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Hal Taliaferro
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 Wales. Although he transitioned to sound, he was given smaller parts, and used the name Hal Taliaferro. He appeared in more than 220 films between 1921 and 1964. He lived his later years in Montana at his family ranch. Biography Born Floyd Taliaferro Alderson in 1895 in Sheridan, Wyoming, he was raised on his family's ranch, near Birney in Rosebud County, Montana.University of Wyoming Archive Catalog description, Wally Wales PapersAnderson, Chuck, ''The Old Corral'', http://www.b-westerns.com/wales1.htm Young Alderson's first "outside" job was on a cattle drive for rancher John B. Kendrick. He also drove a tourist stage for the Buffalo Bill Stage line before drifting west in 1915. He settled in Los Angeles where he worked as a wrang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheridan, Wyoming
Sheridan is a town in the U.S. state of Wyoming and the county seat of Sheridan County. The town is located halfway between Yellowstone Park and Mount Rushmore by U.S. Route 14 and 16. It is the principal town of the Sheridan, Wyoming, Micropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Sheridan County. The 2010 census put the town's population at 17,444 and the Sheridan, Wyoming, Micropolitan Statistical Area at 29,116, making it the 421st-most populous micropolitan area in the United States. History The city was named after General Philip Sheridan, Union cavalry leader in the American Civil War. Several battles between US Cavalry and the Sioux, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Shoshone, and Crow Indian tribes occurred in the area in the 1860s and 1870s before the town was built. In 1878, trapper George Mandel built a cabin on Big Goose Creek, reconstructed today in the Whitney Commons park near the Sheridan County Fulmer Public Library. Jack Dow surveyed the townsite for Sheridan in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ace Of Action
''Ace of Action'' is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by William Bertram and starring Hal Taliaferro, Alma Rayford and Charles Colby. Plot synopsis A feud develops between two families, the Waltons and the Darcys, regarding ownership of a valuable waterhole. John Walton believes the dispute should be settled by an outside party. Farber (Charles Colby), an attorney from back east, impersonates Walton's missing heir. Wally Rand (Hal Taliaferro), is a young cowboy and innocent bystander who falls in love with June Darcy (Alma Rayford). Wally is drawn into the feud when he is mistaken for Walton's rightful heir. Farber is exposed as an imposter and is arrested. Lafe Darcy and Farber plot to kidnap Wally, but June frees him. Wally fights with Lafe and ultimately resolves the differences and settles the feud. Cast * Hal Taliaferro as Wally Rand * Alma Rayford as June Darcy * Charles Colby as Farber * Hank Bell * Slim Whitaker * Fanny Midgley Fanny Mid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trails Of Danger
''Trails of Danger'' is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film directed by Alan James and starring Hal Taliaferro. Plot An American soldier returns from World War I without any money and finds himself forced into the life of a western criminal to survive. Cast * Hal Taliaferro as Bob Bartlett * Virginia Brown Faire as Mary Martin * Jack Perrin as Sheriff Johnson * Buck Connors as John Martin * Bobby Dunn as Deputy Shorty * Pete Morrison as Deputy Tom Weld * Joe Rickson as U.S. Marshall Bartlett * Frank Ellis as Butch Coleman * Hank Bell as Hank Reception ''Trails of Danger'' was positively received in the popular press. ''The Cincinnati Enquirer ''The Cincinnati Enquirer'' is a morning daily newspaper published by Gannett in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. First published in 1841, the ''Enquirer'' is the last remaining daily newspaper in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, al ...'' described the film as having strong acting and "an effective cast." Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Voice From The Sky
''The Voice from the Sky'' is a 1930 American science fiction film serial directed by Ben F. Wilson and starring Wally Wales and Neva Gerber. The film was considered to be a lost film, but was recently rediscovered. It is the first serial film to have full sound. Cast * Wally Wales as Jack Deering, U. S. Secret Service * Neva Gerber (as Jean Dolores) as Jean Lovell * Robert Walker as Edgar Ballin * J. P. Lockney as Geoffrey Mentor * Al Haskell as Henchman 'Patch-Eye' * Cliff Lyons as Henchman 'Humpy' * John C. McCallum as J. C. Gates * Merle Farris as Mrs. Deering (Jack's mother) * The Man from Nowhere (a mysterious black-cloaked figure) List of episodes # Doomed # The Cave of Horrors # The Man from Nowhere # Danger Ahead # Desperate Deeds # Trail of Vengeance # The Scarlet Scourge # Trapped by Fate # The Pit of Peril # Hearts of Steel See also * List of film serials * List of film serials by studio This is a list of film serials by studio, separated into those released ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Overland Bound
