Walter Shumway (1884–1965) was an American
film actor
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character actor
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he appeared in a variety of supporting roles in films and serials between 1918 and 1950. He was married to the actress Corra Beach.
Selected filmography
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Wine
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'' (1924)
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Pretty Ladies
''Pretty Ladies'' is a 1925 American silent comedy drama film starring ZaSu Pitts and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film is a fictional recreation of the famed Ziegfeld Follies. Directed by Monta Bell, the film was written by Alice ...
'' (1925)
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Return of Grey Wolf
''Return of Grey Wolf'' is a 1926 silent film action adventure produced by William Steiner and released by an independent company, Ambassador. It stars a dog named 'Leader' and can be found on DVD from Grapevine Video.
Cast
*Leader the Dog - Gre ...
'' (1926)
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Hi-Jacking Rustlers'' (1926)
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Catch-As-Catch-Can
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'' (1927)
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The Pinto Kid'' (1928)
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The Apache Raider
''The Apache Raider'' is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by Leo D. Maloney and starring Maloney, Eugenia Gilbert and Tom London.
Cast
* Leo D. Maloney as 'Apache' Bob
* Eugenia Gilbert as Dixie Stillwell
* Don Coleman as Dal Ca ...
'' (1928)
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The Mystery Rider'' (1928)
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The Yellow Cameo'' (1928)
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Greased Lightning'' (1928)
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The Tip Off'' (1929)
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Headin' North'' (1930)
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The Spell of the Circus'' (1931)
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The Night Rider'' (1932)
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Outlaw Justice
''Outlaw Justice'' is a 1932 American pre-Code western film directed by Armand Schaefer and starring Jack Hoxie, Dorothy Gulliver and Donald Keith.Rainey, p. 85 It was produced as a second feature for release by Majestic Pictures.
Plot
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'' (1932)
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Ghost City'' (1932)
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Fighting Shadows
''Fighting Shadows'' is a 1935 American Western film directed by David Selman from a screenplay by Ford Beebe, which stars Tim McCoy, Robert Allen, Geneva Mitchell, and Ward Bond. It was McCoy's sixth film in a series of pictures for Columbi ...
'' (1935)
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What Becomes of the Children?'' (1936)
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Whirlwind Horseman'' (1938)
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Six-Gun Rhythm
''Six-Gun Rhythm'' is a 1939 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield.
Cast
* Tex Fletcher as Tex Fletcher
*Joan Barclay as Jean Harper
*Ralph Peters as Spud Donovan
*Reed Howes as Jim Davis
* Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart as Don Harper
* Ted ...
'' (1939)
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The Showdown'' (1940)
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Wrangler's Roost
''Wrangler's Roost'' is a 1941 American western film directed by S. Roy Luby and written by John Vlahos and Robert Finkle. The film is the seventh in Monogram Pictures' " Range Busters" series, and it stars Ray "Crash" Corrigan as Crash, Joh ...
'' (1941)
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Double Cross'' (1941)
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Girls of the Big House
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'' (1945)
References
Bibliography
* Agrasánchez, Rogelio . ''Guillermo Calles: A Biography of the Actor and Mexican Cinema Pioneer''. McFarland, 2010.
* Rainey, Buck. ''Serials and Series: A World Filmography, 1912-1956''. McFarland, 2015.
External links
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American male film actors
1884 births
1965 deaths
Actors from Cleveland
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