Acting
Bill Nestell
Born March 3, 1893 · San Francisco, California, USA
Died October 18, 1966 · aged 73
No biography available.
Known For
Forbidden Trails · 1941Forbidden Trails
★ 5.61941
MovieActionWestern
Two ex-cons plan to kill the range rider marshal who sent them to prison and, when their plan fails, join forces with their former boss, a crooked saloon owner who has the same idea.
Dick Tracy's G-Men · 1939Dick Tracy's G-Men
★ 5.31939
MovieActionCrime
A mad doctor named Zanoff uses a drug to bring himself back from the dead after his execution in prison. Dick Tracy sets out to capture Zanoff before he can put his criminal gang back together again.
The Night Riders · 1939The Night Riders
★ 5.81939
MovieHistoryWestern
Talbot uses a phony land grant to rule thirteen million acres, taxing everyone heavily and evicting those who won't pay. The Three Mesquiteers becomes mysterious "night riders" to fight this evil.
In Old California · 1942In Old California
★ 5.31942
MovieActionRomance
Boston pharmacist Tom Craig comes to Sacramento, where he runs afoul of local political boss Britt Dawson, who exacts protection payment from the citizenry. Dawson frames Craig with poisoned medicine, but Craig redeems himself during a Gold Rush epidemic.
Belle of the Yukon · 1944Belle of the Yukon
★ 5.81944
MovieWesternComedy
Left by a con man, Belle De Valle, a dancer, finds him again in gold-rush Alaska running an honest casino/dance hall.
Melody Ranch · 1940Melody Ranch
★ 6.21940
MovieWestern
His Arizona hometown of Torpedo invites Gene back to be the honorary sheriff of the Frontier Days Celebration.
Gold Is Where You Find It · 1938Gold Is Where You Find It
★ 7.01938
MovieDramaRomance
Colonel Ferris, a wealthy farmer in northern California, is strongly opposed to hydraulic mining, a new method developed during the gold rush of the 1870's, which is flooding the area's prosperous farmlands. Despite Ferris' political stance, Jared Whitney, a mining engineer from the East, becomes friends with the colonel's son Lance and falls in love with his daughter Serena. Family tensions deepen when the colonel's brother Ralph gives up farming to go to San Francisco to work for his wife Rosanna's father, Harrison McCooey, a leader in the mining venture. When Lance follows Ralph, the colonel, focusing his anger on Jared, forbids him to see Serena.
Hell's Heroes · 1929Hell's Heroes
★ 7.11929
MovieWestern
Three bank robbers on the run happen across a woman about to give birth in an abandoned covered wagon. Before she dies, she names the three bandits as her newborn son's godfathers. Remade as Three Godfathers (1936) and 3 Godfathers (1949).
Movies
Forbidden Trails · 1941Forbidden Trails
★ 5.61941
MovieActionWestern
Two ex-cons plan to kill the range rider marshal who sent them to prison and, when their plan fails, join forces with their former boss, a crooked saloon owner who has the same idea.
Dick Tracy's G-Men · 1939Dick Tracy's G-Men
★ 5.31939
MovieActionCrime
A mad doctor named Zanoff uses a drug to bring himself back from the dead after his execution in prison. Dick Tracy sets out to capture Zanoff before he can put his criminal gang back together again.
The Night Riders · 1939The Night Riders
★ 5.81939
MovieHistoryWestern
Talbot uses a phony land grant to rule thirteen million acres, taxing everyone heavily and evicting those who won't pay. The Three Mesquiteers becomes mysterious "night riders" to fight this evil.
In Old California · 1942In Old California
★ 5.31942
MovieActionRomance
Boston pharmacist Tom Craig comes to Sacramento, where he runs afoul of local political boss Britt Dawson, who exacts protection payment from the citizenry. Dawson frames Craig with poisoned medicine, but Craig redeems himself during a Gold Rush epidemic.
Belle of the Yukon · 1944Belle of the Yukon
★ 5.81944
MovieWesternComedy
Left by a con man, Belle De Valle, a dancer, finds him again in gold-rush Alaska running an honest casino/dance hall.
Melody Ranch · 1940Melody Ranch
★ 6.21940
MovieWestern
His Arizona hometown of Torpedo invites Gene back to be the honorary sheriff of the Frontier Days Celebration.
Gold Is Where You Find It · 1938Gold Is Where You Find It
★ 7.01938
MovieDramaRomance
Colonel Ferris, a wealthy farmer in northern California, is strongly opposed to hydraulic mining, a new method developed during the gold rush of the 1870's, which is flooding the area's prosperous farmlands. Despite Ferris' political stance, Jared Whitney, a mining engineer from the East, becomes friends with the colonel's son Lance and falls in love with his daughter Serena. Family tensions deepen when the colonel's brother Ralph gives up farming to go to San Francisco to work for his wife Rosanna's father, Harrison McCooey, a leader in the mining venture. When Lance follows Ralph, the colonel, focusing his anger on Jared, forbids him to see Serena.
Hell's Heroes · 1929Hell's Heroes
★ 7.11929
MovieWestern
Three bank robbers on the run happen across a woman about to give birth in an abandoned covered wagon. Before she dies, she names the three bandits as her newborn son's godfathers. Remade as Three Godfathers (1936) and 3 Godfathers (1949).
