John Laurenz

John Laurenz


Died: November 7, 1958

Movies for John Laurenz...

Adventures of the Texas Kid: Border Ambush
Title: Adventures of the Texas Kid: Border Ambush
Character: Pepe Martinez
Released: January 1, 1954
Type: Movie
In TV's pioneer days when kids idolized the Lone Ranger, the Texas Kid was a knight errant of the frontier leading the fight for law and order alongside his Mexican companion Pepe. In this rarely-seen TV pilot, the Kid and Pepe intercede on behalf of the murdered rancher's daughter, openly defying the landgrabbers in a cow town so lawless that rustlers operate in broad daylight! Shot at the Corrigan Ranch in 1950, TEXAS KID co-starred Mercury Records recording artist John Laurenz as Pepe and stuntman Hugh Hooker as the Kid. Hooker, a specialist in stunts involving horses and stagecoaches, often doubled Gene Autry and even produced a few movies, including the low-budget gem . That movie's star was Hugh's teenage son Buddy Joe Hooker, whose own subsequent, stellar stunt career inspired HOOPER (1978), Burt Reynolds' hit comedy tribute to movie stuntmen.
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Border Outlaws
Title: Border Outlaws
Character: Henchman Kevin
Released: November 1, 1950
Type: Movie
Western tale of a special agent (Bill Edwards) unravelling a series of rustlings on and around Cooley's dude ranch
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Federal Man
Title: Federal Man
Character: Rodriguez - Mexican Agent
Released: June 21, 1950
Type: Movie
A government agent travels from the United States to Mexico to nab drug dealers.
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Tarzan and the Mermaids
Title: Tarzan and the Mermaids
Character: Benji
Released: May 15, 1948
Type: Movie
A high priest tries to force a young beauty to marry a pearl trader who is masquerading as the god Balu.
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Captain from Castile
Title: Captain from Castile
Character: Diego Cermeno (uncredited)
Released: December 25, 1947
Type: Movie
Spain, 1518: young caballero Pedro De Vargas offends his sadistic neighbor De Silva, who just happens to be an officer of the Inquisition. Forced to flee, Pedro, friend Juan Garcia, and adoring servant girl Catana join Cortez' first expedition to Mexico. Arriving in the rich new land, Cortez decides to switch from exploration to conquest...with only 500 men. Embroiled in continuous adventures and a romantic interlude, Pedro almost forgets he has a deadly enemy...
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Code of the West
Title: Code of the West
Character: Chito Rafferty
Released: February 20, 1947
Type: Movie
Knowing the railroad is coming, Carter is after the rancher's land. Bob and Chito return just in time to save Banker Stockton and his money from Carter's men. When Stockton then lends the ranchers money, Carter has them burned out. Bob knows Carter is responsible and when Carter's henchman Saunders is recognized, Bob goes into action.
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Apache Rose
Title: Apache Rose
Character: Henchman Pete
Released: February 15, 1947
Type: Movie
Roy is an oil prospector. His efforts to get drilling rights on an old Spanish land grant are countered by gamblers from an off-shore gambling boat determined to control the land (and oil) themselves.
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Sunset Pass
Title: Sunset Pass
Character: Chito Rafferty
Released: July 8, 1946
Type: Movie
A young outlaw gets involved with a gang of crooks. When he tells them he is breaking away, they threaten to pin a false murder charge on him. But he is rescued and reformed by his sister, and an undercover agent for the express company.
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A Walk in the Sun
Title: A Walk in the Sun
Released: December 25, 1945
Type: Movie
In the 1943 invasion of Italy, one American platoon lands, digs in, then makes its way inland to attempt to take a fortified farmhouse, as tension and casualties mount.
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In Old New Mexico
Title: In Old New Mexico
Character: Al Brady
Released: May 15, 1945
Type: Movie
Gallant Cisco "kidnaps" murder suspect Ellen from the authorities, then sets about to prove her innocence, all with the cooperation of a sympathetic sheriff.
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Black Arrow
Title: Black Arrow
Character: Oso (uncredited)
Released: January 1, 1944
Type: Movie
With a plot line mostly lifted from 1941's "White Eagle", Columbia's 24th serial (following "The Desert Hawk-1944" and ahead of 1945's "Brenda Starr, Reporter"), "Black Arrow" finds carpet-baggers Jake Jackson and Buck Sherman arriving in Blue Mesa in search of gold.