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Boyd Stockman
Ira D. Boyd Stockman (February 12, 1916 – March 10, 1998) was an American actor and stuntman. He was best known for his appearances in the American western television series ''The Adventures of Kit Carson'', and for playing the role of Spud Oxton in the 1955 film ''The Man from Laramie''. Stockman was born in Redrock, New Mexico, and raised in California. His television credits include ''Gunsmoke'', '' State Trooper'', ''The Guns of Will Sonnett'', '' The Virginian'', ''The Range Rider'', ''Annie Oakley'', '' Laramie'', ''The Gene Autry Show'', ''Sky King'', ''The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok'', ''Cimarron City'' and ''Tales of Wells Fargo''. His film credits include '' Gun Talk'', ''The Duel at Silver Creek'', ''Outlaw Brand'', ''Beyond the Purple Hills'', ''Texans Never Cry'', ''Westward Ho the Wagons!'', '' Night Passage'', ''West of El Dorado'' and ''The Gambler Wore a Gun''. Stockman died in May 1998 in Silver City, New Mexico Silver City is a town in Grant County, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Google Books
Google Books (previously known as Google Book Search, Google Print, and by its code-name Project Ocean) is a service from Google Inc. that searches the full text of books and magazines that Google has scanned, converted to text using optical character recognition (OCR), and stored in its digital database.The basic Google book link is found at: https://books.google.com/ . The "advanced" interface allowing more specific searches is found at: https://books.google.com/advanced_book_search Books are provided either by publishers and authors through the Google Books Partner Program, or by Google's library partners through the Library Project. Additionally, Google has partnered with a number of magazine publishers to digitize their archives. The Publisher Program was first known as Google Print when it was introduced at the Frankfurt Book Fair in October 2004. The Google Books Library Project, which scans works in the collections of library partners and adds them to the digital invent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laramie (TV Series)
''Laramie'' is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from 1959 to 1963. A Revue Studios production, the program originally starred John Smith as Slim Sherman, owner of the Sherman Ranch, along with his younger brother Andy, played by Robert L. Crawford, Jr.; Robert Fuller as Jess Harper, an immature, hot-headed drifter who shows up at the Sherman Ranch in the premiere episode; and Hoagy Carmichael as Jonesy, who keeps the homestead/stage stop running while Slim and Jess usually alternate starring roles during the show. Actress Spring Byington was later added to the cast. STARZ!'s Westerns Channel and the Grit network began airing the series in July 2015. Synopsis The two Sherman brothers and a drifter, Jess Harper, come together to run a stagecoach stop for the Great Central Overland Mail Company after the Shermans' father, Matt, was murdered by a greedy land seeker. The Sherman parents are buried on the ranch. Near the end of the series, Matt Sherman was r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Of El Dorado
''West of El Dorado'' is a 1949 American Western film directed by Ray Taylor and written by Adele Buffington. The film stars Johnny Mack Brown, Max Terhune, Reno Browne, Teddy Infuhr, Milburn Morante and Terry Frost. The film was released on June 5, 1949, by Monogram Pictures. Plot Cast *Johnny Mack Brown as Johnny Mack *Max Terhune as Alibi * Reno Browne as Mary *Teddy Infuhr as Larry Dallas *Milburn Morante as Brimstone *Terry Frost as Ed Stone *Marshall Reed as Barstow *Boyd Stockman as Joe *Kenne Duncan as Steve Dallas *Bud Osborne as Jerry * William Bailey as Sheriff Jack *Artie Ortego Artie A. Ortego (February 9, 1890 – July 24, 1960) was an American actor. He appeared in more than 240 films between 1912 and 1955. Ortego portrayed cowboys, henchmen and American Indians in a large number of westerns and performed hor ... as Indian * Bill Potter as Guitar Player Phil References External links * {{Ray Taylor (director) 1949 films Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Passage (film)
''Night Passage'' is a 1957 American Western film directed by James Neilson and starring James Stewart and Audie Murphy. Plot On the way to meet his former boss, railroad tycoon Ben Kimball, Grant McLaine rescues a young boy, Joey Adams, from Concho. Ben informs Grant that his payroll has been robbed three times already by a gang led by Whitey Harbin and the Utica Kid. If Ben's workers do not get paid soon, they will all leave the end-of-track work camp. Over the objections of Kimball's number 2, Jeff Kurth, Grant accepts the undercover job of carrying $10,000 to the crew by train. Kurth bets his job that Grant will fail. When the train is held up again, Grant hides the money in a shoebox carried by Joey. The ploy works, but the young boy turns out to be friends with the Utica Kid, who takes him along with him. When the robbers cannot find the money, Whitey kidnaps Ben's wife Verna to hold for ransom. Concho, a gang member, pistol-whips Grant, sending him tumbling down the st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westward Ho The Wagons!
