Larry Poole is an American

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, film producer and wrangler who appeared in the films '' Last Shoot Out'' (2021), '' A Soldier's Revenge'' (2020) and '' The Final Wish'' (2018). He produced '' A Rodeo Film'' (2019) and won Best Actor at

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for his portrayal of

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in '' Once Guilty, Now Innocent, Still Dead'' (2017). Poole is the current President and former Vice President of SAG-AFTRA San Diego Local.

Personal life

Red Carpet for the San Diego Film Awards 2017

Poole grew up in

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, watching westerns as a child. He moved to

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, in the early 2000s with his wife, Racine. He was injured in 2014 at the Mother Goose Parade in

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when his horse fell on him, breaking his leg.

Career

Poole runs Gem Canyon Productions and co-produced a pilot based on ''Campo: The Forgotten Gunfight'' for KPBS. He has worked with

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and

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and has starred in the films '' Last Shoot Out'' and '' A Soldier's Revenge''. Poole was the head wrangler on a film called ''Why the Nativity?'' by

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. In 2017, he was voted to a two year term as vice president of SAG-AFTRA San Diego Local, was a judge at the first Gong Show in Ramona, and won Best Actor at

for his portrayal of

in '' Once Guilty, Now Innocent, Still Dead''. On July 28, 2023, Poole organized a strike in the Gaslamp district at

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with SAG-AFTRA members, WGA members and cosplayers. He was elected to a two year term as president of SAG-AFTRA San Diego Local on September 5, 2023.

Filmography

References

External links

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