Edward Waller (June 14, 1889 – August 20, 1977) was an American stage, film and television actor.
Early years
Waller's involvement with dramatics began when he was a student at the
University of Wisconsin
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.
Career
Stage
Waller performed in
vaudeville
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and the
legitimate theater
Legitimate theatre is live performance that relies almost entirely on diegetic elements, with actors performing through speech and natural movement.Joyce M. Hawkins and Robert Allen, eds. "Legitimate" entry. ''The Oxford Encyclopedic English Dicti ...
before he entered films in
Hollywood
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* Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in California
* Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States
Hollywood may also refer to:
Places United States
* Hollywood District (disambiguation)
* Hollywood ...
. His professional stage debut came in Chicago, Illinois. An item published in ''The Indianapolis News'' May 3, 1923, reported, "He has had several years' experience as leading man and also as director, and produces the Grand Players' plays as well as taking the leading roles." Waller became noted for his character impersonations of elderly men on stage and screen.
Film
Waller appeared in more than 250
sound film
A sound film is a Film, motion picture with synchronization, synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, bu ...
s between 1929 and 1963 (Thomas M. Feramisco, in his book, ''The Mummy Unwrapped: Scenes Left on Universal's Cutting Room'', has Waller "making the move to celluloid in 1936."), including 116
westerns
The Western is a genre of fiction typically set in the American frontier (commonly referred to as the "Old West" or the "Wild West") between the California Gold Rush of 1849 and the closing of the frontier in 1890, and commonly associated wit ...
and six serials. In 1955 Waller appeared as "Old Larky" (under the name credit Eddy C. Waller) in the film ''
Foxfire
Foxfire, also called fairy fire and chimpanzee fire, is the bioluminescence created by some species of fungi present in decaying wood. The bluish-green glow is attributed to a luciferase, an oxidative enzyme, which emits light as it reacts with ...
'' starring
Jane Russell
Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell (June 21, 1921 – February 28, 2011) was an American actress, model, and singer. She was one of Hollywood's leading sex symbols in the 1940s and 1950s and starred in more than 20 films throughout her career.
R ...
and
Jeff Chandler
Jeff Chandler (born Ira Grossel; December 15, 1918 – June 17, 1961) was an American actor. He was best known for his portrayal of Cochise in '' Broken Arrow'' (1950), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting ...
. He is best remembered as Nugget Clark, the sidekick in many films starring Allan 'Rocky' Lane between 1947 and 1953.
Television
In 1955, Waller became Rusty Lee, the saddle partner to actor Douglas Kennedy in the short-lived
television series
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, '' Steve Donovan, Western Marshal''.Terrace, Vincent (2011). ''Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 1019. After that, he appeared in several A-westerns and television programs and was a semi-regular as Mose Shell, the dedicated stagecoach driver, in nineteen episodes of the
NBC
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Casey Jones
John Luther "Casey" Jones (March 14, 1864 – April 30, 1900) was an American railroader who was killed when his passenger train collided with a stalled freight train in Vaughan, Mississippi.
Jones was a locomotive engineer for the Illinois Cen ...
'' starring
Alan Hale, Jr.
Alan Hale Jr. (born Alan Hale MacKahan; March 8, 1921 – January 2, 1990) was an American actor and restaurateur. He was the son of actor Alan Hale Sr. His television career spanned four decades, but he was best known for his secondary lead ro ...
Waller played "Red Rock", the train conductor of Casey's ''Cannonball Express''. He also played John Finney in the 1960-1961 miniseries ''Daniel Boone'', which ran as part of ''Walt Disney Presents''.
Death
Waller died of a stroke in
Los Angeles
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,
California
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, at the age of eighty-eight. He was buried in
Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park – Hollywood Hills is one of the six Forest Lawn cemeteries in Southern California, United States. It is located at 6300 Forest Lawn Drive in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles.
History
The first Fo ...
. His wife of forty-nine years of marriage, Doris M. Waller (1902-1977), had died in January 1977.
