Ben Corbett

Ben Corbett

Born: February 6, 1892
Died: May 19, 1961
in Hudson, Illinois, USA

Movies for Ben Corbett...

Great Day in the Morning
Title: Great Day in the Morning
Character: Townsman (uncredited)
Released: May 16, 1956
Type: Movie
After a card game, Southerner Owen Pentecost finds himself the owner of a Denver hotel. Involved with two women, he then has to make even more fundamental choices when, with the start of the Civil War, he becomes one of a small minority in a strongly Unionist town.
bee
Wichita
Title: Wichita
Character: Barfly (uncredited)
Released: July 3, 1955
Type: Movie
Former buffalo hunter and entrepreneur Wyatt Earp arrives in the lawless cattle town of Wichita Kansas. His skill as a gun-fighter makes him a perfect candidate for Marshal, but he refuses the job until he feels morally obligated to bring law and order to this wild town.
bee
Ten Wanted Men
Title: Ten Wanted Men
Released: February 1, 1955
Type: Movie
When his ward seeks protection with rival cattleman John Stewart, embittered, jealous rancher Wick Campbell hires ten outlaws to help him seize power in the territory.
bee
Broken Lance
Title: Broken Lance
Character: Trial Spectator (uncredited)
Released: September 25, 1954
Type: Movie
Cattle baron Matt Devereaux raids a copper smelter that is polluting his water, then divides his property among his sons. Son Joe takes responsibility for the raid and gets three years in prison. Matt dies from a stroke partly caused by his rebellious sons and when Joe gets out he plans revenge.
bee
Calamity Jane
Title: Calamity Jane
Character: Townsman (uncredited)
Released: November 4, 1953
Type: Movie
Sharpshooter Calamity Jane takes it upon herself to recruit a famous actress and bring her back to the local saloon, but jealousy soon gets in the way.
bee
Springfield Rifle
Title: Springfield Rifle
Character: Sergeant Major (uncredited)
Released: October 22, 1952
Type: Movie
Major Lex Kearney, dishonourably discharged from the army for cowardice in battle, volunteers to go undercover to try to prevent raids against shipments of horses desperately needed for the Union war effort. Falling in with the gang of jayhawkers and Confederate soldiers who have been conducting the raids, he gradually gains their trust and is put in a position where he can discover who has been giving them secret information revealing the routes of the horse shipments.
bee
High Noon
Title: High Noon
Character: Townsman (uncredited)
Released: June 9, 1952
Type: Movie
Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has been freed, and will be arriving on the noon train. Knowing the outlaw and his gang are coming to kill him, Kane is determined to stand his ground, so he attempts to gather a posse from among the local townspeople.
bee
The Flame and the Arrow
Title: The Flame and the Arrow
Character: Outlaw (uncredited)
Released: July 7, 1950
Type: Movie
Dardo, a Robin Hood-like figure, and his loyal followers use a Roman ruin in Medieval Lombardy as their headquarters as they conduct an insurgency against their Hessian conquerors.
bee
Cody of the Pony Express
Title: Cody of the Pony Express
Released: April 6, 1950
Type: Movie
Buffalo Bill Cody battles a gang of outlaws secretly headed by an unscrupulous lawyer.
bee
Colorado Territory
Title: Colorado Territory
Character: (uncredited)
Released: June 11, 1949
Type: Movie
In Colorado territory, outlaw Wes McQueen escapes jail to pull a railroad robbery but, upon meeting pretty settler Julie Ann, he wonders about going straight. Western remake of High Sierra with Joel McCrea taking over the Humphrey Bogart role.
bee
The Man from Colorado
Title: The Man from Colorado
Released: August 7, 1948
Type: Movie
Two friends return home after their discharge from the army after the Civil War. However, one of them has had deep-rooted psychological damage due to his experiences during the war, and as his behavior becomes more erratic--and violent--his friend desperately tries to find a way to help him.
bee
Silver River
Title: Silver River
Character: Sweeney Henchman (uncredited)
Released: May 20, 1948
Type: Movie
Unjustly booted out of the cavalry, Mike McComb strikes out for Nevada, and deciding never to be used again, ruthlessly works his way up to becoming one of the most powerful silver magnates in the west. His empire begins to fall apart as the other mining combines rise against him and his stubbornness loses him the support of his wife and old friends.
bee
Panhandle
Title: Panhandle
Character: Old Man (uncredited)
Released: February 22, 1948
Type: Movie
An ex-gunfighter woos two women while avenging his brother, victim of a crooked gambler.
bee
Rocky
Title: Rocky
Character: Hanson
Released: January 17, 1948
Type: Movie
Out fishing one day, painter John Hammond and his son Chris come across Bert Hillman, the foreman of a local ranch. He and his ranch hand are searching for a wild dog that killed one of their sheep. They find the animal and kill it, along with one of its puppies, but after they leave Hammond and his son discover another puppy still alive. They take it home and call it Rocky. John believes that a dog descended from sheep-killers will himself become a sheep-killer someday, but e gives his son a chance to raise and train the dog, hoping that he can train the killer instinct from it. Unfortunately, local farmers have reported an epidemic of sheep-killings, and they suspect that Rocky is responsible for them.
bee
Pursued
Title: Pursued
Character: Juror (uncredited)
Released: March 2, 1947
Type: Movie
A boy haunted by nightmares about the night his entire family was murdered is brought up by a neighboring family in the 1880s. He falls for his lovely adoptive sister but his nasty adoptive brother and mysterious uncle want him dead.
bee
Fool's Gold
Title: Fool's Gold
Character: Sergeant
Released: October 9, 1946
Type: Movie
The son of an Army friend is about the join an outlaw gang. Hoppy prevents this and brings the gang to justice.
bee
Canyon Passage
Title: Canyon Passage
Character: Miner
Released: July 17, 1946
Type: Movie
In 1850s Oregon, a businessman is torn between his love of two very different women and his loyalty to a compulsive gambler friend who goes over the line.
bee
Land of the Outlaws
Title: Land of the Outlaws
Character: Wagon Driver Curley
Released: September 16, 1944
Type: Movie
The old bromide about the western town run by outlaws as a hideout for their fellow crooks makes a return appearance in Monogram's Land of the Outlaws. Since the crooks include such reliable disreputables as Charles King and John Merton, the good guys really have their work cut out for them. But not to worry! The heroes are Johnny Mack Brown and Raymond Hatton, whose B-western track record is unbeatable. Land of the Outlaws was directed by Lambert Hillyer, whose sense of rhythm and pace had saved many another inexpensive oater.
bee
Partners of the Trail
Title: Partners of the Trail
Character: Duke
Released: April 28, 1944
Type: Movie
A United States marshal uncovers a plot to steal the valuable gold-laden property of ranchers.
