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Cowboy Stars & Actors, G-Z

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Selected Western Movies, to 1960

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Selected Western Movies, from 1961
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Cowboy  Stars  &  Actors,  G to Z
Wikipedia's Notable Figures In Western Films

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won Best Actor Oscar for "It Happened One Night" [1934]    Clark Gable [1901-60] Page
at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store

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spaghetti Western star Gianni Garko [b. 1935]
most famous for the Italian 'Sartana' Westerns series, 1968-70
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

'The Complete Sartana' DVD box set  "The Complete Sartana" DVD Box Set [2018]  6/2018
Arrow Video Blu-ray set [6/2018] 5 disks for $62.89
Limited Edition (2500 copies) Blu-ray set that contains 2K restorations of all five 'Sartana' feature films, with newly-translated English subtitles: "If You Meet Sartana . . . Pray for Your Death" [1968]; "I Am Sartana, Your Angel of Death" [1969]; "I Am Sartana . . . Trade Your Guns For A Coffin" [Aug 1970] starring George Hilton; "Have A Good Funeral, My Friend . . . Sartana Will Pay" [Oct 1970]; and "Light The Fuse . . . Sartana Is Coming" [Dec 1970]; tons of extras, including audio commentary, nine inter-views, new video essay, photo galleries, and an illustrated booklet

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'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore's
Hoot Gibson [1892-1962] Page
  Hoot Gibson's horses: Starlight & Goldie

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Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez [1925-2006]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

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'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore's
silent movie cowboy star
William S. Hart [1864-1946] Page
  William S. Hart's horse: Fritz

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George 'Gabby' Hayes [1885-1969]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

JW's Gabby Hayes fansite

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Pat Hingle [1924-2008]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

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Tim Holt [1918-73]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

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silent movie cowboy star Jack Hoxie [1885-1965]  Jack Hoxie's horse: Fender  Jack Hoxie's other horse: Dynamite
ex-rodeo star Jack Hoxie made 120 movies between 1913 and 1933
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

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Western stuntman Loren Janes
co-founder of the Stuntmen's Association of Motion Pictures & Television in 1961
IMDb listing • no entry at Wikipedia

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singer & cowboy actor Herb Jeffries [1913-2014]
IMDb listing • official website • Wikipedia

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won Best Actor Oscar for "The Last Picture Show" [1971]  Ben Johnson [1918-96]
Westerns on VHS • Westerns on DVD
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

http://benjohnsonscreencaps.shutterfly.com/

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Alan Ladd [1913-64]
Westerns on VHS • Westerns on DVD • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

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Allan 'Rocky' Lane [1909-73]  Rocky Lane's horse: Black Jack
IMDb listing

Allan 'Rocky' Lane / Republic's Action Ace book by Chuck Thornton  
"Allan 'Rocky' Lane: Republic's Action Ace" [1990]
by Chuck Thornton

Empire Publng 11¼x8¾ hardcover [8/90] out of print/used
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Alfred 'Lash' LaRue [1917-96]  Lash LaRue's horses: Rush & Black Diamond
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Lash LaRue King of The Bullwhip book by Chuck Thornton & David Rothel  
"Lash LaRue: King of The Bullwhip" [1988]
by Chuck Thornton & David Rothel

Empire Publng pb [2/89] for $15.00
Empire Publng 11x8¼ hardcover [5/2003] for $16.50
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cowboy serial actor Rex Lease [1903-66]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

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Guy Madison [1922-96]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

official Guy Madison website

starred as 'Wild Bill' Hickok with Andy Devine on
"The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok" TV series [1951-58]

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won Best Actor Oscar for "Cat Ballou" [1965]  Lee Marvin [1924-87]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

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Ken Maynard [1895-1973]  Ken Maynard's horse: Tarzan
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Ken Maynard Western Classics DVD box set  "Ken Maynard Western Classics" DVD Box Set [2009]
Alpha Home Ent. b&w DVD set [11/2009] for $19.99
contains 5 b&w feature films: "Two Gun Man" [1931]; "Phantom
Thunderbolt" [1932]; "Fargo Express" [1933]; "Honor of The Range"
[1934]; and "Lightning Strikes West" [1940]
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'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore's
cowboy movie star
Col. Tim McCoy [1891-1978] Page
  Tim McCoy's horses: snow-white Pal in early films  Tim McCoy's horses: black stallion Baron in the 'Rough Riders' films  Tim McCoy's horses: black Ace in later 'Rough Riders' films