Selected filmography
Films
* ''
The Mind Reader
''The Mind Reader'' is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Roy Del Ruth and written by Robert Lord and Wilson Mizner. The film stars Warren William, Constance Cummings, Allen Jenkins, Natalie Moorhead, Mayo Methot and Clarence Mus ...
'' (1933) - Chauffeur (uncredited)
* '' One Way Ticket'' (1935) - George the Clerk (uncredited)
* '' Silver Spurs'' (1936) - Old-Timer (uncredited)
* ''
Poppy
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'' (1936) - Bit part (uncredited)
* ''
Rhythm on the Range
''Rhythm on the Range'' is a 1936 American Western musical film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Bing Crosby, Frances Farmer, and Bob Burns. Based on a story by Mervin J. Houser, the film is about a cowboy who meets a beautiful young wom ...
'' (1936) - Field Judge (uncredited)
* '' Meet Nero Wolfe'' (1936) - Golf Starter
* '' The Public Pays'' (1936, Short) - The Association's Landlord (uncredited)
* '' Banjo on My Knee'' (1936) - Truck Driver (uncredited)
* ''
On the Avenue
''On the Avenue'' is a 1937 American musical film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Dick Powell, Madeleine Carroll, Alice Faye, George Barbier, and The Ritz Brothers. Many of the songs were composed by Irving Berlin. Many of the plo ...
Secret Agent X-9
''Secret Agent X-9'' is a comic strip created by writer Dashiell Hammett ('' The Maltese Falcon'') and artist Alex Raymond ('' Flash Gordon''). Syndicated by King Features, it ran from January 22, 1934, until February 10, 1996.
Premise and ...
'' (1937, Serial) - Lawyer Carp hs. 2, 12(uncredited)
* ''Sweetheart of the Navy'' (1937) - Krump
* ''
Wild and Woolly Wild and Woolly may refer to:
* Wild and Woolly (1917 film), an American silent Western comedy film
* Wild and Woolly (1932 film), a short animated film
* Wild and Woolly (1937 film), an American Western film
* Wild and Wooly, a 1978 comedy/west ...
'' (1937) - Fireman (uncredited)
* '' The Big Shot'' (1937) - Horace (uncredited)
* '' Small Town Boy'' (1937) - Sloane (uncredited)
* ''
The Bad Man of Brimstone
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The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
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'' (1938, Serial) - Stone
* ''
Flaming Frontiers
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'' (1938, Serial) - Andy Grant (Chs. 1–4)
* '' Strange Faces'' (1938) - Jeb, Mason City Obit Writer (uncredited)
* ''
The Law West of Tombstone
''The Law West of Tombstone'' is a 1938 Western film. It was an early Western for Tim Holt.
Plot
A Judge Roy Bean figure dispenses justice in Arizona. He teams up with the Tonto Kid to fight the McQuinn gang.
Cast
* Harry Carey as Bill Barker ...
'' (1938) - Jenks, Martinez Postmaster (uncredited)
* '' Out West with the Hardys'' (1938) - 'Doc' Carson Hodge, a Veterinarian (uncredited)
* '' Stand Up and Fight'' (1939) - Conductor (uncredited)
* ''
Jesse James
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'' (1939) - Deputy
* ''
Rough Riders' Round-up
''Rough Riders' Round-up'' is a 1939 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Roy Rogers.
Plot
At the end of the Spanish–American War, Rogers and several of his comrades in arms from the Rough Riders become US Border Patrol ...
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
''The Story of Alexander Graham Bell'' is a somewhat fictionalized 1939 biographical film of the famous inventor. It was filmed in black-and-white and released by Twentieth Century-Fox. The film stars Don Ameche as Bell and Loretta Young as Ma ...
New Frontier
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'' (1939) - Maj. Steven Braddock
* ''
Konga, the Wild Stallion
''Konga, the Wild Stallion'' is a 1939 American Western (genre), Western film directed by Sam Nelson and starring Fred Stone, Rochelle Hudson and Richard Fiske.
Plot
A battle has to be fought between rancher Yance Calhoun and farmer Jordan Hadle ...