bee
Law Men
Title: Law Men
Character: Henchman Simmons
Released: April 25, 1944
Type: Movie
U.S. Marshals "Nevada" Jack McKenzie and "Sandy" Hopkins go undercover to bust a gang of stagecoach robbers in this vintage Western serial. Nevada infiltrates the gang, while Sandy works as a cobbler in town, keeping an ear open for local gossip as they try to flush out the inside man tipping off the crooks.
bee
Raiders of the Border
Title: Raiders of the Border
Character: Henchman
Released: January 31, 1944
Type: Movie
Johnny Mack Brown and Raymond Hatton return to the screen as saddle pals Nevada and Sandy in Monogram's Pals of the Border. In this one, our heroes are US marshals, hot on the trail of cattle rustlers.
bee
Wagon Tracks West
Title: Wagon Tracks West
Character: Townsman (uncredited)
Released: August 18, 1943
Type: Movie
Cowboys side with an Indian doctor against crooks and bad water.
bee
Raiders of San Joaquin
Title: Raiders of San Joaquin
Character: Bandit
Released: May 1, 1943
Type: Movie
In this western, two cowboys ride to the rescue of ranchers who are fighting to keep a land-grabber from taking their land and selling it to the railroad
bee
Hoppy Serves a Writ
Title: Hoppy Serves a Writ
Character: Card Player
Released: March 12, 1943
Type: Movie
Posing as a cattle buyer, Hoppy crosses over into Oklahoma where the Jordan brother's and their outlaw gang operate outside the law. After receiving an unfriendly reception when he finds them, he, California, and Johnny rustle their cattle and drive across the river into Texas. He hopes they will cross over to retrieve their cattle and then he can arrest them.
bee
Haunted Ranch
Title: Haunted Ranch
Character: Army Enlistee
Released: February 19, 1943
Type: Movie
Both the Range Buster and Rance and his outlaw gang are looking for stolen gold bullion. To scare people away from the ranch where the gold is hidden, Rance has his man imitating ghosts. The gold is in a steel cased organ but a certain combination of organ stops need to be pulled to obtain the gold.
bee
Dawn on the Great Divide
Title: Dawn on the Great Divide
Character: Red - Henchman
Released: December 18, 1942
Type: Movie
Buck Roberts is leading a wagon train of railroad supplies and Jim Corkle and his henchman Loder are out to stop them by using white men dressed as Indians for the attacks.
bee
American Empire
Title: American Empire
Character: Rider
Released: December 11, 1942
Type: Movie
Richard Dix as Dan Taylor and Preston S. Foster as Paxton Bryce are two longtime friends seeking their fortune in Texas after the war. The two men decide, not without problems, to establish a cattle empire. Paxton becoming too ambitious, distances himself from Dan and Abby, Paxton's wife. It will only be after a personal tragedy that he will come back to his senses.
bee
Pirates of the Prairie
Title: Pirates of the Prairie
Character: Corbett / Shorty Carver (uncredited)
Released: November 20, 1942
Type: Movie
In one of his better early Westerns, Tim Holt, as Deputy Marshal Larry Durant, is sent to Spencerville where a gang of vigilantes has been terrorizing the citizenry. Going undercover as a gunsmith, Larry quickly learns that the leader of the vigilantes, John Spencer (John Elliott), is an honest man who only seeks to establish law and order. The real brains behind the crimes, meanwhile, are revealed to be Spencer's brother-in-law, Lou Harmon (Roy Barcroft), and his chief henchman, Leighton (Charles King), who speculate in the coming of the railroad by forcing the townspeople to relinquish their land.
bee
Undercover Man
Title: Undercover Man
Character: Outlaw Ambusher
Released: October 23, 1942
Type: Movie
A bandit who robs both Americans and Mexicans is causing each side of the border to blame the other. Hoppy has to settle matters.
bee
Down Texas Way
Title: Down Texas Way
Character: Henchman
Released: May 22, 1942
Type: Movie
"The Rough Riders", has U. S. Marshals Buck Roberts (Buck Jones) and Tim McCall (Tim McCoy) coming to a Texas town to visit their friend, U. S. Marshal Sandy Hopkins (Raymond Hatton), only to learn that he has disappeared, and is suspected of the murder of John Dodge (Jack Daley), owner of practically the whole town, except the hotel Sandy owns and runs when he isn't on an assignment as a Marshal. The murder has been committed by the henchmen of Bart Logan (Harry Woods), who intends to take over the dead man's property and whose men are holding Sandy prisoner to make it appear that he fled after arguing with and killing Dodge. Just before the murder, Logan sent a letter to Dodge with the news that the latter's long-missing wife is returning, and in a short while, Stella (Lois Austin), a Logan accomplice, arrives posing as the missing Ann Dodge, thus establishing her right to the Dodge property. Sandy, allowed to escape, returns ... Written by Les Adams
bee
Ghost Town Law
Title: Ghost Town Law
Character: Red Larkin
Released: March 27, 1942
Type: Movie
When two of their Marshal friends are killed, the Rough Riders are sent to investigate. They have to find the killers in a ghost town where the houses and an old mine are interconnected by secret passages and tunnels.
bee
Bad Men of Missouri
Title: Bad Men of Missouri
Character: Ambush Henchman
Released: July 26, 1941
Type: Movie
The Younger brothers return to Missouri after the Civil War with intent to avenge the misdeeds of William Merrick, a crooked banker who has been buying up warrants on back-taxes and dispossessing the farmers.
bee
Arizona Bound
Title: Arizona Bound
Character: Henchman Luke
Released: July 19, 1941
Type: Movie
The Rough Riders are called in to help save Master's stage line. Taggart has his gang robbing the stages and shooting the drivers. When Buck drives the next stage, Taggart's men rob it and then make it look like Roberts is part of the gang. Written by Maurice Van Auken
bee
In Old Cheyenne
Title: In Old Cheyenne
Character: Townsman
Released: April 4, 1941
Type: Movie
Roy is a newspaper reporter. He goes to Cheyenne to cover the activities of supposed bad guy Arapahoe Brown. Roy, of course, discovers who the real bad guy is.
bee
Along the Rio Grande
Title: Along the Rio Grande
Character: Slugged Deputy (uncredited)
Released: February 7, 1941
Type: Movie
A trio of cowboys infiltrate a cattle rustler's gang to seek vengeance for one of their fathers' murder.
bee
Billy the Kid in Texas
Title: Billy the Kid in Texas
Character: Townsman
Released: September 29, 1940
Type: Movie
In the second of the "Billy the Kid" series from PRC that starred Bob Steele, Billy the Kid is being held on a trumped-up murder charge in a Mexico jail. He escapes and meets his pal, Fuzzy Jones, in Corral City, Texas, which is taking a holiday to allow the cowpunchers of the Lazy A Ranch their periodic spree. In the saloon, Billy is recognized by Dave Hendricks and Flash, two the Lazy A's bed men, as the rider who had held them up after they had robbed the express wagon a few hours earlier. Outside, Billy is ambushed and slightly wounded, and is taken to the express office by Jim Morgan where Mary Barton, the local agent, agrees to tend him until the doctor arrives. Billy turns over the loot he took from the outlaws and he is appointed sheriff, with Fuzzy as his deputy. The Lazy A gang brings in a noted gunfighter, Gil Cooper, who turns out to be Billy's brother. Billy, Gil and Fuzzy eventually rout the outlaw gang, and Gil remains behind with Mary as Billy and Fuzzy ride off.
