Ken Maynard

Ken Maynard

Born: July 21, 1895
Died: March 23, 1973
in Vevay, Indiana, USA
From Wikipedia

Kenneth Olin "Ken" Maynard (July 21, 1895 – March 23, 1973) was an American motion picture stuntman and actor.

Maynard served in the United States Army during World War I. After the war, Maynard returned to show business as a circus rider with Ringling Brothers. When the circus was playing in Los Angeles, California, actor Buck Jones encouraged Maynard to try working in the movies. Maynard soon had a contract with Fox Studios.

He first appeared in silent motion pictures in 1923. Maynard's work included stunt performance. His horsemanship and rugged good looks made Maynard a cowboy star. He and his white stallion, "Tarzan," became famous. His two recorded songs with Columbia Records, "The Lone Star Trail" and "The Cowboy's Lament," made him one of the first of the singing cowboys. Maynard moved to Universal Studios, where he made his first films with a musical soundtrack. He sang two songs in Sons of the Saddle in 1930.

In 1931 and 1932, Maynard worked for Tiffany Productions and Sono Art-World Wide Pictures before moving back to Universal in 1933. Maynard played several musical instruments, and was featured that year on the violin in The Fiddlin' Buckaroo, and on the banjo in The Trail Drive. Maynard moved to Mascot Pictures in 1934.

Maynard appeared in more than ninety films in twenty years with his white cowboy hat, fancy shirt, and a pair of six-shooters, but alcoholism so severely affected his life that his acting career ended in 1944. He made appearances at state fairs and rodeos. He owned a small circus operation featuring rodeo riders but eventually lost it to creditors. His substantial wealth had vanished, and he lived a desolate life in a rundown trailer. During these years, Maynard was supported by an unknown benefactor, long thought to be Gene Autry. More than twenty five years after his last starring role, Maynard returned to the screen two small roles, in 1970 and 1972, the more notably in The Marshal of Windy Hollow.

Maynard died of stomach cancer in 1973 at the Motion Picture Home in Woodland Hills, California. He was interred at Forest Lawn Cypress Cemetery in Cypress, California.

For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Ken Maynard has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6751 Hollywood Blvd.

Movies for Ken Maynard...

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Title: Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Character: (archive footage)
Released: May 1, 1976
Type: Movie
A Western-genre narrative, loosely woven from old clips from B-Western features.
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The Marshal of Windy Hollow
Title: The Marshal of Windy Hollow
Character: Texas Ranger
Released: August 9, 1972
Type: Movie
The Texas Rangers are called in to investigate a string of attacks on wagon trains.
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Bigfoot
Title: Bigfoot
Character: Mr. Bennett
Released: October 21, 1970
Type: Movie
Bigfoot kidnaps some women and some bikers decide to go on a rescue mission to save them.
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Harmony Trail
Title: Harmony Trail
Character: Marshal Ken Maynard
Released: December 1, 1944
Type: Movie
Sent to investigate a payroll robbery, Marshall Rocky meets his old friends Ken, Eddie, and Max. He has the serial numbers and when Pop puts on his medicine show they get one of the bills. This enables Ken to see through Sorrell's scheme that threw the blame on an innocent rancher and he sets out to prove it. Written by Maurice Van Auken
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Arizona Whirlwind
Title: Arizona Whirlwind
Character: Ken Maynard
Released: February 21, 1944
Type: Movie
US marshals Ken, Hoot and Bob stop a gang dressed as Indians from robbing the stage. After getting repairs at the relay station, but before they get to town, another trap is set, but they get away. In town, they search the stage and find nothing. But hidden in the axle grease can are diamonds. Polini wants them cut into smaller diamonds so that he can easily dispose of them. Throughout this Western, the courageous trio faces off against cunning opponents, including the gang's merciless leader (Ian Keith) and an unsuspecting banker (Karl Hackett).
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Westward Bound
Title: Westward Bound
Character: Ken Maynard
Released: January 17, 1944
Type: Movie
Learning that Montana is about to become a state and that property values will rise rapidly, Caldwell is using his outlaw gang to force the ranchers off their land.
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Death Valley Rangers
Title: Death Valley Rangers
Character: Ken Maynard
Released: December 3, 1943
Type: Movie
When a fed-up businessman tires of watching gold shipments disappear without a trace, he calls in the Trail Blazers (Ken Maynard, Hoot Gibson and Bob Steele) -- a legendary trio of law enforcers -- to find the gold and figure out who's behind the thefts.
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Blazing Guns
Title: Blazing Guns
Character: Marshal Ken Maynard
Released: October 8, 1943
Type: Movie
The Governor sends Ken and Hoot to clean up the town of Willow Springs.
