Ken Maynard
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Kenneth Olin "Ken" Maynard (July 21, 1895 – March 23, 1973) was an American motion picture stuntman and actor.
Maynard served in the United States Army during World War I. After the war, Maynard returned to show business as a circus rider with Ringling Brothers. When the circus was playing in Los Angeles, California, actor Buck Jones encouraged Maynard to try working in the movies. Maynard soon had a contract with Fox Studios.
He first appeared in silent motion pictures in 1923. Maynard's work included stunt performance. His horsemanship and rugged good looks made Maynard a cowboy star. He and his white stallion, "Tarzan," became famous. His two recorded songs with Columbia Records, "The Lone Star Trail" and "The Cowboy's Lament," made him one of the first of the singing cowboys. Maynard moved to Universal Studios, where he made his first films with a musical soundtrack. He sang two songs in Sons of the Saddle in 1930.
In 1931 and 1932, Maynard worked for Tiffany Productions and Sono Art-World Wide Pictures before moving back to Universal in 1933. Maynard played several musical instruments, and was featured that year on the violin in The Fiddlin' Buckaroo, and on the banjo in The Trail Drive. Maynard moved to Mascot Pictures in 1934.
Maynard appeared in more than ninety films in twenty years with his white cowboy hat, fancy shirt, and a pair of six-shooters, but alcoholism so severely affected his life that his acting career ended in 1944. He made appearances at state fairs and rodeos. He owned a small circus operation featuring rodeo riders but eventually lost it to creditors. His substantial wealth had vanished, and he lived a desolate life in a rundown trailer. During these years, Maynard was supported by an unknown benefactor, long thought to be Gene Autry. More than twenty five years after his last starring role, Maynard returned to the screen two small roles, in 1970 and 1972, the more notably in The Marshal of Windy Hollow.
Maynard died of stomach cancer in 1973 at the Motion Picture Home in Woodland Hills, California. He was interred at Forest Lawn Cypress Cemetery in Cypress, California.
For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Ken Maynard has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6751 Hollywood Blvd.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 2.988 |
Birthday | 1895-07-21 |
Place of Birth | Vevay, Indiana, USA |
Also Known As | Kenneth Olin Maynard, |
1923
Somebody Lied
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Somebody Lied
1940
Phantom Rancher
3.5/4
Cowboy puts on a black mask and a black outfit to fight a gang of land-grabbing crooks.
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Phantom Rancher
1936
Heroes of the Range
0/0
A cowboy G-man joins an outlaw gang out to rob a gold shipment.
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Heroes of the Range
1939
Death Rides the Range
6/1
A wounded archaeologist crawls into the camp of three kindhearted cowboys. When the cowboys bring him to a nearby trading post, he's murdered after he...
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Death Rides the Range
1940
Lightning Strikes West
3/1
When Butch Taggart escapes prison, the Marshal sends Lightning Morgan to find him and his hidden gold. He finds the map to the gold on Taggart's boot....
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Lightning Strikes West
1938
Whirlwind Horseman
4/1
Ken and Happy, looking for their friend Cherokee, run into an outlaw gang led by Ritter who have been terrorizing the ranchers. Ken figures that one o...
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Whirlwind Horseman
1933
Strawberry Roan
5.5/2
Ken Maynard stars as a roving cowboy who tells the tale of taming the stallion that inspired the titular poem.
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Strawberry Roan
1944
Harmony Trail
4.8/5
Sent to investigate a payroll robbery, Marshall Rocky meets his old friends Ken, Eddie, and Max. He has the serial numbers and when Pop puts on his me...
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Harmony Trail
1933
The Lone Avenger
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A prominent banker commits suicide. His son thinks otherwise and sets out to prove it.
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The Lone Avenger
1934
Honor of the Range
5/2
After Sheriff Ken puts money in the safe, his brother Clem gives Rawhide the combination. With the money gone the disgruntled townsmen make Boots Sher...
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Honor of the Range
1933
Drum Taps
4.5/2
Skinner and his gang are grabbing land from the ranchers. When they go after Kerry's ranch Ken stops them. Skinner frames Ken for rustling but the She...
