Ted Wells (1899–1948) was an American
actor
An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...
and
stuntman
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active mainly in
westerns
The Western is a genre of fiction typically set in the American frontier (commonly referred to as the "Old West" or the "Wild West") between the California Gold Rush of 1849 and the closing of the frontier in 1890, and commonly associated wit ...
.
[Pitts p. 170]
Selected filmography
* ''
Fangs of Fate'' (1925)
* ''
Desert Dust
''Desert Dust'' is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by William Wyler and starring Ted Wells, Lotus Thompson and Bruce Gordon.
The film's sets were designed by the art director David S. Garber.
Cast
* Ted Wells as Frank Fortune
...
'' (1927)
* ''
Straight Shootin''' (1927)
* ''
Across the Plains'' (1928)
* ''
Thunder Riders'' (1928)
* ''
Beauty and Bullets'' (1928)
* ''
Grit Wins'' (1928)
* ''
Cheyenne Trails
''Cheyenne Trails'' is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by Robert J. Horner and starring Ted Wells, Bud Osborne and William Barrymore.
Cast
* Ted Wells
* Bud Osborne
* Ione Reed
* William Barrymore
* Bill Nestell
Bill N ...
'' (1928)
* ''
Greased Lightning'' (1928)
* ''
The Crimson Canyon'' (1928)
* ''
The Smiling Terror'' (1929)
* ''
Born to the Saddle'' (1929)
* ''
The Phantom Cowboy'' (1935)
* ''
West of Carson City'' (1940)
* ''
Tucson Raiders'' (1944)
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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1899 births
1948 deaths
American male film actors
People from Midland, Texas
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