New Frontier · 1939New Frontier
★ 5.81939
MovieWestern
The Three Mesquiteers convince a group of settlers to exchange their present property for some which, unbeknownst to our goodguys, is going to be worthless. They are captured before they can warn the ranchers.
When the Law Rides · 1928When the Law Rides
★ 7.01928
MovieDramaWestern
1928 American silent Western film directed by Robert De Lacey.
The Ranger and the Lady · 1940The Ranger and the Lady
★ 7.31940
MovieActionWestern
While Sam Houston in in the nation's capital trying to get Texas into the Union, his aide is trying to impose a self-serving tax on the use of the Santa Fe trail. The lady owner of a wagon train is using the trail, and a Texas Ranger comes to her assistance.
The Woman of the Town · 1943The Woman of the Town
★ 6.41943
MovieWestern
Bat Masterson, who after failing to secure a job as a newspaper reporter becomes marshal of Dodge City. Preferring socializing to peacekeeping, Masterson falls in love with Dora Hand, the obligatory golden-hearted chorus girl whose concern for the welfare of her fellow citizens at time reaches Madonna-like dimensions. When Dora is shot down cattle baron King Kennedy, Masterson begins taking his job seriously. After taking care of Kennedy, Masterson determines to enshrine the memory of Dora, whose efforts to clean up Dodge City were largely ignored by the "decent" townsfolk.
North of the Rio Grande · 1937North of the Rio Grande
★ 6.71937
MovieWestern
Hoppy's brother has been murdered and he is on the trail of the murderers. To get them he makes himself seem to be a wanted man.
Frontier Pony Express · 1939Frontier Pony Express
★ 5.01939
MovieWestern
In the midst of the Civil War, Lassiter has a plan to get control of California. Working out of St. Joseph, he plans to send forged messages to the troops on the west coast via Pony Express. First he attempts to bribe Pony Express ride Roy Rogers. When Roy refuses he turns to the outlaw Johnson and his gang and this leads to trouble.
Buckskin Frontier · 1943Buckskin Frontier
★ 7.01943
MovieWestern
A railroad man and the owner of a freight line battle for control of a crucial mountain pass.
Border Patrol · 1943Border Patrol
★ 6.21943
MovieWestern
When three Texas Rangers try to investigate kidnapped Mexicans being used as forced labor in the mines of Silver Bullet, they are framed for murder by the town's corrupt sheriff.
Overland Mail · 1942Overland Mail
★ 10.01942
MovieWestern
Two investigators for a stagecoach company are assigned to find out why the company's stages keep being ambushed. They discover that the culprits are white men disguised as Indians, and they set out to discover who is behind the plot.
The Fourth Horseman · 1932The Fourth Horseman
★ 9.01932
MovieWestern
Retiring from a life of train robbing, Benjamin R. Jones takes over the ghost town of Stillwell, knowing full well that the property belongs to Molly O'Rourke. Enter horse wrangler Tom Mason, who smells a rat and does his best to unmask Jones as the crook he knows him to be. Molly at first falls for Jones' scheme, but confronts him when a general feeling of lawlessness sets in. The villain, alas, has an ace up his sleeve: Molly owes back taxes on her property, which is ripe for a takeover.
Rough Riders' Round-up · 1939Rough Riders' Round-up
★ 5.31939
MovieWestern
Roy Rogers is a cowboy who joins the Border Patrol, only to have his buddy Tommy get killed at a local saloon. Determined to get revenge at any cost, Roy and Rusty cross the border in search of Arizona Jack, the man responsible for Tommy's death.
Three Faces West · 1940Three Faces West
★ 5.51940
MovieDramaRomance
Viennese surgeon Dr. Braun and his daughter Leni come to a small town in North Dakota as refugees from Hitler. When the winds of the Dust Bowl threaten the town, John Phillips leads the townsfolk in moving to greener pastures in Oregon. He falls for Leni, but she is betrothed to the man who helped her and her father escape from the Third Reich. She must decide between the two men.
Calling Wild Bill Elliott · 1943Calling Wild Bill Elliott
★ 6.31943
MovieWestern
When territorial governor Steven Nichols (Herbert Heyes) terrorizes the population with violence and heavy taxes, the Culver family stands up to him, but after the family patriarch is murdered, wandering gunslinger Wild Bill Elliott (Wild Bill Elliott) is falsely accused of the crime.
Outlaws of the Desert · 1941Outlaws of the Desert
★ 6.01941
MovieWestern
Hoppy, Johnny and California go to Arabia to buy some horses. There they get involved with a sheik and a harem and a kidnapping plot.
Silver Queen · 1942Silver Queen
★ 6.01942
MovieWestern
A beautiful heiress is an excellent poker player. Her comfortable life changes when her father and his fortune die during market crash of the 1800's.
Adventures of Red Ryder · 1940Adventures of Red Ryder
★ 6.71940
MovieActionWestern
Calvin Drake employs a group of low-lifes to drive away land owners along the path of a new railroad; Red Ryder opposes this strategy.