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Drum Taps
1933
Phantom Thunderbolt
4.3/6
A cowboy called The Thunderbolt Kid comes to the aid of a town that is being threatened by outlaws who don't want a railroad to go through the town.
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Phantom Thunderbolt
1932
Tombstone Canyon
3.5/6
A range lawman (Ken Maynard) unmasks a black-cloaked phantom killer (Sheldon Lewis).
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Tombstone Canyon
1934
Mystery Mountain
0/0
Ken Williams is determined to discover the identity of the mysterious Rattler, who preys upon railroads and transportation companies like that owned b...
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Mystery Mountain
1934
In Old Santa Fe
5/5
Gangster Chandler and his accomplice Tracy arrive at a dude ranch. Cowboy Kentucky arrives at the same time. When Tracy double-crosses his boss and ha...
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In Old Santa Fe
1931
The Pocatello Kid
5/1
Just after Pocatello's brother is killed, a wounded Pocatello arrives being chased by the Sheriff. Larkin switches the identity of the two brothers an...
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The Pocatello Kid
1931
Branded Men
5/3
When Rod, Ramrod, and Half-A-Rod ride into Steep Gulch, they immediately become Sheriffs. The previous Sheriffs have been killed by Mace and his gang...
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Branded Men
1928
The Phantom City
5/3
A weird letter tells our heroes to go to a ghost town which has an abandoned mine. There they contend with bad guys looking for hidden gold. They are...
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The Phantom City
1976
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
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A Western-genre narrative, loosely woven from old clips from B-Western features.
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Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1930
Fighting Thru
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Dan and Tennessee are successful gold miners. Ace Brady learns of their success and sends Fox to rob them. During the robbery Fox shoots Tennessee and...
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Fighting Thru
1934
Smoking Guns
0/0
Accused of a murder he did not commit, Ken leaves the country. Three years later Evans finds him in the jungle. When Evans dies, Ken seeing the resemb...
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Smoking Guns
1943
Wild Horse Stampede
4/4
Two cowboys try to protect railroad workers from rampaging Indians.
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Wild Horse Stampede
1932
Dynamite Ranch
5.5/2
Howell breaks up a train robbery only to find that it's a fake. However the money is missing and he is blamed. He escapes and sets out to find the rea...
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Dynamite Ranch
1932
Come On, Tarzan
5/1
Ken Maynard's exceptionally intelligent horse, Tarzan the Wonder Horse, is the star of this western about evil cowboy Steve Frazer (Welch) who gathers...
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Come On, Tarzan
1932
Hollywood on Parade No. A-5
0/0
Stars Jeanette MacDonald, Maurice Chevalier and Ken Maynard.
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Hollywood on Parade No. A-5
1932
Haunted Gold
4.917/18
John Mason returns to the Sally Ann mine to claim his half share. Janet Cater also returns although her father lost his half share to Joe Ryan. Ryan a...
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Haunted Gold
1933
King of the Arena
0/0
Mysterious deaths have been occurring in the same towns as Miller's Circus and the Governor has sent Ken Kenton to investigate. Ken joins the show but...
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King of the Arena
1933
The Fiddlin' Buckaroo
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Government man Fiddlin' has joined Wolf's gang and Banty has become his friend. When Fiddlin' objects to Wolf's kidnapping of Ann, he is left in a bur...
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The Fiddlin' Buckaroo
1933
Fargo Express
0/0
When Mort loses his and Ken's money at poker, Goss gets him to rob the stage. He is captured, identified by his palomino horse. Ken tries to clear him...
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Fargo Express
1933
The Trail Drive
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Honest John is pulling off a swindle by buying cattle in Texas with worthless scrip and selling them in New Mexico for cash. Ken is leading the cattle...
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The Trail Drive
1933
Gun Justice
0/0
Wanting the Lance ranch, Burkett kills Lance and brings in an imposter to pose as the heir Ken Lance. Ken learns of the plan, captures the imposter, a...
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Gun Justice
1934
Wheels of Destiny
3/1
Bill, who is about to lead a wagon train to California, has a map to a valuable gold field and Rocky is after the map. When Rocky and his men attack,...
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Wheels of Destiny
1935
Western Frontier
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Ken and his sister are separated while young when the Indians attack their wagon train. Ken, now grown, is sent after the outlaw known as the Golden h...