''Westward Ho the Wagons!'' is a 1956 American Western film starring Fess Parker and Kathleen Crowley and produced by Walt Disney Productions. Based on Mary Jane Carr's novel ''Children of the Covered Wagon'', the film was produced by Bill Walsh, directed by William Beaudine, and released to theatres on December 20, 1956 by Buena Vista Distribution Company. The supporting cast features Jeff York, Sebastian Cabot (in his first film role for Disney), David Stollery, and George Reeves (his final feature film appearance). Plot A small group of families join together to travel to Oregon in 1846. Their leader is ostensibly James Stephen (George Reeves, TV's ''Superman''), who has made the trip before, and is now bringing his family along. John Grayson (Fess Parker, TV's "Davy Crockett" and ''Daniel Boone''), known as Doc for his ambition to study medicine, however, proves to be the real leader of the wagon train. The pioneers deal with the elements and occasional raids, but after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texans Never Cry
''Texans Never Cry'' is a 1951 American Western film directed by Frank McDonald and written by Norman S. Hall. The film stars Gene Autry, Mary Castle, Russell Hayden, Gail Davis, Tom Keene and Don C. Harvey. The film was released on March 15, 1951, by Columbia Pictures. Plot Cast * Gene Autry as Gene Autry *Mary Castle as Rita Bagley * Russell Hayden as Steve Diamond *Gail Davis as Nancy Carter * Tom Keene as Tracy Wyatt * Don C. Harvey as Blackie Knight *Roy Gordon as Frank Bagley *Pat Buttram as Pecos Bates *Michael Ragan as Rip Braydon * Frank Fenton as Capt. Weldon *Sandy Sanders as Bart Thomas *John R. McKee as Edward Dunham *Harry Mackin as Bill Ross *Harry Tyler as Dan Carter *Minerva Urecal as Martha Carter *Richard Flato as Carlos Corbal * I. Stanford Jolley as Red *Duke York Duke York ( Charles Everest Sinsabaugh; October 17, 1908January 24, 1952), was an American film actor and stuntman who appeared in nearly 160 films between 1932 and 1952. He was also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beyond The Purple Hills
''Beyond the Purple Hills'' is a 1950 American Western film directed by John English and written by Norman S. Hall. The film stars Gene Autry, Jo-Carroll Dennison, Don Beddoe, James Millican, Don Reynolds and Hugh O'Brian. The film was released on July 25, 1950, by Columbia Pictures. Plot When a bank robbery results in the death of the sheriff, Judge Beaumont (Roy Gordon) asks horse trainer Gene Autry (Gene Autry) to take the sheriff's place. Gene, who has helped Beaumont deal with his fractious son, Jack (Hugh O'Brian), agrees. Beaumont then reveals that he wants to rewrite his will to leave Jack out, prompting a fight between father and son. When the judge is murdered soon after, Gene is forced to arrest Jack, despite not believing that he is guilty. Cast * Gene Autry as Gene Autry * Jo-Carroll Dennison as Mollie Rayburn *Don Beddoe as Amos Rayburn *James Millican as Rocky Morgan * Don Reynolds as Chip Beaumont *Hugh O'Brian as Jack Beaumont *Roy Gordon as Judge Beaumont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outlaw Brand
''Outlaw Brand'' is a 1948 American Western film directed by Lambert Hillyer and written by J. Benton Cheney. The film stars Jimmy Wakely, Dub Taylor, Kay Morley, Christine Larson, Tom Chatterton and Leonard Penn. The film was released on October 24, 1948 by Monogram Pictures. Plot Cast *Jimmy Wakely as Jimmy Wakely *Dub Taylor as Cannonball * Kay Morley as Laura Chadwick * Christine Larson as Monica *Tom Chatterton as Tom Chadwick *Leonard Penn as Brent *John James as Lannigan *Nolan Leary as Gentry *Bud Osborne as Sheriff *Eddie Majors as Ward *Boyd Stockman Ira D. Boyd Stockman (February 12, 1916 – March 10, 1998) was an American actor and stuntman. He was best known for his appearances in the American western television series '' The Adventures of Kit Carson'', and for playing the role of Spud O ... as Ed Parker *Frank McCarroll as Kirk References External links * {{Lambert Hillyer 1948 films American Western (genre) films 1948 Western (genre) f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Duel At Silver Creek
