).Cline, William C. (1984). "2. In Search of Ammunition". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 10. . Plot Clint Turner is arrested for the murder of his girlfriend Judy Walton's father. Clint falls under suspicion because the dead man was a rival rancher who had been an enemy of Clint's father years before. It is Sheriff Gordon's job to sort the whole thing out. Cast * Buck Jones as Sheriff Buck Gordon * John Wayne as Clint Turner * Susan Fleming as Judy Walton * Edward LeSaint as John Walton * Will Walling as Dad Turner * Wallace MacDonald Wallace Archibald MacDonal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Avenger (1931 Film)
''The Avenger'' is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Buck Jones and Dorothy Revier. The film is loosely based on the exploits of legendary Mexican bandit Joaquin Murrieta, who, in the mid-19th century, went to California and, according to the legend, swore vengeance against Americans and began of a series of robberies in the mining country after being discriminated against by white men. The film was remade in 1942 as ''Vengeance of the West'', directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Bill Elliott and Tex Ritter. Premise In 1849, Joaquin Murietta (Buck Jones) is determined to track down the three men, Black Kelly (Otto Hoffman), Ike Mason ( Edward Peil Sr.) and Al Goss (Walter Percival), who lynched his brother. As "The Black Shadow," he robs the rich, gives to the poor, and romances the new school teacher Helen Lake (Dorothy Revier Dorothy Revier (born Doris Valerga; April 18, 1904 – November 19, 1993) was an American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quick Trigger Lee
''Quick Trigger Lee'' is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film. Directed by J. P. McGowan, the film stars Raymond Glenn, Caryl Lincoln, and Monte Montague. It was released on November 24, 1931. Cast list * Raymond Glenn as Phil "Quick Trigger" Lee (credited as Bob Custer) * Caryl Lincoln as Rose Campbell * Monte Montague as Sammy Wales * Leander de Cordova as Jeremy Wales (credited as Lee De Cordova) * Richard Carlyle Richard Carlyle (March 20, 1914 – November 15, 2009) was a film, television and Broadway actor. Early years Carlyle was born in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. His education included attendance at Sherwood Dramatic Art School and the Art I ... as John "Dad" Saunders * Frank Ellis as Pete * Al Taylor Plot ''Quick Trigger Lee'' features a film within a film. A film crew interrupts the Wales gang before it can ambush Lee, who is on his way to help an old prospector. Lee manages to get the gang jailed while becoming romantically involved with the film co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Utah Kid (1930 Film)
''The Utah Kid'' is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Rex Lease and Boris Karloff. Cast * Rex Lease as Cal Reynolds * Dorothy Sebastian as Jennie Lee * Tom Santschi as Butch * Mary Carr as Aunt Ada * Walter Miller as Sheriff Jim Bentley * Lafe McKee as Parson Joe * Boris Karloff as Henchman Baxter * Bud Osborne as Deputy * Chuck Baldra as Henchman (uncredited) * Ralph Bucko as Henchman (uncredited) * Bob Burns as Barfly (uncredited) * Fred Burns as Rancher (uncredited) * Bob Card as Henchman (uncredited) * Bud McClure as Henchman (uncredited) * Art Mix as Deputy (uncredited) * Jack Rockwell as Henchman (uncredited) * Hal Taliaferro as Deputy (uncredited) * Al Taylor as Henchman (uncredited) * Blackie Whiteford as Henchman (uncredited) * Jay Wilsey as Deputy (uncredited) Plot A reformed outlaw (Lease) marries a teacher (Sebastian) to protect her from his gang, Production In addition to Thorpe as director, Frank Howard Clark wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desperate Courage
''Desperate Courage'' is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by Richard Thorpe. The film stars Wally Wales, Olive Hasbrouck, and Tom Bay. Produced by the Poverty Row studio Action Pictures, it was released by Pathé Exchange on January 15, 1928. Cast list * Wally Wales Floyd Taliaferro Alderson (November 13, 1895 – February 10, 1980) was an American film actor who specialized in westerns. After serving in the Great War, he began his career in the era of silent films, when he frequently used the name Wally ... as Jim Dane * Olive Hasbrouck as Ann Halliday * Tom Bay as Colonel Halliday * Lafe McKee as A Brannon Brother * Fanchon Frankel as A Brannon Brother * Bill Dyer as A Brannon Brother * Slim Whitaker as Henchman (credited as Charles Whitaker) * Al Taylor as Henchman * S. S. Simon as Sheriff References External links * * 1928 films American black-and-white films 1928 Western (genre) films Pathé Exchange films Films directed by Richard Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ballyhoo Buster