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The Law Rides Again
Title: The Law Rides Again
Character: U.S. Marshal Ken Maynard
Released: August 6, 1943
Type: Movie
When a band of American Indians breaks a treaty with the federal government, U.S. Marshals Ken Maynard and Hoot Gibson hit the trail with captured outlaw Duke Dillon (Jack La Rue) to find out what sparked the uprising. They discover clues that point to corrupt Indian agent John Hampton (Kenneth Harlan), but meanwhile, the bandit Dillon pulls a fast one on the marshals, and soon everybody's getting ready for a showdown.
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Wild Horse Stampede
Title: Wild Horse Stampede
Character: Marshal Ken Maynard
Released: April 16, 1943
Type: Movie
Two cowboys try to protect railroad workers from rampaging Indians.
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Lightning Strikes West
Title: Lightning Strikes West
Character: Lightning Ken Morgan
Released: June 1, 1940
Type: Movie
When Butch Taggart escapes prison, the Marshal sends Lightning Morgan to find him and his hidden gold. He finds the map to the gold on Taggart's boot. Joe Laikon and his men are also after the gold and they overpower Morgan, get the map, and head for the treasure. But Morgan and Tod Grant are soon on their trail
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Phantom Rancher
Title: Phantom Rancher
Character: Ken Mitchell
Released: March 31, 1940
Type: Movie
Cowboy puts on a black mask and a black outfit to fight a gang of land-grabbing crooks.
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Death Rides the Range
Title: Death Rides the Range
Character: Ken Baxter
Released: December 14, 1939
Type: Movie
A wounded archaeologist crawls into the camp of three kindhearted cowboys. When the cowboys bring him to a nearby trading post, he's murdered after he lets slip a secret about a hidden cave. Investigating his death, Ken and his friends encounter a land dispute between a pair of neighboring ranches, an arrogant German baron and a mysterious shack that houses a great secret.
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Flaming Lead
Title: Flaming Lead
Character: Ken Clark
Released: November 1, 1939
Type: Movie
Cowhand Ken Clark is stranded in Chicago, and temporarily takes a job as a sharp-shooter entertainer in a night club, with the intention of getting enough money together to get back to his beloved Arizona. Frank Gordon, while drunk, is about to be rolled by the club bouncer, but Ken interferes and earns Clark's gratitude. Gordon gets a telegram from Kay Burke, the daughter of his partner in Arizona, notifying him that her father, Jim Burke, has been killed by rustlers.The ranch has a U.S. Army contract to furnish horses, but she sees little hope of being able to make good because the stock is being rustled, and she asks Gordon for his help.
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Six Shootin' Sheriff
Title: Six Shootin' Sheriff
Character: Jim 'Trigger' Morton
Released: May 20, 1938
Type: Movie
Cowboy star Ken Maynard is Jim "Trigger" Morton, in town undercover while pursuing the man who framed him for robbery. But a well-placed shot tames a band of scofflaws and gains Morton the sheriff's badge. Now, he's riding on both sides of the law. The line is further blurred when old buddy Chuck offers evidence of Morton's innocence in exchange for a blind eye to Chuck's impending postal heist in this classic Western.
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Whirlwind Horseman
Title: Whirlwind Horseman
Character: Ken Morton
Released: April 29, 1938
Type: Movie
Ken and Happy, looking for their friend Cherokee, run into an outlaw gang led by Ritter who have been terrorizing the ranchers. Ken figures that one of the prominent citizens is the real boss and sets a trap to find him.
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Trailing Trouble
Title: Trailing Trouble
Character: John 'Friendly' Fields
Released: August 27, 1937
Type: Movie
When mild mannered Friendly Fields is sent to the Blair ranch to work, he is mistaken for the notorious outlaw Blackie Burke. When a drought develops and the ranchers look for new grazing land, he plays the part and forces them to give he best plot to his boss Miss Blair. But no sooner than his mother arrives to expose the hoax, the real Blackie also arrives.
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Boots of Destiny
Title: Boots of Destiny
Character: Ken Crawford
Released: July 16, 1937
Type: Movie
Both Harmon and his men and a Mexican gang are after a treasure hidden on the Wilson ranch. Acey learns of their raid and goes to get Ken only to find him in jail for a murder he did not commit.
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The Fugitive Sheriff
Title: The Fugitive Sheriff
Character: Ken Marshall
Released: October 19, 1936
Type: Movie
Hoping to rid a small western community of its corrupt political machine, Ken Marshall (Ken Maynard) runs for sheriff against the bad guys' candidate and wins the election. Dissatisfied with this, the villains contrive to frame Ken on a murder charge. He breaks out of jail and tracks down the genuine culprit,
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The Cattle Thief
Title: The Cattle Thief
Character: Ken
Released: May 26, 1936
Type: Movie
Ken, sent to investigate cattle rustlers, poses as a peddler during the day but the Masked Rider at night.