bee
Virginia City
Title: Virginia City
Character: Barfly (uncredited)
Released: March 23, 1940
Type: Movie
Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from a Confederate prison and races to intercept $5 million in gold destined for Confederate coffers. A Confederate sympathizer and a Mexican bandit, each with their own stake in the loot, stand in his way.
bee
The Marshal Of Mesa City
Title: The Marshal Of Mesa City
Character: Drunk Henchman (uncredited)
Released: November 3, 1939
Type: Movie
A retired lawman gets back into action to fight political corruption.
bee
Trigger Fingers
Title: Trigger Fingers
Character: Magpie
Released: November 1, 1939
Type: Movie
Marshal and his men disguise themselves as gypsies to catch a gang of cattle thieves.
bee
The Arizona Kid
Title: The Arizona Kid
Character: McBride Henchman
Released: September 28, 1939
Type: Movie
Roy is a Confederate officer stationed in Missouri during the Civil War. He must put an end to outlaw gangs working under the pretense of service to the Confederacy.
bee
The Fighting Renegade
Title: The Fighting Renegade
Character: Magpie
Released: August 31, 1939
Type: Movie
El Puma, a Mexican desert guide, escorts an archaeological expedition headed by Professor Lucius Lloyd through the Indian badlands of Mexico. Marian, the professor's niece accompanies the party as only she can translate the Aztec writings in the diary of her father, murdered on a similar expedition six years previous. The professor is murdered by a knife, and the weapon is recognized as the property of El Puma. Magpie, a Federal Investigator, knows that El Puma is really "Lightnin' Bill' Carson, a former federal agent who has been missing since Marian's father was slain. The reluctant Magpie believes that his old pal is guilty. Carson sets out to prove otherwise.
bee
Straight Shooter
Title: Straight Shooter
Character: Magpie
Released: August 12, 1939
Type: Movie
Before he was killed, Martin hid a half million dollars worth of bonds on his ranch. Brainard, who killed him, Inspector Carson posing as Sam Brown, and Martin's niece Margaret all want the ranch, and it's being sold at auction.
bee
Racketeers of the Range
Title: Racketeers of the Range
Character: Dutch - Henchman
Released: May 26, 1939
Type: Movie
A large packing company is trying to obtain a monopoly by taking over the last small independent meat packer. Barney O'Dell, owner of the largest ranch, is trying to stop them. When the owner agrees to sell, Barney get a delay by forcing the small company to declare bankruptcy and having himself made receiver. Now the large company has to deal with Larry and when he refuses they resort to rustling.
bee
Outlaws' Paradise
Title: Outlaws' Paradise
Character: Magpie McGillycutty
Released: April 18, 1939
Type: Movie
Bill Carson assumes the identity of gang leader Trigger Mallory in order to fool his gang and his girlfriend.
bee
The Kid From Texas
Title: The Kid From Texas
Character: Wild West Show Cowboy
Released: April 14, 1939
Type: Movie
A loud-mouthed Texas cowpuncher tries his hand at polo finding himself at odds with high society and trying to save a floundering Wild West show.
bee
Texas Wildcats
Title: Texas Wildcats
Character: Magpie McGillicuddy
Released: April 9, 1939
Type: Movie
Lightning Bill Carson and sidekick Magpie are after Burrows, the man that killed a friend of theirs. Burrows is after the Arden ranch and his gang are rustling their cattle. Bill is robbing Burrows while posing as the mysterious Phantom and it's not long before the two collide.
bee
Code of the Cactus
Title: Code of the Cactus
Character: Magpie
Released: February 25, 1939
Type: Movie
A story of cattle rustling and double identities.
bee
Six-Gun Trail
Title: Six-Gun Trail
Character: Magpie
Released: November 25, 1938
Type: Movie
Chasing jewel thieves, Captain Carson and Magpie head for the border where Carson, posing as a Chinaman, opens a store that buys jewelry. To flush the thieves into the open, Carson wins all their money at poker. They agree to sell him the jewels but plan to kill him and keep both the jewels and the money.
bee
Lightning Carson Rides Again
Title: Lightning Carson Rides Again
Character: Henchman Shorty
Released: October 9, 1938
Type: Movie
Lightning Carson's nephew has been falsely accused of murder. To get in with the gang, Lightning poses as a Mexican. He also appears as himself making his costume changes at his sister's ranch. Just as he about to bring in the gang, a henchman finds evidence of his masquerade and arrives to expose the hoax.
bee
The Mysterious Rider
Title: The Mysterious Rider
Character: Stage Driver
Released: September 21, 1938
Type: Movie
Ben Wade and his partner Frosty return to Bellounds' ranch where twenty years earlier Wade was wanted for murder. Unrecognized, he gets a job on the ranch and soon becomes involved in Folsom's cattle rustling and a chance to settle an old score.
bee
Gold Mine in the Sky
Title: Gold Mine in the Sky
Character: Jailbird
Released: July 4, 1938
Type: Movie
As executor of the owner's will, singing ranch foreman Gene must see that the daughter/heiress doesn't marry without his approval.
bee
Songs and Saddles
Title: Songs and Saddles
Character: Henchman Sparks
Released: June 1, 1938
Type: Movie
An old rancher's property sites smack-dab on the site where a new highway is to be built, although he doesn't know it. Someone else does, however, and is determined to force the old man off his property in order to get the ranch for himself. The rancher's foster son returns home to help the old man keep his property and find out who is behind the scheme to take it from him.
bee
Six Shootin' Sheriff
Title: Six Shootin' Sheriff
Character: Henchman Red
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.
bee
Texas Trail
Title: Texas Trail
Character: Fort Guard
Released: November 26, 1937
Type: Movie
The U.S. Army needs more horses for the Spanish-American War. Hoppy must turn his Bar 20 cowhands into Rough Riders to gather up the horses, and of course bad guys try to sabotage the operation.
bee
Law for Tombstone
Title: Law for Tombstone
Character: Henchman Slim
Released: October 10, 1937
Type: Movie
A stagecoach line hires an agent to stop a string of robberies of gold shipments.
bee
Prairie Thunder
Title: Prairie Thunder
Character: Wagon Driver (uncredited)
Released: September 10, 1937
Type: Movie
To increase profits for his shipping company, Lynch has goaded the Indians to attack both the telegraph line and the new railroad. When Lynch sells rifles to the Indians, Rod Farrell captures Lynch and his gang. But Lynch's Indian friends free him and this time Farrell finds himself the prisoner.