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Western Frontier
1935
Heir to Trouble
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Ken Armstrong (Ken Maynard) finds himself a mine owner and a daddy simultaneously when a friend dies and wills him his mine and his baby. The outlaws...
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Heir to Trouble
1936
Avenging Waters
6/1
Mortimer builds a fence for the cattle brought by Ken Morley. To retaliate, Slater who wants access to the land, builds a dam cutting off Mortimer's w...
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Avenging Waters
1936
The Fugitive Sheriff
0/0
Hoping to rid a small western community of its corrupt political machine, Ken Marshall (Ken Maynard) runs for sheriff against the bad guys' candidate...
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The Fugitive Sheriff
1937
Trailing Trouble
5/1
When mild mannered Friendly Fields is sent to the Blair ranch to work, he is mistaken for the notorious outlaw Blackie Burke. When a drought develops...
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Trailing Trouble
1937
Boots of Destiny
0/0
Both Harmon and his men and a Mexican gang are after a treasure hidden on the Wilson ranch. Acey learns of their raid and goes to get Ken only to find...
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Boots of Destiny
1938
Six Shootin' Sheriff
5.7/7
Cowboy star Ken Maynard is Jim "Trigger" Morton, in town undercover while pursuing the man who framed him for robbery. But a well-placed shot tames a...
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Six Shootin' Sheriff
1939
Flaming Lead
4/1
Cowhand Ken Clark is stranded in Chicago, and temporarily takes a job as a sharp-shooter entertainer in a night club, with the intention of getting en...
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Flaming Lead
1943
Blazing Guns
6/2
The Governor sends Ken and Hoot to clean up the town of Willow Springs.
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Blazing Guns
1943
The Law Rides Again
6/4
When a band of American Indians breaks a treaty with the federal government, U.S. Marshals Ken Maynard and Hoot Gibson hit the trail with captured out...
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The Law Rides Again
1943
Death Valley Rangers
6.7/3
When a fed-up businessman tires of watching gold shipments disappear without a trace, he calls in the Trail Blazers (Ken Maynard, Hoot Gibson and Bob...
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Death Valley Rangers
1944
Westward Bound
4/1
Learning that Montana is about to become a state and that property values will rise rapidly, Caldwell is using his outlaw gang to force the ranchers o...
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Westward Bound
1972
The Marshal of Windy Hollow
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The Texas Rangers are called in to investigate a string of attacks on wagon trains.
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The Marshal of Windy Hollow
1970
Bigfoot
3/20
Bigfoot kidnaps some women and some bikers decide to go on a rescue mission to save them.
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Bigfoot
1944
Arizona Whirlwind
5.5/2
US marshals Ken, Hoot and Bob stop a gang dressed as Indians from robbing the stage. After getting repairs at the relay station, but before they get t...
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Arizona Whirlwind
1923
Brass Commandments
0/0
"Flash" Lanning returns to Bozzam City from the East to put an end to cattle rustling. Gloria Hallowell, who has known him by reputation, falls in lov...
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Brass Commandments
1923
The Gunfighter
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Billy Buell (William Farnum), a stranger involving himself with a long-standing mountain feud. The Benchleys and the Camps have been feuding ever sinc...
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The Gunfighter
1923
The Man Who Won
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Bill is a gambler, whose friend Scipio goes in search of his wife Jessie. Jessie, fed up with her life of poverty, has run off with the wealthy and vi...
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The Man Who Won
1927
The Devil's Saddle
0/0
Hero is center of plot by a gang of lawless whites to convince Indians he killed one of their number, but finally clears himself.
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The Devil's Saddle
1923
Cameo Kirby
5.5/8
Wrongfully blamed for the death of Col. John Randall, Cameo Kirby (Gilbert) must find the true villain and clear his name before he can declare his lo...
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Cameo Kirby
1931
Alias: The Bad Man
4.3/3
A ranger joins the outlaw gang whose boss he believes is a murderer.
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Alias: The Bad Man
1929
The California Mail
0/0
During the darkest hour of the American Civil War, the Union desperately needs gold to keep its armies in the field and its credit good. Federal Agent...