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Joel McCrea [1905-90]
Westerns/DVD • Westerns/VHS • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

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Steve McQueen [1930-1980]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia
browse 'Wanted: Dead or Alive' TV series on DVD

'Steve McQueen Online' fansite

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'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore's
silent movie cowboy star
Tom Mix [1880-1940] Page
  Tom Mix's horse: Old Blue  Tom Mix's horse: Tony  Tom Mix's horse: Tony Jr.

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rodeo trick roper Montie Montana [1910-98]  Montie Montana's pinto horse: Rex
IMDb listing
Fond Memory Dept.: Montie Montana appeared at my elementary school, circa 1954

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Clayton Moore [1914-99]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore's 'The Lone Ranger & Tonto' Page  The Lone Ranger's horse: Silver

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Hugh O'Brian [1925-2016]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

"The Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp" [1955-61 TV series]
series credits at IMDb

'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore's Wyatt Earp [1848-1929] Page

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Cliff Parkinson [1898-1950]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

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won Best Actor Oscar for "To Kill A Mockingbird" [1962]  Gregory Peck [1916-2003]
Westerns on DVD • Westerns on VHS
Hwd Collxn video • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

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Slim Pickens {real name Louis Bert Lindley, Jr.} [1919-83]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

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singing cowboy Tex Ritter [1905-74]  Tex Ritter's horse: White Flash

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Dale Robertson []

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singing cowboy Roy Rogers [1911-98]  Roy Rogers's horse: Trigger
Roy Rogers made 88 feature films and 104 half-hour TV shows
books • browse music •
IMDb listing • official website • Wikipedia
annual Roy Rogers Festival [June] in Portsmouth, OH
'Happy Trails' theme song {55 sec.} by Roy & chorus
Happy Trails Children's Foundation [est. 1982] of Apple Valley, California

Dale Evans [1912-2001]  Dale Evans's horse: Buttermilk
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

"Young Bill Hickock" [Republic Pictures Oct 1940]
Young Bill Hickock 1940 movie starring Roy Rogers & Gabby Hayes  While the United States is busy with the Civil War, young Western freight line agent Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane and her crusty uncle fend off robbers who are after the gold shipment and foreign agents who are stealing land • Co-produced & directed by Joseph Kane; starring Roy Rogers {as 'Wild Bill' Hickok}, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Julie Bishop, John Miljan, Sally Payne, Archie Twitchell, Monte Blue, Iron Eyes Cody, fiddler Spade Cooley & Trigger the Horse; seven songs • full credits at IMDb
A.F.A. Ent. widescreen b&w DVD [12/2009] for $14.95
Westlake Ent. Group b&w DVD [2004] for $7.14
Good Times Video / Happy Trails Theatre b&w DVD [11/2003] for $4.99
Alpha Video b&w DVD [1/2003] for $7.98
Good Times Video / Happy Trails Theatre b&w VHS [11/2003] out of prodn/used

"Robin Hood of The Pecos" [Republic Pictures Jan 1941]
poster for 'Robin Hood of the Pecos' 1941 Western movie starring Roy Rogers  Filmed in Simi Valley and at Vasquez Rocks near Los Angeles, California; after the Civil War ends, the territorial governor declares martial law in West Texas; a Union Army officer declares amnesty and is then killed, with blame placed on Roy and Gabby and Belle Starr . . . • Directed by Joseph Kane; written by Olive Cooper & Hal Long; starring Roy Rogers, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Marjorie Renyolds, Cy Kendall, Leigh Whipper, Sally Payne, Eddie Acuff, Spade Cooley, and Trigger the Horse
Republic Pictures b&w DVD [5/2003] for $5.58
Republic Pictures b&w DVD [6/2003] for $9.99
Synergy Ent. b&w DVD-R [7/2008] for $9.99
full credits at IMDb