Allegheny Uprising
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'' (1939) - Jailer
* ''
Geronimo
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The Grapes of Wrath
''The Grapes of Wrath'' is an American realist novel written by John Steinbeck and published in 1939. The book won the National Book Award
and Pulitzer Prize for fiction, and it was cited prominently when Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize ...
'' (1940) - Proprietor
* ''
Viva Cisco Kid
''Viva Cisco Kid'' is a 1940 American Western film directed by Norman Foster, written by Samuel G. Engel and Hal Long, and starring Cesar Romero, Jean Rogers, Chris-Pin Martin, Minor Watson, Stanley Fields and Nigel De Brulier. It was releas ...
'' (1940) - Stagecoach Driver (uncredited)
* ''
Enemy Agent
''Enemy Agent'' is a 1940 American spy thriller film directed by Lew Landers and starring Richard Cromwell, Helen Vinson, and Robert Armstrong.McLaughlin p.325 The supporting cast includes Jack La Rue, Jack Carson, Philip Dorn and Milburn Ston ...
'' (1940) - Cellmate (uncredited)
* ''
20 Mule Team
''20 Mule Team'' (also known as ''Twenty Mule Team'') is a 1940 American western film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Marjorie Rambeau, Anne Baxter and Wallace Beery, who appears with his nephew Noah Beery Jr. The film was originally ...
Stagecoach War
''Stagecoach War'' is a 1940 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander, written by Norman Houston and Harry F. Olmsted, and starring William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Julie Carter, Harvey Stephens, J. Farrell MacDonald, Britt Wood and Rad ...
Gold Rush Maisie
''Gold Rush Maisie'' is a 1940 drama film, the third of ten films starring Ann Sothern as Maisie Ravier, a showgirl with a heart of gold. In this entry in the series, she joins a gold rush to a ghost town. The film was directed by Edwin L. Mar ...
'' (1940) - Ben Hartley
* '' Girl from Avenue A'' (1940) - Groom (uncredited)
* ''
Brigham Young
Brigham Young ( ; June 1, 1801August 29, 1877) was an American religious leader and politician. He was the second President of the Church (LDS Church), president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1847 until h ...
'' (1940) - Man with California Gold News (uncredited)
* '' Boom Town'' (1940) - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
* ''
The Howards of Virginia
''The Howards of Virginia'' is a 1940 American drama war western film directed by Frank Lloyd, released by Columbia Pictures, and based on the book ''The Tree of Liberty'' written by Elizabeth Page. The Howards of Virginia live through the Amer ...
Santa Fe Trail
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'' (1940) - Workman (uncredited)
* ''
Western Union
The Western Union Company is an American multinational financial services corporation headquartered in Denver, Denver, Colorado.
Founded in 1851 as the New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company in Rochester, New York, the co ...
Scattergood Baines
''Scattergood Baines'' is a 1941 American comedy drama film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Guy Kibbee, Carol Hughes and John Archer. It is based on a novel by Clarence Budington Kelland. The character of Scattergood was also popular d ...
Double Date
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'' (1941) - Truck Driver
* ''
In Old Colorado
''In Old Colorado'' is a 1941 American Western film directed by Howard Bretherton and written by J. Benton Cheney, Russell Hayden and Norton S. Parker. The film stars William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Andy Clyde, Margaret Hayes, Morris Ankrum, ...
'' (1941) - Jim Stark
* ''Hands Across the Rockies'' (1941) - Judge Plunkett
* ''
Sergeant York
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Honky Tonk
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Klondike Fury
''Klondike Fury'' is a 1942 American drama film directed by William K. Howard, produced by the King Brothers, and released through Monogram. It stars Edmund Lowe.
It was a remake of '' Klondike''.
Plot
A neurosurgeon is thrown out of the med ...
Junior G-Men of the Air
''Junior G-Men of the Air'' is a 1942 Universal film serial starring the Dead End Kids and the Little Tough Guys. A group of youthful flying enthusiasts join the "Junior G-Men" to help break up a planned attack on the United States.
Plot
Durin ...
