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The Hall of Great Western Performers is a Hall of Fame at the The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum was established in 1955 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. ...National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in The State Capitol of Oklahoma Looking at Downtown Oklahoma City The Flag of Oklahoma City Oklahoma City (sometimes abbreviated as OKC) is the capitol and largest city of the state of Oklahoma in the United States of America. ...Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America¹, the States, or (archaically) Columbia — is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ...United States. It is sometimes referred to as the "Western Performers Hall of Fame". It is a 4,000 square foot (370,000 m²) presentation that explores the various ways the west has been interpreted in Literature is literally an acquaintance with letters as in the first sense given in the Oxford English Dictionary (from the Latin littera meaning an individual written character (letter)). The term has, however, generally come to identify a collection of texts. ...literature and 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 part of...film.
Honoring western performers who have contributed to the making and preservation of the stories and legends of the west, the gallery also displays a presentation of the A museum is a non_profit making, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education and enjoyment, the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment. ...museum's extensive collection of memorabilia, including the John Wayne (May 26, 1907 _ June 11, 1979), nicknamed Duke, was an American film actor whose career spanned the evolutionary phase of American cinema, appearing in silent movies and talkies alike. ...John Wayne collection of personal A firearm is a kinetic energy weapon that fires either a single or multiple projectiles propelled at high velocity by the gases produced by action of the rapid confined burning of a propellant. ...firearms and The Mona Lisa Although today the word art usually refers to the visual arts, the concept of what art is has continuously changed over centuries. ...artwork. Significant, biographically associated artifacts, from the 101 Ranch Wild West Show to more recent western films are part of the extensive holdings of movie 1942 US government war poster. ...posters and portraits.
Hall of Fame members _ (Year Inducted)
- Rex Allen, born December 31, 1920 _ died December 17, 1999, was an American actor, singer, and songwriter. ...Rex Allen _ (1983)
- Broncho Billy Anderson (March 21, 1880 – January 20, 1971) was an American actor, writer, director, and producer best known as the first star of the Western film genre. ...Broncho Billy Anderson _ (2002)
- Categories: Actor stubs | 1962 births | American actors | Child actors | Television actors ...Melissa Sue Anderson _ (1998)
- James Arness (originally Aurness) (born May 26, 1923 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an actor best known for portraying Marshal Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke, a role he played for 20 years, to this day the longest any actor has played the same role on the same show in prime time. ...James Arness _ (1981)
- Gene Autry (September 29, 1907 _ October 2, 1998) was an American performer who gained fame as The Singing Cowboy on the radio, in movies and on television. ...Gene Autry _ (1972)
- Amanda Blake (February 20, 1929–August 16, 1989), was an American actress. ...Amanda Blake _ (1968)
- Ward Bond (April 9, 1903 _ November 5, 1960) was an American film actor, noted especially for his roles working with longtime friends John Wayne and director John Ford, such as The Searchers, The Quiet Man, and Fort Apache. Categories: Stub | 1903 births | 1960 deaths | American actors ...Ward Bond _ (2001)
- Ernest Borgnine Ernest Borgnine (born January 24, 1917) is an American actor. ...Ernest Borgnine _ (1996)
- William Boyd (June 5, 1895–September 12, 1972) was an American actor who became famous playing squeaky clean cowboy Hopalong Cassidy. ...William Boyd _ (1995)
- Walter Brennan, (25 July 1894 _ 21 September 1974) was a veteran character actor, notably in westerns. ...Walter Brennan _ (1970)
- John Carradine (February 5, 1906 _ November 27, 1988) was an actor. ...John Carradine _ (2003)
- Harry Carey (16 January 1878–21 September 1947) was an actor who received an Oscar nomination for his role as the Vice President in Mr. ...Harry Carey _ (1976)
- Harry Carey, Jr. ...Harry Carey, Jr. _ (2003)
- Kevin Joseph Connors (April 10, 1921 - November 10, 1992) was an actor and professional basketball and baseball player. ...Chuck Connors _ (1991)
- Gary Cooper (May 7, 1901 _ May 13, 1961) was an American film actor who received five Academy Award nominations for Best Actor, winning twice. ...Gary Cooper _ (1966)
- Ken Curtis (July 2, 1916 _ April 29, 1991), Singer_Actor, best known as Festus of Gunsmoke fame. ...Ken Curtis _ (1981)
- Kirk Douglas (birth name Issur Danielovitch Demsky) (born December 9, 1916) is an American actor. ...Kirk Douglas _ (1984)
- James Drury - (1991)
- Jack Elam - (1994)