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Avenging Waters
Title: Avenging Waters
Character: Ken Morley
Released: May 8, 1936
Type: Movie
Mortimer builds a fence for the cattle brought by Ken Morley. To retaliate, Slater who wants access to the land, builds a dam cutting off Mortimer's water supply. When Ken confronts Slater, he is captured. Then lightning destroys the dam and Ken, imprisoned in a shack, is in the path of the oncoming water.
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Heroes of the Range
Title: Heroes of the Range
Character: Ken Smith
Released: March 28, 1936
Type: Movie
A cowboy G-man joins an outlaw gang out to rob a gold shipment.
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Heir to Trouble
Title: Heir to Trouble
Character: Ken Armstrong
Released: December 17, 1935
Type: Movie
Ken Armstrong (Ken Maynard) finds himself a mine owner and a daddy simultaneously when a friend dies and wills him his mine and his baby. The outlaws eying the mine try to frame the hero for the death.
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Lawless Riders
Title: Lawless Riders
Character: Ken Manley
Released: December 6, 1935
Type: Movie
Edith overhears Bart's plan to rob the bank so she informs Ken. But she is also overheard and when Ken goes to investigate, Bart's Henchman Prod frames him for the robbery. Thrown in jail, Ken's pal Pedro arrives with a plan to get him out.
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Western Courage
Title: Western Courage
Character: Ken Baxter
Released: October 29, 1935
Type: Movie
Wealthy Henry Hanley takes his family to a dude ranch. But his daughter Gloria's boyfriend Eric is waiting and he is after Hanley's money. Ken overhears Eric's plan and abducts Gloria to stop the elopement. The outlaw Lacrosse and his henchman then catch Ken without his guns, take off with Gloria, and leave a tied up Ken in a burning shack.
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Western Frontier
Title: Western Frontier
Character: Ken Masters
Released: August 7, 1935
Type: Movie
Ken and his sister are separated while young when the Indians attack their wagon train. Ken, now grown, is sent after the outlaw known as the Golden hair Girl only to find that she's his long lost sister.
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Mystery Mountain
Title: Mystery Mountain
Character: Ken Williams
Released: December 2, 1934
Type: Movie
Ken Williams is determined to discover the identity of the mysterious Rattler, who preys upon railroads and transportation companies like that owned by Jane Corwin. The Rattler is especially difficult to catch because of his skill at disguising himself as other people.
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In Old Santa Fe
Title: In Old Santa Fe
Character: Ken aka 'Kentucky'
Released: November 15, 1934
Type: Movie
Gangster Chandler and his accomplice Tracy arrive at a dude ranch. Cowboy Kentucky arrives at the same time. When Tracy double-crosses his boss and has the stage robbed, Kentucky finds the outlaws and brings them in. Tracy frames him for the murder of the driver but his pal Cactus gets him out of jail. He returns just as Chandler shoots Tracy and Kentucky finds himself arrested for another murder.
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Smoking Guns
Title: Smoking Guns
Character: Ken Masters
Released: June 11, 1934
Type: Movie
Accused of a murder he did not commit, Ken leaves the country. Three years later Evans finds him in the jungle. When Evans dies, Ken seeing the resemblance, assumes his identity and returns to clear his name.
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Honor of the Range
Title: Honor of the Range
Character: Sheriff Ken / Brother Clem
Released: April 15, 1934
Type: Movie
After Sheriff Ken puts money in the safe, his brother Clem gives Rawhide the combination. With the money gone the disgruntled townsmen make Boots Sheriff and lock up Ken. Clem, now a prisoner of Rawhide, has a change of heart and sends Ken a message with the outlaw's location. Ken escapes by impersonating the saloon entertainer and rides for the hangout.
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Wheels of Destiny
Title: Wheels of Destiny
Character: Ken Manning
Released: March 1, 1934
Type: Movie
Bill, who is about to lead a wagon train to California, has a map to a valuable gold field and Rocky is after the map. When Rocky and his men attack, Ken Manning breaks it up and later identifies Rocky and his men as the attackers. Expelled from the wagon train, they stampede a buffalo herd puting the Indians on the warpath. After the Indians attack the wagon train, Rocky thinks he can get the map.
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Gun Justice
Title: Gun Justice
Character: Ken Lance
Released: December 11, 1933
Type: Movie
Wanting the Lance ranch, Burkett kills Lance and brings in an imposter to pose as the heir Ken Lance. Ken learns of the plan, captures the imposter, and arrives posing as himself. In an ensuing gunfight a man is killed and Ken is in trouble when not only is he accused of the murder, but the imposter escapes and convinces the Sheriff he's the real Ken Lance.
