Frank Ball

Frank Ball

Born: May 25, 1876
Died: March 1, 1968

Movies for Frank Ball...

Nick Carter, Master Detective
Title: Nick Carter, Master Detective
Character: Peake the Gardener
Released: December 13, 1939
Type: Movie
Detective Nick Carter is brought in to foil spies at the Radex Airplane Factory, where a new fighter plane is under manufacture.
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The Feud Maker
Title: The Feud Maker
Character: Ben Harbison
Released: April 16, 1938
Type: Movie
When Tex is brought in to fight in a range war between the cowmen and the nesters, he meets his old outlaw boss Lassiter. He learns Lassiter is behind the feud when Lassiter asks him to join up with his gang. Tex refuses and instead sets out to stop the feud but no one will believe him that Lassiter is responsible.
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Paroled - To Die
Title: Paroled - To Die
Character: Judge
Released: January 11, 1938
Type: Movie
Meline is taking money from his own bank to drill an oil well. When he finds Doug Redfern's bandana, he has his gang rob his bank and uses the bandana to frame Doug. When Doug is convicted but immediately paroled, Meline has another plan that he thinks will put him away permanently.
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Arizona Gunfighter
Title: Arizona Gunfighter
Character: Dan Lorimer
Released: September 24, 1937
Type: Movie
When Colt kills the men that murdered his father, he escapes his pursuers and joins Wolf and his outlaw gang. After two years Wolf breaks up the gang, deeds his ranch to Colt, and turns himself in. Now an honest rancher, things are going fine for Colt until Wolf's old gang shows up under a new leader. Colt get the Governor to release Wolf claiming the two of them can bring in the gang.
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Ridin' the Lone Trail
Title: Ridin' the Lone Trail
Character: Randall
Released: August 31, 1937
Type: Movie
Trains are being robbed by a gang led by an outlaw on a beautiful white horse. The marshal sent to investigate finds out the horse beings to the girl he's in love with.
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Boothill Brigade
Title: Boothill Brigade
Character: Murdock
Released: August 2, 1937
Type: Movie
Rancher Reynolds has fired his men and hired killers and is now using a crooked land deal to put the other ranchers off their land. Calico finds the reason why when he runs into his old nemesis Porter.
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The Red Rope
Title: The Red Rope
Character: John 'Pop' Duncan
Released: July 19, 1937
Type: Movie
Brade has hired Rattler Haynes to kill Tom Shaw. But when Shaw intercepts a message between the two, he alters it hoping it will cause the two outlaws to fight each other.
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Doomed at Sundown
Title: Doomed at Sundown
Character: Mr. Austin
Released: July 6, 1937
Type: Movie
Young Dave Austin hunts down the varmint who murdered his father in this B Western. Austin tracks killer Jim Hatfield to his hideout, a Mexican cantina where Hatfield and his ruthless gang terrorize the locals. After being deputized, the courageous Austin allows himself to be captured by the gang and devises an ingenious plan to turn the bad guys against one another.
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Border Phantom
Title: Border Phantom
Character: Professor Andrew Hartwell
Released: June 6, 1937
Type: Movie
Cowboy Larry O'Day and his sidekick Lucky Smith happen upon a distraught Barbara Hartwell, who is about to be arrested for the murder of her uncle. With Barbara behind bars, Larry is determined to find the real killer and soon finds himself in the middle of a mystery involving crazed German entomologists and a smuggling ring bringing Chinese "picture girls" across the Mexican border for sale to wealthy Chinese bachelors.
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Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin
Title: Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin
Character: Hub Stockton
Released: May 18, 1937
Type: Movie
Lawyer Bowdre has started a war between the ranchers and the homesteaders planning to take over the homesteaders land when they are wiped out. Rancher Dan Stockton, having just married homesteader Gail Dawson, is caught in the middle. He suspects Bowdre is behind the war and it's not long before he gets a chance to prove it.
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Law of the Ranger
Title: Law of the Ranger
Character: Land Registrar John
Released: May 11, 1937
Type: Movie
Working undercover, Rangers Bob and Wally arrive to take up ranching. Out to stop them is Bill Nash and his men. When Bob plans to file on a ranch, Nash finds out and heads for the Registrar ahead of him.
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The Trusted Outlaw
Title: The Trusted Outlaw
Character: Sheriff Bob Larimer
Released: May 4, 1937
Type: Movie
Dan Ward, reformed and last member of an outlaw family, meets Molly Clark in a rocky draw near town. Ted Wells, a henchman for Dan's enemy Jim Swain, attempts to shoot Dan but is outdrawn and killed by the latter. Molly disappears and Dan learns that she and Wells had ridden there together. Sheriff Bob Larimer tells Dan that Molly is in love with Bert Gilmore and tried to have him ambushed. Dan takes a risky job with mine owner Pember of getting the $10,000 payroll through to the mine. Swain suspects that Dan is carrying the payroll, but his gang is unable to stop Dan. Betty Pember disregards Dan's warning that the hills are filled with Swain's men and she starts for town. She is kidnapped by Gilmore and Molly and Dan ride to her rescue.