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The California Mail
1926
Haunted Range
0/0
The hero must solve the murder of his benefactor within six months in order to inherit a valuable ranch.
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Haunted Range
1935
Western Courage
6/1
Wealthy Henry Hanley takes his family to a dude ranch. But his daughter Gloria's boyfriend Eric is waiting and he is after Hanley's money. Ken overhea...
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Western Courage
1936
The Cattle Thief
0/0
Ken, sent to investigate cattle rustlers, poses as a peddler during the day but the Masked Rider at night.
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The Cattle Thief
1935
Lawless Riders
0/0
Edith overhears Bart's plan to rob the bank so she informs Ken. But she is also overheard and when Ken goes to investigate, Bart's Henchman Prod frame...
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Lawless Riders
1924
Janice Meredith
5/1
It is 1774, the eve of the American War of Independence. Janice comes from a Tory household. She cavorts with American and British alike, is pursued b...
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Janice Meredith
1924
$50,000 Reward
5/3
Tex Sherwood has just come into possession of a valuable piece of land that will be irrigated by a new dam. Banker Holman knowing the deed must be reg...
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$50,000 Reward
1926
The Grey Vulture
0/0
Fired from his job for shirking his duties, the 'Knight of the Plains' Bart Miller stumbles across a would-be stagecoach robbery and he rescues damsel...
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The Grey Vulture
1925
Fighting Courage
0/0
Richard Kingsley, son of a financier, trying to aid Marjorie Crenshaw and her sister during a raid on a New York roadhouse, is arrested. His father, e...
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Fighting Courage
1925
The Demon Rider
0/0
A ranch foreman captures a notorious gang of gold thieves. He ties them up and leaves them for a pursuing posse while he goes out to find the gold the...
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The Demon Rider
1925
North Star
6/1
During a wild party, Wilbur Gale hits another man and, incorrectly believing that he has killed him, flees to the Northwoods. Wilbur's dog, North Star...
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North Star
1926
Senor Daredevil
0/0
Don Luis O'Flagherty (Ken Maynard), a daredevil comes to the rescue of his long-lost father, "Tiger" O'Flagherty (George Nichols), the supervisor of a...
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Senor Daredevil
1926
The Unknown Cavalier
0/0
Tom Drury, a cowboy whose quick thinking stops a notorious outlaw, "The Hawk," from further misdeeds. The villain, as it turns out, is none other than...
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The Unknown Cavalier
1927
The Overland Stage
0/0
At a trading post in the Northern Dakotas, Hawk Lespard, an unscrupulous trader, is opposed by Jack Jessup, posing as a gambler but actually a scout f...
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The Overland Stage
1927
The Land Beyond the Law
0/0
Deputy Marshal Jerry Steele (Ken Maynard) heads off to Oklahoma where a gang of nasty cattle rustlers is terrorizing the local ranchers. After a bit o...
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The Land Beyond the Law
1927
The Red Raiders
8/2
Lone wolf, who is stirring up the Indians against the wishes of his elders, gets the job of scout at the fort. When he hears of the approval of the ne...
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The Red Raiders
1927
Gun Gospel
0/0
From Death Valley in the Mojave Desert to Mount Whittier, the outlaw gangs are wreaking havoc on the gold and money shipments from the mines and ranch...
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Gun Gospel
1928
The Wagon Show
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Colonel Beldan runs a Wild West show. When Beldan's star attraction switches to his unscrupulous competitor Vicarino, the young Bob Mason takes the op...
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The Wagon Show
1928
The Canyon of Adventure
0/0
Steven Bancroft, a young officer in the U. S. Calvary, is given the assignment of ensuring that dirty-work by agents of Spain, Mexico or Russian aren'...
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The Canyon of Adventure
1928
The Upland Rider
0/0
The honest John Graham and the crooked Ross Cheswick battle for supremacy. Despite Cheswick's unscrupulous methods, Dan and his handsome bronco Tarza...
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The Upland Rider
1928
The Code of the Scarlet
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Assigned to catch a gang of outlaws, officers Bruce Kenton and Paddy Halloran rescue Helen Morgan when her wagon is attacked by the very same gang. Th...
