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 Ed Tabor)

Atchley was a smallish man with a thin moustache, and he often portrayed the 'brains' heavy in westerns and cliffhangers.  If not the main heavy, he'd be in a supporting/bit part as a crooked lawyer, a crooked land agent, etc. He arrived in Hollywood during the closing days of the silent film era, and found his niche playing a slick, slippery, conniving baddie with a weak backbone (who always needed his gang to back him up).

For serial fans, you can spot him in THE THREE MUSKETEERS (Mascot, 1933), MYSTERY MOUNTAIN (Mascot, 1934), ACE DRUMMOND (Universal, 1936), THE ADVENTURES OF RED RYDER (Republic, 1940), DICK TRACY VS. CRIME INC. (Republic, 1941), more.  During the 1930s, he played opposite many cowboy heroes including Ken Maynard and Hoot Gibson.

Biographical info on Atchley is brief and sketchy.  However, several sources note that he committed suicide in 1943.

Les Adams ran his trusty database on Atchley, and his sound era screen performances number about 160 films of all varieties.  That number includes 38 westerns and 10 serials. He has about 25 film credits at Republic Pictures for the period 1935-1943.

When Ed Tabor sent me the above clip from one of the 1932 editions of the Standard Casting Directory, I was surprised to read Atchley's list of stage work, including plays on the New York stage.

You may want to go to the In Search Of ... page on the Old Corral and then check the California Death Records database. There you will find a record for: Lemuel Hooper Atchley, born 4/30/1887 in Tennessee, Mother's maiden name of Phillips, and he passed away on 11/16/1943. There is no corresponding record in the Social Security Death Index (SSDI).

  Although some of the data is incomplete or inaccurate, the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) has information on Atchley: http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0040341/

The Internet Broadway Database lists a few stage credits for Atchley: http://ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=30292

In September, 2004, I was contacted by Mitch Collins and Arthur Phillips. Following is some family information and background on Hooper that was assembled from several of their e-mails:

Hooper's mother and Art Phillips' father were brother and sister. Hooper's mother was Susan Elizabeth Phillips. Her father was William Phillips who served in the Union Army during the Civil War and was a Tennessee Republican State Senator in the 44th General Assembly (1885-1887) representing Cocke, Jefferson and Senier counties. He had owned slaves. He died in 1918. William was the grandfather of James Arthur Atchley who is mentioned as being a sometime member of the Tennessee General Assembly. He must have been Hooper's brother. He was also a Republican. Art's brother Lemuel Phillips was named after Hooper. Art heard of Hooper's death while in the Navy during WWII. He was on the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Ommaney Bay which was sunk by a kamikaze on January 4, 1945. According to the family, Hooper had been diagnosed with cancer and this was the probable reason for his suicide. Hooper Atchley's full name, birth and death dates are: Lemuel Hooper Atchley, April 30, 1887 to November 17, 1943.

(Courtesy of Mitch Collins and Arthur Phillips) Atchley is interred at Phillips Cemetary near Newport, Tennessee. Note that the marker shows Atchley's passing as November 17, 1943, but the California Death Records database noted above has November 16, 1943. (Courtesy of Les Adams) Above from L-to-R are Hooper Atchley, Alice Day and Lafe McKee in a lobby card from GOLD (Majestic, 1932) which starred Jack Hoxie. Hoxie and his white horse 'Scout' are shown on the left. Alice Day is also pictured in the top right circular inset.

Lloyd Ingraham Full name: Lloyd Chauncey Ingraham 1874 - 1956

Illinois born Lloyd Ingraham was in Hollywood around 1915 and he wound up as a director, and even helmed some of the Fred Thomson silent sagebrushers in the 1920s. When talkies arrived, Ingraham had given up directing and moved to the front of the camera as a character/supporting actor. Les Adams has Ingraham identified in about 180 sound era films, and that number includes 115 westerns and 11 chapterplays.  His last film appearance was around 1950.

In westerns, Ingraham was another (along with Lafe McKee, John Elliott and a few others) who specialized in portraying the kindly, white-haired rancher, the heroine's father, as well as a respectable doctor, banker, lawyer, judge, etc.

You may want to go to the In Search Of ... page on the Old Corral and then check the California Death Records database. There you will find a record for: Lloyd Chauncey Ingraham, born 11/30/1874 in Illinois, Mother's maiden name of Navarro, and he passed away on 4/4/1956. There is no corresponding record in the Social Security Death Index (SSDI).

  Although some of the data is incomplete or inaccurate, the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) has information on Lloyd Ingraham: http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0408937/

(Courtesy of Les Adams) Above is a lobby card of Fred Thomson and Silver King from SILVER COMES THRU (FBO, 1927). Lloyd Ingraham (name in bottom center) was over fifty years old when he directed this film. (Courtesy of Ed Tabor) Above from L-to-R are John Wayne, Lloyd Ingraham, unidentified player, and Jay Wilsey (Buffalo Bill, Jr.) in RAINBOW VALLEY (Lone Star/Monogram, 1935). (Courtesy of Les Adams) Above from L-to-R are Carl Stockdale, Rosalind Keith, Tom Chatterton, Lloyd Ingraham, George O'Brien, and two unidentified players in a scene from O'Brien's TROUBLE IN SUNDOWN (RKO, 1939).