Horace Murphy (June 3, 1880 – January 20, 1975) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1931 and 1953.

Early years

Born in

Osceola, Arkansas Osceola is a city in, and a dual county seat of, Mississippi County, Arkansas, Mississippi County, Arkansas, United States. Located along the Mississippi River within the Arkansas Delta, the settlement was founded in 1837 and incorporated in 1853. ...

, Murphy was playing cornet by age 11, and six years later led the band for the Newton Family Wagon Show. The next spring, he became the leader of a 45-piece band for the C.W. Parker Carnival Company. After two years in that position, he left to work in Dr. Rucker's Korak Wonder Medicine Show in order to be able to act in addition to leading the band.

Radio

Murphy played Will Kimble, the storekeeper, in ''

Granby's Green Acres ''Granby's Green Acres'' is a radio situation comedy from the United States. It was broadcast on CBS July 3, 1950 – August 21, 1950, as a summer replacement for ''Lux Radio Theatre''. Premise ''Granby's Green Acres'' featured a former banker " ...

'', a radio show which was on

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in the summer of 1950. He also had roles in several radio westerns, including Shorty on ''

Gene Autry's Melody Ranch ''Gene Autry's Melody Ranch'' is a Western variety radio show in the United States. A 15-minute pilot show aired on December 31, 1939. The program ran from January 7, 1940 to August 1, 1943, and from September 23, 1945 to May 16, 1956.French, Jack ...

'', Clackity for one season of ''

The Roy Rogers Show ''The Roy Rogers Show'' is an American western television series starring Roy Rogers. 100 episodes were broadcast on NBC for six seasons between December 30, 1951 and June 9, 1957. The episodes were set in the prevailing times (1950s) in the st ...

'', and Buckskin Blodgett on ''

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''.

Selected filmography

* ''

Timber War ''Timber War'' is a 1935 American drama film directed by Sam Newfield from a screenplay by Jos. O'Donnell and Barry Barringer. The film stars Kermit Maynard, Lucille Lund, and Lawrence Gray. Cast * Kermit Maynard as Jim Dolan * Lucille Lund a ...

'' (1935) * '' Last of the Warrens'' (1936) * ''

Rogue of the Range ''Rogue of the Range'' is a 1936 American Western film directed by S. Roy Luby and starring Johnny Mack Brown and Lois January. The picture is also known as ''Spider and the Fly'' in the United Kingdom. Cast *Johnny Mack Brown as Dan Doran *L ...

'' (1936) * ''

Desert Guns ''Desert Guns'' is a 1936 American Western film directed by Charles Hutchison and starring Conway Tearle, Margaret Morris and William Gould.Pitts, p. 85. Cast * Conway Tearle as Kirk Allenby / Bob Enright * Margaret Morris as Roberta Enrrigh ...

'' (1936) * '' The Crooked Trail'' (1936) * ''

Song of the Trail ''Song of the Trail'' is a 1936 American Western film directed by Russell Hopton and starring Kermit Maynard, Evelyn Brent and Andrea Leeds.Pitts p.35 Cast * Kermit Maynard as Jim Carter * Evelyn Brent as Myra * Fuzzy Knight as Pudge * Andre ...

'' (1936) * ''

The Gun Ranger ''The Gun Ranger'' is a 1936 American Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury. Plot summary Cast * Bob Steele as Dan Larson *Eleanor Stewart as Molly Pearson *John Merton as Kemper Mills * Ernie Adams as Wally Smeed *Earl Dwire as Bud Co ...

'' (1936) * ''

Gun Grit ''Gun Grit'' is a 1936 American western film directed by William Berke and starring Jack Perrin, David Sharpe and Roger Williams. It was produced on Poverty Row as a second feature.Pitts p.50 The film is also known by the alternative title of ...

'' (1936) * ''

Ranger Courage ''Ranger Courage'' is a 1937 American Western film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet, the film stars Robert Allen, Martha Tibbetts, and Walter Miller. Cast list * Robert Allen as himself * Martha Tibbetts as Alice * Walter Miller as Bull * ...

'' (1936) * ''

The Unknown Ranger ''The Unknown Ranger'' is a 1936 American Western film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and starring Bob Allen, Martha Tibbetts, and Walter Miller. It was released on October 30, 1936. Cast list * Bob Allen as himself * Martha Tibbetts as ...

