Ione Reed (1903–1985) was an American
film actress
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. She played the
female lead
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in a number of
silent westerns
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.
[Katchmer p.308]
Selected filmography
* ''
A Desperate Chance'' (1925)
* ''
Fighting Luck'' (1925)
* ''
The Road Agent'' (1925)
* ''
The Texas Terror
''The Texas Terror'' is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring Al Hoxie and Ione Reed.Katchmer p.170
Cast
* Al Hoxie
* Ione Reed
* Edward Burns
* George B. Williams
* Toy Gallagher
* Bob Fleming
* Gordon ...
'' (1925)
* ''
Blue Streak O'Neil
''Blue Streak O'Neil'' is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Paul Hurst and starring Al Hoxie, Ione Reed and Cliff Lyons. Location shooting took place in at the Sequoia National Park in California.
Cast
* Al Hoxie as Blue Streak O ...
'' (1926)
* ''
Chasing Trouble
''Chasing Trouble'' is a 1940 American comedy-drama film directed by Howard Bretherton, from Monogram Pictures.
Plot summary
Jimmy "Mr. Cupid" O’Brien (Frankie Darro) and Thomas H. Jefferson (Mantan Moreland) are making deliveries for th ...
'' (1926)
* ''
Bucking the Truth
''Bucking the Truth'' is a 1926 American silent film, silent Western (genre), Western film directed by Milburn Morante and starring Pete Morrison, Brinsley Shaw and Bruce Gordon (actor/director), Bruce Gordon.
Cast
* Pete Morrison as 'Slim' Dua ...
'' (1926)
* ''
Rider of the Law
''Rider of the Law'' is a 1919 American Western film directed by John Ford and featuring Harry Carey. The film is considered to be lost.
Cast
* Harry Carey as Jim Kyneton
* Vester Pegg as Nick Kyneton (as Vesta Pegg)
* Ted Brooks as The Kid
...
'' (1927)
* ''
Outlaw's Paradise'' (1927)
* ''
Across the Plains'' (1928)
* ''
Cheyenne Trails'' (1928)
* ''
Trails of Treachery'' (1928)
* ''
West of the Rockies'' (1929)
* ''
An Oklahoma Cowboy'' (1929)
* ''
Captain Cowboy'' (1929)
* ''
Riders of the Storm'' (1929)
* ''
Below the Border
''Below the Border'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by Howard Bretherton and written by Adele Buffington. This is the fourth film in Monogram Pictures' ''Rough Riders'' series, and stars Buck Jones as Marshal Buck Roberts, Tim McCoy a ...
'' (1929)
* ''
The Man from Nowhere'' (1930)
* ''
Western Honor'' (1930)
* ''
Melody Trail'' (1935)
* ''
The Buccaneer'' (1938)
* ''
First Yank into Tokyo
''First Yank into Tokyo'' is a 1945 American war film directed by Gordon Douglas for RKO Radio Pictures, starring Tom Neal, Keye Luke, Barbara Hale, and Richard Loo. It was one of the last American films to be produced during World War II, relea ...
'' (1945)
References
Bibliography
* Katchmer, George A. ''A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses''. McFarland, 2015.
External links
*
1903 births
1985 deaths
American film actresses
Actresses from Texas
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