Western film expert Les Adams co-authored Shoot-Em-Ups with Buck Rainey.  About twenty years ago, Les also wrote and published a series of softcover 'zines titled Yesterday's Saturdays, and each issue highlighted a couple dozen B westerns and included cast lists, plot synopsis, ad cuts, etc.  Les has a massive database on the B western and serial, and that database includes info on the heroes, heroines, supporting players, directors, producers, et al.

Following are the film statistics on over 650 B-western performers --- heroes, sidekicks, kids, villains, henchies, lawman, fathers, et al.  A round of applause to Les for providing this information.

Before proceeding to the list, please take a look at the 'ground rules' on what each of the columns includes and does not include:

• no silent film credits
• no TV credits
• no title-changed reissues or changed-for-TV titles
• no foreign language (not an issue with the vast majority on this list)
• no 'compilation' films
• includes both credited and non-credited appearances
• the Westerns column includes both B and A grade films (and included are some primarily A grade western heroes like Richard Dix and Audie Murphy)
• appearances in Serials and Shorts may be westerns or non-westerns
• appearances under Features contains no western films
• each column represents 'in at least this many'
• the only column that may be short is the 'Shorts' segment which is a work-in-progress data base
• appearances in films such as the 45 minute or so Russ Hayden post WW2 mountie films, the 45 minute Hal Roach "Streamliners", etc. are included in the "Westerns" column; appearances in 2 or 3 reelers, such as the Three Stooges, Bud 'n' Ben westerns, etc., are included in the "Shorts" column.
• the names of the 'stars' who had their own series or were members of a western film trio or group are highlighted in red. Among those in red, only four had the lead in every film in their western column --- William Boyd (counting MEN OF AMERICA, which is more rural than west, and THE PAINTED DESERT), Charles Starrett (counting that modern-day Mountie film he made in Canada for Bishop in 1935, UNDERCOVER MEN), Sunset Carson and Rex Allen.  Remember that many of the 'stars' also did some, or a lot of, supporting roles (like Tom Tyler, Bob Steele, Kermit Maynard, more), and those non-starring roles are included in their film counts.

The list is sorted in WESTERN film appearance order

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