The 'brains' and 'action' heavies who had meaty roles and lots of dialog ... and the players who were fathers, ranch owners, lawman, mayors, judges, lawyers, storekeepers, newspaper editors, wardens, etc.

I. Stanford 'Stan' Jolley Real name: Isaac Stanford Jolley 1900 or 1901 - 1978

(Courtesy of Minard Coons) Above, Stan Jolley as the "Jingler" in the Range Busters' TRAIL OF THE SILVER SPUR (Monogram, 1941).

I. Stanford Jolley was a busy workman in scores of B features, primarily portraying the head villain or henchman in westerns and cliffhangers.

His film work began in the late 1930s and continued until the early 1970s.

The publicity still on the left shows Jolley in one of my favorite roles - as the mysterious killer "The Jingler", the wearer of the noisy spurs, in the Range Busters' adventure TRAIL OF THE SILVER SPUR (Monogram, 1941). Another good Jolley role was in the Eddie Dean WILD COUNTRY (PRC, 1947) where he portrayed escaped convict "Rip Caxton" (the wearer of the polka dot hat band).

One of my teenage daughter's favorite holiday films is the Bing Crosby/Danny Kaye WHITE CHRISTMAS (Paramount, 1954), and she watches it about a dozen times each Christmas season.  If you're a fan of that film, remember the scene at the Pinetree, Vermont railroad station?  Kaye and Crosby tell the stationmaster about the forthcoming arrival of the WWII vets for the party for General Waverly.  That stationmaster was Jolley.

And to serial fans, Jolley was the voice of the skeletal baddie in THE CRIMSON GHOST (Republic, 1946).

As B film supporting work and bit parts faded, Jolley migrated to TV, and during the 1950s and early 1960s, he appeared in GUNSMOKE, WAGON TRAIN, WILD BILL HICKOK, PERRY MASON and lots of other shows.

Jolley made only about 25 appearances in Republic films. He primarily labored for lower echelon production companies and studios such as PRC and Monogram (as well as occasional bit parts in A films at the major studios).  Les Adams has Jolley identified in about 250 sound era films, and of that number, 167 are westerns and two dozen are cliffhangers.

Minard Coons, who has furnished so many great pictures on this website, became friends with Jolley and his wife Emily (nickname of "Peggy").  Minard mentioned that Peggy had told him "of the 500 films Stan appeared in, he never made more that $100 per film".

The Jolley's had a son and daughter. Daughter Sandra was married to Forrest Tucker, and later to Jack Carson.  Son Stan started out as an art director with Disney, and has done many, many films as both art director and production designer.  Minard recalls that Jolley's son left Disney in the 1970s and went out on his own.  I caught one of the "Robbert Loggia / Elfredo Baca" westerns on the Disney Channel back in 1998.  Lo and behold, I. Stanford Jolley played the sheriff and son Stan was the Art Director.

Go to the In Search Of ... page on the Old Corral.  The California Death Records database has records on I. Stanford Jolley - his birthplace and birthdate was New Jersey and 10/24/1901, and he passed away on 12/06/1978.  The Social Security Death Index (SSDI) also has a record on Jolley, but his birthdate is listed as 10/24/1900.

(Courtesy of Pamela "Brooke" Tucker) Above is Pamela "Brooke" Tucker sandwiched between her dad, Forrest Tucker (right) and her grandfather, I. Stanford Jolley (left), circa 1968. Tucker was married to Stan's daughter, Sandra Jolley.

In November-December, 2003, Pamela "Brooke" Tucker and I exchanged e-mails. Brooke is the granddaughter of I. Stanford Jolley, and the following info has been consolidated from several e-mails from Brooke:

(Courtesy of Pamela "Brooke" Tucker) Stan and Emily, 1965.

My grandmother, Emily "Peggy" Jolley, just passed away (October 18, 2003) at 102+ years old at the Motion Picture Home in Woodland Hills, California.

I. Stanford Jolley was just "Pop-Pop" to me. I didn't follow in his footsteps (or those of my father, Forrest Tucker) but became a miniaturist (http://BrookeTucker.com).

The most important thing about my grandfather was that he was the antithesis of all the villains he portrayed. He was a gentleman and a gentle man. He was ALWAYS interested in what the other person had to say and when you met him, he made you feel as though you were very important and special. All of my friends growing up loved him.

He and "Nana" were also great at the horse races! I remember when I was very little, Pop-Pop and Nana would get up early and do their homework handicapping the horses that were running that day. Then behind her back, he and I would have a side bet. I'd get 25 cents of 'action' on his bets! My mother (when she found out) was horrified ... but it sure helped me learn numbers quickly!

The Forrest Tucker connection: My mother, Sandra Jolley, was an Earl Carroll showgirl and she met and married my father, Forrest Tucker. They were married several years, then divorced but the entire family was always close. My mother and father were born ten days apart and died ten days apart and they were always friends. My mother was Jack Carson's widow.

(Courtesy of Pamela "Brooke" Tucker) The Jolley Family, 1939. From L-to-R are Emily ('Peggy'), Sandra, Stan Jr. and I. Stanford Jolley. (Courtesy of Pamela "Brooke" Tucker) Above are Stan and Emily circa 1939. (Courtesy of Pamela "Brooke" Tucker) Above are Stan with Brooke's stepdad, comedian and movie star Jack Carson, circa 1961. (Courtesy of Pamela "Brooke" Tucker) 1974 photo and standing from L-to-R are Stan Jr. and his wife Jamie, and on the far right is Stan Jr. and Brooke's mother Sandra. Bottom row L-to-R are unidentified woman, Stan and Emily.