bee
Black Aces
Title: Black Aces
Character: Bridge Guard
Released: September 4, 1937
Type: Movie
When Len Stoddard wins Ted Ames ranch in a poker game he sends his brother Jake along with Ted to take over the ranch. When Jake is found murdered he offers a reward for the capture of Ted who now is believed to be a member of the Black Aces gang. Ted finds the probable location of the gang's hideout and sets out to clear himself.
bee
Hopalong Rides Again
Title: Hopalong Rides Again
Character: Henchman
Released: August 20, 1937
Type: Movie
On a cattle drive Hoppy, camp cook Windy, companion Lucky, and young Artie Peters encounter an eccentric professor. The professor professes to be searching for the evolutionary missing link, but in reality he is a cattle rustler who uses his dynamite to scatter the cattle in order capture some of them. Hoppy and Bar 20 guys ultimately capture the professor.
bee
The Devil's Saddle Legion
Title: The Devil's Saddle Legion
Character: Prison Guard
Released: August 14, 1937
Type: Movie
Tal is in a lot of trouble. Seems that his father has been murdered while he was in Montana and they put the blame on him. Also, he has been framed and sentenced to 10 years hard labor for another murder which he did not do. The crooks need convict labor to build the dam so they convict innocent people for a pool of cheap labor. But Karan believes that Tal, using the name Smith J. Brown, could not be a killer. Unknown to her, her step brother, Hub, is part of the gang.
bee
The Californian
Title: The Californian
Character: Ruiz Man
Released: July 18, 1937
Type: Movie
Native son returns from school in Spain to California in 1855 and finds corrupt politicians stealing land from old California families. He becomes a sort of Robin Hood in order to fight them.
bee
Empty Holsters
Title: Empty Holsters
Character: Mr. Raines' Ranchhand (uncredited)
Released: July 10, 1937
Type: Movie
Ace owns just about everything around except for the Bank, which is owned by John Ware. Ace also has his eye on Judy, but Judy only has eyes for Clay. Since Ace is a crook, he holds up the stage and has his cronies swear that Clay was the bandit which gets Clay 10 years in jail. After he gets out in 5 for good behavior, Clay sets out to find who framed him and stole the stage strongbox. Since the sheriff does not like Clay, he takes his guns away as part of his probation and it makes Clay a target for the Ace gang.
bee
Blazing Sixes
Title: Blazing Sixes
Character: Slim - Henchman
Released: June 12, 1937
Type: Movie
Government agent Red Barton is sent to a small western town to find both the source of a recent series of gold robberies and the method they use to get the gold out of the county unseen. Complicating matters is the arrival of pretty Barbara Morgan who has come to claim her inheritance - the ranch the outlaw gang is using for their headquarters.
bee
The Cherokee Strip
Title: The Cherokee Strip
Character: Henchman Ben
Released: May 15, 1937
Type: Movie
A singing lawyer and other homesteaders participate in the Oklahoma land rush and found the town of Big Rock, but the fast-growing frontier settlement quickly becomes embroiled in political and business corruption. Director Noel Smith's 1937 western stars Dick Foran, Jane Bryan, Tommy Bupp, Ed Cobb, Frank Faylen, Tom Brower and Milton Kibbee.
bee
Land Beyond the Law
Title: Land Beyond the Law
Character: Henchman (uncredited)
Released: March 13, 1937
Type: Movie
A wild cowboy changes course and becomes a sheriff after his father is murdered.
bee
Empty Saddles
Title: Empty Saddles
Character: Vegas
Released: December 20, 1936
Type: Movie
Buck runs into trouble when he buys a deserted cattle ranch that he turns into a dude ranch.
bee
Phantom of Santa Fe
Title: Phantom of Santa Fe
Character: Short Henchman Prisoner
Released: November 12, 1936
Type: Movie
A band of renegades attacks and loots a mission, stealing some priceless treasures. Local citizens blame an outlaw known as "The Hawk," who is also called "The Phantom of Santa Fe."
bee
Jailbreak
Title: Jailbreak
Character: Convict with Visiting Lawyer
Released: August 5, 1936
Type: Movie
A reporter gets himself sent to prison so he can solve a murder behind bars.
bee
For the Service
Title: For the Service
Character: Ben, a Scout
Released: June 1, 1936
Type: Movie
Cowboy star Buck Jones made his directorial debut with the Universal western For the Service. Jones is cast as Indian scout Buck O'Bryan, trying his best to keep the peace between the Native Americans and a government outpost. O'Bryan is replaced by George Murphy, the son of commanding officer Captain Murphy. Obviously unqualified for his job, Murphy proves himself a coward and a weakling, forcing O'Bryan to take over when the fort is besieged by outlaw Bruce Howard and his gang.
bee
Treachery Rides the Range
Title: Treachery Rides the Range
Character: Ned
Released: May 2, 1936
Type: Movie
The Indians need the Buffalo to survive and the Government has promised to keep the herds free from hunters. But Carter, of Carter and Barton, just signed a big contract for furs and Buffalo meat so they want the herds. The only way they can get them is to rile the Indians up enough to go on the warpath and break the treaty. After the trouble starts, the Indians get the Colonel's daughter and hold her prisoner. Written by Tony Fontana
bee
Song of the Saddle
Title: Song of the Saddle
Character: Townsman on Porch (uncredited)
Released: February 28, 1936
Type: Movie
Frank Sr. sells his supplies to Hook, but then Hook has the Bannion Boys bushwhack his wagon to get the money back. Frank is murdered, but Junior gets away. He comes back 10 years later to settle the score as the Singing Cowboy. He finds that Hook is still doing his dirty deeds on the unsuspecting people. Along the way, Frank meets the lovely Jen, who came out in the same wagon train 10 years before.
bee
Sunset of Power
Title: Sunset of Power
Character: Red
Released: January 22, 1936
Type: Movie
Sunset of Power is regarded as one of Buck Jones' more meritorious Universal westerns. The heavy of the piece, grim-visaged cattle baron Neil Brannum, drives everyone around him mercilessly, including his own granddaughter Ruth. In retaliation, a caped-and-masked Spanish bandido stages nightly raids on Brannum's spread.
bee
The Silent Code
Title: The Silent Code
Character: Henchman Breen
Released: November 20, 1935
Type: Movie
Northwest Mounted Police Corporal Jerry Hale is assigned to take over the district of a fellow-officer, and is puzzled as he had worked this district before and had been mysteriously transferred, disrupting his romance with Helen Brent, the niece of Peter Barkley, the Factor at the trading post. An accountant of the company Berkley works for threatens to expose him when his account is found $10,000 short. Barkley pleads for more time to raise the money. His opportunity arises when he learns that Helen's father and his brother-in-law, Nathan Brent, has struck it rich and is on his way to visit Helen. Barkley instructs his henchmen Carney and Breen to lie in wait and rob Brent of his gold. Brent has a premonition of trouble and buries his gold, making a map of the location. Barkley is disturbed by the arrival of Corporal Hale and goes to warn his men, and finds them already engaged in the attack on Brent. Brent's dog Wolfgang (played by a dog named Rex, or maybe the other way around)...
