Raised on a cattle ranch in Montana. Educated at Stanford and the University of Nevada as an engineer. Washed out as an Army pilot. Toured the country in rodeos as a saddle bronc rider. Broke his neck in a horsefall in his 20s, but didn't know it until his 40s. Chosen along with Tex Ritter from a rodeo at Madison Square Garden in New York to appear in the Broadway play "Green Grow the Lilacs", the play from which the musical "Oklahoma" was later ...
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Stagecoach
As Cavalryman (uncredited)
The Ice Pirates
As Elderly Jason
Red River
As Simms Reeves
The Searchers
As Mose Harper
Runaway Train
As Old Con
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
As Western Character (uncredited)
The Music Man
As Undertaker
3 Godfathers
As Deputy Curly
Accused of Murder
As Les Fuller
The Big Sky
As Poordevil
McLintock!
As Curly Fletcher
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
As Old Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Horse Soldiers
As Deacon Clump
The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen
As Deputy
Sing Cowboy Sing
As Henchman
One-Eyed Jacks
As Doc
The Stranger from Arizona
As Skeeter
Dragoon Wells Massacre
As Hopi Charlie
Rio Lobo
As Hank - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Please Don't Eat the Babies
As Gramps Jebediah
Thunder Over Arizona
As Old Jonas
Scream
As John
The Notorious Mr. Monks
As Pete
Hellfire
Apache War Smoke
As Amber
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
As Butch Collins
The Man from Texas
As (uncredited)
Hittin' the Trail
As Sidekick Hank
Which Way Is Up?
As The Flunky
Smokey and the Bandit
As Trucker (uncredited)
The Quiet Gun
As Sampson
Frenchie
As Mr. Grady (uncredited)
Whispering Smith
Hondo and the Apaches
As Miner
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
As Liveryman
The Sainted Sisters
As Taub Beasley
Comin' Round the Mountain
As Shooting Match Official
Ghost Town Riders
As Tom 'Cherokee' Walton
Riders of Pasco Basin
As Townsman (uncredited)
Forty Guns
As Marshal John Chisum
Cahill: United States Marshal
As Albert, Valentine Stationmaster
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
As Old Geezer
Barbary Coast
As Barfly / Townsman (uncredited)
Come and Get It
As Lumberjack (uncredited)
Bullwhip
As Tex
The Cowboy and the Lady
As Cowhand Leonard (uncredited)
Roseanna McCoy
As Jacob (uncredited)
Sugarfoot
As Johnny Behind-the-Stove
Chisum
As Stationmaster Elwood
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
As Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)
True Grit
As R. Ryan - Undertaker (uncredited)
The Alamo
As Parson
The President's Analyst
As Dirty Old Man (uncredited)
Big Wednesday
As Shopping Cart
Frontier Town
As Henchman Buck
Hollywood Round-Up
As Saloon Set Extra
Bronco Billy
As Station Mechanic
Sergeant Rutledge
As Laredo (uncredited)
Spoilers of the Forest
As Pat Casey
Fort Apache
As Southern Recruit
The Night Riders
As Rancher
Reno
As Townsman
The Buckskin Lady
As Lon
Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride
As Henry Haggerty
Viva Cisco Kid
As Deputy
The Range Busters
As Cowhand
Rollin' Westward
As Slim Regan
When Willie Comes Marching Home
As American Legionnaire Band Leader (uncredited)
For the Service
As Henchman (uncredited)
Crime Wave
As Sweeney (uncredited)
Sundown on the Prairie
As Henchman Hank
Angel and the Badman
As Townsman (uncredited)
Robbers of the Range
As Stagecoach Attendant (uncredited)
The Great Moment
As Morton's Sign Painter - replaced Roscoe Ates (uncredited)
Father Is a Bachelor
As Finnegan (uncredited)
Cover Up
As Undertaker
The Indian Fighter
As Crazy Bear / Guardhouse Keeper
Lawless Breed
As The Deputy
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
As Clem (uncredited)
Triple Justice
As Townsman Outside Saloon
The Sea of Grass
As Bill - Salt Fork Townsman (uncredited)
Oklahoma Frontier
As Townsman
Chip of the Flying U
As Cowhand
Brigham Young
As Mormon Cheering Porter
Gaucho Serenade
As Farmer Driving Jalopy
The Californian
As Ruiz Man
Big Jake
As Hank
Winners of the West
As Drunk
Good Times
As Kid
Northwest Passage
As Ranger Tying Oars
Hazard
As Man in Cheap Hotel (uncredited)
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
As Fiddler
Beyond Tomorrow
As Hospital Visitor (Uncredited)
Cross-Country Romance
As Wedding Witness
Black Market Rustlers
As Slim
Prairie Express
As Deputy Clint
Border Vigilantes
As Aunt Jennifer's Wagon Driver
Deep in the Heart of Texas
As Townsman
Woman of the North Country
As Tom Gordon
The Woman of the Town
As The Barber
A Lady Takes a Chance
As Waiter
Flesh and Fantasy
As Circus Spectator (uncredited)
Boots Malone
As Auto Mechanic
Yellow Sky
As Rancher, Bank Customer (uncredited)
The Fighting Kentuckian
As Abner Todd
The Legend of Frank Woods
As Slim
Duel in the Sun
As Party Guest (uncredited)
The Hanged Man
As Ab Wickes
So Proudly We Hail
As Soldier on Troop Ship (Uncredited)
Undercurrent
As Telegram Delivery Man (uncredited)
Big Daddy
Every Which Way but Loose
As Trailer Court Manager
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
As Joe (uncredited)
Hammett
As Pool Room Attendant
Tap Roots
As Cropper (uncredited)
Black Noon
As Joseph
Joe Palooka in Triple Cross
As Hard-of-Hearing Farmer
UFOria
As Colonel
Big Bad John
As Good Ole Boy
Wagon Master
As Luke Clegg
Space Rage
As Old Codger
Once Upon a Texas Train
As Old Timer
Almost an Angel
As Pop
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
As Self
Zachariah
As Old Cowboy (uncredited)
Green Acres
Twin Peaks
As Waiter
Knight Rider
As Slim
The Beverly Hillbillies
Petticoat Junction
As Farmer
Gunsmoke
As Claude
The Lone Ranger
As Rusty Bates
Rawhide
As Driver
Daniel Boone
As Blue Belly (uncredited)
Lancer
Bronco
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Wagon Train
As Hank