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Fargo Express
Title: Fargo Express
Character: Ken Benton
Released: November 20, 1933
Type: Movie
When Mort loses his and Ken's money at poker, Goss gets him to rob the stage. He is captured, identified by his palomino horse. Ken tries to clear him by robbing a stage while riding a palomino, but he also gets caught.
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Strawberry Roan
Title: Strawberry Roan
Character: Ken Masters
Released: October 26, 1933
Type: Movie
Ken Maynard stars as a roving cowboy who tells the tale of taming the stallion that inspired the titular poem.
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The Trail Drive
Title: The Trail Drive
Character: Ken Benton
Released: September 4, 1933
Type: Movie
Honest John is pulling off a swindle by buying cattle in Texas with worthless scrip and selling them in New Mexico for cash. Ken is leading the cattle drive not knowing that when they cross the state line Honest John's plan will have succeeded.
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The Fiddlin' Buckaroo
Title: The Fiddlin' Buckaroo
Character: 'Fiddlin'
Released: July 20, 1933
Type: Movie
Government man Fiddlin' has joined Wolf's gang and Banty has become his friend. When Fiddlin' objects to Wolf's kidnapping of Ann, he is left in a burning building. Rescued by his horse Tarzan, he convinces Banty to help bring in the gang.
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King of the Arena
Title: King of the Arena
Character: Captain Ken Kenton
Released: June 1, 1933
Type: Movie
Mysterious deaths have been occurring in the same towns as Miller's Circus and the Governor has sent Ken Kenton to investigate. Ken joins the show but when he realizes that Bargoff is involved, Bargoff has fled and taken Mary Hiller as a hostage. The trail leads to Baron Petroff who concocted the deadly chemical and Ken quickly finds himself the Baron's prisoner.
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The Lone Avenger
Title: The Lone Avenger
Character: Cal Weston
Released: May 14, 1933
Type: Movie
A prominent banker commits suicide. His son thinks otherwise and sets out to prove it.
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Phantom Thunderbolt
Title: Phantom Thunderbolt
Character: Thunderbolt Kid
Released: March 4, 1933
Type: Movie
A cowboy called The Thunderbolt Kid comes to the aid of a town that is being threatened by outlaws who don't want a railroad to go through the town.
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Drum Taps
Title: Drum Taps
Character: Ken Cartwright
Released: January 23, 1933
Type: Movie
Skinner and his gang are grabbing land from the ranchers. When they go after Kerry's ranch Ken stops them. Skinner frames Ken for rustling but the Sheriff is on Ken's side, and with the help of his brother Earl's Boy Scout troup they go after the gang.
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Tombstone Canyon
Title: Tombstone Canyon
Character: Ken
Released: December 25, 1932
Type: Movie
A range lawman (Ken Maynard) unmasks a black-cloaked phantom killer (Sheldon Lewis).
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Haunted Gold
Title: Haunted Gold
Character: Tim Kelly (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: December 17, 1932
Type: Movie
John Mason returns to the Sally Ann mine to claim his half share. Janet Cater also returns although her father lost his half share to Joe Ryan. Ryan and his gang are also there to get the gold. A mysterious Phantom is also present. Mason's plan to expose Ryan as an outlaw and to force him to turn his share to Janet works. But when distracted by the Phantom, John is made a prisoner by the gang.
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Hollywood on Parade No. A-5
Title: Hollywood on Parade No. A-5
Character: Self
Released: December 16, 1932
Type: Movie
Stars Jeanette MacDonald, Maurice Chevalier and Ken Maynard.
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Between Fighting Men
Title: Between Fighting Men
Character: Ken
Released: October 15, 1932
Type: Movie
Ken not only has to fight with his brother Wally over the girls, he has to try and stop the conflict between the cattlemen and the sheepmen. It gets worse when Butch kills Judy's father.
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Come On, Tarzan
Title: Come On, Tarzan
Character: Ken Benson
Released: September 10, 1932
Type: Movie
Ken Maynard's exceptionally intelligent horse, Tarzan the Wonder Horse, is the star of this western about evil cowboy Steve Frazer (Welch) who gathers horses for slaughter, whose meat is sold to pet food manufacturers. The wild horse Tarzan frees the doomed horses from their corrals, and Frazer convinces the Sheriff that Tarzan is a threat and can be shot on sight. Local cowboy Ken Benson (Maynard) and rancher Pat Riley (Kennedy) work together to clear Tarzan's good name and put Frazier behind bars for his evil deeds.
