Steve Darrell (born Darryl Eugene Horsfall, November 19, 1904 – August 14, 1970) was an American actor.
Darrell was born in
Osage The Osage Nation, a Native American tribe in the United States, is the source of most other terms containing the word "osage".
Osage can also refer to:
* Osage language, a Dhaegin language traditionally spoken by the Osage Nation
* Osage (Unicode b ...
in
Mitchell County in northern
Iowa.
Darrell's career began in 1931 when he acted with the Trousdale Players in Des Moines, Iowa.
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He was cast as the wise
Comanche
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chief Little Elk in the 1958 episode "Renegades" of ''
Cheyenne''.
Darrell died from a
brain tumor in Hollywood, California. He is buried at
Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery.
Partial filmography
* ''
Code of the Secret Service'' (1939)
* ''
Nothing but Trouble'' (1944)
* ''
Heldorado'' (1946)
* ''
Roll on Texas Moon
'' Roll on Texas Moon '' is a 1946 American Western film directed by William Witney and starring Roy Rogers.
Cast
* Roy Rogers as Himself
* Trigger as Roy's Horse (The Smartest Horse in the Movies)
* George 'Gabby' Hayes as Gabby Whittaker
* D ...
'' (1946)
* ''
Terrors on Horseback'' (1946)
* ''
Lightning Raiders'' (1946)
* ''
Gentlemen with Guns'' (1946)
* ''
On the Old Spanish Trail
''On the Old Spanish Trail'' is a 1947 American Trucolor Western film starring Roy Rogers and directed by William Witney.
Plot
Cast
*Roy Rogers as Roy Rogers
*Trigger as Trigger, the Smartest Horse in the West
*Tito Guízar as Rico / Th ...
'' (1947)
* ''
Prairie Express
''Prairie Express'' is a 1947 American Western film directed by Lambert Hillyer and written by Anthony Coldeway and J. Benton Cheney. The film stars Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Virginia Belmont, Marshall Reed, William Ruhl and Robert Wi ...
'' (1947)
* ''
Trailing Danger'' (1947)
* ''
Valley of Fear
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'' (1947)
* ''
Adventures of Frank and Jesse James'' (1948)
* ''
Carson City Raiders'' (1948)
* ''
I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
''I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes'' is a 1948 American film noir directed by William Nigh, starring Don Castle and Elyse Knox.. It was based on a novel of the same name by Cornell Woolrich with a screenplay by fellow pulp writer Steve Fisher.
Plot ...
'' (1948)
* ''
Night Time in Nevada
'' Night Time in Nevada '' is a 1948 American Western film directed by William Witney and starring Roy Rogers.
Plot
Ran Farrell kills his mining partner and instead of giving the money to his partner's (Jim Andrews) daughter he steals it. Joan ...
'' (1948)
* ''
Partners of the Sunset'' (1948)
* ''
Abandoned
Abandon, abandoned, or abandonment may refer to:
Common uses
* Abandonment (emotional), a subjective emotional state in which people feel undesired, left behind, insecure, or discarded
* Abandonment (legal), a legal term regarding property
** Chi ...
'' (1949)
* ''
Riders in the Sky'' (1949)
* ''
The Blazing Trail'' (1949)
* ''
The Blazing Sun'' (1950)
* ''
Cow Town'' (1950)
* ''
Pecos River
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'' (1951)
* ''
Jack Slade'' (1953)
* ''
Dangerous Mission'' (1954)
* ''
Tarantula'' (1955)
* ''
The Tall Men'' (1955) as Colonel Norris, U.S. Cavalry
* ''
Treasure of Ruby Hills'' (1955)
* ''
The Monolith Monsters'' (1957)
References
External links
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1904 births
1970 deaths
People from Osage, Iowa
20th-century American male actors
American male television actors
American male film actors
Male actors from Iowa
Male actors from Los Angeles
Burials at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
Deaths from brain cancer in the United States
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