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.

(Courtesy of Minard Coons)

Terry Frost was a frequent cowboy villain beginning in the 1940s, and his film career lasted through the 1950s. While he did appear in a dozen or so Republic oaters and cliffhangers, Frost was most often the antagonist to Eddie Dean, Lash LaRue, Johnny Mack Brown, Whip Wilson and a few other cowboy heroes in sagebrush adventures from Monogram Pictures and PRC. He also became a favorite of thrifty producer Sam Katzman, and Terry appeared in over a dozen of the Katzman serials for Columbia Pictures.

Les Adams has Frost identified in about 120 films and of those, 82 are westerns and 22 are serials.

Typical of the western supporting players of the period, Frost migrated to early TV work and can be seen in many episodes of: BUFFALO BILL JR., RIN-TIN-TIN, WILD BILL HICKOK, CISCO KID, ANNIE OAKLEY, ROY ROGERS, GENE AUTRY, WYATT EARP, GUNSMOKE, RAWHIDE, more.

I'm checking my notes and files --- but I vaguely recall that when Frost retired from active film work, he wound up as a drama teacher at a California college or school. To make ends meet, Terry owned a small restaurant and did the cooking. In later years, he operated a travel business (and traveled extensively). He even authored the book Actors Only which was published in the mid 1970s.

Go to the In Search Of ... page on the Old Corral, and then click the link for the California Death Records database and Social Security Death Index (SSDI). There you will find records for Terry Lawrence Frost --- birthplace and date of Minnesota and 10/26/1906, Mother's maiden name was Williams, and he passed away on 3/1/1993.

  Although some of the data is incomplete or inaccurate, the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) has information on Terry Frost: http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0296574/

Jan Alan Henderson did a 1991 interview with Terry Frost during a birthday celebration for John Agar: http://www.glasshousepresents.com/jan_alan_henderson_terry_frost_interview.htm

Shown with star Broderick Crawford, Terry Frost played "Sgt. Morris" in many episodes of HIGHWAY PATROL during the first and second seasons of the show.       Above and below images courtesy of Gary Goltz, who has a website devoted to Broderick Crawford and the HIGHWAY PATROL TV series (1955-1959): http://www.highwaypatroltv.com/photos.shtml Above, Terry Frost as Sgt. Morris on the cover art for the official Highway Patrol gun and holster set.

(From Old Corral image collection) Johnny Mack Brown and Raymond Hatton (with shotgun) have the drop on Marshall Reed (black shirt) and Terry Frost (red shirt) in GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS (Monogram, 1946) (Image courtesy of Ed Phillips) Above - an older Johnny Mack Brown has the drop on Lee Roberts (center) and Terry Frost (on the right) in this unidentified scene still. This is probably from TEXAS LAWMEN (Monogram, 1951). (Courtesy of Minard Coons) Above, a little good natured fisticuffs at one of the conventions between three cowboy and serial bad guys --- Tris Coffin is about to pummel Terry Frost, while a smilin' George J. Lewis looks on. (Courtesy of Minard Coons) Above, Terry Frost making a point at a 1970s film convention.