'' (1942, Serial) - Jed Holden
hs. 1, 3, 5-6
HS or Hs can stand for:
Businesses and brands
* HS Produkt, a Croatian firearms manufacturer
* ''Helsingin Sanomat'', a newspaper in Finland
* Hawker Siddeley, aircraft manufacturing group
* Henschel & Son, in aircraft prefixes; e.g., Hs 117
* He ...
(uncredited)
* ''
My Gal Sal
''My Gal Sal'' is a 1942 American musical film distributed by 20th Century Fox and starring Rita Hayworth and Victor Mature. The film is a biopic of 1890s German-American composer / songwriter Paul Dresser and singer Sally Elliot. It was based ...
'' (1942) - Buggy Driver (uncredited)
* ''
Juke Girl
''Juke Girl'' is a 1942 American drama film directed by Curtis Bernhardt, written by A. I. Bezzerides, and starring Ann Sheridan and Ronald Reagan. The supporting cast includes Richard Whorf, George Tobias, Gene Lockhart, Alan Hale Sr., Howard ...
'' (1942) - Motorist Buying 6 Cents of Gas (uncredited)
* '' Wings for the Eagle'' (1942) - Customer Offered Pie (uncredited)
* '' A-Haunting We Will Go'' (1942) - Wilcox, Baggage Man (uncredited)
* '' Call of the Canyon'' (1942) - Dave Crosby (uncredited)
* '' Sin Town'' (1942) - Forager (uncredited)
* ''
Night Monster
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Hangmen Also Die!
''Hangmen Also Die!'' is a 1943 war film directed by the Austrian director Fritz Lang and written by John Wexley from a story by Bertolt Brecht (credited as Bert Brecht) and Lang. The film stars Brian Donlevy, with Walter Brennan, Anna Lee, and ...
'' (1943) - Hansom Cab Driver (uncredited)
* '' A Stranger in Town'' (1943) - Man in Barbershop (uncredited)
* ''
Frontier Badmen
''Frontier Badmen'' is a 1943 American Western film directed by Ford Beebe and starring Robert Paige, Anne Gwynne and Diana Barrymore. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. Several members of the cast are offspring of silent sc ...
Destroyer
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larger vessels in a fleet, convoy, or carrier battle group and defend them against a wide range of general threats. They were conceived i ...
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
''Sweet Rosie O'Grady'' is a 1943 Technicolor musical film about an American singer who attempts to better herself by marrying an English duke, but is harassed by a reporter. Directed by Irving Cummings, it stars Betty Grable and Robert Young ( ...
'' (1943) - Shopkeeper (uncredited)
* '' My Kingdom for a Cook'' (1943) - Sam Thornton
* ''
Ladies Courageous
''Ladies Courageous'' (also called ''Fury in the Sky'' in a 1950 Realart re-release) is a 1944 war film based on the novel ''Looking For Trouble'' (1941) by Virginia Spencer Cowles. Directed by John Rawlins, the film stars Loretta Young and Ger ...
'' (1944) - Workman (uncredited)
* ''
Up in Arms
''Up in Arms'' is a 1944 musical film directed by Elliott Nugent and starring Danny Kaye and Dinah Shore. It was nominated for two Academy Awards in 1945.
Plot
Danny Weems works as an elevator operator in a New York Medical building, so he can b ...
'' (1944) - Milkman (uncredited)
* ''
Rationing
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Man from Frisco
''Man from Frisco'' (1944) is a United States feature-length spy and war film by Republic Pictures directed by Robert Florey and starring Michael O'Shea (1906–1973) and Anne Shirley.
Plot
Matt Braddock is a civil engineer during the Second ...
'' (1944) - Older Worker (uncredited)
* '' Home in Indiana'' (1944) - Bill (uncredited)
* ''
The Mummy's Ghost
''The Mummy's Ghost'' is a 1944 American horror film directed by Reginald Le Borg for Universal. It is the second of three sequels to '' The Mummy's Hand'' (1940), following '' The Mummy's Tomb'' (1942) and preceding '' The Mummy's Curse'' (194 ...
