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Overland With Kit Carson
''Overland with Kit Carson'' is a 1939 American Western serial film directed by Norman Deming and Sam Nelson and starring Bill Ellott, Iris Meredith, Richard Fiske and Bobby Clack. Plot When Pegleg and his Black Raiders threaten the westward expansion of the United States, the government sends Kit Carson and David Brent to straighten things out. Cast * Bill Elliott as Kit Carson * Iris Meredith as Carmelita González * Richard Fiske as Lieutenant David Brent * Bobby Clack as Andy Gardner * Trevor Bardette as Arthur Mitchell - Trapper * LeRoy Mason as John Baxter - Trapper * Olin Francis Trapper Pierre * James Craig as Tennessee - Trapper * Francis Sayles as Dr. Parker * Kenneth MacDonald as Winchester - Trapper * Dick Curtis as Drake - Henchman * Richard Botiller as Natchez - Henchman (as Richard Botiller) * Hal Taliaferro as Jim Stewart * Flo Campbell as Stewart * John Tyrrell as Captain Gilbert (Chs. 8-10) * Francisco Marán as Don José Gonzalez (as Francisco Moran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Nelson
Sam Nelson (1896-1963) was a director who worked from the end of the silent through the early 1960s. While most of his film work was in the assistant director role, he did direct over 20 films during the 1930s and 1940s, all of which were westerns. As an assistant director he worked on such notable films as ''Pennies from Heaven (1936 film), Pennies from Heaven'', ''And Then There Were None (1945 film), And Then There Were None'', ''All the King's Men (1949 film), All the King's Men'', the original ''3:10 to Yuma (1957 film), 3:10 to Yuma'', ''Some Like It Hot'', ''A Raisin in the Sun (1961 film), A Raisin in the Sun'', and ''Spartacus (film), Spartacus''. In addition he appeared in over a dozen films in small roles. Filmography (Per American Film Institute, AFI database) Director * ''Outlaws of the Prairie'' (1937) * ''Cattle Raiders'' (1938) * ''Law of the Plains'' (1938) * ''West of Cheyenne (1938 film), West of Cheyenne'' (1938) * ''The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trevor Bardette
Trevor Bardette (born Terva Gaston Hubbard; November 19, 1902 – November 28, 1977) was an American film and television actor. Among many other roles in his long and prolific career, Bardette appeared in several episodes of '' Adventures of Superman'' and as Newman Haynes Clanton, or Old Man Clanton, in 21 episodes of the ABC/Desilu western series, ''The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp.'' Early years Bardette was born in Nashville in Howard County in southwestern Arkansas. He acted with the dramatic club at Oregon State University, where he graduated in 1925 with a degree in mechanical engineering. He then earned a master of science degree at Northwestern University. Career Bardette began working in film in 1936, after leaving a planned mechanical engineering career. His first role was in the 1937 movie '' Borderland'', a Hopalong Cassidy "Old West" feature. He made over 172 movies and 72 television appearances in his career, and was seen as a rustler, gangster, wartime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blazing The Overland Trail
''Blazing the Overland Trail'' is a 1956 American Western Serial film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and starring Lee Roberts. It was the 57th and last serial produced by Columbia and the last American serial ever produced by any studio (either major or minor). Republic Pictures, the only other serial-producing US studio in the mid 1950s, had ceased its serial production the previous year with ''King of the Carnival''. Plot Rance Devlin intends to build his own empire in the American West using his Black Raiders and allied Indians to do so. Only US Army scout Tom Bridger, allied with Pony Express rider Ed Marr and U.S. Army cavalry Captain Frank Carter, can stop him. Cast * Lee Roberts as Tom Bridger * Dennis Moore as Ed Marr * Norma Brooks as Lola Martin * Gregg Barton as Captain Carter * Don C. Harvey as Rance Devlin * Lee Morgan as Alby * Pierce Lyden as Bragg * Edward Coch as Carl * Reed Howes as Dunn * Kermit Maynard as Al * Pete Kellett as Pete * Al Ferguson as Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Rockwell
Jack Rockwell Trowbridge (October 6, 1890 – November 10, 1947) was an American film actor who was born in Mexico. He appeared in over 250 movies, mostly Westerns, between 1927 and 1947. Rockwell's older brother was character actor Charles Trowbridge. In the 1920s, prior to embarking on a professional career as actor, he worked as a fireman. His death in 1947 was due to hypostatic pneumonia, not a "nervous breakdown" as claimed on IMDb IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, .... Selected filmography References External links * * 1890 births 1947 deaths American male film actors Male actors from Veracruz Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) 20th-century American male actors Male Western (genre) film actors Mexican emigrants to the Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Mix
Art Mix (born George Washington Kesterson; June 18, 1896 – December 7, 1972), was an American character actor from the 1920s until the mid-1940s. Biography Prior to becoming an actor, Mix worked as a circus performer and a boxer. He initially appeared under his real name, Kesterson, before being given his stage name by Victor Adamson. Adamson calculated that a cowboy named "Art Mix" would be associated somehow with western superstar Tom Mix, and that small-town exhibitors who could not afford Tom Mix's expensive films would be likely to use cheaper films marketed with the lesser "Art Mix" brand name. Contract problems led Mix to leave Adamson and begin working for producer J. Charles Davis. Art Mix appeared in over 200 film shorts and feature films. Although most of his roles were in smaller and bit parts, he would sometimes be cast in a featured role, such as in 1932's ''Border Devils'', starring Harry Carey. He was even given an occasional leading role, as in the 1935 "B" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops to the coronary artery of the heart, causing damage to the heart muscle. The most common symptom is chest pain or discomfort which ma .... Bell was nicknamed "Handlebar" for his mustache, which sometimes measured 18 inches from tip to tip. Selected filmography References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bell, Hank 1892 births 1950 deaths American male film actors American male silent film actors Male actors from California 20th-century American male actors Male Western (genre) film actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Tyrrell (actor)