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Dynamite Ranch
Title: Dynamite Ranch
Character: Blaze Howell
Released: July 7, 1932
Type: Movie
Howell breaks up a train robbery only to find that it's a fake. However the money is missing and he is blamed. He escapes and sets out to find the real thieves. He must also avoid being caught visiting the Collins ranch to see Doris.
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Whistlin' Dan
Title: Whistlin' Dan
Character: 'Whistlin' Dan Savage Posing as Ed Black
Released: March 19, 1932
Type: Movie
A cowboy and sidekick infiltrate a rustler gang to avenge the murder of their pal.
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Hell-Fire Austin
Title: Hell-Fire Austin
Character: Ken 'Hell-Fire' Austin
Released: March 2, 1932
Type: Movie
Heading west, Ken and Bouncer end up at the Brooks ranch where Ken is to ride Tarzan in the big race. But both the Sheriff and Edmonds are after him and he must hide both himself and the horse until race time.
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Texas Gun Fighter
Title: Texas Gun Fighter
Character: Bill Dane
Released: February 14, 1932
Type: Movie
Bill Dane and Banty quit Kell's outlaw gang. When Dane prevents Kell and his men from getting a bullion shipment, he is made Sheriff. Learning Dane is Sheriff, Kell and gang return, force Dane to give them the bullion, and make Dane a prisoner. Escaping, Dane trails the gang and engages them in a gunfight while his horse Tarzan goes for help.
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The Sunset Trail
Title: The Sunset Trail
Character: Jim Brandon
Released: February 7, 1932
Type: Movie
Jim and Buddy decide to follow their pal Tater-bug who left them for another job. No sooner do they arrive than Tater-bug gets shot in the back. Jim suspects Joe Weller but has no proof.
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The Pocatello Kid
Title: The Pocatello Kid
Character: The Pocatello Kid / Sheriff Jim Bledsoe
Released: December 5, 1931
Type: Movie
Just after Pocatello's brother is killed, a wounded Pocatello arrives being chased by the Sheriff. Larkin switches the identity of the two brothers and then expects Pocatello to assume his brother's role in the outlaw gang.
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Branded Men
Title: Branded Men
Character: Rod Whitaker
Released: November 7, 1931
Type: Movie
When Rod, Ramrod, and Half-A-Rod ride into Steep Gulch, they immediately become Sheriffs. The previous Sheriffs have been killed by Mace and his gang who don't wait long before they make an attempt on the new trio.
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Range Law
Title: Range Law
Character: Hap Conners
Released: October 10, 1931
Type: Movie
Having escaped from prison, a cowboy looks for the man that framed him.
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The Arizona Terror
Title: The Arizona Terror
Character: The Arizonian
Released: September 13, 1931
Type: Movie
Captain Porter's scheme is to buy livestock and then have his men show up later to kill the buyer and retrieve the money. When his men kill the next victim, he frames the Arizonian for the murder. The Arizonian escapes the law and joins up with the outlaw Vasquez. Knowing Porter's scheme, he plans to trap him by using Vasquez as the next buyer.
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Alias: The Bad Man
Title: Alias: The Bad Man
Character: Ranger Ken Neville
Released: July 15, 1931
Type: Movie
A ranger joins the outlaw gang whose boss he believes is a murderer.
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The Two Gun Man
Title: The Two Gun Man
Character: 'Blackie' Weed
Released: May 15, 1931
Type: Movie
Marshals Blackie and Joe, posing as two-gun men, hire on at Markham's ranch. They are after Tulliver and his gang of rustlers. But unknown to the two, Tulliver has planted Thorn on the ranch and he kills the foreman Riggs and puts the blame on Blackie.
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Fighting Thru
Title: Fighting Thru
Character: Dan Barton
Released: December 25, 1930
Type: Movie
Dan and Tennessee are successful gold miners. Ace Brady learns of their success and sends Fox to rob them. During the robbery Fox shoots Tennessee and Ace arrives to arrest Dan for the murder. Dan escapes but is now a wanted man.
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Sons of the Saddle
Title: Sons of the Saddle
Character: Jim Brandon
Released: August 3, 1930
Type: Movie
Jim Brandon, foreman of the Wind River Ranch, owned by Martin Stavnow, is in love with Ronnie, the rancher's daughter, though he is unaware that Harvey, a youthful cowhand, also loves her. Thus, Jim asks the boy, whom he protects like a brother, to speak for him. When he is spurned by Ronnie, Harvey decides to join Red Slade's gang, who are plotting a raid on the Wind River herd. As Jim forcibly attempts to separate him from the gang, Harvey is killed; and through the aid of his horse, Tarzan, Jim foils Slade's attempt to stampede the herd. Slade takes refuge in a wagon where Ronnie is hiding; Jim rescues Ronnie from the wagon just before the runaway team plunges over a cliff with Slade riding to his doom.