'' (1944) - Ben Evans (uncredited)
* '' Raiders of Ghost City'' (1944) - Doc Blair
* '' Barbary Coast Gent'' (1944) - Chad Jenkins - Second Stage Driver (uncredited)
* ''
Tall in the Saddle
''Tall in the Saddle'' is a 1944 American Western (genre), Western film starring John Wayne and Ella Raines. Written by Paul Fix and Michael Hogan (screenwriter), Michael Hogan, based on the serialized novel of the same name by Gordon Young (w ...
'' (1944) - Santa Inez Depot Master (uncredited)
* '' An American Romance'' (1944) - Sheriff of Oak Hills (uncredited)
* '' Mystery of the River Boat'' (1944, Serial) - Charles Langtry
* ''
Belle of the Yukon
''Belle of the Yukon'' is a 1944 American comedy musical Western film produced and directed by William A. Seiter and starring Randolph Scott, Gypsy Rose Lee, Dinah Shore and Bob Burns. Based on a story by Houston Branch and set in the days of t ...
The Missing Corpse
''The Missing Corpse'' is a 1945 American comedy mystery film directed by Albert Herman.
Plot summary
The publisher of The Tribune newspaper, Henry Kruger, who is used to ordering his staff around, finds that he is ignored by everyone in his ow ...
'' (1945) - Desmond
* ''River Gang'' (1945) - Mr. Fish (uncredited)
* ''
Rough Riders of Cheyenne
''Rough Riders of Cheyenne'' is a 1945 American Western film directed by Thomas Carr and written by Elizabeth Beecher. The film stars: Sunset Carson, Peggy Stewart, Mira McKinney, Monte Hale, Wade Crosby and Michael Sloane. The film was rel ...
'' (1945) - Andy Carson
* ''
Dakota
Dakota may refer to:
* Dakota people, a sub-tribe of the Sioux
** Dakota language, their language
Dakota may also refer to:
Places United States
* Dakota, Georgia, an unincorporated community
* Dakota, Illinois, a town
* Dakota, Minnesota ...
'' (1945) - Stagecoach Driver
* ''
San Antonio
San Antonio ( ; Spanish for " Saint Anthony") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in Greater San Antonio. San Antonio is the third-largest metropolitan area in Texas and the 24th-largest metropolitan area in the ...
'' (1945) - Cattleman (uncredited)
* ''
Abilene Town
''Abilene Town'' is a 1946 American Western film directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Randolph Scott, Ann Dvorak, Edgar Buchanan, Rhonda Fleming and Lloyd Bridges. Adapted from Ernest Haycox's 1941 novel ''Trail Town'', the production ...
'' (1946) - Hannaberry
* '' Because of Him'' (1946) - Gubbins (uncredited)
* '' Little Giant'' (1946) - Driver at Air-Pump (scenes deleted)
* '' Sun Valley Cyclone'' (1946) - Major Harding
* '' In Old Sacramento'' (1946) - Wagon Driver (uncredited)
* '' Renegades'' (1946) - Davy Lane (uncredited)
* ''
Lover Come Back Lover Come Back may refer to:
*''Lover Come Back'', a 1940 novel by Clair Blank
*Lover Come Back (1931 film), ''Lover Come Back'' (1931 film), starring Constance Cummings
*New Moon (1940 film), ''New Moon'' (1940 film), a musical also known as ''Lov ...
'' (1946) - Mr. Russell (uncredited)
* ''
Avalanche
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The Beginning or the End
''The Beginning or the End'' is a 1947 American docudrama film about the development of the atomic bomb in World War II, directed by Norman Taurog, starring Brian Donlevy, Robert Walker, and Tom Drake, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Th ...
'' (1947) - Man (uncredited)
* '' The Michigan Kid'' (1947) - Post Office Clerk (uncredited)
* '' The Sea of Grass'' (1947) - Homesteader (uncredited)
* ''
Pursued
''Pursued'' is a 1947 American Neo-western film noir directed by Raoul Walsh with cinematography by James Wong Howe, written by Niven Busch, and starring Teresa Wright and Robert Mitchum. The supporting cast features Judith Anderson, Dean J ...
