Horace Murphy (June 3, 1880 – January 20, 1975) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1931 and 1953.

Early years

Born in

Osceola, Arkansas Osceola is a city in and a dual county seat of Mississippi County, Arkansas, Mississippi County, Arkansas, United States. Located along the Mississippi River within the Arkansas Delta, the settlement was founded in 1837 and incorporated in 1853. O ...

, Murphy was playing cornet by age 11, and six years later led the band for the Newton Family Wagon Show. The next spring, he became the leader of a 45-piece band for the C.W. Parker Carnival Company. After two years in that position, he left to work in Dr. Rucker's Korak Wonder Medicine Show in order to be able to act in addition to leading the band.

Radio

Murphy played Will Kimble, the storekeeper, in ''

Granby's Green Acres ''Granby's Green Acres'' is a radio situation comedy from the United States. It was broadcast on CBS July 3, 1950 – August 21, 1950, as a summer replacement for ''Lux Radio Theatre''. Premise ''Granby's Green Acres'' featured a former banker " ...

'', a radio show which was on

CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS (an abbreviation of its original name, Columbia Broadcasting System), is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainme ...

in the summer of 1950. He also had roles in several radio westerns, including Shorty on ''

Gene Autry's Melody Ranch ''Gene Autry's Melody Ranch'' is a Western variety radio show in the United States. A 15-minute pilot show aired on December 31, 1939. The program ran from January 7, 1940 to August 1, 1943, and from September 23, 1945 to May 16, 1956.French, ...

'', Clackity for one season of ''

The Roy Rogers Show ''The Roy Rogers Show'' is an American Western television series starring Roy Rogers. 100 episodes were broadcast on NBC for six seasons between December 30, 1951, and June 9, 1957. The episodes were set in the prevailing times (1950s) in the ...

'', and Buckskin Blodgett on ''

Red Ryder ''Red Ryder'' is a Western comic strip created by Stephen Slesinger and artist Fred Harman which served as the basis for a wide array of character merchandising. Syndicated by Newspaper Enterprise Association, the strip ran from Sunday, Novem ...

''.

Selected filmography

* ''

Timber War ''Timber War'' is a 1935 American western drama film directed by Sam Newfield from a screenplay by Jos. O'Donnell and Barry Barringer. The film stars Kermit Maynard, Lucille Lund, and Lawrence Gray. Plot Cast * Kermit Maynard as Jim Dolan * L ...

'' (1935) * ''

Last of the Warrens ''Last of the Warrens'' is a 1936 American Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury. Plot Cast * Bob Steele as Ted Warren *Margaret Marquis as Mary Burns * Charles King as Kent, aka Shelby *Horace Murphy as Grizzly *Lafe McKee as Sheriff ...

'' (1936) * '' Everyman's Law'' (1936) * ''

Rogue of the Range ''Rogue of the Range'' is a 1936 American Western film directed by S. Roy Luby and starring Johnny Mack Brown, Lois January and in her only film, Phyllis Hume, Miss California 1936 and first runner-up for Miss America, where she used the name P ...

'' (1936) * ''

Desert Guns ''Desert Guns'' is a 1936 American Western film directed by Charles Hutchison and starring Conway Tearle, Margaret Morris and William Gould.Pitts, p. 85. Plot Cast * Conway Tearle as Kirk Allenby / Bob Enright * Margaret Morris as Roberta ...

'' (1936) * ''

The Crooked Trail ''The Crooked Trail'' is a 1936 American Western film directed by S. Roy Luby. Plot Cast *Johnny Mack Brown as Jim Blake *Lucile Browne as Helen Carter *John Merton as Harve Tarlton * Charles King as Lanning * Ted Adams as Estaban Solan ...

'' (1936) * ''

Song of the Trail ''Song of the Trail'' is a 1936 American Western film directed by Russell Hopton and starring Kermit Maynard, Evelyn Brent and Andrea Leeds.Pitts p.35 Plot Cast * Kermit Maynard as Jim Carter * Evelyn Brent as Myra * Fuzzy Knight as Pudge ...