bee
The Ivory-Handled Gun
Title: The Ivory-Handled Gun
Character: Henchman Steve
Released: November 11, 1935
Type: Movie
Buck Ward and the Wolverine Kid, who each own one of the ivory handled guns, continue the feud started by their fathers.
bee
Moonlight on the Prairie
Title: Moonlight on the Prairie
Character: Fired Henchman
Released: November 2, 1935
Type: Movie
A singing medicine-show cowboy and his magician partner catch a killer.
bee
Men of Action
Title: Men of Action
Character: Construction Worker
Released: July 13, 1935
Type: Movie
A villainous banker and his hired saboteurs attempt to thwart construction of Sweetwater Dam.
bee
Border Vengeance
Title: Border Vengeance
Character: Buddy Benson
Released: June 4, 1935
Type: Movie
A rancher is murdered after discovering that 40 head of his cattle have been rustled. A neighboring family is accused of the crime and flees across the border, then tries to find the real killers to clear their name.
bee
Gun Smoke
Title: Gun Smoke
Character: Shorty
Released: May 1, 1935
Type: Movie
Parker, seeking revenge on Culverson, is bringing in a flood of sheep. Branning signs on at the Culverson ranch to help fight them off. Standing in his way is hired gunman and crooked lawyer Sneed. T
bee
The Cowboy and the Bandit
Title: The Cowboy and the Bandit
Character: Joe
Released: April 2, 1935
Type: Movie
Bill travels to a new state after the outlaw Scarface saves him from a lynch mob. There he takes a job on the Barton ranch and joins in the fight against gang leader Larkin. Finding a wounded Scarface he helps him recover. Arrested by Larkin's stooge Sheriff, and with another lynch mob after him, he once again needs Scarface's help.
bee
Born to Battle
Title: Born to Battle
Character: Deputy
Released: April 1, 1935
Type: Movie
Good-natured troublemaker "Cyclone" Tom Saunders is hired by a ranchers' association manager to investigate recent cattle rustling at one of their ranches and to see if a pair of nesters have anything to do with it. After discovering the nesters, pretty Betty Powell and her rickety old father, are incapable of rustling, Tom instead turns his attention to the huge, swaggering bully of a foreman, Nate Lenox.
bee
The Outlaw Tamer
Title: The Outlaw Tamer
Character: Deputy Bud McClure (as Benny Corbett)
Released: March 15, 1935
Type: Movie
A masked bandit being chased by a posse is wounded but manages to lose them. He is taken in by a female saloon owner and nursed back to health.
bee
Arizona Bad Man
Title: Arizona Bad Man
Character: Wrangler
Released: February 1, 1935
Type: Movie
The daughter of a notorious cattle thief falls for a stranger at a dance. The stranger is really a lawman who is after her father.
bee
Coyote Trails
Title: Coyote Trails
Character: Sidekick Windy
Released: February 1, 1935
Type: Movie
Tom Riley and sidekick Windy arrive at the Baker ranch where horses are being rustled. It appears the culprit is a wild horse, but Tom catches and rides the horse which leads to trouble with the real rustlers.
bee
Thunder Over Texas
Title: Thunder Over Texas
Character: Tom
Released: October 18, 1934
Type: Movie
A cowboy tries to protect a young woman whose father was murdered because he had railroad maps that showed the location of a proposed new line. Now the killers are after her because they think she has the maps.
bee
Fighting Thru
Title: Fighting Thru
Character: Benny
Released: August 29, 1934
Type: Movie
Cattlemen Protective Agent Reb Russell arrives to try and stop the cattle rustling. He gains a friend when he saves Jack Thorn from Lenahan and his men. They hire on at the Lund ranch and when her cattle are rustled and she is kidnaped they follow the trail, It's Lenahan and his gang and Reb soon finds himself a prisoner.
bee
The Man from Hell
Title: The Man from Hell
Character: Henchman Pete
Released: August 28, 1934
Type: Movie
A cowboy recently released from prison is determined to go straight, but he winds up in a tough western town where he finds trouble everywhere.
bee
The Red Rider
Title: The Red Rider
Character: Cowhand
Released: July 16, 1934
Type: Movie
"Red" Davison(Buck Jones), the sheriff of Sun Dog, sacrifices his job and his good name to save his best friend, "Silent" Slade from the hangman's noose, following a framed-up court decision which sentences Slade to hang for the murder of "Scotty McKee (J.P. McGowan). Davidson allows Slade to escape from jail and follows him to aid him in proving his innocence.
bee
Rainbow Riders
Title: Rainbow Riders
Character: Ben Brown
Released: June 15, 1934
Type: Movie
Jerry Hixon's ranch is being besieged by raiders so Ben sends for his friend Bud. When Bud arrives and finds that the outlaw Texarkana Pete has been captured, he buys Pete's clothes and posing as Pete joins the outlaw gang. But he is quickly in trouble when his masquerade is exposed.
bee
Smoking Guns
Title: Smoking Guns
Character: Ranger
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.
bee
Pals of the Prairie
Title: Pals of the Prairie
Character: Bill
Released: April 3, 1934
Type: Movie
Two cowboys get involved with a pretty ranch owner, her crooked fiancé and a robbery.
bee
Western Racketeers
Title: Western Racketeers
Character: Mike
Released: April 2, 1934
Type: Movie
Cattlemen use Alamo Pass in order to get their cattle to market. A gang has taken it over and charges a toll to go through it. When one rancher doesn't have enough money to pay the toll, he winds up dead. A local rancher, Bill Bowers, investigates the killing, but his neighbor and rival Molly Spellman decides to take her cattle around the pass instead of through it to avoid the toll. The gangsters kidnap her, and Bill gathers the other ranchers in the area for a final showdown with the gang.
bee
The Border Menace
Title: The Border Menace
Character: Dragon Morris
Released: April 1, 1934
Type: Movie
Ranger Bill Williams goes to prison to get information on Chuck Adams. Then a fake posse chase gets him invited into Adams' gang. But just as he learns who Adams' boss is and is about to make his move, his cell mate who escaped from prison returns to identify him.
bee
Ridin' Thru
Title: Ridin' Thru
Character: Barney (as Ben Corbitt)
Released: March 15, 1934
Type: Movie
Dad Brooks is in financial trouble and needs to sell a lot of horses. But they are being rustled and needing help, he sends for Tom. Tom looks for the rustlers but eventually realizes that someone is using a wild horse to do the rustling. He finds the secret entrance used by the rustlers to hide the horses but soon finds himself a prisoner.
bee
Fargo Express
Title: Fargo Express
Character: Benny - Henchman
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.