'' (1936) * ''

Anything for a Thrill ''Anything for a Thrill'' is a 1937 American crime film directed by Leslie Goodwins and written by Joseph O'Donnell and Stanley Lowenstein. The film stars Frankie Darro, Kane Richmond, June Johnson, Ann Evers, Johnstone White and Horace Murphy. ...

'' (1937) * ''

The Frame-Up ''The Frame-Up'' is a 1937 American crime film directed by D. Ross Lederman. Cast * Paul Kelly as Mark MacArthur * Julie Bishop as Betty Lindale (as Jacqueline Wells) * George McKay as Joe Lavery * Robert Emmett O'Connor as Larry Mann aka J ...

'' (1937) * ''

The Gambling Terror ''The Gambling Terror'' is a 1937 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield and starring Johnny Mack Brown, Iris Meredith and Charles King.Pitts p.121 Plot A town is effectively terrorised by a protection racket with no one knowing who th ...

'' (1937) * '' Lawless Land'' (1937) * ''

Riders of the Rockies ''Riders of the Rockies'' is a 1937 American Western film directed by Robert North Bradbury and written by Robert Emmett Tansey and Norman Leslie. The film stars Tex Ritter, Louise Stanley, Horace Murphy, Snub Pollard, Earl Dwire and Charles K ...

'' (1937) * ''

Trouble in Texas ''Trouble in Texas'' is a 1937 American Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury (as R.N. Bradbury) and starring Tex Ritter, his horse White Flash, Rita Hayworth (billed as "Rita Cansino") and Yakima Canutt. The supporting cast features Earl ...

'' (1937) * ''

Sing, Cowboy, Sing ''Sing, Cowboy, Sing'' is a 1937 American Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury and starring Tex Ritter and White Flash. Plot Drifters Tex and Duke happen to ride upon the massacre of a group hauling freight for the community by a gang hi ...

'' (1937) * ''

The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen ''The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen'' is a 1937 American Western film directed by Ray Taylor. It was singing cowboy Tex Ritter's eighth film for Grand National Pictures. While the film had an original copyright notice, its copyright was not re ...

'' (1937) * '' Come on, Cowboys'' (1937) * '' Billy the Kid Returns'' (1938) * ''

Rollin' Plains ''Rollin' Plains'' is a 1938 American Western film directed by Albert Herman. Plot Texas Rangers Tex, Ananias and Pee Wee put down a range war between sheepmen and cattlemen. Cast * Tex Ritter as Tex Lawrence * White Flash as Tex's horse * ...

'' (1938) * '' Frontier Town'' (1938) * ''

The Utah Trail ''The Utah Trail'' is a 1938 American Western (genre), Western film directed by Albert Herman. It was Tex Ritter's final film for Grand National Films. Despite the song and title, the film takes place on the Arizona/Mexico border and not Utah. ...

'' (1938) Ananias * ''

Where the Buffalo Roam ''Where the Buffalo Roam'' is a 1980 American semi-biographical comedy film which loosely depicts author Hunter S. Thompson's rise to fame in the 1970s and his relationship with Chicano attorney and activist Oscar "Zeta" Acosta. The film was p ...

'' (1938) * '' Down the Wyoming Trail'' (1939) * ''

The Oklahoma Kid ''The Oklahoma Kid'' is a 1939 Western film starring James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart. The film was directed for Warner Bros. by Lloyd Bacon. Cagney plays an adventurous gunslinger in a broad-brimmed cowboy hat while Bogart portrays his blac ...

'' (1939) as a Bartender ''(uncredited)'' * ''

Boom Town A boomtown is a community that undergoes sudden and rapid population and economic growth, or that is started from scratch. The growth is normally attributed to the nearby discovery of a precious resource such as gold, silver, or oil, although ...

'' (1940) * ''

The Range Busters ''The Range Busters'' is a 1940 American Western film directed by S. Roy Luby and written by John Rathmell. The film is the first in Monogram Pictures' "Range Busters" series, and it stars Ray "Crash" Corrigan as Crash, John "Dusty" King as D ...

'' (1940) * '' Bad Man of Deadwood'' (1941) * '' Arizona Bound'' (1941) * '' The Lonesome Trail'' (1945) * '' Song of Old Wyoming'' (1945)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Murphy, Horace 1880 births 1975 deaths 20th-century American male actors American male film actors American male radio actors Male actors from Tennessee Male Western (genre) film actors People from Dyer County, Tennessee People from Studio City, Los Angeles People from Osceola, Arkansas