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Lawless Land
Title: Lawless Land
Character: Saloon Owner Bill
Released: April 6, 1937
Type: Movie
Jeff arrives in town to see the Sheriff only to find him just killed. The culprit is Clay Wheeler. When Jeff becomes friendly with Letty, Clay sends his man Ortega to kill him. Jeff foils the attempt and gets him to confess that Clay was the killer. With only old-timers Lafe and Bill to help, Jeff heads after Clay and his gang.
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Trail of Vengeance
Title: Trail of Vengeance
Character: Steve Warner
Released: March 28, 1937
Type: Movie
There is a range war between the ranchers led by Tilden and the outlaw gang of Link Carson. Wanted outlaw Dude Ramsey arrives and joins up with Tilden. First he saves the ranchers from Carson's trap and then exposes Pearson as Carson's informant and killer of Steve Warner.
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The Gambling Terror
Title: The Gambling Terror
Character: Garret - Weekly Star Editor
Released: February 15, 1937
Type: Movie
Brett runs a protection racket for an unknown boss. When Jeff Hayes arrives and opens a gambling den, they try to shut him down. Unlike the others who have given in, he plans to fight back.
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The Gun Ranger
Title: The Gun Ranger
Character: The Judge
Released: November 17, 1936
Type: Movie
A lawman who brings in a killer only to see him freed because of corruption turns in his badge & sets out on his own to rid his town of killers & crooked politicians.
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The Fugitive Sheriff
Title: The Fugitive Sheriff
Character: Prospector
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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Undercover Man
Title: Undercover Man
Character: Express Agent
Released: September 23, 1936
Type: Movie
An operative from the Wells Fargo company goes undercover to trap a crooked sheriff and his equally nefarious hirelings in this standard B-Western from A.W. Hackel's low-budget Supreme Pictures Corp.
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Brand of the Outlaws
Title: Brand of the Outlaws
Character: The Doctor
Released: August 15, 1936
Type: Movie
Gary Gray arrives only to be caught up in the rustling activities of Ben Holt and his gang. First Holt brands him for rustling and then frames him for murder. Proven innocent, Gary foils the gang's stage holdup and then heads after Holt whom he now knows to be the real killer. But Holt knows he is coming and waits unseen in ambush. Written by Maurice VanAuken
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Rogue of the Range
Title: Rogue of the Range
Character: Express Agent
Released: April 24, 1936
Type: Movie
Doran and the Sheriff have a scheme to bring in an outlaw gang. Doran is sent to prison so he and the gang leader Mitchell can break out. This gets him into the gang but he is in trouble when it's revealed he is working with the Sheriff.
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The Kid Ranger
Title: The Kid Ranger
Character: Ben Brokaw
Released: February 5, 1936
Type: Movie
Ranger Ray plans to marry stage driver Bill Mason's daughter Mary, but there are problems ahead....
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Valley of the Lawless
Title: Valley of the Lawless
Character: Amos Jenkins
Released: January 25, 1936
Type: Movie
Johnny Mack Brown goes in search of a treasure map tattooed on the chest of a man who once betrayed his father.
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The Courageous Avenger
Title: The Courageous Avenger
Character: M. H. Davis
Released: December 12, 1935
Type: Movie
Kirk Baxter has been sent to investigate murder and robbery involving gold shipments. Identifying a gang member by his bullets, he uses that man's horse to locate and join the gang. He learns the gang is tipped off to the shipments by a mine employee using carrier pigeons. But the next message reveals his true identity and he is made a prisoner.
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Between Men
Title: Between Men
Character: Gentry, aka Winters
Released: October 29, 1935
Type: Movie
When his young son is shot, John Wellington kills the culprit and flees. But his son Johnny recovers and is raised by Sir George. Some twenty years later Johnny sets out to find Sir George's missing granddaughter.
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The New Frontier
Title: The New Frontier
Character: Ted
Released: October 25, 1935
Type: Movie
In 1889 pioneers race ahead of the law to claim free land in Oklahoma, forming wide-open towns. In one such, citizens elect Milt Dawson to challenge the self-appointed rule of gambler Ace Holmes, only to have him shot in the back. But leading the next batch of settlers is Milt's quick-on-the-draw son John, who gets help from friendly outlaws.