bee
Trouble Busters
Title: Trouble Busters
Character: Windy Wallace
Released: May 15, 1933
Type: Movie
Leaving town with the Sheriff after him, Tex joins up with the Trouble Busters Skinny and Windy. In Placerville he runs into trouble with Bill Jarvis leading to a mad rush to file on oil rich land.
bee
Haunted Gold
Title: Haunted Gold
Character: Henchman (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.
bee
Come On, Tarzan
Title: Come On, Tarzan
Character: Shorty - Cowhand
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.
bee
Ride Him, Cowboy
Title: Ride Him, Cowboy
Character: Short Jury Member (uncredited)
Released: August 27, 1932
Type: Movie
John Drury saves Duke, a wild horse accused of murder, and trains him. When he discovers that the real murderer, a bad guy known as The Hawk, is the town's leading citizen, Drury arrested on a fraudulent charge.
bee
Beyond the Rockies
Title: Beyond the Rockies
Character: Barfly (uncredited)
Released: July 8, 1932
Type: Movie
A noted gunman takes a job on a cattle ranch to stop a band of rustlers.
bee
The Reckless Rider
Title: The Reckless Rider
Character: Benny
Released: July 1, 1932
Type: Movie
Disguising himself as an outlaw, a marshal comes to the aid of a man and his daughter who are being terrorized by a criminal gang.
bee
Heroes of the West
Title: Heroes of the West
Character: Rawhide Riley
Released: June 19, 1932
Type: Movie
Efforts to build a transcontinental railroad are resisted by crooks and Indians on the warpath. A 12-chapter movie serial.
bee
Texas Tornado
Title: Texas Tornado
Character: Texas Ranger Shorty Walker
Released: March 31, 1932
Type: Movie
Tex Robbins, a Texas Ranger, posing as "Wolf" Cassidy, a notorious Chicago gangster, works his way into the rustling gang and hideout of "Three-Star" Henley, but his plans go wrong and he has to fight his way to victory.
bee
45 Calibre Echo
Title: 45 Calibre Echo
Character: Bennie
Released: February 5, 1932
Type: Movie
A cowhand and his sidekick come to the Texas border country looking for the man who had lured the cowhand's sister in bondage in Mexico. But the man doesn't want to be found and has hired some gunmen to see that he isn't.
bee
The Law of the Tong
Title: The Law of the Tong
Character: First Drunk
Released: December 15, 1931
Type: Movie
A young girl working as a dance-hall hostess gets mixed up in a scheme that smuggles illegal Chinese aliens into the country.
bee
Cavalier of the West
Title: Cavalier of the West
Character: Sergeant
Released: November 15, 1931
Type: Movie
Burgess and Greeley are rustling horses and shooting Indians. When they kill Manual they frame Lieutenant Allister. His older brother John now attempts to defend him at his murder trial.
bee
Sundown Trail
Title: Sundown Trail
Character: Ranch Hand Shorty
Released: September 11, 1931
Type: Movie
Dorothy, and her big city lawyer boyfriend, return to the Lazy 'B' ranch to read her late father's will. For Dorothy to inherit everything, she must stay on the ranch for 5 years. If she does not, everything goes to Buck, who is the manager. She does not like Buck, so she makes a deal with the wrong people for cattle and then the outlaws go to the ranch to get the $10,000 from her. But Buck is on the job.
bee
Wild Horse
Title: Wild Horse
Character: Cowboy at the Rodeo
Released: August 2, 1931
Type: Movie
Ben Hall offers $1000 for the wild Devil Horse which Jim Wright and Skeeter capture. While Jim is away, Gil Davis kills Skeeter and takes the horse. The Sheriff then arrests Jim for Skeeter's murder. But unknown to them, an outlaw witnessed the killing
bee
In Old Cheyenne
Title: In Old Cheyenne
Character: Henchman
Released: May 24, 1931
Type: Movie
A remake of 1930's "Phantom of the Desert", in which a crooked foreman and the ranch hands are rustling horses, and laying the blame on a wild stallion that roams the surrounding hills.In this one the principals are Jim/Cheyenne(Rex Lease) as the cowhand that comes along and clears the horse,Starlight;the crooked foreman is Clyde Winslow(Harry Woods), while Helen Sutter(Dorothy Gulliver) is the daughter of ranch owner Frank Sutter(Jay Hunt.) This one was remade at least four more times by 1940.
bee
The Avenger
Title: The Avenger
Character: Henchman
Released: March 6, 1931
Type: Movie
Goss, Mason, and Kelly force Joaquin Murieta to watch as they hang his brother Juan for a crime he did not commit. To exact his revenge on the three, Joaquin becomes the notorious Black Shadow.
bee
West of Cheyenne
Title: West of Cheyenne
Character: Banty
Released: March 1, 1931
Type: Movie
With his father accused of murder, Tom heads after the real murderer who lives in a town of outlaws where no one is allowed in or out. To gain entry he poses as an escaping outlaw with his sidekick Banty posing as the pursuing lawman. This lets Tom join the gang but there is trouble later when Banty gets caught and sentenced to die.
bee
Westward Bound
Title: Westward Bound
Character: Ben
Released: December 1, 1930
Type: Movie
After Bob Lansing (Jay Wilsey as Buffalo Bill Jr). is involved in a nightclub scrape, where he meets Montana rancher Madge Holt (Allene Ray)), his father sends him out west with his chauffeur Ben (Ben Corbett). In Montana, they are mistaken for rustlers Dick (Tom London) and Jim (Yakima Canutt), and Bob again meets Madge, who recognizes him but wishes to make things difficult for him.
bee
Phantom of the Desert
Title: Phantom of the Desert
Character: Benny Mack
Released: November 1, 1930
Type: Movie
Horses are being stolen by a white stallion known as "The Phantom of the Desert." A cowboy sets out to find who's behind it.
bee
Men Without Law
Title: Men Without Law
Character: Pug - Henchman
Released: October 15, 1930
Type: Movie
Returning from the war, Buck finds his younger brother in trouble.
bee
Shadow Ranch
Title: Shadow Ranch
Character: Cowhand Ben
Released: September 27, 1930
Type: Movie
Summoned to Shadow Ranch by his friend Ranny Williams, Sim Baldwin arrives to find Ranny has been ambushed and murdered. Sim learns ranch owner Ruth Cameron is under pressure to sell out to Dan Blake, as the dam on the ranch controls the town's water supply. Vowing to avenge his old friend's death, Sim takes up Ruth's fight and incurs Blake's hostility.
bee
Canyon Hawks
Title: Canyon Hawks
Character: White-Shirted Man Outside Saloon
Released: August 25, 1930
Type: Movie
Cattleman Benson finds Mildred and her brother George living in one of his cabins and their sheep are on his land. Attracted to Mildred, he not only lets her stay, he deeds part of his land to her. This leads to trouble with the other cattlemen.
