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 Jack Tillmany) (Courtesy of Ed Tabor) Above clip on Julian Rivero is from a 1932 edition of the Standard Casting Directory. At that time, the Bill and Sabel Dunn Agency also handled Bob Steele. |
Julian Rivero
Full name: Frederick Julian B. Rivero 1890 - 1976
• he was a 'Mexican bandido' or Mexican Army or military officer. Examples: he was a gang leader in the Bob Steele MAN FROM HELL'S EDGES (Sono Art-World Wide, 1932) and the Kermit Maynard PHANTOM PATROL (Ambassador, 1936); he was Mexican General Santa Anna in the weak HEROES OF THE ALAMO (Sunset, 1937); in Tim McCoy's ARIZONA GANG BUSTERS (PRC, 1940), Rivero plays a character nicknamed "Gringo" who turns out to be an undercover Mexican Rurales officer.
Some may recall a grim and vengeful Julian Rivero in the Bob Steele WESTERN JUSTICE (Supreme, 1935). Julian, Steele and lawman Lafe McKee wind up together on the trail of Arthur Loft. Loft and Rivero have a fight in the closing minutes ... and there's a knife ... and the scene changes and we learn that Loft has been skinned alive.
Although some of the data is incomplete or inaccurate, the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) has information on Julian Rivero ... and very limited info on his daughters Lorraine and Yvonne:
Julian Rivero: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0729480/ The Family Search website has the 1942 World War II draft registration for Frederick Julian B. Rivero. His birth date and location are July 25, 1890 and San Francisco, California. He and wife Isabell reside at 1345 Miller Drive, West Hollywood, California, and his occupation is "Motion Pictures Free Lance": https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-16387-44611-51?cc=1861144 Find A Grave website has a photo of the marker for Julian (1890 - 1976) and Isobel Rivero (1904 - 1948) who are interred together at San Fernando Mission Cemetery, Mission Hills, Los Angeles County, California: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76607616/julian-rivero |
(From Old Corral collection) In BEYOND THE ROCKIES (RKO, 1932), Tom Keene battles rustlers and is assisted by three helpers. The quartet of heroes are, from left to right, Ernie Adams, Julian Rivero, Tom Keene, and Hank Bell (and they called themselves "the roamin' rovers"). They even serenade us with some tunes around a campfire and at the ranch. (Courtesy of Les Adams) Above - Julian Rivero doing sidekick duty with Tim McCoy in McCoy's MAN OF ACTION (Columbia, 1933). (From Old Corral collection) Above - Julian Rivero is the Spanish-garbed gent on the far left. William Desmond and Earl Dwire are in the darkened doorway. Blackie Whiteford is restraining hero Tom Tyler, and burly Dick Alexander has the butt of his six-shooter aimed at Tom's head. The heroine is Jean Carmen, who would later change her screen name to Julia Thayer and become the rider of the titled horse in Republic's cliffhanger, THE PAINTED STALLION (Republic, 1937). Prone on the step is Hank Bell, minus his usual moustache. From Tyler's BORN TO BATTLE (Reliable, 1935). (Courtesy of Les Adams) Left to right are Bob Steele, Julian Rivero and Lew Meehan in a lobby card from RIDIN' THE LONE TRAIL (A. W. Hackel/Republic, 1937). Rivero and Meehan were henchmen in this. |