'' (1947) - Ben McComber (uncredited)
* '' The Millerson Case'' (1947) - Jeremiah Dobbs (uncredited)
* '' Sport of Kings'' (1947) - Perkins (uncredited)
* ''
Wyoming
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'' (1947) - Drifter (uncredited)
* ''
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (1939) is a short story by James Thurber. The most famous of Thurber's stories, it first appeared in ''The New Yorker'' on March 18, 1939, and was first collected in his book ''My World and Welcome to It'' ( Ha ...
'' (1947) - Old Mariner (uncredited)
* ''
Wild Harvest
''Wild Harvest'' is a 1947 American drama film directed by Tay Garnett and starring Alan Ladd, Dorothy Lamour and Robert Preston. It was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures.
Plot
Joe Madigan's crew harvests wheat for farmers. Jim Davi ...
'' (1947) - Mr. Hatfield (uncredited)
* '' The Wild Frontier'' (1947) - Nugget Clark
* ''
Magic Town
''Magic Town'' is a 1947 American comedy film directed by William A. Wellman and starring James Stewart and Jane Wyman. The picture is one of the first films about the then-new practice of public opinion polling. The film was inspired by the ...
'' (1947) - New Citizen in Crowd (uncredited)
* '' Nightmare Alley'' (1947) - Farmer Friend of J.E. Giles (uncredited)
* ''
Louisiana
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The Wreck of the Hesperus
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Adventures in Silverado
''Adventures in Silverado'' (also known as ''Above All Laws'') is a 1948 American western film directed by Phil Karlson and written by Kenneth Gamet, Tom Kilpatrick and Jo Pagano. The film stars William Bishop, Gloria Henry, Edgar Buchanan, Fo ...
Speed to Spare
''Speed to Spare'' is a 1948 American drama film directed by William Berke, written by Milton Raison, and starring Richard Arlen, Jean Rogers, Richard Travis, Roscoe Karns, Nanette Parks and Pat Phelan. It was released on May 14, 1948, by Param ...
'' (1948) - Charlie Blane, Explosives Driver (uncredited)
* ''
River Lady
''River Lady'' is a 1948 American lumberjack Western film directed by George Sherman and starring Yvonne De Carlo and Dan Duryea. It was filmed on the Universal Studios Backlot.
Plot
In the 1870s, in a logging town on the Mississippi River, a c ...
The Return of October
''The Return of October'' is a 1948 American sports comedy film directed by Joseph H. Lewis and starring Glenn Ford, Terry Moore and James Gleason.Aaker p.309 It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures.
Plot
Terry is a teenage girl w ...
Death Valley Gunfighter
''Death Valley Gunfighter'' is a 1949 American Western film directed by R. G. Springsteen and written by Robert Creighton Williams. The film stars Allan Lane, Eddy Waller, James Nolan, Gail Davis, William "Bill" Henry, Harry Harvey, Sr. and ...
'' (1949) - Nugget Clark
* ''
Ma and Pa Kettle
Ma and Pa Kettle are comic film characters of the successful film series of the same name, produced by Universal Studios, in the late 1940s and 1950s. “The hillbilly duo have their hands full with a ramshackle farm and a brood of rambunctious ...
'' (1949) - Mr. Green (uncredited)
* '' Frontier Investigator'' (1949) - Nugget Clark
* ''
Lust for Gold
''Lust for Gold'' is a 1949 American Western film directed by S. Sylvan Simon and starring Ida Lupino and Glenn Ford. The film is about the legendary Lost Dutchman gold mine, starring Ford as the "Dutchman" and Lupino as the woman he love ...
The Traveling Saleswoman
''The Traveling Saleswoman'' is a 1950 American Western comedy film directed by Charles Reisner and starring Joan Davis, Andy Devine, Adele Jergens, Joe Sawyer, and Dean Riesner. The film was released by Columbia Pictures on February 15, 1950 ...