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Song of the Caballero
Title: Song of the Caballero
Character: Juan Posing as El Lobo
Released: June 29, 1930
Type: Movie
After El Lobo robs Don Jose he gives one of the stolen items to Conchita. Later when he saves Anita in a runaway coach, Don Pedro invites him to the wedding of Anita and his son Don Jose. But Conchita is at the wedding and recognizes him putting his life in danger.
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Mountain Justice
Title: Mountain Justice
Character: Ken McTavish
Released: May 4, 1930
Type: Movie
In the Kentucky mountains, Ken McTavish comes to Kettle Creek looking for the killer of his father. When he learns that it was Abner Harland, he fakes the killing of his friend Rusty, puts Abner in a coffin, and takes off. Lem Harland, seeing Rusty alive, realizes what happened and the chase is on.
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The Fighting Legion
Title: The Fighting Legion
Character: Dave Hayes
Released: April 5, 1930
Type: Movie
After being shot, a dying Marshal Dawson gives Dave Hayes his badge and asks him to finish his job. Dave becomes Marshal but when Bowie, the man that shot Dawson appears, he exposes Dave as an imposter. Dave is then in trouble when Edwards incites the mob to lynch him.
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Lucky Larkin
Title: Lucky Larkin
Character: 'Lucky' Larkin
Released: February 1, 1930
Type: Movie
Colonel Lee, a homesteader, is the object of terrorists who want to drive him off the range so that his horses cannot be entered in the county races, and he refuses an offer of Martin Brierson to buy him out. Pete, Brierson's brother, in hiding because of his criminal record, burns the colonel's barn and injures his horses. Convinced of Brierson's responsibility for the terror tactics, "Lucky" Larkin plans to ride Tarzan, the colonel's pet colt. Brierson does his best to disqualify the horse, but Larkin tricks him and wins the race. Larkin captures Pete and forces him to confess. The Brierson brothers are brought to justice, and Larkin wins Emmy Lou, a homesteader's daughter.
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Parade of the West
Title: Parade of the West
Character: Bud Rand
Released: January 19, 1930
Type: Movie
Bud Rand, a cowboy who is charged with the care of Little Billy Rand, accepts an offer to appear with Copeland's Wild West Show to ride a horse called "Mankiller." Dude, Copeland's righthand man, resents Bud's attentions to Mary, one of the performers, and when they fight it out, Bud is the victor. In revenge Dude loosens the cinch on the horse.....
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Señor Americano
Title: Señor Americano
Character: Lieutenant Michael Banning
Released: November 10, 1929
Type: Movie
A U.S. soldier goes after bandits in California, although it is still owned by Mexico.
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The Wagon Master
Title: The Wagon Master
Character: The Rambler
Released: September 8, 1929
Type: Movie
Bill Hollister (Jack Hanlon) organizes a wagon train to break the unfair monopoly held by Jake Lynch (Tom Santschi) on food prices in the mining camps. The Rambler (Ken Maynard) joins the train when it leaves for Gold Hill, and takes command when Hollister is killed from ambush. Jacques Frazelle (Al Ferguson) schemes to get rid of The Rambler and win Sue Smith (Edith Roberts). He plots with Lynch to disrupt the train, but The Rambler beats him in a whip-fight...
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The California Mail
Title: The California Mail
Character: Bob Scott
Released: April 7, 1929
Type: Movie
During the darkest hour of the American Civil War, the Union desperately needs gold to keep its armies in the field and its credit good. Federal Agent Bob Scott is therefore instructed to clean out the bandit gangs that have been stopping the vital California gold shipments.
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The Lawless Legion
Title: The Lawless Legion
Character: Cal Stanley
Released: February 17, 1929
Type: Movie
Cal Stanley goes undercover as a beef buyer in order to catch the gang responsible for stealing the area's cattle.
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The Royal Rider
Title: The Royal Rider
Character: Dick Scott
Released: February 17, 1929
Type: Movie
Dick Scott takes his Wild West show to the Balkan kingdom of Alvania where the boy king of the country commands the troupe to give a performance. The king is greatly impressed with the American cowboys and makes them his palace guard. The prime minister starts a revolution, and Dick and the Americans put it down. The boy king sanctions a romance between Scott and Ruth Elliott, the royal governess.
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Cheyenne
Title: Cheyenne
Character: Cal Roberts
Released: February 3, 1929
Type: Movie
Cal Roberts can ride anything with four legs. He enters the contests held at big rodeo. He wins all honors and meets a girl who races horses to help her father clear pressing debts. Complications follow, but Cal wins the girl.
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The Phantom City
Title: The Phantom City
Character: Tim Kelly
Released: December 27, 1928
Type: Movie
A weird letter tells our heroes to go to a ghost town which has an abandoned mine. There they contend with bad guys looking for hidden gold. They are aided by a mysterious Phantom.