''The Duel at Silver Creek'' is a 1952 American Western film directed by Don Siegel; his first film in the Western genre. It starred Stephen McNally, Audie Murphy and Faith Domergue. It was the first time Murphy had appeared in a film where he played a character who was good throughout the movie.Don Graham, ''No Name on the Bullet: The Biography of Audie Murphy'', Penguin, 1989 p 228 The working titles of the film were Claim Jumpers and Hair Trigger Kid. Plot Luke Cromwell, aka the "Silver Kid" (Audie Murphy), loses his father to mining claim jumpers. He is deputised by Marshal Lightning Tyrone (Stephen McNally) of Silver City, who wants to defeat the claim jumpers. The two men fall for different women, Tyrone for the treacherous Opal Lacey (Faith Domergue), who is secretly in league with the claim jumpers, and Cromwell with tomboy Dusty Fargo (Susan Cabot) who pursues Lightning. Cast * Audie Murphy as Luke Cromwell – The Silver Kid * Faith Domergue as Opal Lacey * Stephen McN ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tales Of Wells Fargo
''Tales of Wells Fargo'' is an American Western television series starring Dale Robertson that ran from 1957 to 1962 on NBC. Produced by Revue Productions, the series aired in a half-hour format until its final season, when it expanded to an hour and switched from black-and-white to color. Synopsis Set in the 1870s and 1880s, the series starred Oklahoma native Dale Robertson as Wells Fargo special agent Jim Hardie, noted at the time as "the left-handed gun". The character was fictional, but the series' development was influenced by the biography of Wells Fargo detective Fred J. Dodge. Agent Hardie was shown working cases in many areas of the Old West, occasionally interacting with legendary outlaws such as Jesse James and Belle Starr, as well as with other American historical figures. Hardie's own history was rarely discussed, but one episode gave a detailed backstory, portraying him as a Louisiana-born drifter who almost became an outlaw before finding his true mission i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cimarron City (TV Series)
''Cimarron City'' is an American one-hour Western television series, starring George Montgomery as Matt Rockford and John Smith as Lane Temple, airing for 26 episodes on NBC from 1958 to 1959 before being canceled. Cimarron City is a boomtown in Logan County, Oklahoma, north of Oklahoma City. Rich in oil and gold, Cimarron City aspires to become the capital of the future state of Oklahoma, to be created in 1907. Synopsis Matthew Rockford is the son of an area cattle rancher, who is the founder and mayor of Cimarron City. Lane Temple, the blacksmith, serves also as the deputy sheriff. He maintains the law amid the crooked schemes concocted in Cimarron City. Audrey Totter played Beth Purcell, the owner of the boarding house. The episodes were supposed to rotate equally among Montgomery, Smith, and Totter. The writers, however, did not give Totter enough stories as promised, and she left the series. ''Cimarron City'' also featured Dan Blocker (before ''Bonanza'') in two roles. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
