 | Folks that had meaty roles and lots of dialog and often received billing credit in the opening titles. They were the 'brains' and 'action' heavies ... and the main players that portrayed fathers, ranch owners, lawmen, mayors, judges, lawyers, storekeepers, newspaper editors, wardens, etc. And younger guys who sometimes assisted the hero ... and sometimes portrayed the maligned son or brother of the father or heroine. |
| Of the e-mail that I've received, many folks have asked for info on those wonderful players who were villains ... and father of the heroine, or were lawmen, storekeepers, et al. Chronicled in this section are players that got meatier roles, they generally had dialog, and might have even been listed in the opening or closing cast credits.
Many of the faces in this section specialized in playing:
An interesting tidbit about the older actors is that many of them began their acting careers in the 1900 - 1920s performing on the stage, in traveling repertory companies, and vaudeville.
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| Below are thumbnail images of SOME of the villains and primary supporting and character players. In the right side menu, you'll find profiles on these faces ... and lots more performers. | The Players (in alphabetical order by last name). Click Below: |
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 Riley Hill/Roy Harris  Budd Buster  Lee Phelps  George Morrell  Al Bridge  Lafe McKee  Tom London  Hal Taliaferro/Wally Wales  Ethan Laidlaw  Charles Middleton  Roger Williams  Emmett Vogan  Fred Burns  Dennis Moore  Harry Lauter  Ben Corbett  Hank Bell  John Merton  Dick Curtis  Ted Lorch  William 'Bill' McCall  Hooper Atchley  Ian Keith  Warner Richmond  Perry Murdock  Gene Roth/Gene Stutenroth  Murdock MacQuarrie  Edward Peil  Kermit Maynard  Harry Woods  Pierre Watkin  James Blaine  Nelson McDowell  Robert/Bob Terry  Carl Mathews  Fred 'Snowflake' Toones  Kenne Duncan  Bob Duncan |
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 Ray Bennett / Raphael Bennett  George J. Lewis  Henry Hall  Noah Beery, Sr.  Steve Clark  Milt/Milton Kibbee  John/Bob/'Lefty' Cason  Morris Ankrum (Stephen Morris)  Bob Burns  Frank Lackteen  Charles 'Slim' Whitaker  Charlie King  Frank Hagney  John Elliott  Pierce Lyden  Bud Geary  Ernie Adams  Le Roy Mason  William Desmond  Jack Rockwell  Archie Twitchell  Forrest Taylor  Horace B. Carpenter  Cy Kendall  Edmund Cobb  Robert Frazer  Walter Miller  Richard Fiske  Dick Alexander  Ed Cassidy  Reed Howes  Ted Adams  Herbert Rawlinson  Lynton Brent  Julian Rivero  Jimmy Aubrey  Earl Dwire  Tris Coffin  Frank Ball |
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 Carleton S. Young  Lee Roberts  Stanley Price  Dan White  Fred Parker  Bud Osborne  Glenn Strange  Roy Barcroft  John James  George Chesebro  Ward Bond  Horace Murphy  Buck Conner / Conners / Connors  Frank Ellis  I. Stanford 'Stan' Jolley  Lee Bennett  Bob Kortman  Stanley Blystone  Frank LaRue  Lloyd Ingraham  Kenneth MacDonald  Kenneth Harlan  Jack Ingram  Lew Meehan  Art Mix (George Kesterson)  Charles Stevens  Gene Alsace/Rocky Camron/Buck Coburn  Al Ferguson  Earle Hodgins  Hal Price  J. Frank Glendon  Paul Fix  Jack Kirk  Myron Healey  Marshall Reed  Karl Hackett  Wheeler Oakman  Steve/Stevan Darrell |
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Ernie Adams
Morris Ankrum (Stephen Morris) Buck Conner / Conners / Connors William Gould (Whatever happened to) Warner Richmond (and his brother Al) There's a few more faces in the Rogues Gallery ... including Bob Wilke, Hugh Prosser |
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Some other websites to visit:
The Actor's Compendium: http://www.aveleyman.com |