''The Ballyhoo Buster'' is a 1928 American silent Western film. Directed by Richard Thorpe, the film stars Jay Wilsey, Peggy Shaw, and Nancy Nash. It was released on January 8, 1928. Plot After selling cattle to two strangers, Bob Warner is later drugged by those same men, who steal the money they had paid for the herd. Penniless, his girl leaves him for a rival suitor. Warner leaves town and meets a medicine show proprietor, who lets him join the show. Warner's job will be to last three rounds with anyone who challenges him in the ring, a "ballyhoo". He becomes quite a draw, and eventually the show makes an appearance in Warner's home town. He is challenged by the man who stole his girlfriend. While in the ring with a contestant, he notices the two robbers among the spectators. He knocks out the contestant, then chases after the two crooks. In the chase, one of the crooks hops into a car and then loses control, plunging over an incline and killing him. Warner catches up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Between Dangers
''Between Dangers'' is a 1927 American silent Western film. Directed by Richard Thorpe, the film stars Buddy Roosevelt, Alma Rayford, and Rennie Young. It was released on February 13, 1927. Plot When Tom Rawlins inherits a ranch, he heads out to take possession. On the way he is waylaid by three crooks in a saloon who knock him out and take the ownership papers to the ranch. When he wakes up, he hitches a ride on a freight train which drops him off in Cactus City, the nearest town to his ranch. Shortly after his arrival, the local bank is robbed and one of the citizens is killed. Santine, the foreman at the Cross P Ranch, Rawlins' inheritance, incites the citizenry to believe that Rawlins is the culprit in the bank robbery, and he is arrested. However, while in jail he convinces the sheriff and the sheriff's daughter, Sue Conway, that he is innocent. Meanwhile, Santine gets one of his henchmen, Charlie, to pose as Rawlins in order to claim possession of the ranch. Santine has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Interferin' Gent
''The Interferin' Gent'' is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Richard Thorpe. It stars Jay Wilsey, Al Taylor, and Olive Hasbrouck. It was released on August 21, 1927. Cast list * Jay Wilsey as Bill Stannard (credited as Buffalo Bill Jr.) * Olive Hasbrouck as Ann Douglas * Al Taylor as Ben Douglas * Harry Todd Harry Todd (December 13, 1863 – February 15, 1935) was an American actor. He appeared in nearly 400 films between 1909 and 1935. On Broadway, Todd was a member of the ensemble in '' The American Way'' (1939). Todd died in Glendale, Cal ... as Buddy * Jack McDonald as Joe Luke References 1926 films Films directed by Richard Thorpe 1926 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Pathé Exchange films Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s American films {{silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soda Water Cowboy
''The Soda Water Cowboy'' is a 1927 American silent Western film. Directed by Richard Thorpe, the film stars Hal Taliaferro, Beryl Roberts, and J. P. Lockney. It was released on September 25, 1927. Cast list * Hal Taliaferro as Wally (credited as Wally Wales) * Beryl Roberts as Mademoiselle Zalla * J. P. Lockney John P. Lockney (March 17, 1867, date of death unknown) was an American actor of the silent film era. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1915 and 1937. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Partial filmography * ''The Bride of Hat ... as Professor Beerbum * Slim Whitaker as Ross (credited as Charles Whitaker) * Al Taylor as Joe References 1927 films 1927 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Pathé Exchange films Films directed by Richard Thorpe Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films {{silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ramblin' Galoot
''The Ramblin' Galoot'' is a 1926 American silent Western film. Directed by Fred Bain at the Poverty Row studios of Action Pictures, the film stars Buddy Roosevelt, Violet La Plante, and Frederick Lee. It was released on November 21, 1926. Cast list * Buddy Roosevelt as Buddy Royle * Violet La Plante as Pansy Price * Frederick Lee as Roger Farnley * Al Taylor * Slim Whitaker (credited as Charles Whitaker) * Nelson McDowell * Charles McClary * Harry Delmour * Hank Bell Hank Bell (January 21, 1892 – February 4, 1950) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 370 films between 1920 and 1950. He was born in Los Angeles, California, and died in Hollywood, California, from a heart attack A myo ... References External links * * 1926 films 1926 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Associated Exhibitors films Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s American films {{silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