'' (1950) - Mr. Owen (uncredited)
* '' Gunmen of Abilene'' (1950) - Sheriff Nugget Clark
* ''
Father Is a Bachelor
''Father Is a Bachelor'' is a 1950 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Abby Berlin and Norman Foster. It stars William Holden and Coleen Gray.
Plot
Carefree vagabond Johnny Rutledge lives in a small town after his medicine show ...
'' (1950) - White (uncredited)
* ''
Code of the Silver Sage
''Code of the Silver Sage'' is a 1950 American Western film directed by Fred C. Brannon and starring Allan Lane.
Plot
Cast
*Allan Lane as Lieutenant Rocky Lane
*Eddy Waller as Nugget Clark
*Roy Barcroft as Hulon Champion
* Kay Christopher a ...
'' (1950) - Nugget Clark
* '' Salt Lake Raiders'' (1950) - Nugget Clark
* ''
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
''Curtain Call at Cactus Creek'' is a 1950 American Western comedy film starring Donald O'Connor and Gale Storm. In the story, a traveling entertainer (O'Connor) gets mixed up with bank robbers.
Plot
A traveling troupe of entertainers arrives ...
'' (1950) - Jailer (uncredited)
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Covered Wagon Raid
''Covered Wagon Raid'' is a 1950 American Western film directed by R. G. Springsteen and written by M. Coates Webster. The film stars Allan Lane, Eddy Waller, Alex Gerry, Lyn Thomas, Byron Barr and Dick Curtis. The film was released on June 30 ...
'' (1950) - Nugget Clark
* '' The Furies'' (1950) - Old Man (uncredited)
* '' Vigilante Hideout'' (1950) - Nugget Clark
* '' Frisco Tornado'' (1950) - Nugget Clark
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Woman on the Run
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Typically, women are of the female sex and inherit a pair of X chromosomes, one from each parent, and women with functional uteruses ...
'' (1950) - Storekeeper (uncredited)
* '' Rustlers on Horseback'' (1950) - Nugget Clark
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He's a Cockeyed Wonder
''He's a Cockeyed Wonder'' is a 1950 American comedy film directed by Peter Godfrey and written by Jack Henley. The film stars Mickey Rooney, Terry Moore, William Demarest, Charles Arnt, Ross Ford and Ned Glass. The film was released on Dec ...
'' (1950) - Pops Dunlap (uncredited)
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Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
''Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone'' is a 1950 comedy/murder mystery film set on board a train. It stars Marjorie Main and James Whitmore. It is based on the short story "Once Upon a Train (The Loco Motive)" by Stuart Palmer and Craig Rice.
Plot
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Montana Territory
The Territory of Montana was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 26, 1864, until November 8, 1889, when it was admitted as the 41st state in the Union as the state of Montana.
Original boundaries
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'' (1952) - Possum Enoch
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Thundering Caravans
''Thundering Caravans'' is a 1952 American Western film directed by Harry Keller and starring Allan Lane, Mona Knox and Eddy Waller.Drew p.18
The film's art direction was by Frank Hotaling.
Plot
Cast
* Allan Lane as Marshal Rocky Lane
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'' (1952) - Sheriff Nugget Clark
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Desperadoes' Outpost
''Desperadoes' Outpost'' is a 1952 American Western film directed by Philip Ford and starring Allan Lane, Roy Barcroft and Eddy Waller.Drew p.18 It was produced and distributed by Republic Pictures. The film's sets were designed by the art dire ...
The Last Posse
''The Last Posse'' is a 1953 American Western film directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring Broderick Crawford, John Derek, Charles Bickford and Wanda Hendrix.Bandits of the West'' (1953) - Nugget Clark
* '' Champ for a Day'' (1953) - Phil
* '' 99 River Street'' (1953) - Pop Durkee
* '' El Paso Stampede'' (1953) - Nugget Clark
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Make Haste to Live
''Make Haste to Live'' is a 1954 American film noir thriller film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Dorothy McGuire, Stephen McNally and Mary Murphy. Seiter's last feature directorial effort, the film is an adaptation of the Gordons’ ...