"Trail of Robin Hood" musical Western film [Republic Pictures Dec 1950]
poster for 'Trail of Robin Hood' 1950 Western movie starring Roy Rogers  Filmed in Trucolor™ at Big Bear Valley near Los Angeles, California; retired cowboy movie star Jack Holt raises Christmas trees for sale at prices that anybody can afford, so his competition tries to shut him down; appearances by many old-time cowboy actors. Directed by William Witney; written by Gerald Geraghty; starring Roy Rogers, Penny Edwards, Gordon Jones, Emory Parnell, Clifton Young, James Magill, Carol Nugent, Ed Cassidy, The Riders of The Purple Sage band, Roy's dog Bullet, and Trigger the Horse, with Rex Allen, Allan 'Rocky' Lane, Monte Hale, William Farnum, Tom Tyler, Ray Corrigan, Kermit Maynard, Tom Keene, Jack Holt, George Chesebro & Foy Willing as themselves
Good Times Video color DVD [7/2004] out of prodn/used
Lions Gate color VHS [5/95] out of prodn/used
full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia

Roy Rogers 20-Movie Pack DVD box set  "The Roy Rogers Collection - 20-Movie Pack" [2006]
Mill Creek Ent. DVD box set [4/2006] 4 disks for $8.49 [sic]
includes "The Arizona Kid" [1939], "Bells of Rosarita" [1945], "Bells of San Angelo" [1947], "Billy The Kid Returns" [1938] {as Billy The Kid}, "The Carson City Kid" [1940], "Colorado" [1940], "Cowboy and The Senorita" [1944], "Days of Jesse James" [1939], "Hands Across The Border" [1944], "Heldorado" [1946], "In Old Caliente" [1939], "King of The Cowboys" [1943], "Lights of Old Santa Fe" [1944], "My Pal Trigger" [1946], "Robin Hood of The Pecos" [1941], "Rough Riders' Round-Up" [1939], "Sheriff of Tombstone" [1941], "Under California Stars" [1948], "Utah" [1945], and "Young Bill Hickok" [1940]
Ultimate Roy Rogers cowboy movie collection DVD box set  "The Ultimate Roy Rogers Collection: King of The Cowboys" [2007]
Passport DVD box set [4/2007] 5 disks for $14.99
includes "Apache Rose" [1947] §; "The Arizona Kid" [1939]; "Bad Man of Deadwood" [1941]; "The Bells of San Angelo" [1947]; "Days of Jesse James" [1939]; "The Far Frontier" [1948]; "The Gay Ranchero" [1948]; "Grand Canyon Trail" [1948]; "Heart of The Golden West" [1942] §; "Home In Oklahoma" [1946] with Dale Evans §; "King of The Cowboys" [1943]; "My Pal Trigger" [1946]; "The Ranger and The Lady" [1940]; "Robin Hood of The Pecos" [1941]; "Roll On Texas Moon" [1946]; "Sheriff of Tombstone"
[1941]; "Silver Spurs" [1943] §; "Springtime In The Sierras" [1947]; "Under California Skies" [1948]; "Wall Street Cowboy" [1939] §; "West of The Badlands" [1940]; "The Yellow Rose of Texas" [1944] with Dale Evans; "Young Bill Hickock" [1940]; "Young Buffalo Bill" [1940] { § symbol means 'first time on DVD' }


