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Encyclopedia > Notable figures in Western films

Notable figures in Western style motion pictures and/or television series, some of whom have been voted into the Hall of Great Western Performers at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. Justus D. Barnes, from The Great Train Robbery The Western is one of the classic American literary and film genres. ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... The Hall of Great Western Performers is a Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. ... Bronze Wrangler The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum is a museum and art gallery, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, housing one of the largest collections of: Western, American cowboy, American rodeo, and American Indian; art, artifacts, and archival materials, in the world. ... Nickname: Capital of the New Century, O-K-C, O-City, O-C, Renaissance City Location in Oklahoma County and the state of Oklahoma. ...


Many cowboy stars rode the same horse in their films. A few of these horses, such as Roy Rogers' Trigger and The Lone Ranger's Silver, became stars in their own right. Trigger (1932- 3 July 1965) was a 15. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Silver was the name of the heros horse in the long-running radio, and later, television program The Lone Ranger. ...

See also: Artemus Ward Acord (April 17, 1890 - January 4, 1931) was an American silent film actor and rodeo champion. ... Rex Allen (December 31, 1920 – December 17, 1999) was an American actor, singer, and songwriter. ... Broncho Billy Anderson (March 21, 1880 – January 20, 1971) was an American actor, writer, director, and producer, who is best-known as the first star of the Western film genre. ... James Arness James Arness (originally Aurness) (born May 26, 1923 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an actor best known for portraying Marshal Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke for 20 years, a record length for a character on a single prime time show (though the length of time in a role is shared... Gene Autry. ... Jim Bannon was the first husband of American actress and comedienne Bea Benaderet. ... Wallace Beery (April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American actor, best known for his many cinema appearances. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Amanda Blake (born February 20, 1929; died August 16, 1989), was an American actress. ... Ward Bond (April 9, 1903 - November 5, 1960) was an American film actor. ... Richard Boone often played in Westerns and action films. ... Ernest Borgnine (born Ernest Effron Borgnino January 24, 1917[1][2] ) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. ... William Boyd on Topper William Boyd (June 5, 1895 - September 12, 1972) was an American actor. ... Walter Brennan (July 25, 1894 – September 21, 1974) was a three time Academy Award winning American actor. ... For other persons named Charles Bronson, see Charles Bronson (disambiguation). ... Johnny Mack Brown (September 1, 1904 – November 14, 1974) was an All-American college football player and successful film actor. ... Yul Brynner (July 11, 1920[1] – October 10, 1985) was a Russian-born Broadway and Academy Award-winning Hollywood actor. ... Smiley Burnette (March 18, 1911 – February 16, 1967) was an American singer and songwriter who could play as many as 100 different musical instruments as well as a highly successful comedic actor in western-style films. ... Yakima Canutt (November 29, 1896 - May 24, 1986) was an actor and stunt man in Hollywood movies of the 1920s through the 1950s. ... Harry Carey (January 16, 1878–September 21, 1947) was an American actor and one of silent films earliest superstars. ... Harry Carey, Jr. ... Rory Calhoun (born Francis Timothy McCown Durgin on August 8, 1922 – April 28, 1999) was born in Los Angeles, California. ... Leo Carrillo, born August 6, 1880 in Los Angeles, California - died September 10, 1961 in Santa Monica, California, was an actor and conservationist. ... The Cisco Kid was a popular radio, television and film series based on the fictional Western character created by author O. Henry in his short story The Caballeros Way, published in 1907 in the short story collection Heart of the West. ... Kid Chissell (1905-1987), boxing champion, actor, and dance marathon champion. ... James Coburn in Sam Peckinpahs Cross of Iron (1977). ... Chuck Connors Kevin Joseph Aloysius Connors, better known by his professional name of Chuck Connors (April 10, 1921 – November 10, 1992), was an American actor and professional basketball and baseball player. ... Gary Cooper (born Frank James Cooper May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961) was a two-time Academy Award-winning American film actor of English heritage. ... Sergio Corbucci (December 6, 1927 - December 1, 1990) was an Italian movie director. ... Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American film actor and director who has often produced his own films. ... Gail Davis as Annie Oakley Gail Davis (born October 5, 1925; died March 15, 1997) was an American actress. ... Annie Oakley (August 13, 1860 – November 3, 1926) b. ... For the Emmerdale actor, see Andy Devine (actor). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... James Stewart and Marlene Dietrich Destry Rides Again is a 1939 western film directed by George Marshall, starring James Stewart, Marlene Dietrich, Mischa Auer, Charles Winninger, Brian Donlevy, Allen Jenkins, Irene Hervey and Una Merkel. ... Brian Donlevy in The Big Combo Brian Donlevy (born Waldo Bruce Donlevy on February 9, 1901 in Cleveland, Ohio, died April 6, 1972 in Woodland Hills, California) was an American actor, known for many film roles from the 1930s to the 1960s. ... Clint Eastwood (born Clinton Eastwood, Jr. ... Jack Elam in Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) Jack Elam was an American film actor appearing mostly in westerns. ... Sam Elliott (born Samuel Pack Elliott on August 9, 1944 in Sacramento, California) is an American film and television actor, usually recognised by his tall, thin, rough-hewn physique, a thick handlebar moustache and a gruff speaking voice. ... --162. ... Buttermilk & Dale Evans Buttermilk (1941-1972) was a light buckskin Quarter Horse with dark points, made famous in American Western films with his owner/rider, cowgirl star Dale Evans. ... Rhonda Fleming Rhonda Fleming (born August 10, 1923), nicknamed the Queen of Technicolor, is an American actress. ... Henry Jaynes Fonda (May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was a highly acclaimed Academy Award-winning American film actor, best known for his roles as plain-speaking idealists. ... John Ford (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973) was an American film director famous for westerns such as Stagecoach and The Searchers and adaptations of such classic 20th century American novels as The Grapes of Wrath. ... Ben Gage (b. ... James Garner (born James Scott Baumgarner on April 7, 1928) is an American film and television actor. ... Hoot Gibson (August 6, 1892 - August 23, 1962) was a rodeo champion and a pioneer cowboy film actor, director and producer. ... Ty Hardin in Cheyenne Ty Hardin Ty Hardin was born in New York City on January 1, 1930. ... Wiliam Surrey Hart Movie poster for Harts 1916 western The Aryan in which he played a white (Anglo-Saxon) member of a Mexican gang, having turned against his own people. ... Howard Hawks (May 30, 1896 – December 26, 1977) was an American film director, producer and writer of the classic Hollywood era. ... George Francis Gabby Hayes (May 7, 1885–February 9, 1969) was an American actor. ... William Holden (April 17, 1918 – ca. ... Jennifer Holt Jennifer Holt (November 10, 1920 - September 21, 1997) was an American actress. ... Tim Holt (February 5, 1919 – February 15, 1973) was an American film actor. ... Jack Hoxie Jack Hoxie (January 11, 1885 - March 28, 1965) was a notable rodeo performer and motion picture actor whose career was most prominent in the silent film era of the 1910s through the 1930s. ... Herbert Jeffreys (born September 24, 1911 in Detroit, Michigan) is a Black American jazz singer and actor. ... Ben Johnson Jr. ... Buck Jones (born Charles Gebhart, December 4, 1889, Vincennes, Indiana; d. ... Jack Kelly (September 16, 1927—November 7, 1992 in Astoria, Queens, New York) was an American film and television actor most noted for the role of Bart Maverick in the TV series Maverick, which ran on ABC from 1957 to 1962. ... Maverick is a comedy-western television series created by Roy Huggins that ran from September 22, 1957 to July 8, 1962 on ABC and featured James Garner, Roger Moore, and Jack Kelly as poker-playing travelling gamblers. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Lash La Rue (born June 15, 1917 - died May 21, 1996) Lash La Rue Born Alfred LaRue in Gretna, Louisiana, USA of Cajun ancestry, he was raised in various towns throughout Louisiana but in his teens the family moved to Los Angeles, California where he attended St. ... Sergio Leone (January 3, 1929 – April 30, 1989) was an Italian film director who is considered by many to be on the short list of the greatest film directors of all time. ... The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Italian: ) is a 1966 Italian epic spaghetti Western directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach in the title roles. ... Ann Little (February 7, 1891 - May 21, 1984) was an American film actress whose career was most prolific during the silent film era of the early 1910s through the early 1920s. ... Guy Madison Guy Madison (January 19, 1922 - February 6, 1996) was an American film and television actor. ... For other people with similar names, see Wild Bill. ... Anthony Mann (June 30, 1906 - April 29, 1967), was an American actor and film director. ... Ken Maynard Ken Maynard (July 21, 1895 – March 23, 1973) was an American motion picture stuntman and actor. ... Douglas Osborne McClure (May 11, 1935-February 5, 1995) was an American actor whose career in film and television extended from the 1950s to the 1990s. ... Tim McCoy (born April 10, 1891 - died January 29, 1978 ) was an American actor. ... Joel McCrea in Foreign Correspondent Joel Albert McCrea, (November 5, 1905 - October 20, 1990) was an American film actor. ... One of McMurtrys bookstores in Archer City, Texas Larry McMurtry (born June 3, 1936 in Wichita Falls, Texas) is an Academy Award winning screenwriter, American novelist and essayist. ... Steve McQueen (March 24, 1930 – November 7, 1980) was an American movie actor, nicknamed The King of Cool. He was one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1960s and 1970s due to a popular anti-hero persona. ... Thomas Edwin Mix (born Thomas Hezikiah Mix) (January 6, 1880 – October 12, 1940) was an American film actor and the star of many early Western movies. ... George Montgomery (August 29, 1916 - December 12, 2000) was an American painter, sculptor, furniture craftsman, and stuntman who is best known as an actor in western style film and television. ... Clayton Moore (September 14, 1914 - December 28, 1999) was an American actor best known for playing the fictional western character The Lone Ranger. ... Silver was the name of the heros horse in the long-running radio, and later, television program The Lone Ranger. ... For other persons named Roger Moore, see Roger Moore (disambiguation). ... Maverick is a comedy-western television series created by Roy Huggins that ran from September 22, 1957 to July 8, 1962 on ABC and featured James Garner, Roger Moore, and Jack Kelly as poker-playing travelling gamblers. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Franco Nero Franco Nero (born November 23, 1941) is an Italian actor. ... Warren Oates (July 5, 1928 - April 3, 1982) was an American character actor. ... Hugh OBrian Hugh OBrian (born April 19, 1925) is an American actor. ... Edmond OBrien (September 10, 1915–May 9, 1985) was an American film actor who is perhaps best remembered for his role in D.O.A.. Born in New York, New York, OBrien made his film debut in 1938, and gradually built a career as a highly regarded supporting... George OBrien, right, with actor Johnny Weissmuller. ... Maureen OHara Maureen OHara (born Maureen FitzSimons) on August 17, 1920 is an Irish film actress. ... Fess Parker (born August 16, 1924) is an American film and television actor. ... Eldred Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an Oscar-winning American film actor. ... David Samuel Sam Peckinpah (February 21, 1925 – December 28, 1984) was an American film director. ... Slim Pickens riding the bomb in the movie Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Louis Bert Lindley, Jr. ... Duncan Renaldo (April 23, 1904 - September 3, 1980) was an American actor. ... The Cisco Kid was a popular radio, television and film series based on the fictional Western character created by author O. Henry in his short story The Caballeros Way, published in 1907 in the short story collection Heart of the West. ... Tex Ritter Tex Ritter (January 12, 1905 – January 2, 1974) was an American country singer and actor. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Dale Evans & Roy Rogers Leonard Franklin Slye (November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998), who became famous as Roy Rogers, was a singer and cowboy actor. ... Trigger (1932- 3 July 1965) was a 15. ... John Russell (January 3, 1921 – January 19, 1991) was an American actor most noted for playing Marshal Dan Troop in the western television series Lawman from 1958 to 1962. ... The neutrality of this article is disputed. ... Alfred St. ... Marin Sais in a circa 1915-1918 publicity photograph. ... Randolph Scott (January 23, 1898 – March 2, 1987) was an American motion picture actor whose career spanned from 1928 to 1962. ... Jay Silverheels (June 26, 1912 – March 5, 1980) was a Canadian Mohawk Indian actor. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Barbara Stanwyck (July 16, 1907 – January 20, 1990) was an American film/television actress. ... The Big Valley was a television Western which ran on ABC from 1965 through 1969. ... Charles Starrett played the part of the Durango Kid many years ago. ... Charles Starrett (March 28, 1903 - March 22, 1986) was an American actor best known for his starring role in the Durango Kid Columbia Pictures western series. ... Jimmy Stewart, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1934 James Maitland Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an American film actor beloved for his persona as an average guy who faces adversity and tries to do the right thing, an image which was largely reflected in his own... Winchester 73 is an American western movie from 1950. ... Dub Taylor (February 26, 1907—October 3, 1994) was a prolific American character actor who worked extensively in Westerns. ... Lee Van Cleef (January 9, 1925 – December 16, 1989) was an American film actor, who appeared mostly in Western and action pictures. ... Lupe Vélez (July 18, 1908 – December 13, 1944) was a Mexican actress. ... Eli Herschel Wallach (born December 7, 1915) is an American film, TV and stage actor. ... John Wayne (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), born Marion Robert Morrison[1] and later changed to Marion Michael Morrison, popularly known as the Duke, was an iconic, Academy Award winning, American film actor. ... True Grit by Charles Portis first appeared as a 1968 short story in The Saturday Evening Post. ... William Dennis Weaver (June 4, 1924 â€” February 24, 2006) is an Emmy Award-winning actor and was an American television actor, best known for his roles as sidekick Chester Goode from 1955 to 1964 on TVs first adult Western Gunsmoke, as Marshal Sam McCloud on the NBC police drama... Dan White (March 25, 1908 — July 7, 1980) was an American actor. ... Raymond Otis Whitley b. ... James Robert (Bob) Wills (March 6, 1905 – May 13, 1975) was an American country musician, songwriter, and big band leader. ... Chill Wills (July 18, 1903 in Seagoville, Texas – December 15, 1978) was an actor and singer in the Avalon Boys Quartet. ... Grant Withers, (January 17, 1905, Pueblo, Colorado – March 27, 1959, North Hollywood, California), born Granville G. Withers, was a prolific American film actor with a sizeable body of work. ...


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Preservation of Historical Films SMPE (1086 words)
Films of these latter-day events have been made, and most of them still exist.
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Westerns are arts works (films, books, television shows, and paintings right off; see Frederic Remington; we focus on movies) devoted to telling romanticized tales of the American West (see Westward Expansion in History of the United States).
Western movies, usually filmed in desolate corners of Arizona, Utah, Wyoming or Colorado, made the landscape not just a vivid backdrop but a character in the movie.
In the United States, the western has had an extremely rich history that spans many genres (comedy, drama, tragedy, parody, musical, etc.) The golden age of the western film is epitomised by the work of two directors: John Ford (who often used John Wayne for lead roles) and Howard Hawks.
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