Foxfire
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'' (1955) - Old Larky
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The Night Runner
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Day of the Badman
''Day of the Badman'' is a 1958 American Western film directed by Harry Keller and starring Fred MacMurray, Joan Weldon and John Ericson.
Plot
Judge Jim Scott (Fred MacMurray) wants to sentence a killer to die, but the outlaw's family members ...
'' (1958) - Mr. Slocum
* ''Lassie: A Christmas Tail'' (1963) - Matt Krebs
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Ford Theatre
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'' (1952–1955) - Station Master / Clam-digger / Courtney
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The Lone Ranger
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He first appeared in 1933 in a ...
The Cisco Kid
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'' (1954) - Dr. Bender / Eli Oliver
*'' Letter to Loretta'' (1954) - Joe Rogan
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Four Star Playhouse
''Four Star Playhouse'' (syndicated as Star Performance) is an American anthology series that ran from September 25, 1952, through September 27, 1956.
Overview
Four Star Playhouse was owned by Four Star International. Its episodes ranged an ...
'' (1955) - Andy
*'' Steve Donovan, Western Marshal'' (1955–1956, supporting role) - Deputy Marshal Rusty Lee
*'' Fury'' (1956, episode "Tungsten Queen") - Hank Enos
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Sneak Preview
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Casey Jones
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Jones was a locomotive engineer for the Illinois Cen ...
'' (1957–1958, supporting role) - Red Rock Smith / Red Rock
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Wagon Train
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'' (1958, in "The Jennifer Churchill Story") - Ned
*'' The Texan'', 2 episodes (1959) - Stage Driver / Oldest Rider
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The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
''The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp'' is the first Western television series written for adults.Hugh O'Brian
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Wyatt Earp
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rides shotgun for the retiring 69-year-old
Wells Fargo
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stagecoach driver Rawhide Geraghty on his last run from
Tucumcari
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New Mexico Territory
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Texas
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. The trip is hazardous with bandits and hostile
Apache
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, and Rawhide is apprehensive about what he and Earp will face. - Rawhide Geraghty
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Man Without a Gun
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'' (1959, in "The Giant")
*'' Wanted: Dead or Alive'' (1959, "The Empty Cell") - Pop Cole
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Tales of Wells Fargo
''Tales of Wells Fargo'' is an American Westerns on television, Western television series starring Dale Robertson in 201 episodes that aired from 1957 to 1962 on NBC. Produced by Revue Productions, the series aired in a half-hour format until i ...
'' (1959–1961, 2 episodes) - Grandpa Charlie Bridger / Pat Rankin
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Overland Trail
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'' (1960) in episode 2: "The O'Mara Ladies"
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Pony Express
The Pony Express was an American express mail service that used relays of horse-mounted riders between Missouri and California. It was operated by the Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company.
During its 18 months of opera ...
'' (1960, in "The Search") - Nate
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Shotgun Slade
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'' (1960, in "The Missing Dog") - the Sheriff
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Outlaws
An outlaw is a person living outside the law.
Outlaws or The Outlaws may also refer to:
Film and television Film
* ''The Outlaws'' (1950 film), an Italian crime film
* ''Outlaws'' (1985 film), a French film
* ''The Outlaws'' (2017 film), a Sou ...
Disneyland
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Bonanza
''Bonanza'' is an American Western television series that ran on NBC from September 12, 1959, to January 16, 1973. Lasting 14 seasons and 431 episodes, ''Bonanza'' is NBC's longest-running Western, the second-longest-running Western series on ...
'' (1962, in "The First Born") - Harry
*'' Dr. Kildare'' (1962) - Dr. Millard Eakins
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Empire
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'' (1962 in "The Earth Mover") - Abel Saunders
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Lassie
Lassie is a fictional female Rough Collie dog and is featured in a 1938 short story by Eric Knight that was later expanded to a 1940 full-length novel, '' Lassie Come-Home''. Knight's portrayal of Lassie bears some features in common with anot ...
'' (1960-1963, 8 episodes) - Matt Krebbs / Henry Enders / Jonathan Grigsby