Robert Emmett Tansey (June 28, 1897 – June 17, 1951) was an American actor, screenwriter, film producer and director. He was active in cinema in various roles from the 1910s to the 1950s. He was credited under at least 15 pseudonyms, such as Charles Anders, John Foster, Al Lane or Frank Simpson. Tansey died in Hollywood at age 53.
Selected filmography
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Riding to Fame
''Riding to Fame'' is a 1927 American silent sports drama film directed by Barry Barringer and starring George Fawcett, Rosemary Theby and Gladys McConnell.Connelly p.402
Cast
* George Fawcett as Old Man Randolph
* Rosemary Theby as Marge ...
'' (1927)
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Romance of the West'' (1930)
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Riders of the Rio
''Riders of the Rio'' is a 1931 American western film directed by John Tansey and starring Lane Chandler.Pitts p.280 It is an independently-produced second feature, partly shot on location around Palm Springs, California.
Plot
Two rival cattle r ...
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The Way of the West'' (1934)
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Badge of Honor'' (1934)
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Paradise Canyon'' (1935)
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Courage of the North'' (1935)
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Timber Terrors'' (1935)
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Westward Ho'' (1935)
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Song of the Gringo
''Song of the Gringo'' is a 1936 American Western (genre), Western film directed by John P. McCarthy. The film is also known as ''The Old Corral'' in the United Kingdom. The film was the debut of singing cowboy Tex Ritter. It was co-written by f ...
'' (1936)
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Pinto Rustlers'' (1936)
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Where Trails Divide
''Where Trails Divide'' is a 1937 American Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury and starring Tom Keene, Warner Richmond
Warner Richmond (born Werner Paul Otto Raetzmann; January 11, 1886 – June 19, 1948) was an American stage and ...
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Riders of the Dawn'' (1937)
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Gun Packer'' (1938)
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The Painted Trail'' (1938)
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Man from Texas'' (1939)
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Overland Mail
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Across the Plains'' (1939), producer and screenwriter
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Take Me Back to Oklahoma
''Take Me Back to Oklahoma'' is a 1940 American Western (genre), Western film directed by Albert Herman and starring Tex Ritter, Karl Hackett and Bob Wills.
Plot
Tex and his sidekick Slim ride into the town of Peeko to help out Tex's old friend ...
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The Golden Trail'' (1940)
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Lone Star Law Men
''Lone Star Law Men'' is a 1941 American western film directed by Robert Emmett Tansey and written by Robert Emmett Tansey and Frances Kavanaugh. The film stars Tom Keene, Frank Yaconelli, Betty Miles, Sugar Dawn, Gene Alsace and Glenn Stran ...
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Dynamite Canyon'' (1941)
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Silver Stallion'' (1941)
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The Pioneers'' (1941)
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The Driftin' Kid'' (1941)
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Western Mail'' (1942)
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Texas to Bataan
''Texas to Bataan'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by Robert Emmett Tansey. The film is the seventeenth in Monogram Pictures' " Range Busters" series, and it stars John "Dusty" King as Dusty, "Davy" Sharpe and Max "Alibi" Terhune, ...
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Trail Riders
''Trail Riders'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by Robert Emmett Tansey. The film is the eighteenth in Monogram Pictures' " Range Busters" series, and it stars John "Dusty" King as Dusty, "Davy" Sharpe and Max "Alibi" Terhune, wi ...
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Where Trails End
''Where Trails End'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by Robert Emmett Tansey and written by Robert Emmett Tansey and Frances Kavanaugh. The film stars Tom Keene, Frank Yaconelli, Joan Curtis, Don Stewart, Charles King and Wilhelm vo ...
'' (1942)
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Two Fisted Justice'' (1943)
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Death Valley Rangers'' (1943)
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Harmony Trail
''Harmony Trail'' is a 1944 American Western film directed by Robert Emmett Tansey and starring Ken Maynard, Eddie Dean and Ruth Roman.Pitts p.144 Its early distribution was limited, and it was given a fuller release in 1947 by Astor Pictures u ...
'' (1944)
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Song of Old Wyoming'' (1945)
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Romance of the West'' (1946)
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The Caravan Trail
''The Caravan Trail'' is a 1946 American Western film directed by Robert Emmett Tansey and written by Frances Kavanaugh. The film stars Eddie Dean, Lash LaRue, Emmett Lynn, Jean Carlin, Robert Malcolm and Charles King. The film was released ...
'' (1946)
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Colorado Serenade'' (1946)
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Tumbleweed Trail'' (1946)
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Driftin' River
''Driftin' River'' is a 1946 American Western film directed by Robert Emmett Tansey and written by Frances Kavanaugh. The film stars Eddie Dean, Roscoe Ates, Shirley Patterson, Lee Bennett, William Fawcett, Dennis Moore, Lottie Harrison, Rob ...
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Stars Over Texas
''Stars Over Texas'' is a 1946 American Western film directed by Robert Emmett Tansey and starring Eddie Dean, Roscoe Ates, and Shirley Patterson.
Plot
Cast
* Eddie Dean as Eddie Dean
*Flash as Flash - Eddie's Horse
*Roscoe Ates as "Soa ...
'' (1946)
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Wild West
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'' (1946)
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The Enchanted Valley'' (1948)
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Shaggy
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People
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Forbidden Jungle'' (1950)
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The Fighting Stallion
''The Fighting Stallion'' is a 1950 American Western film directed by Robert Emmett Tansey.
Plot
Cast
* Bill Edwards as Lon Evans
*Doris Merrick as Jeanne Barton
*Forrest Taylor as Martin Evans
* Don C. Harvey as Commander Patrick
* Robert C ...
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Federal Man
Federal Man is a 1950 American crime film directed by Robert Emmett Tansey and starring William Henry, Pamela Blake and Robert Shayne.Hardy p.128
Plot
Cast
*William Henry as Phil Sherrin
*Pamela Blake as Judith Palmer
*Robert Shanye as Charles ...
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Cattle Queen
''Cattle Queen'' is a 1951 American Western film directed by Robert Emmett Tansey and starring Maria Hart, Drake Smith and William Fawcett.Pitts p.57
It was shot at the Iverson Ranch. Sets were designed by the art director Vin Taylor. It w ...
'' (1951)
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Badman's Gold
''Badman's Gold'' is a 1951 American Western (genre), Western film directed by Robert Emmett Tansey and starring Johnny Carpenter, Alyn Lockwood and Clarke Stevens.Pitts, p. 57.
Plot
A US Marshall is called in to investigate a series of robberi ...
'' (1951)
References
Bibliography
* Michael R. Pitts. ''Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each''. McFarland & Company, 2005.
External links
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Robert Emmett Tansey— ''Old Corral'' (Chuck Anderson)
1897 births
1951 deaths
Film producers from New York (state)
Screenwriters from New York (state)
American male film actors
Male actors from Brooklyn
Film directors from New York City
20th-century American male actors
20th-century American screenwriters
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