- Lucille Wood Smith name changed in infancy to Frances Octavia Smith famous as Dale Evans (31 October 1912 - 7 February 2001) was a prolific writer, movie star, singer/songwriter and the wife of singing cowboy Roy Rogers. ...Dale Evans _ (1976)
- Richard Farnsworth (September 1, 1920 _ October 6, 2000) was an American actor. ...Richard Farnsworth _ (1997)
- Hugh Farr - (1995)
- Karl Farr - (1995)
- Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford (born May 1, 1916), better known by his stage name Glenn Ford, is an actor. ...Glenn Ford _ (1978)
- Victor French (December 4, 1934 - June 15, 1989) was an American actor. ...Victor French _ (1998)
- James Garner on 8 Simple Rules James Garner (born April 7, 1928) is an American actor. ...James Garner _ (1990)
- Hoot Gibson ( August 6, 1892 _ August 23, 1962) was a rodeo champion and a pioneer cowboy film actor, director, and producer. ...Hoot Gibson _ (1979)
- Melissa Ellen Gilbert (born May 8, 1964) is an American actress. ...Melissa Gilbert _ (1998)
- Vince Gill (born April 12, 1957) is an American country music singer. ...Vince Gill _ (1997)
- Karen Grassle - (1998)
- Lindsay Greenbush - (1998)
- Sidney Greenbush - (1998)
- Categories: Actor stubs | 1872 births | 1946 deaths | Cinema actors | American actors ...William S. Hart _ (1975)
- George Francis Gabby Hayes (May 7, 1885–February 9, 1969) was an American actor. ...Gabby Hayes _ (2000)
- Tim Holt - (1991)
- Herb Jeffries - (2004)
- Ben Johnson (June 13, 1918 - April 8, 1996) was an American movie actor. ...Ben Johnson, Jr. _ ( 1982)
- Buck Jones - (1973)
- Michael Landon (October 31, 1936 - July 1, 1991), born Eugene Maurice Horowitz, was an American actor and director. ...Michael Landon _ (1998)
- Tim McCoy - (1973)
- Joel Albert McCrea, (November 5, 1905 - October 20, 1990) was an American film actor. ...Joel McCrea _ (1969)
- Reba Nell McEntire (born March 28, 1955) is one of the best_selling country music performers of the last half of the 20th century, best known for pop ballads that include eighteen American #1 hits. ...Reba McEntire _ (1995)
- There was also a fictional cowboy called Tom Mix in an early Western fiction scenario. ...Tom Mix _ (1958)
- Clayton Moore (1908? – December 28, 1999) was an American actor. ...Clayton Moore _ (1990)
- Audie Leon Murphy (June 20, 1924 – May 28, 1971) was the United States most decorated combat soldier of World War II. He later became an actor and songwriter. ...Audie Murphy _ (1996)
- Bob Nolan is an early 20th century country_western songwriter and performer who composed the memorable hits Tumblin Tumbleweeds and Cool Water. ...Bob Nolan _ (1995)
- Hugh O'Brian - (1992)
- Maureen O'Hara - (1993)
- Texas Jack Omohundro - (1994)
- Jack Palance (born Vladimir Palanuik) (born February 18, 1919) is an American actor. ...Jack Palance _ (1992)
- Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 _ June 12, 2003) was an American film actor. ...Gregory Peck _ (1979)
- Lloyd Perryman _ (1995)
- Louis Bert Lindley, Jr. ...Slim Pickens _ (1982)
- Order: 40th President Vice President: George H.W. Bush Term of office: January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989 Preceded by: Jimmy Carter Succeeded by: George H.W. Bush Date of birth: February 6, 1911 Place of birth: Tampico, Illinois Date of death: June 5, 2004 Place of death: Los Angeles...Ronald Reagan _ (1989)
- Tex Ritter Tex Ritter (January 12, 1905 – January 2, 1974) was an American country singer and actor. ...Tex Ritter _ (1980)
- Dale Robertson _ (1983)
- Leonard Frank Slye, famous as Roy Rogers (November 5, 1911 _ July 6, 1998), was a singing cowboy actor, massively famous in his time. ...Roy Rogers _ (1976)
- George Randolph Scott (January 23, 1898 _ March 2, 1987), generally known as Randolph Scott, was an American film actor whose career spanned the sound era from the late 1920s to the early 1960s. ...Randolph Scott _ (1975)
- Jay Silverheels (June 26, 1912–March 5, 1980) was a Canadian actor. ...Jay Silverheels _ (1993)
- The Sons of the Pioneers was a cowboy singing group founded in 1933 by Leonard Slye (better known by his later screen name Roy Rogers), with Tim Spencer and Bob Nolan. ...Sons of the Pioneers _ (1995)
- Tim Spencer - (1995)
- Barbara Stanwyck in Stella Dallas (1937 Barbara Stanwyck (born Ruby Katherine Stevens) (July 16, 1907 - January 20, 1990) was an American film and television actress. ...Barbara Stanwyck _ (1973)
- 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 personality. ...James Stewart _ (1972)
- Milburn Stone (July 5, 1904 _ June 12, 1980) was an American television actor, best known for his role as Doc (Doctor Galen Adams) on the western television series Gunsmoke. ...Milburn Stone _ (1981)
- Robert Taylor (August 5, 1911_June 8, 1969), was an American actor. ...Robert Taylor _ (1970)
- Clint Walker - (2004)
- John Wayne (May 26, 1907 - June 11, 1979), nicknamed Duke, was an American film actor whose career spanned the evolutionary phase of American cinema, appearing in silent movies and talkies alike. ...John Wayne _ (1974)
- Dennis Weaver (b. ...Dennis Weaver _ (1981)
- Richard Widmark (born December 26, 1914 in Sunrise, Minnesota) is an American film actor. ...Richard Widmark _ (2002)
See also 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. ...Notable figures in Western films
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