Fred Thomson

Fred Thomson

Born: February 26, 1890
Died: December 25, 1928
in Pasadena - California - USA

Movies for Fred Thomson...

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Title: Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1942
Type: Movie
The edition of Screen Snapshots celebrates 25 years of production. It looks at the content of edition #1, then a tribute to movie people who have died in those 25 years. Finally there are tributes to the Screen Snapshots series by Cecil De Mille, Walt Disney, Louella Parsons and Rosalind Russell.
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The Sunset Legion
Title: The Sunset Legion
Character: Masked Rider / Whittling Cowboy
Released: April 21, 1928
Type: Movie
The citizens and near-by ranchers of a western town are being besieged by a gang of rustlers and robbers, and a plea is made to the governor to send a troop of rangers. Shortly, thereafter a dude-costumed cowboy shows up but he only asks a lot of dumb questions and does a lot of stick-whittling as he wanders the streets and hangs out in the saloon with the regular barflies. The citizens mark him down as being 'tetched in the head.' Also, shortly after the whittler arrives, a mysterious black-masked rider begins to make life a bit tougher on them than it had been.
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Jesse James
Title: Jesse James
Character: Jesse James
Released: October 15, 1927
Type: Movie
A light approach on the life of Jesse James.
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Arizona Nights
Title: Arizona Nights
Character: Fred Coulter
Released: August 28, 1927
Type: Movie
A miner finds himself swindled by an evil horse trader named Decker.
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Don Mike
Title: Don Mike
Character: Don Miguel Arguella
Released: January 25, 1927
Type: Movie
Following the "no good deed goes unpunished" idiom, when after rescuing a group of settlers, hero Don Miguel Arguella is double-crossed by the group leader who files a claim on his land and makes a move towards his girlfriend. Sadly, this is a lost film.
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A Regular Scout
Title: A Regular Scout
Character: Fred Blake
Released: December 26, 1926
Type: Movie
Silent cowboy western about a man on a mission to exact revenge on the gang who, he feels, are responsible for his mother's death, after their raid. Upon discovering that one of the gang members killed in the raid was the long-lost son of the Monroe family, so he decides to impersonate him to exact his revenge on the their family.
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The Two-Gun Man
Title: The Two-Gun Man
Character: Dean Randall
Released: June 13, 1926
Type: Movie
Dean Randall is a hero of the Great War who comes home to his horse and his father's ranch. When back he saves a family in a wagon train -- a father, daughter Grace, and three orphan children.
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Hands Across the Border
Title: Hands Across the Border
Character: Ted Drake
Released: May 1, 1926
Type: Movie
Cattle rancher John Drake sends his son, Ted, to the Mexican border to stop the smuggling that is using Drake's land as the crossing point. Ted meets Ysabel Castro, the daughter of the rancher just across the border-river, when he saves her from a mad-bull.
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The Tough Guy
Title: The Tough Guy
Character: Fred Saunders
Released: February 1, 1926
Type: Movie
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All Around Frying Pan
Title: All Around Frying Pan
Character: Bart Andrews
Released: November 8, 1925
Type: Movie
Wondering cowboy Bart Andrews (played by Fred Thompson) gets arrested simply because a crooked sheriff is short on men for his chain gang. A chance visit to a rodeo on the way to jail, gives Bart a chance to demonstrate his bronco-busting skills, which results in the sheriff caving to pressure from a group of cowboys, to allow Bart to work on ranch, rather than joining the road gang. Finding himself in the right place at the right time, Bart is able to prevent the theft of a train full of cattle, but later ends up being accused of killing a station agent when he interrupts the ranch foreman robbing an express office. Bart is eventually able to bring the foreman to justice, and in a surprise twist, it turns out that he was in fact the real owner of the ranch he was working at!
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Ridin' the Wind
Title: Ridin' the Wind
Character: Jim Harkness
Released: August 9, 1925
Type: Movie
1920's cowboy superstar Fred Thomson stars in this western comedy adventure.
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The Bandit's Baby
Title: The Bandit's Baby
Character: Tom Bailey
Released: May 17, 1925
Type: Movie
An American silent Western
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Thundering Hoofs
Title: Thundering Hoofs
Character: Dave Marshall
Released: October 25, 1924
Type: Movie
The border bandit Severn is after Estrada's money. He not only gets Estrada to promise his daughter to him in marriage but he also convinces him that Dave Marshall is the bandit. When Dave shows up to expose Severn, he is jailed.
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The Fighting Sap
Title: The Fighting Sap
Character: Craig Richmond
Released: June 30, 1924
Type: Movie
A disgraced son of a mine owner discovers a plot among the workers to defraud his father.
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Galloping Gallagher
Title: Galloping Gallagher
Character: Bill Gallagher
Released: March 1, 1924
Type: Movie
Galloping Gallagher (1924)
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North of Nevada
Title: North of Nevada
Character: Tom Taylor
Released: February 24, 1924
Type: Movie
When old rancher Mark Ridgeway passes away, his property goes to relatives in the East instead of to trusted foreman Tom Taylor as promised. The relatives, Reginald (Taylor Graves) and his sister Marion, arrive to take over the ranch, and Tom quickly falls for the lovely Marion. The weak Reginald, on the other hand, sells his part of the property to evil Indian Joe Deerfoot, who then kidnaps Marion to get her share as well.
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A Chapter in Her Life
Title: A Chapter in Her Life
Character: Nat Bonnell
Released: September 17, 1923
Type: Movie
Jewel stays with her grizzled, angry grandfather while her parents are overseas on business. Family squabbling is brought to heel through love and understanding from Jewel's pure love for others and trust in Divine Love. Complete copies are held by many film archives in Europe and the United States.
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The Eagle's Talons
Title: The Eagle's Talons
Character: Jack Alden
Released: April 30, 1923
Type: Movie
An unscrupulous gang attempts to corner the wheat market.
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Just Around the Corner
Title: Just Around the Corner
Character: The Real Man
Released: December 11, 1921
Type: Movie
A young woman attempts to find a good man to marry so that her mother may die in peace.
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The Love Light
Title: The Love Light
Character: Joseph
Released: January 8, 1921
Type: Movie
Angela maintains a coastal lighthouse in Italy, where she awaits the return of her brothers from the war. She learns they are casualties and takes solace in the arms of an American sailor washed ashore. However, the sailor turns out to be a German spy, and she is torn between her love for him and her realization that he is part of the enemy force that has destroyed her family.