bee
Bar-L Ranch
Title: Bar-L Ranch
Character: Barney McCool
Released: August 4, 1930
Type: Movie
Bob Tyler has rustler trouble while driving a herd of cattle to the new owner, but he refuses to turn the herd over to Frank Kellogg. He has a run-in with Jean Polk, discovers she is the owner of the cattle, and is fired. With his friend, Barney McCool , Bob snoops around and discovers that Kellogg is behind the rustling.
bee
Romance of the West
Title: Romance of the West
Released: June 15, 1930
Type: Movie
Chasing the man who had caused the death of his sister, Jack Walsh rescues Mary Winters from the unwanted attentions of a drunk, and learns that she has been lured to Mexico by the false promises of an ex-prizefighter "Kayo" Mooney. The latter kidnaps Mary but Jack wins the showdown and Mary, and finds that Mooney is the man he was looking for.
bee
Beau Bandit
Title: Beau Bandit
Character: Posse Member (uncredited)
Released: March 2, 1930
Type: Movie
Mexican-bandit Montero and his deaf-mute sidekick Coloso are being pursued through the sand-dunes of southern Arizona by lawman Bob-Cat Manners and his posse. Montero has intentions of robbing the bank owned by skinflint Lucius Perkins, but is sidetracked by the attractions of singing-teacher Helen Wardell. He learns that Perkins has marital designs on Helen and holds the mortgage on her ranch. But Helen is in love with Bill Howard. Perkins offers Montero money to kill his rival.
bee
Rio Rita
Title: Rio Rita
Character: Texas Ranger
Released: September 15, 1929
Type: Movie
Capt. James Stewart pursues the bandit "The Kinkajou" over the Mexican border and falls in love with Rita. He suspects, that her brother is the bandit.
bee
The Royal Rider
Title: The Royal Rider
Character: Wild West Show Member
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.
bee
The Phantom City
Title: The Phantom City
Character: One of Gang
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.
bee
The Mystery Rider
Title: The Mystery Rider
Released: November 25, 1928
Type: Movie
Silent cowboy Western serial.
bee
The Black Ace
Title: The Black Ace
Released: September 2, 1928
Type: Movie
Story of a a Texas Ranger whose foster-father has been falsely accused of a series of crimes.
bee
Thunder Riders
Title: Thunder Riders
Character: Bennie (as Benny Corbett)
Released: April 7, 1928
Type: Movie
As Betty arrives from the East Coast to take over the ranch and fortune left by her late father, the trip is interrupted by an Indian attack.
bee
The Fearless Rider
Title: The Fearless Rider
Character: Hank Hook (as Benny Corbett)
Released: January 15, 1928
Type: Movie
A fearless cowboy comes to the rescue of a beleaguered prospector.
bee
A Made-To-Order Hero
Title: A Made-To-Order Hero
Character: Babbling Ben (as Benny Corbett)
Released: October 8, 1927
Type: Movie
Bert Lane and Margery Murray are in love, but her aunt insists she marry either a society man or a hero, so his hands decide that he will be a made-to-order hero - but society man Fred Van Ralt keeps getting the credit.
bee
The Red Raiders
Title: The Red Raiders
Character: Corporal Clancy
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.
bee
The Border Cavalier
Title: The Border Cavalier
Character: Bennie (as Benny Corbett)
Released: September 18, 1927
Type: Movie
American Western film directed by William Wyler and written by Basil Dickey and Gardner Bradford.
bee
A Man's Size Pet
Title: A Man's Size Pet
Character: Dirtyshirt Jones
Released: October 23, 1926
Type: Movie
This one is about two buckaroos who dump flour on each other and roll each other around in barrels, their girlfriends -- one pretty, the other fat -- and the pretty one's bear, Danger.
bee
Roaring Road
Title: Roaring Road
Character: Henchman (uncredited)
Released: May 1, 1926
Type: Movie
A young racing driver combines the best features of two rival cars, thus producing an automobile which is the best entry in the race. He triumphs over the other contestants, incidentally winning the girl of his heart.
bee
Fade Away Foster
Title: Fade Away Foster
Character: Dirtyshirt Jones
Released: April 24, 1926
Type: Movie
bee
The Law of the Snow Country
Title: The Law of the Snow Country
Character: Jim Wolf
Released: April 1, 1926
Type: Movie
bee
One Wild Time
Title: One Wild Time
Character: Dirtyshirt Jones
Released: March 20, 1926
Type: Movie
One Wild Time is a silent comic Western.
bee
Chip of the Flying U
Title: Chip of the Flying U
Character: Cowhand (uncredited)
Released: March 14, 1926
Type: Movie
A remake of a 1915 Tom Mix/Selig Western, this film was yet another silent oater (loosely) based on a story by popular pulp fiction writer Peter B. Kyne. Chip Bennett, a Flying U ranch hand-turned-cartoonist, despite being a confirmed misogynist falls in love with Della Whitmore, a lady doctor and sister of his employer.
bee
Breakin' Loose
Title: Breakin' Loose
Character: Dirtyshirt Jones
Released: December 5, 1925
Type: Movie
Lucy and her monkey arrives out west and cause disruption on the ranch.
bee
The Circus Cyclone
Title: The Circus Cyclone
Character: Referee
Released: October 4, 1925
Type: Movie
Steve Brant, an ex-pugilist who owns a small circus, makes crude advances toward Doraldina, a lovely equestrienne; and when she resists him, he angrily beats her horse.
bee
The Outlaw's Daughter
Title: The Outlaw's Daughter
Character: Bill
Released: September 20, 1925
Type: Movie
Slim Cole, a notorious outlaw, shoots at mining executive Jim King, missing him but wounding Flora Dale in the shoulder. Jim takes care of the injured girl, who, when she recovers, goes to work in his office. Unknown to Jim, Flora is the daughter of an outlaw whom Cole had killed and has secretly vowed revenge against Jim.
bee
Loaded Dice
Title: Loaded Dice
Character: Cowhand
Released: March 28, 1925
Type: Movie
Loaded Dice is a 1925 Silent Western
bee
The Phantom Horseman
Title: The Phantom Horseman
Character: Benny
Released: March 3, 1924
Type: Movie
Sheriff Bob Winton sets out to capture a mysterious bandit named "The Hawk," a phantom rider who is admired by the townspeople, because he steals from the Williams Lumber Co., a ruthless outfit determined to own all the land in the vicinity. This is a lost film.
bee
The Red Warning
Title: The Red Warning
Character: Bud Osman
Released: December 17, 1923
Type: Movie
Phillip Haver, who, along with his friend Toby Jones, finds David Ainslee dying in the desert. After rustlers stole his cattle, Ainslee went off in search of a lost mine and fell victim to a killer. Before he kicks the bucket, Ainslee hands Haver a poke of gold dust to pay off the mortgage on the ranch.