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The Code of the Scarlet
1928
The Glorious Trail
0/0
After a work crew stringing telegraph wires across the Great Plains is slaughtered by Indians, Pat O'Leary, the company superintendent, must take out...
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The Glorious Trail
1929
Cheyenne
0/0
Cal Roberts can ride anything with four legs. He enters the contests held at big rodeo. He wins all honors and meets a girl who races horses to help h...
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Cheyenne
1929
The Royal Rider
0/0
Dick Scott takes his Wild West show to the Balkan kingdom of Alvania where the boy king of the country commands the troupe to give a performance. The...
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The Royal Rider
1929
The Wagon Master
0/0
Bill Hollister (Jack Hanlon) organizes a wagon train to break the unfair monopoly held by Jake Lynch (Tom Santschi) on food prices in the mining camps...
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The Wagon Master
1929
The Lawless Legion
0/0
Cal Stanley goes undercover as a beef buyer in order to catch the gang responsible for stealing the area's cattle.
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The Lawless Legion
1929
Señor Americano
0/0
A U.S. soldier goes after bandits in California, although it is still owned by Mexico.
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Señor Americano
1930
Lucky Larkin
0/0
Colonel Lee, a homesteader, is the object of terrorists who want to drive him off the range so that his horses cannot be entered in the county races,...
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Lucky Larkin
1930
Parade of the West
0/0
Bud Rand, a cowboy who is charged with the care of Little Billy Rand, accepts an offer to appear with Copeland's Wild West Show to ride a horse called...
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Parade of the West
1930
The Fighting Legion
0/0
After being shot, a dying Marshal Dawson gives Dave Hayes his badge and asks him to finish his job. Dave becomes Marshal but when Bowie, the man that...
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The Fighting Legion
1930
Mountain Justice
5/1
In the Kentucky mountains, Ken McTavish comes to Kettle Creek looking for the killer of his father. When he learns that it was Abner Harland, he fakes...
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Mountain Justice
1930
Sons of the Saddle
0/0
Jim Brandon, foreman of the Wind River Ranch, owned by Martin Stavnow, is in love with Ronnie, the rancher's daughter, though he is unaware that Harve...
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Sons of the Saddle
1930
Song of the Caballero
0/0
After El Lobo robs Don Jose he gives one of the stolen items to Conchita. Later when he saves Anita in a runaway coach, Don Pedro invites him to the w...
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Song of the Caballero
1931
The Two Gun Man
5.5/2
Marshals Blackie and Joe, posing as two-gun men, hire on at Markham's ranch. They are after Tulliver and his gang of rustlers. But unknown to the two,...
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The Two Gun Man
1931
Range Law
0/0
Having escaped from prison, a cowboy looks for the man that framed him.
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Range Law
1932
The Sunset Trail
10/1
Jim and Buddy decide to follow their pal Tater-bug who left them for another job. No sooner do they arrive than Tater-bug gets shot in the back. Jim s...
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The Sunset Trail
1931
The Arizona Terror
0/0
Captain Porter's scheme is to buy livestock and then have his men show up later to kill the buyer and retrieve the money. When his men kill the next v...
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The Arizona Terror
1932
Hell-Fire Austin
4/1
Heading west, Ken and Bouncer end up at the Brooks ranch where Ken is to ride Tarzan in the big race. But both the Sheriff and Edmonds are after him a...
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Hell-Fire Austin
1932
Whistlin' Dan
4.7/3
A cowboy and sidekick infiltrate a rustler gang to avenge the murder of their pal.
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Whistlin' Dan
1932
Texas Gun Fighter
5/1
Bill Dane and Banty quit Kell's outlaw gang. When Dane prevents Kell and his men from getting a bullion shipment, he is made Sheriff. Learning Dane is...
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Texas Gun Fighter
1932
Between Fighting Men
5/2
Ken not only has to fight with his brother Wally over the girls, he has to try and stop the conflict between the cattlemen and the sheepmen. It gets w...
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Between Fighting Men
The Voice of Hollywood No. 9
0/0
Announced by Bert Wheeler and featuring Marceline Day, Wesley Barry, Dorothy Jordan, Sally Starr, Marjorie Kane, Ken Maynard with Tarzan the Wonder Ho...
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