Roy Rogers Happy Trails Collection 20-movie DVD box set  "Roy Rogers: The Happy Trails Collection" 20-movie DVD Box Set [2019]
'authorized by the Roy Rogers Estate' compiled with the assistance of Roy 'Dusty' Rogers Jr. and Jeffrey Kramer, president of the Roy Rogers Family Entertainment Corporation; seems to be the same as the heavily-edited Timeless release from 2010; extras include commentary by Roy & Dale before each film, Museum Tour video, "Sidekicks" docufilm
b&w/color DVD set [3/2019] 4 disks for $11.99
contains 8 color & twelve b&w feature films on four disks: "Young Bill Hickok" [1940]; color "Sons of The Pioneers" [1942]; "Cowboy and The Senorita" [1944]; "Don't Fence Me In" [1945]; "Along The Navajo Trail" [1945] director Frank McDonald; "Man From Oklahoma" [1945]; "Sunset In El Dorado" [1945]; "Rainbow Over Texas" [1946]; color "Down Dakota Way" [1949] director William Witney; color "The Golden Stallion" [1949]; color "Susanna Pass" [1949] director William Witney; color "Trigger, Jr." [1950]; color "Bells of Coronado" [1950] director William Witney; color "Trail of Robin Hood" [1950] with Tim Holt; color "Twilight In The Sierras" [1950]; "North of The Great Divide" [1950]; "Pals of The Golden West" [1951]; "South of Caliente" [1951]; "In Old Amarillo"
[1951] director William Witney; and "Spoilers of The Plains" [1951]

                               

video version of "Hoppy, Gene & Me" [1974?] sung by Roy Rogers
watch/listen [2:42] for free at YouTube

16 Great Songs of The Old West album on CD by Roy Rogers & Dale Evans  "16 Great Songs of The Old West" [1998] by Roy Rogers & Dale Evans
Drive Archive music CD [7/98] 16 tracks for $14.99
Image Ent. music CD [7/2001] 16 tracks for $25.00
Liberty Intl./Drive Ent. MP-3 album download [7/2007] 16 tracks for $9.49
Golden Records vinyl LP album [undated] out of prodn/used
contains 16 monaural songs: "Song Wagon", "I Ride An Old Paint", "Whopee Ti Yi Yo", "Home On The Range", "The Old Chisholm Trail", "Colorado Trail", "The Railroad Corral", "Tumbling Tumbleweeds", "Cool Water", "The Streets of Laredo", "The Night Herding Song", "Red River Valley", "Lone Doney Gal", "Goodbye Old Paint", "Bury Me Out On The Lone Prairie", and "The Cowman's Prayer"

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"Roy Rogers" radio program [1944-55] 22 episodes on CD

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John Russell [1921-91]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

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Red Ryder  Red Ryder's horse: Thunder & Li'l Beaver  Li'l Beaver's horse: Papoose
comic strip, 1938-64; comic books, 1940-57; feature films, 1940-50; radio series, 1942-51

visit 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore's Red Ryder & Little Beaver Page

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'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore's
Randolph Scott [1898-1987] Page
  Randolph Scott's horse: a blond sorrel named Stardust

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'Sons of The Pioneers' band
browse music • videos/DVDs • search on keywords 'Sons+of+The+Pioneers' at IMDb • Wikipedia

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Bob Steele bucking bronc poster  Bob Steele [1907-88]  Bob Steele's horse: Brownie
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

27"x40" Bob Steele poster available at Amazon

Bob Steele entry at Chuck's Old Corral

"The Films of Bob Steele" [] by Bob Nareau

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won Best Actor Oscar for "The Philadelphia Story" [1940]  won Honorary Oscar 1985    James Stewart [1908-97]
Westerns on DVD • Westerns on VHS
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

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stuntman-actor Woody Strode [1914-94]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Goal Dust autobiography by Woody Strode  
"Goal Dust: The Warm & Candid Memoirs of A Pioneer
Black Athlete & Actor" autobiography [1990]
by Woody Strode & Sam Young

Madison Books 9x6 hardcover [6/90] out of print/used
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'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore's
silent movie cowboy star
Fred Thomson [1890-1928] Page
  Fred Thomson's horse: Silver King

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silent movie cowboy star Tom Tyler [1903-54]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

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Lee Van Cleef [1925-89]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

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Clint Walker [1927-2018]
IMDb listing • official Walker website • Wikipedia

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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  won Best Actor Oscar as Rooster Cogburn in "True Grit" [1969]    'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore's
John Wayne [1907-79] Page

listed as Amazon bestselling action star in 2008

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Guy Williams as 'Zorro' photo poster  Guy Williams [1924-89]
IMDb listing • 'Zorro' entry at Wikipedia

Readers of The Purple Sage Western Bookstore's 'El Zorro' Page

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Chill Wills [1903-78]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia


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