bee
Don Quickshot of the Rio Grande
Title: Don Quickshot of the Rio Grande
Character: Henchman
Released: June 4, 1923
Type: Movie
"Pep" Pepper, a romantic cowboy whose faculty for dreaming loses him his job, tries to emulate Don Quixote's courage after reading the Spanish classic.
bee
South of Northern Lights
Title: South of Northern Lights
Character: Chick Rawlins
Released: November 1, 1922
Type: Movie
Falsely accused of murder by a gang that wants to obtain possession of his ranch (on which gold has been discovered) northwestern rancher Jack Hampton flees across the border into Canada pursued by the Northwest Mounted Police and an American sheriff. Chick Rawlins, the gang's leader, runs a place at a trading post, and the Canadian authorities have sent Jane Wilson into the camp to get evidence against him. Captured by the crooks, she has been imprisoned in the mountains. Her escape develops into a long chase by the crooks, Hampton, and his pursuers.
bee
West of the Pecos
Title: West of the Pecos
Character: Wlf Bradley
Released: June 1, 1922
Type: Movie
A United States marshal in the Southwest learns of a Mrs. Osborne, whose son and husband have been killed by raiders and whose daughter, June, has been taken captive. He orders Jack Laramie, his best man, to investigate the affair and arrest the guilty parties at any cost. Jack arrives at the local cafe and learns the identity of the outlaw gang and June's whereabouts. Meanwhile, Jack has rescued a child whose parents have been killed while crossing the prairie to stake out a homestead.
bee
The Heart of a Texan
Title: The Heart of a Texan
Character: Henchman Comanche Horse
Released: April 1, 1922
Type: Movie
King Calhoun comes to the aid of "Ma" Jackson, who is fighting to regain control of the family ranch after her husband's death. Her daughter, June, is desired by the ranch foreman, Pete Miller, who threatens revenge after his is fired.
bee
The Lure of Gold
Title: The Lure of Gold
Character: Latigo Bob
Released: March 1, 1922
Type: Movie
Jack Austin is a champion rodeo contestant who befriends and falls in love with a touring concert singer. She, in turn, comes to his aid when an attempt, by Chuck Wallace and his henchman Latigo Jack, is made to steal Jack's rodeo winnings.
bee
Rangeland
Title: Rangeland
Character: Chuck Quigley
Released: January 26, 1922
Type: Movie
Depury sheriff Ned Williams is sent to capture a cattle thief in the area. The thief turns out to be a young woman, Betty Howard, who steals to keep her young siblings form starving to death and their hardscrabble homestead after the father has died. Buck Kelly, an enemy of Ned's, frames him and abducts Betty.
bee
King Fisher's Roost
Title: King Fisher's Roost
Character: 'Red' McGee
Released: September 1, 1921
Type: Movie
Barr Messenger escapes to Mexico after a frame-up. He is in love with Betty Brownlee, who disappears after $10,000 is stolen from the firm she works for. It is thought she took the money. In Mexico, In Mexico, Barr finds Betty working in a saloon for "Red" McGee, the chief henchman of "Bull" Keeler's (the Kingfish) Kingfisher gang.
bee
Shadows of the West
Title: Shadows of the West
Character: Jim's pal
Released: August 1, 1921
Type: Movie
California cowpuncher Jim Kern and his pal enlist in the war against Germany and, shortly thereafter, meet Frank Akuri, who has pledged to colonize the United States for his homeland, Japan. While Jim and other white males are fighting in France, Akuri forces Jim's sweetheart Mary to sell her ranch, as she is not able to run it because the only men left, the Japanese, have pledged not to work for the whites. With the ranch, Akuri begins his colony. Mary counters by organizing her society women friends to appeal to Congress against the "yellow menace." When it seems that his plans will be thwarted, Akuri issues orders for the death of Mary and her friends, but Jim and his pal return and rescue them. Akuri then kidnaps Mary and takes her to his apartment, but with the help of Akuri's wronged Japanese lover, Jim learns her whereabouts. He organizes a posse of American Legion locals and rescues Mary just as Akuri is about to murder her. Akuri's group is routed out.
bee
Who Was the Man?
Title: Who Was the Man?
Released: April 16, 1921
Type: Movie
Hoot appears on a ranch as a tenderfoot whose father wants to make a man of him. He falls in love with the rancher's daughter, but when all the cowboys rough him up without any retaliation on his part, the girls passes him up. She is just about to marry the foreman of the ranch, when Hoot shows him up as the head of a band of cattle rustlers, and discloses that he is not a tenderfoot but a Texas Ranger. Then the girl wants him back but Hoot gives her the laugh.
bee
The Cactus Kid
Title: The Cactus Kid
Released: March 26, 1921
Type: Movie
A slicker sells a fake oil lease to Gertrude's father. Later the villain discovers that the lease is valuable, and to get it back he kidnaps the girl. Hoot rescues her in a thrilling fight on top of an oil derrick.
bee
The Fightin' Fury
Title: The Fightin' Fury
Released: February 5, 1921
Type: Movie
A villain robs a safe in the town bank and leaves evidence to convict the hero.
bee
Kickaroo
Title: Kickaroo
Released: January 22, 1921
Type: Movie
Hoot is a cowpuncher, somewhat addicted to liquor (when he can get it). His sweetheart, the rancher's daughter, tells him that if he ever takes another drink, their engagement is at an end.
bee
The Trail of the Hound
Title: The Trail of the Hound
Released: December 25, 1920
Type: Movie
The Trail of the Hound is a 1920 silent Western.
bee
The Man With The Punch
Title: The Man With The Punch
Character: Snake Harris
Released: December 18, 1920
Type: Movie
The inaptly named Peace City is held in a grip of fear by the corrupt Sheriff Sellers. The benevolent, black-hatted 'Stranger,' who unexpectedly arrives in town, is in actuality an undercover Texas Ranger determined to restore law and order.
bee
Fight It Out
Title: Fight It Out
Released: December 11, 1920
Type: Movie
Cowpoke Sandy Adams overhears a plot to frame rancher Duncan McKenna for a rash of cattle rustlings and methodically turns the members of the gang against each other.
bee
Lightning Bryce
Title: Lightning Bryce
Character: Henchman
Released: October 14, 1919
Type: Movie
Two prospectors, one the father of Sky "Lightning" Bryce and the other the father of Kate Arnold, find a large gold deposit belonging to an Indian tribe. They head for home but each sends a note to their respective off-springs advising them of their good fortune. One of the fathers conceives a plan of taking a dagger and wrapping a piece of string around the blade, after which he prints on the string with a lead pencil, the exact location of their find. If something happens to them, the string goes to the son and the knife to the daughter. That night an Indian approaches their camp and blows some mysterious wolf powder which causes a man to see wolves in place of human beings. Lightning's father see his partner as a wolf and stabs him to death; later he is brought into town in a dying condition but before dying, hands the knife and the string over to the sheriff with instructions to deliver to Lightning and Kate.