Russell "Lucky" Hayden (born Hayden Michael "Pate" Lucid; June 12, 1912 – June 9, 1981) was an American
film and
television
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actor
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. He is best known for his portrayal as Lucky Jenkins in
Paramount
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's popular
Hopalong Cassidy film series.
Early life
He was born as Hayden Michael "Pate" Lucid, son of Francis J. Lucid and the former Minnie Harvey. He later took the name Russell Hayden to honor a friend, cameraman
Russell Harlan
Russell B. Harlan, A.S.C. (September 16, 1903 – February 28, 1974) was an American cinematographer.
Biography
Born in Los Angeles, California, Russell Harlan witnessed the city's development from the construction of its first film studi ...
.
Career
Hayden's screen debut was in ''
Hills of Old Wyoming'' (1937), a ''
Hopalong Cassidy'' film.
[ In 27 films,]Charles Starrett
Charles Robert Starrett (March 28, 1903 – March 22, 1986) was an American actor, best known for his starring role in the ''Durango Kid'' westerns. Starrett still holds the record for starring in the longest series of theatrical features: ...
in other westerns.
In 1947, he played both the main hero and villain in the film ''Trail of the Mounties
''Trail of the Mounties'', also known as ''Law of the Mounties'', is a 1947 American Western film directed by Howard Bretherton and starring Russell Hayden, Jennifer Holt, and Emmett Lynn.
Premise
A Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman is seeking ...
''.
In 1950, Hayden appeared as "Marshal #1" in several episodes of the live-broadcast and short-lived ABC series ''The Marshal of Gunsight Pass
''The Marshal of Gunsight Pass'' is an American live broadcast western television series that began on March 12, 1950, and ended on September 30, 1950, with a one-month hiatus in April and May.
Based on a radio program, the show starred Russell H ...
''.
In the 1952–1953 season, Hayden teamed with Jackie Coogan, a former child actor
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in the 39-episode syndicated series ''Cowboy G-Men
''Cowboy G-Men'' is an American Western series that aired in syndication from September 1952 to June 1953, for a total of thirty-nine episodes.
Synopsis
Russell Hayden and former child actor Jackie Coogan (who would later perform as Uncle Feste ...
''.
In the late 1950s, he produced and directed through his Quintet Productions two syndicated western series, ''26 Men
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'',[Erickson, Hal (1989). ''Syndicated Television: The First Forty Years, 1947-1987''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 101.] black-and-white
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program starring Tristram Coffin, and ''Judge Roy Bean
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'', a color
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production, with Edgar Buchanan
William Edgar Buchanan II (March 20, 1903 – April 4, 1979) was an American actor with a long career in both film and television. He is most familiar today as Uncle Joe Carson from the ''Petticoat Junction'', ''Green Acres'', and ''The ...
, Jack Buetel
Jack Buetel (September 5, 1915 – June 27, 1989) was an American film and television actor.
Life
Born John Alexander Beutel in Dallas, Texas, he moved to Los Angeles, California in the late 1930s with the intention of establishing a film caree ...
, and Jackie Loughery
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. Hayden also appeared himself as Steve, a Texas Ranger, in twelve episodes of ''Judge Roy Bean'', a family-oriented program considered at odds with the real Roy Bean
Phantly Roy Bean Jr. (c. 1825 – March 16, 1903) was an American saloon-keeper and Justice of the Peace in Val Verde County, Texas, who called himself "The Only Law West of the Pecos". According to legend, he held court in his saloon along th ...
.[Billy Hathorn, "Roy Bean, Temple Houston, Bill Longley, Ranald Mackenzie, Buffalo Bill, Jr., and the Texas Rangers: Depictions of West Texans in Series Television, 1955 to 1967", '' West Texas Historical Review'', Vol. 89 (2013), pp. 109–110]
Hayden and fellow western actor Dick Curtis
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Early years
Curtis was born in Newport, Kentucky, the son of Frank Dy ...
helped to develop Pioneertown, a western movie set near Palm Springs, which has been used in western films and television episodes.
Hayden was married from 1938 to 1943 to actress Jan Clayton
Jan Clayton (August 26, 1917 – August 28, 1983) was a film, musical theater, and television actress. She starred in the popular 1950s TV series ''Lassie''.
Born near Alamogordo, New Mexico, the only child of two schoolteachers, Clayton start ...
, who was later cast as the first mother on the '' Lassie'' television series on CBS
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. The couple had a daughter, Sandra Hayden (1940–1956). In 1946 Hayden wed screen actress Lillian Porter, who retired from pictures. The Haydens remained happily married until his death on June 9, 1981, three days before his 69th birthday.
Hayden is interred at Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery
The Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery is located at 22601 Lassen Street, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California. It is the resting place for several movie stars such as Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Gloria Grahame, and Stephen Boyd.
History and descri ...
in Chatsworth, California
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The area was home to Native Americans, some of whom left caves containing rock art. Chatsworth was explored and colonized by the Spanish b ...
.
References
External links
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Russell Hayden biography
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American male film actors
American male television actors
Burials at Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery
People from Chico, California
Male actors from Palm Springs, California
1912 births
1981 deaths
20th-century American male actors
20th-century American businesspeople
Columbia Pictures contract players