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Texas Terror
Title: Texas Terror
Character: Dan Matthews
Released: October 17, 1935
Type: Movie
Sheriff John Higgins quits and goes into prospecting after he thinks he has killed his best friend in shooting it out with robbers. He encounters his dead buddy's sister and helps her run her ranch. Then she finds out about his past.
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Sundown Saunders
Title: Sundown Saunders
Character: Old Sour Face Manning
Released: August 1, 1935
Type: Movie
When Sundown wins a horse race he is paid with a deed to a ranch. Arriving at the ranch he finds the Prestons already living there. They bought it from the fake land agent Taggart who then frames Sundown for murder.
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Arizona Trails
Title: Arizona Trails
Character: Dad Randolph
Released: July 31, 1935
Type: Movie
Young Henry Randolph has run up gambling debts to Slade and Slade has arrived to collect the money. When Slade tells Henry he will inform his father, Henry threatens him. When Slade is later found murdered, the posse heads out after Henry. Henry claims he is innocent but flees anyway when the posse approaches.
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Honeymoon Limited
Title: Honeymoon Limited
Character: Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
Released: July 1, 1935
Type: Movie
A publisher bets an author that he won't be able to write a romantic adventure novel while on a walking trip from New York to San Francisco.
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Rainbow Valley
Title: Rainbow Valley
Character: Powell
Released: March 15, 1935
Type: Movie
John Martin is a government agent working under cover. Leading citizen Morgan calls in gunman Galt who blows Martin's cover.
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Big Calibre
Title: Big Calibre
Character: Jim Bowers
Released: March 8, 1935
Type: Movie
Intent on avenging his father's murder, Roy Neal and his sidekick Rusty find themselves in the border town of Gladstone where Neal is mistakenly arrested for the robbery of a mail truck. After escaping, Neal joins up with pretty June Bowers whose father has apparently also been murdered. Neal, suspecting two of the town's leading businessmen of being the murderers, tries to flush them out before the sheriff can lock him up again.
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Ranger's Code
Title: Ranger's Code
Character: Rancher
Released: August 14, 1933
Type: Movie
When his Ranger father is shot down and seriously wounded by rustlers, young Bob Baxter is given a Ranger's badge and a delivery to town of the rustlers.
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Galloping Romeo
Title: Galloping Romeo
Character: Sheriff Jerry
Released: August 4, 1933
Type: Movie
Money is mysteriously disappearing from a locked trunk atop the stage even though the trunk arrives still locked. When pals Bob Rivers and Grizzly get the jop driving the stage, the same thing happens.
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When a Man Rides Alone
Title: When a Man Rides Alone
Character: Dad Davis
Released: January 14, 1933
Type: Movie
The Llano Kid is robbing stages but only taking money from Montana Slade's Cottonwood Mine. He then gives the money to those cheated by Slade. The Sheriff is after him and eventually obtains a picture and displays wanted posters and is soon after him.
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The Fighting Champ
Title: The Fighting Champ
Character: Fred Mullins
Released: December 15, 1932
Type: Movie
Steele gets into a fight with a ranch foreman, knocking the foreman out. The foreman was supposed to represent the ranch in a prize fight with a middleweight champion. Now Steele finds himself in the fight of his life.
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The Forty-Niners
Title: The Forty-Niners
Character: MacNab
Released: October 27, 1932
Type: Movie
O'Hara has been hired to lead a wagon train west. Instead he has led it off the trail to where it can be attacked by his Indian friends. But Tennessee Mathews is familiar with O'Hara's tactics and sends for the soldiers.
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The Scarlet Brand
Title: The Scarlet Brand
Character: John Walker
Released: April 10, 1932
Type: Movie
In The Scarlet Brand, a young cowpoke tricked into rustling cattle and hell-bent on getting revenge against the poacher who set him up.
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The Man from New Mexico
Title: The Man from New Mexico
Character: Dad Langton
Released: April 1, 1932
Type: Movie
The cattle on the Langton Ranch are mysteriously dying and cowhands are disappearing or being shot. Two Langton riders bring a wounded rider they found wounded and hung up in a barbed-wire fence to Sally Langton and report that her father is missing. A lone rider, Jess Ryder, tops a rise and sees a band of men working on some calves in a secluded corral, and he frowns as he sees what Bat Murchinson is doing.
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Tangled Fortunes
Title: Tangled Fortunes
Character: John (Pap) Davis
Released: March 22, 1932
Type: Movie
A gang of crooks kills a gold miner while trying to find out the location of the mine. They then terrorize the miner's son to get him to reveal the mine's location.
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Murder at Dawn
Title: Murder at Dawn
Character: Dr. Farrington
Released: February 15, 1932
Type: Movie
Mad scientist works on a death ray in his mountain hideaway.