John Edward Tyrrell (December 7, 1900September 20, 1949) was an American film actor. He appeared in over 250 films between 1935 and 1947, known for his numerous appearances in the Three Stooges, in a total of 28 shorts with Curly Howard as a third stooge. Career Tyrrell was 16 years old when he became involved in vaudeville, part of the team Tyrrell and Mack. Like many actors in the Stooge comedies, Tyrrell was a salaried contract player. The Columbia stock company was called upon to play incidental roles in practically everything the studio produced: important films, low-budget "B" pictures, short subjects, and serials. (Some of these players graduated to stardom, like Lloyd Bridges, Bruce Bennett, Adele Mara and Ann Doran.) John Tyrrell worked steadily at Columbia Pictures from 1935 to 1946 for 11 years. Occasionally, only Tyrrell's voice would be used, as a radio newsman, public-address announcer, or police-call dispatcher. Tyrrell and fellow stock player Eddie Laughton oft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 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] |
Dick Botiller
Richard Edward Botiller (October 26, 1896 – March 24, 1953) was an American character actor of the 1930s and 1940s. While most of his roles were un-credited, many of them nameless as well, he was given more substantial roles occasionally. Life and career Botiller was born on October 26, 1896, in Bakersfield, California. He entered the film industry in 1933, debuting with an unnamed, un-credited role in the western, ''Silent Men''. During the 1930s and 1940s Botiller appeared in over 150 films, film shorts, and film serials. He frequently played a henchman, and sometimes an Indian. Some of his more notable roles include: as Little Feather in '' Range Warfare'' (1934); as Felipe Farley in the 1935 western ''Cheyenne Tornado''; as Bald Eagle in 1936's '' West of Nevada''; as Hernandez in '' Torrid Zone'' (1940); as Nardo in the 1940 crime drama ''Dark Streets of Cairo''; and as Indian Pete in '' The Yellow Rose of Texas''; Other notable films in which Botiller appeared include: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Curtis
Richard Dye (May 11, 1902January 3, 1952), known professionally as Dick Curtis, was an American actor who made over 230 film and television appearances during his career. Early years Curtis was born in Newport, Kentucky, the son of Frank Dye and Elizabeth Faulkner Dye. Career After having limited work in Hollywood, Curtis acted on stage in New York and toured in a variety of productions from 1926 to 1930. Standing at 6' 3", Curtis appeared in films stretching from Charles Starrett to The Three Stooges. In most of his films, he played villains or heavies. He made television appearances on '' The Lone Ranger'' and '' The Range Rider''. He appeared in ''California Gold Rush'', '' Spook Town'', '' The Gene Autry Show'', and many others. Curtis appeared in such Three Stooges films as ''Yes, We Have No Bonanza'', '' You Nazty Spy!'', and ''The Three Troubledoers''. Pioneertown With the help of his friend and actor Russell Hayden, Curtis helped develop Pioneertown, a western ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth MacDonald (American Actor)
Kenneth MacDonald (born Kenneth Dollins; September 8, 1901 – May 5, 1972) was an American film actor. Born in Portland, Indiana, MacDonald made more than 220 film and television appearances between 1931 and 1970. His name is sometimes seen as Kenneth McDonald. Career MacDonald began his career as a stage actor. In 1923 he appeared in his first feature film, '' Slow as Lightning''. He came to Hollywood in the early 1930s, where he played small roles in low-budget, independent productions. In 1939 Kenneth MacDonald was signed by Columbia Pictures for the studio's Charles Starrett westerns. MacDonald perfected a cool, debonair demeanor, which usually masked an evil side as a con man, outlaw, or thief. His speaking voice was rich and well modulated, often being gentle and ominous at the same time, in the Boris Karloff manner. Also, like Karloff, he seldom raised his voice, making his characters both dominant and dangerous. This quality made MacDonald an effective villain in Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Sayles
Francis Sayles (November 22, 1891 – March 19, 1944) was an American character actor at the beginning of the sound film era. In the short dozen years of his career he appeared in over 100 films, most of them features. While he was normally cast in small uncredited parts, he was occasionally cast in featured roles, as in the role of Dickman in the 1934 film, ''One in a Million'', starring Dorothy Wilson and Charles Starrett. Life and career Sayles was born on November 22, 1891, in Buffalo, New York. His film debut occurred in a small role of a detective in '' Strangers of the Evening'' (1932), starring ZaSu Pitts. Other notable films in which Sayles appears include: the featured role of Charlie Blaine in 1932's ''Blonde Venus'', starring Marlene Dietrich and Cary Grant; a small role in '' The Gay Deception'' (1935), starring Francis Lederer and Frances Dee; a bit part as a waiter in the 1936 romantic comedy ''More Than a Secretary'', starring Jean Arthur, George Brent, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |