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Chief Crazy Horse (film)
''Chief Crazy Horse'' is a 1955 American CinemaScope Western film directed by George Sherman and starring Victor Mature, Suzan Ball and John Lund. The film is a fictionalized biography of the Lakota Sioux Chief Crazy Horse. It was also known as ''Valley of Fury''. Plot When young Crazy Horse (Victor Mature) wins his bride, rival Little Big Man ( Ray Danton) goes to villainous traders with evidence of gold in the sacred Lakota burial ground. A new gold rush starts and old treaties are torn up. Crazy Horse becomes chief of his people, leading them to war at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Cast * Victor Mature as Crazy Horse * Suzan Ball as Black Shawl * John Lund as Major Twist * Ray Danton as Little Big Man * Keith Larsen as Flying Hawk * Paul Guilfoyle as Worm * David Janssen as Lt. Colin Cartwright * Robert Warwick as Spotted Tail * James Millican as General Crook * Morris Ankrum as Red Cloud * Donald Randolph as Aaron Cartwright * Robert F. Simon as Jeff Mantz * Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Sherman
George Sherman (July 14, 1908 – March 15, 1991) was an American film director and producer of low-budget Western films. One obituary said his "credits rival in number those of anyone in the entertainment industry." Biography George Sherman was born in New York City on July 14, 1908. At age 14 he sailed aboard the SS ''Mongolia'' to Los Angeles, California, where he found work in the mail room at Warner Bros. studios via a film editor friend. Sherman was credited for working on props on '' Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'' (1928). Mack Sennett He worked as an assistant director on the Mack Sennett comedy ''The Lion and the House'' (1932), then the short feature ''Hypnotized'' (1932). He worked on the shorts ''A Wrestler's Bride'' (1933), '' The Plumber and the Lady'' (1933), ''Uncle Jake'' (1933), ''See You Tonight'' (1933), ''Husbands' Reunion'' (1933), and ''The Big Fibber'' (1933). Assistant Director Sherman went to First Division Productions where he assisted on ''Sunset Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crazy Horse
Crazy Horse ( lkt, Tȟašúŋke Witkó, italic=no, , ; 1840 – September 5, 1877) was a Lakota war leader of the Oglala band in the 19th century. He took up arms against the United States federal government to fight against encroachment by white American settlers on Native American territory and to preserve the traditional way of life of the Lakota people. His participation in several famous battles of the Black Hills War on the northern Great Plains, among them the Fetterman Fight in 1866, in which he acted as a decoy, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876, in which he led a war party to victory, earned him great respect from both his enemies and his own people. In September 1877, four months after surrendering to U.S. troops under General George Crook, Crazy Horse was fatally wounded by a bayonet-wielding military guard while allegedly resisting imprisonment at Camp Robinson in present-day Nebraska. He was honored by the U.S. Postal Service in 1982 with a 13¢ Great ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Hogan
Pat Hogan (born Thurman Lee Haas; February 3, 1920 – November 21, 1966) was an American actor. He mostly played Native Americans over the course of his career. He was best known for his portrayal of Chief Red Stick in the film ''Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier'' (1955). Career Born in Oklahoma to Claude Red Elk and Ann McTigue, Hogan was a member of the Oneida tribe. He attended Roosevelt High School in St. Louis and Pasadena Junior College, where he studied art. He appeared in many western television series and a few movies. Onstage, he starred in Arrowhead (1953), The Last Frontier (1955)Indian Paint (1965). Indian Paint starred his brothers-in-law, Johnny Crawford and Robert L. "Bobby" Crawford Jr. He was married to their sister, who now goes by the name of Nance Crawford. She was listed in his obituary as Nancy Scott. Three children survive, including Shawna, Brian, and Kathie. Hogan debuted on film in ''Fix Bayonets'' (1952). In 1954, Hogan portrayed C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart Randall (actor)
Stuart Randall (born Clarence Maxwell, July 24, 1909 – June 22, 1988) was an American actor of film and television who appeared on screen between 1950 and 1971. Early years Randall was born in Santa Barbara, California, or Brazil, Indiana, the son of Walter Maxwell and Allie Ball Maxwell. He attended Brazil High School. Growing up, he lived in Santa Barbara, Denver, and Brazil. Before he became an actor, he sang with bands, including those of Jan Garber and Abe Lyman; led an orchestra; and was a radio technician. In World War II, he was an observer for the general staff of the U. S. Army's ground forces. In that role he completed 18 missions behind enemy liens in the European theater. Career Randall portrayed sheriff Art Sampson on the television Western ''Cimarron City Cimarron City is a town in Logan County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 150 at the 2010 census, a 39.4 percent gain over the figure of 110 in 2000. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Westerfield
James A. Westerfield (March 22, 1913 – September 20, 1971) was an American character actor of stage, film, and television. Early years Westerfield was born in Nashville, Tennessee, to candy-maker Brasher Omier Westerfield and his wife Dora Elizabeth Bailey. He was raised in Detroit, Michigan. (A news story in the June 12, 1949, issue of the ''Brooklyn Daily Eagle'' calls the information in the preceding sentence into question. It describes Westerfield as "the son of a famous producer-director" and says he was "a youngster in Denver, Col.") Stage career Westerfield became interested in theatre as a young man and in the 1930s joined Gilmor Brown's famed Pasadena Community Playhouse, appearing in dozens of plays. He played in numerous films following his screen debut in 1940, then went to New York City and performed on Broadway, winning two New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards for his supporting roles in ''The Madwoman of Chaillot'' and ''Detective Story''. He then re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert F