''Overland Bound'' is a 1929 American Western film directed by Leo D. Maloney and starring Maloney, Allene Ray, Jack Perrin and Lydia Knott. It is considered to be the first all-talking B Western to be made, following on from the success of the hit 1928 Fox Western '' In Old Arizona''. Despite the drawback of the film's poor sound recording quality, it was successfully distributed.Tuska, p. 23. It was Maloney's final film as he died shortly after its release. Synopsis A man tries to trick a mother and her daughter into selling their ranch, a potentially lucrative property on the site of a future railroad. He hires a man to pose as the mother's long-lost son. Cast * Leo D. Maloney as Lucky Lorimer * Allene Ray as Mary Winters * Jack Perrin as Larry Withers / Jimmy Winters * Lydia Knott as Ma Winters * Hal Taliaferro as Buck Hawkins * Charles K. French as Underwood * Albert J. Smith as Keno Creager * William Dyer as Boss Wheeler * Starlight the Horse as Starlight * Bullet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Flyin' Buckaroo
''The Flyin' Buckaroo'' is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Hal Taliaferro, Jack D'Oise and J.P. Lockney.Quinlan, p. 342. Cast * Hal Taliaferro as Bill Mathews * Jack D'Oise as Henry Mathews * J.P. Lockney as Mr. Mathews * Fanny Midgley as Mrs. Mathews * Duane Thompson as Sally Brown * Mabel Van Buren as Mrs. Brown * Charles K. French as Banker Brown * Slim Whitaker as Delno (the bandit) * Helen Marlowe Helen may refer to: People * Helen of Troy, in Greek mythology, the most beautiful woman in the world * Helen (actress) (born 1938), Indian actress * Helen (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) Places * Helen, ... as City girl * Bud McClure as Sheriff References Bibliography * David Quinlan. ''Quinlan's Film Directors''. Batsford, 1999. External links * 1928 films 1928 Western (genre) films 1920s English-language films American aviation films Films directed by Richard Thor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saddle Mates
''Saddle Mates'' is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Hal Taliaferro, Hank Bell and Peggy Montgomery.Langman, p. 389. Two partners seek revenge on the man who has cheated them out of their ranch. Cast * Hal Taliaferro as John Benson * Hank Bell as Tim Mannick * J. Gordon Russell as Morgan Shelby * Peggy Montgomery as Betty Shelby * Slim Whitaker as Bob Grice * Lafe McKee as Grouchy Ferris * Edward Cecil as George Lemmer * Lillian Allen Lillian Allen (born 5 April 1951) is a Canadian dub poet, reggae musician, writer and Juno Award winner. Biography Born in Spanish Town, Jamaica, she left that country in 1969, first moving to New York City, where she studied English at the Ci ... as Mrs. Saunders References Bibliography * Langman, Larry. ''A Guide to Silent Westerns''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 1992. External links * 1928 films 1928 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films 1920s English-language ... [...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 Desert Of The Lost
''The Desert of the Lost'' is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Hal Taliaferro, Peggy Montgomery and Edward Cecil. Synopsis Having shot a man in self-defense and fled across the border into Mexico with a sheriff and his posse on his tail, an outlaw is forced to head out into the desert. Cast * Hal Taliaferro as Jim Drake * Peggy Montgomery as Dolores Wolfe * William J. Dyer as Steve Wolfe * Edward Cecil as Detective Murray * Richard Neill as El Chino * Tom Bay as Townsman * George Magrill as Henchman * Lafe McKee as Boat Captain * Ray Murro Ray may refer to: Fish * Ray (fish), any cartilaginous fish of the superorder Batoidea * Ray (fish fin anatomy), a bony or horny spine on a fin Science and mathematics * Ray (geometry), half of a line proceeding from an initial point * Ray (gra ... as Juan - the Half-Breed * Slim Whitaker as Sheriff References External links * 1927 films 1927 Western (genre) films Films direc ... [...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] |
White Pebbles
''White Pebbles'' is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Hal Taliaferro, Olive Hasbrouck and Walter Maly.Parish & Pitts p.387 Cast * Hal Taliaferro as Zip Wallace * Olive Hasbrouck as Bess Allison * Walter Maly as Sam Harvey * Tom Bay as Happy Bill * 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 Tim References Bibliography * James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts. ''Film directors: a guide to their American films''. Scarecrow Press, 1974. External links * 1927 films 1927 Western (genre) films 1920s English-language films American black-and-white films Pathé Exchange films Films directed by Richard Thorpe Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s American films {{silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skedaddle Gold
''Skedaddle Gold'' is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Hal Taliaferro, Betty Baker and Bob Burns.Langman, p. 415 Cast * Hal Taliaferro as Kent Blake * Betty Baker as Wanda Preston * Bob Burns as Sheriff * George F. Marion as George F. * 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 Rusty * Gordon Standing as John Martin References Bibliography * Langman, Larry. ''A Guide to Silent Westerns''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 1992. External links * 1927 films 1927 Western (genre) films 1920s English-language films American black-and-white films Pathé Exchange films Films directed by Richard Thorpe Silent American Western (genre) films American silent feature films 1920s American films {{silen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