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The Glorious Trail
Title: The Glorious Trail
Character: Pat O'Leary
Released: October 28, 1928
Type: Movie
After a work crew stringing telegraph wires across the Great Plains is slaughtered by Indians, Pat O'Leary, the company superintendent, must take out another supply train to make the dangerous trip across open country. The Indians attack and are driven off. On the day the wires are finally strung, the settlers gather to hear the first message from the East.
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The Code of the Scarlet
Title: The Code of the Scarlet
Character: Bruce Kenton
Released: July 1, 1928
Type: Movie
Assigned to catch a gang of outlaws, officers Bruce Kenton and Paddy Halloran rescue Helen Morgan when her wagon is attacked by the very same gang. Through a ruse, Kenton manages to infiltrate the gang, which is holed up in the lawless community of Caribou Flats. While in the employ of villainous trading post operator Jack Blake, Kenton discovers that Blake is not only the leader of the gang but also the man who murdered Helen's brother.
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The Upland Rider
Title: The Upland Rider
Character: Dan Dailey
Released: June 3, 1928
Type: Movie
The honest John Graham and the crooked Ross Cheswick battle for supremacy. Despite Cheswick's unscrupulous methods, Dan and his handsome bronco Tarzan win the Big Race for Graham. Dan's prize: Graham's lovely daughter Sally.
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The Canyon of Adventure
Title: The Canyon of Adventure
Character: Steven Bancroft
Released: April 21, 1928
Type: Movie
Steven Bancroft, a young officer in the U. S. Calvary, is given the assignment of ensuring that dirty-work by agents of Spain, Mexico or Russian aren't going to keep statehood-for-California from becoming a reality. Bancroft uses his guns to settle any debates regarding international laws.
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The Wagon Show
Title: The Wagon Show
Character: Bob Mason
Released: February 19, 1928
Type: Movie
Colonel Beldan runs a Wild West show. When Beldan's star attraction switches to his unscrupulous competitor Vicarino, the young Bob Mason takes the opportunity to take over the job with his horse 'Tarzan'.
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Gun Gospel
Title: Gun Gospel
Character: Granger Hume
Released: November 6, 1927
Type: Movie
From Death Valley in the Mojave Desert to Mount Whittier, the outlaw gangs are wreaking havoc on the gold and money shipments from the mines and ranches. Wells Fargo organizes an express service that will insure the shipments and ensure a guaranteed delivery. Granger Hume is hired to help Wells-Fargo deliver on their promise.
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The Red Raiders
Title: The Red Raiders
Character: Lieutenant John Scott
Released: September 27, 1927
Type: Movie
Lone wolf, who is stirring up the Indians against the wishes of his elders, gets the job of scout at the fort. When he hears of the approval of the new reservation, he sends his men to trap Scott and his troop before they can deliver the information.
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The Devil's Saddle
Title: The Devil's Saddle
Character: Harry Morrel
Released: July 10, 1927
Type: Movie
Hero is center of plot by a gang of lawless whites to convince Indians he killed one of their number, but finally clears himself.
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The Land Beyond the Law
Title: The Land Beyond the Law
Character: Jerry Steele
Released: June 5, 1927
Type: Movie
Deputy Marshal Jerry Steele (Ken Maynard) heads off to Oklahoma where a gang of nasty cattle rustlers is terrorizing the local ranchers. After a bit of detective work -- greatly aided by a motley group of would-be outlaws deputized for the occasion -- Steele unmasks a supposedly upstanding citizen Bob Crew (Tom Santschi) as the leader of the rustlers.
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The Overland Stage
Title: The Overland Stage
Character: Jack Jessup
Released: January 31, 1927
Type: Movie
At a trading post in the Northern Dakotas, Hawk Lespard, an unscrupulous trader, is opposed by Jack Jessup, posing as a gambler but actually a scout for the Overland Stage Co., and Kunga-Sunga, a wizard with the lariat.
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The Unknown Cavalier
Title: The Unknown Cavalier
Character: Tom Drury
Released: November 14, 1926
Type: Movie
Tom Drury, a cowboy whose quick thinking stops a notorious outlaw, "The Hawk," from further misdeeds. The villain, as it turns out, is none other than Henry Suggs (James Mason), heretofore considered a pillar of the community.....
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Senor Daredevil
Title: Senor Daredevil
Character: Don Luis O'Flaherty
Released: August 1, 1926
Type: Movie
Don Luis O'Flagherty (Ken Maynard), a daredevil comes to the rescue of his long-lost father, "Tiger" O'Flagherty (George Nichols), the supervisor of a supply-wagon train destined for the miners in Sonora. Tiger is being terrorized by Jesse Wilks (J.P. McGowan), who hopes to starve the miners out of their claims. Falling in love with Tiger's ward, Sally (Dorothy Devore), Don Luis manages to turn the tables on Wilks, who is killed attempting to rob the supply train.
