''The Unknown Cavalier'' is a 1926 American silent

Western film The Western is a film genre defined by the American Film Institute as films which are "set in the American West that mbodythe spirit, the struggle, and the demise of the new frontier." Generally set in the American frontier between the Calif ...

directed by

Albert S. Rogell Albert S. Rogell (August 21, 1901 – April 7, 1988) was an American film director who was born in Oklahoma City and died in Los Angeles. Rogell directed more than a hundred movies between 1921 and 1958. He was known for an aggressive directing ...

and starring

Ken Maynard Kenneth Olin Maynard (July 21, 1895 – March 23, 1973) was an American actor and producer. He was mostly active from the 1920s to the 1940s and considered one of the biggest Western (genre), Western stars in Hollywood. Maynard was also an occa ...

Kathleen Collins Kathleen Collins (March 18, 1942 – September 18, 1988) (also known as Kathleen Conwell, Kathleen Conwell Collins or Kathleen Collins Prettyman) was an American poet, playwright, writer, filmmaker, director, civil rights activist, and educator ...

, and David Torrence. It is based on the 1923 novel ''Ride Him, Cowboy'' by Kenneth Perkins.

Cast

as Tom Drury *

as Ruth Gaunt * David Torrence as Peter Gaunt * T. Roy Barnes as Clout Pettingill * Jim Mason as Henry Suggs *

Otis Harlan Otis Harlan (December 29, 1865 – January 20, 1940) was an American actor and comedian. He voiced Happy, one of the Seven Dwarfs in the Disney animated film '' Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs''. This made him the earliest born actor to feature ...

as Judge Blowfly Jones *

Josef Swickard Josef Swickard (June 26, 1866 – March 1, 1940) was a Prussian-born American stage and screen character actor, who had toured with stock companies in Europe, South Africa, and South America. Career Swickard emigrated to the United States from ...

as Lingo * Bruce Gordon as Bob Webb *

Fred Burns Frederick Burns may refer to: * Frederick William Burns, American sports announcer * J. Frederick Burns, American politician from Maine * Fred Burns (tennis) (Frederick D. Burns), American sportswriter, and tennis commentator and player * Fred Burns ...

as Sheriff * Jimmy Boudwin as Billy Gaunt *

Pat Harmon Plummer Hull Harman (February 3, 1886 – November 26, 1958), known professionally as Pat Harmon, was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1920 and 1947. In 1935, Harmon was the victim of a violent assault whic ...

as Bad Man *

Frank Lackteen Frank Lackteen (born Mohammed Hassan Lackteen August 29, 1897 – July 8, 1968) was an American film actor best known for his antagonistic roles. He appeared in nearly 200 films between 1915 and 1965, including several Three Stooges shorts. ...

as Bad Man *

Raymond Wells Raymond Wells (1880–1941) was an American actor, screenwriter, and film director of the silent era.Goble p. 324 He is sometimes credited as Raymond B. Wells. Partial filmography * '' Old Heidelberg'' (1915) (actor) * '' The Sable Lorcha'' (1 ...

as Bad Man

Preservation

With no prints of ''The Unknown Cavalier'' located in any film archives,Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: ''The Unknown Cavalier''
/ref> it is a

lost film A lost film is a feature film, feature or short film in which the original negative or copies are not known to exist in any studio archive, private collection, or public archive. Films can be wholly or partially lost for a number of reasons. ...

References

Bibliography

* Darby, William. ''Masters of Lens and Light: A Checklist of Major Cinematographers and Their Feature Films''. Scarecrow Press, 1991.

External links

* 1926 films 1926 Western (genre) films Films directed by Albert S. Rogell 1920s English-language films First National Pictures films American black-and-white films Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s American films English-language Western (genre) films {{US-silent-Western-film-stub