Walter Shumway (1884–1965) was an American
film actor
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character actor he appeared in a variety of supporting roles in films and serials between 1918 and 1950. He was married to the actress Corra Beach.
Selected filmography
* ''
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'' (1924)
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Pretty Ladies'' (1925)
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Return of Grey Wolf
''Return of Grey Wolf'' is a 1926 silent film action adventure produced by William Steiner and released by an independent company, Ambassador. It stars a dog named 'Leader' and can be found on DVD from Grapevine Video.
Cast
*Leader the Dog - Gre ...
'' (1926)
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Hi-Jacking Rustlers'' (1926)
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Catch-As-Catch-Can'' (1927)
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The Pinto Kid'' (1928)
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The Apache Raider'' (1928)
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The Mystery Rider'' (1928)
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The Yellow Cameo
''The Yellow Cameo'' is a 1928 American adventure film serial directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet. The film is now considered to be lost.
Cast
* Allene Ray as Kay Cottrell
* Edward Hearn as Terry Lawton
* Cyclone the Dog as Cyclone, the Dog
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'' (1928)
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Greased Lightning'' (1928)
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The Tip Off'' (1929)
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Headin' North'' (1930)
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The Spell of the Circus
''The Spell of the Circus'' (1931) is a Universal 10-chapter movie serial. Francis X. Bushman Jr. played the trick horseback rider/hero Jack Grant. This is considered to be a lost film.
Plot
Butte Morgan (villain) plans to take over a circus by ...
'' (1931)
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The Night Rider'' (1932)
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Outlaw Justice'' (1932)
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Ghost City'' (1932)
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Fighting Shadows'' (1935)
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What Becomes of the Children?'' (1936)
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Whirlwind Horseman
''Whirlwind Horseman'' is a 1938 American Western film directed by Robert F. Hill and written by George H. Plympton. The film stars Ken Maynard, Joan Barclay, Billy Griffith, Kenneth Harlan, Joseph W. Girard and Kenny Dix. The film was rele ...
'' (1938)
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Six-Gun Rhythm'' (1939)
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The Showdown'' (1940)
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Wrangler's Roost
''Wrangler's Roost'' is a 1941 American Western film directed by S. Roy Luby and written by John Vlahos and Robert Finkle. The film is the seventh in Monogram Pictures' "Range Busters" series, and it stars Ray "Crash" Corrigan as Crash, John " ...
'' (1941)
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Double Cross'' (1941)
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Girls of the Big House
''Girls of the Big House'' is a 1945 American drama film directed by George Archainbaud and starring Lynne Roberts, Virginia Christine and Marion Martin.LoBrutto p.449
The film's sets were designed by the art director Gano Chittenden.
Plot
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'' (1945)
References
Bibliography
* Agrasánchez, Rogelio . ''Guillermo Calles: A Biography of the Actor and Mexican Cinema Pioneer''. McFarland, 2010.
* Rainey, Buck. ''Serials and Series: A World Filmography, 1912-1956''. McFarland, 2015.
External links
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American male film actors
1884 births
1965 deaths
People from Cleveland
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