'' (1936) * '' The Gun Ranger'' (1936) * '' Gun Grit'' (1936) * ''

Ranger Courage ''Ranger Courage'' is a 1937 American Western film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet, the film stars Robert Allen, Martha Tibbetts, and Walter Miller. Plot Cast * Robert Allen as himself * Martha Tibbetts as Alice * Walter Miller as Bull ...

'' (1936) * ''

The Unknown Ranger ''The Unknown Ranger'' is a 1936 American Western film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and starring Bob Allen, Martha Tibbetts, and Walter Miller. It was released on October 30, 1936. Plot Cast * Bob Allen as himself * Martha Tibbetts ...

'' (1936) * '' Anything for a Thrill'' (1937) * '' The Frame-Up'' (1937) * '' The Gambling Terror'' (1937) * '' Lawless Land'' (1937) * ''

Riders of the Rockies ''Riders of the Rockies'' is a 1937 American Western film directed by Robert North Bradbury and written by Robert Emmett Tansey and Norman Leslie. The film stars Tex Ritter, Louise Stanley, Horace Murphy, Snub Pollard, Earl Dwire and Charles Ki ...

'' (1937) * ''

Trouble in Texas ''Trouble in Texas'' is a 1937 American Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury (as R.N. Bradbury) and starring Tex Ritter, his horse White Flash, Rita Hayworth (billed as "Rita Cansino") and Yakima Canutt. The supporting cast features Earl ...

'' (1937) * '' Sing, Cowboy, Sing'' (1937) * ''

The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen ''The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen'' is a 1937 American Western (genre), Western film directed by Ray Taylor (director), Ray Taylor. It was singing cowboy Tex Ritter's eighth film for Grand National Pictures. While the film had an original copy ...

'' (1937) * '' Come on, Cowboys'' (1937) * ''

Billy the Kid Returns '' Billy the Kid Returns '' is a 1938 American Western (genre), Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Roy Rogers. Plot Following the shooting of Billy the Kid by his former friend Sheriff Pat Garrett, lookalike deputy sheriff Roy R ...

'' (1938) * '' Rollin' Plains'' (1938) * ''

Frontier Town A border town is a town or city close to the boundary between two countries, states, or regions. Usually the term implies that the nearness to the border is one of the things the place is most famous for. With close proximities to a different coun ...

'' (1938) * ''

The Utah Trail ''The Utah Trail'' is a 1938 American Western (genre), Western film directed by Albert Herman. It was Tex Ritter's final film for Grand National Films. Despite the song and title, the film takes place on the Arizona/Mexico border and not Utah. ...

'' (1938) Ananias * ''

Where the Buffalo Roam ''Where the Buffalo Roam'' is a 1980 American semi-biographical comedy film which loosely depicts author Hunter S. Thompson's rise to fame in the 1970s and his relationship with Chicano attorney and activist Oscar "Zeta" Acosta. The film was ...

'' (1938) * '' Down the Wyoming Trail'' (1939) * ''

The Oklahoma Kid ''The Oklahoma Kid'' is a 1939 Western film starring James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart. The film was directed for Warner Bros. by Lloyd Bacon. Cagney plays an adventurous gunslinger in a broad-brimmed cowboy hat while Bogart portrays his bl ...

'' (1939) as a Bartender ''(uncredited)'' * '' Boom Town'' (1940) * ''

The Range Busters ''The Range Busters'' is a 1940 American Western (genre), Western film directed by S. Roy Luby and written by John Rathmell. The film is the first in Monogram Pictures' "Range Busters" series, and it stars Ray "Crash" Corrigan as Crash, John 'D ...

'' (1940) * '' Bad Man of Deadwood'' (1941) * '' Arizona Bound'' (1941) * '' The Lonesome Trail'' (1945) * '' Song of Old Wyoming'' (1945)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Murphy, Horace 1880 births 1975 deaths 20th-century American male actors American male film actors American male radio actors Male actors from Tennessee Male Western (genre) film actors People from Dyer County, Tennessee People from Studio City, Los Angeles People from Osceola, Arkansas