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Haunted Range
Title: Haunted Range
Character: Terry Bladwin
Released: January 11, 1926
Type: Movie
The hero must solve the murder of his benefactor within six months in order to inherit a valuable ranch.
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The Grey Vulture
Title: The Grey Vulture
Character: Bart Miller
Released: January 2, 1926
Type: Movie
Fired from his job for shirking his duties, the 'Knight of the Plains' Bart Miller stumbles across a would-be stagecoach robbery and he rescues damsel in distress Betty Taylor. He takes Betty and her pretty girlfriends to the ranch of her father Bill Taylor. Meanwhile Taylor's foreman Luke Hatton is plotting to rustle his boss' herd with the aid of the corrupt lawyer Harkness.
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North Star
Title: North Star
Character: Noel Blake
Released: December 27, 1925
Type: Movie
During a wild party, Wilbur Gale hits another man and, incorrectly believing that he has killed him, flees to the Northwoods. Wilbur's dog, North Star, runs away and is taken in by Noel Blake, a newspaper reporter. Receiving a letter from her brother, Marcia Gale sets out to find him, taking with her Dick Robbins, a false friend who sees an opportunity for blackmail...
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Fighting Courage
Title: Fighting Courage
Character: Richard Kingsley
Released: December 12, 1925
Type: Movie
Richard Kingsley, son of a financier, trying to aid Marjorie Crenshaw and her sister during a raid on a New York roadhouse, is arrested. His father, enraged by the bad publicity, threatens to disinherit him if he doesn't go to Colorado in search of a mine....
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The Demon Rider
Title: The Demon Rider
Character: Billy Dennis
Released: November 2, 1925
Type: Movie
A ranch foreman captures a notorious gang of gold thieves. He ties them up and leaves them for a pursuing posse while he goes out to find the gold they stole. When the posse arrives, the gang's leader convinces them that the foreman is actually the gold thief, and the posse sets out in pursuit of him.
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Janice Meredith
Title: Janice Meredith
Character: Paul Revere
Released: December 8, 1924
Type: Movie
It is 1774, the eve of the American War of Independence. Janice comes from a Tory household. She cavorts with American and British alike, is pursued by Charles Fownes, patriot and friend of General Washington.
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$50,000 Reward
Title: $50,000 Reward
Character: Tex Sherwood
Released: December 2, 1924
Type: Movie
Tex Sherwood has just come into possession of a valuable piece of land that will be irrigated by a new dam. Banker Holman knowing the deed must be registered the next day, offers a $50,000 reward for Tex's capture.
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Somebody Lied
Title: Somebody Lied
Released: November 4, 1923
Type: Movie
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Cameo Kirby
Title: Cameo Kirby
Character: (uncredited)
Released: October 20, 1923
Type: Movie
Wrongfully blamed for the death of Col. John Randall, Cameo Kirby (Gilbert) must find the true villain and clear his name before he can declare his love for Adele (Olmstead), the dead man's daughter.
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The Gunfighter
Title: The Gunfighter
Character: (uncredited)
Released: September 2, 1923
Type: Movie
Billy Buell (William Farnum), a stranger involving himself with a long-standing mountain feud. The Benchleys and the Camps have been feuding ever since Lew Camp (J. Morris Foster) learned that his daughter Nellie (Doris May) was stolen by Jacob Benchley (Arthur Morrison) to replace a dead Benchley baby. Buell, who has fallen in love with Nellie, returns her to her mother (Virginia True Boardman). That doesn't sit well with the Benchley clan, who arrive for a final shootout.
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The Man Who Won
Title: The Man Who Won
Character: Conroy
Released: August 26, 1923
Type: Movie
Bill is a gambler, whose friend Scipio goes in search of his wife Jessie. Jessie, fed up with her life of poverty, has run off with the wealthy and villainous James. She has left behind her two children on James' promise that she can send for them later. Scipio leaves the tots with Bill when he goes on his search..
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Brass Commandments
Title: Brass Commandments
Character: (uncredited)
Released: January 28, 1923
Type: Movie
"Flash" Lanning returns to Bozzam City from the East to put an end to cattle rustling. Gloria Hallowell, who has known him by reputation, falls in love with Lanning but believes that he loves Ellen Bosworth, an eastern "lady." Campan, the leader of the rustlers, hoping to lure Lanning into a trap, kidnaps both girls. Lanning rescues the girls, punishes Campan, and indicates to Gloria that she is the girl for him.