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and '' berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Randolph
Donald Randolph (January 5, 1906 – March 16, 1993) was a film, television, and radio actor. The actor, who appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's '' Topaz'' (1969), acted in dozens of radio dramas, television programs and over thirty films. Randolph debuted on Broadway in ''Fatal Alibi'' (1932). His other Broadway credits include ''I Like It Here'' (1945), ''The Naked Genius'' (1943), ''The Sun Field'' (1942), ''Yours, A. Lincoln'' (1942), ''Lady in the Dark'' (1940), ''King Richard II'' (1939), ''Hamlet'' (1939), ''King Richard II'' (1936), ''Crime Marches on ''(1935)'' and Strange Gods'' (1932)''.'' In 1950, he appeared in '' The Desert Hawk''. In 1957, he appeared as General Mark Ford in the science fiction classic, ''The Deadly Mantis''. With his resonant voice, Randolph performed in numerous radio dramas broadcast during the 1940s and 1950s. His television work included two episodes of ''Perry Mason''; he played the role of the murderer Stephen Argyle in the 1958 episode, "The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morris Ankrum
Morris Ankrum (born Morris Nussbaum; August 28, 1897 – September 2, 1964) was an American radio, television, and film character actor. Early life Born in Danville, Illinois, Danville in Vermilion County, Illinois, Vermilion County in eastern Illinois, Ankrum originally began a career in academics. After graduating from University of Southern California, The University of Southern California with a law degree, he went on to an associate professorship in economics at the University of California, Berkeley. While at Berkeley he became involved in the drama department and eventually began teaching drama and directing at the Pasadena Playhouse. From 1923 to 1939 he acted in several Broadway (theatre), Broadway stage productions, including ''Gods of the Lightning'', ''The Big Blow'', and ''Within the Gates''. Film career Before signing with Paramount Pictures in the 1930s, Nussbaum had already changed his last name to Ankrum. Upon signing with the studio, he chose to use the name " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Millican
James Millican (February 17, 1911 – November 24, 1955) was an American actor with over 200 film appearances mostly in western movies. Millican was the son of Fred S. Millican, a circus owner, and Dorothy Millican. Millican was a close associate of cowboy star "Wild" Bill Elliott, staging a number of personal-appearance rodeos on Elliott's behalf. Millican was sent to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's dramatic school directly after graduating from University of Southern California. Death Millican died November 24, 1955, aged 45 years, and is buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale), California. Selected filmography * '' The Sign of the Cross'' (1932) – Capt. Kevin Driscoll – (1944 Re-Release Prologue) (uncredited) * ''Mills of the Gods'' (1934) – Chauffeur * ''Love Me Forever'' (1935) – Phillip's Friend (uncredited) * ''Atlantic Adventure'' (1935) – Sailor (uncredited) * ''Case of the Missing Man'' (1935) – Pedestrian (uncredited) * ''Too Tough to Kill'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Warwick
Robert Warwick (born Robert Taylor Bien, October 9, 1878 – June 6, 1964) was an American stage, film and television actor with over 200 film appearances. A matinee idol during the silent film era, he also prospered after the introduction of sound to cinema. As a young man he had studied opera singing in Paris and had a rich, resonant voice. At the age of 50, he developed as a highly regarded, aristocratic character actor and made numerous "talkies". Early life Warwick was born Robert Taylor Bien in 1878 to Louis and Isabel (Taylor) Bien. Some sources say he was born in England; others say Sacramento, California. His father was of French ethnicity. Bien studied music in Paris and trained for two years to be an opera singer, but acting proved to be his greater calling. He met his future wife, Arline Peck in Paris; the American couple married in 1902. After his return to the United States, he started in theatre and then film. Stage Warwick (by then using his stage name) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Janssen
David Janssen (born David Harold Meyer) (March 27, 1931February 13, 1980) was an American film and television actor who is best known for his starring role as Richard Kimble in the television series '' The Fugitive'' (1963–1967). Janssen also had the title roles in three other series: ''Richard Diamond, Private Detective''; ''Harry O''; and '' O'Hara, U.S. Treasury''. In 1996 ''TV Guide'' ranked him number 36 on its ''50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time'' list. Early life David Janssen was born on March 27, 1931, in Naponee, a village in Franklin County in southern Nebraska, to Harold Edward Meyer, a banker, and Berniece Graf, a former Miss Nebraska and Ziegfeld girl. Following his parents' divorce in 1935, his mother moved with five-year-old David to Los Angeles, and married Eugene Janssen in 1940. Young David used his stepfather's name after he entered show business as a child. He attended Fairfax High School, where he excelled on the basketball court, setting a school s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Guilfoyle (actor, Born 1902)
Paul Guilfoyle (July 14, 1902 – June 27, 1961) was an American stage, film and television actor. Later in his career, he also directed films and television episodes. Guilfoyle was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. He started off working on stage, performing on Broadway in 16 plays according to the Internet Broadway Database, beginning with ''The Jolly Roger'' and ''Cyrano de Bergerac'' in 1923 and ending with ''Jayhawker'' in 1934. He appeared in many films that starred Lee Tracy in the 1930s. In the 1949 crime film ''White Heat'', he played (uncredited) a treacherous prison inmate murdered in cold blood by James Cagney's lead character. He died of a heart attack on June 27, 1961 in Hollywood. He had a son, Anthony. Guilfoyle was interred in Glendale, California's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries is an American corporation that owns and operates a chain of cemeteries and mortuaries in Los Angeles, Orange, and Riverside counties ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
