Acting
Milburn Morante
Born April 6, 1887 · San Francisco, California, USA
Died January 28, 1964 · aged 76
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.
Chasing Trouble · 1926Chasing Trouble
★ 9.01926
MovieActionAdventure
"Blizz" Ballard, summoned by the Homesteaders' League to track down a gang of cattle rustlers, arrives in Paradise Valley. In the saloon, he is taunted by Jerome Garrett, who hopes to intimidate him but is himself beaten in a fight. Ballard, after proving himself by riding an outlaw horse, is taken on at the Gregg ranch. Garrett, in the family's favor and admired by Emily, the judge's daughter, accuses Ballard of being a cattle thief, while his accomplices capture and torture the sheriff.
Decoy · 1946Decoy
★ 5.91946
MovieCrimeThriller
A fatally shot female gangleader recounts her sordid life of crime to a police officer just before she dies.
Aces and Eights · 1936Aces and Eights
★ 5.61936
MovieWesternAction
A card sharp steps in when a Mexican family's ranch is threatened by swindlers and cheats.
Cactus Trails · 1927Cactus Trails
★ 10.01927
MovieDramaWestern
Cactus Trails is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by Scott Pembroke.
Sign of the Wolf · 1941Sign of the Wolf
★ 7.01941
MovieDramaAdventure
Two German shepherds and their mistress (Grace Bradley) crash-land in Canada by a fox breeder's (Michael Whalen) farm.
The Corsican Brothers · 1941The Corsican Brothers
★ 7.01941
MovieAdventureDrama
Cultured Mario and outlaw Lucien, twins separated at birth, join forces to avenge their parents' death at the hands of evil Colonna. Because each feels all the same sensations experienced by the other, swordplay is difficult for them. Worse yet, raised very differently, they struggle to find common ground between their conflicting personalities. But to defeat their enemy, the two will have to overcome the obstacles and work as a team.
Short Grass · 1950Short Grass
★ 6.51950
MovieWestern
Steve Llewellyn hung up his guns after killing a man in self-defense, left Willow Creek and went on the drift for five years. Now he’s back. And the bad blood stirred up by his return and the violence caused by a cattleman’s grab for all the good grasslands mean Steve must strap on his sidearms again. Rod Cameron -- who became a marquee draw with a pair of espionage serials in the 1940s and went on to establish himself as a popular cowboy star -- makes Steve a hero to reckon with in Short Grass, one of the actor’s 10 films with busy shoot-‘em-up director Lesley Selander. Johnny Mack Brown, a sagebrush stalwart in his own right, plays the marshal who allies with Steve. Adding to the Western pedigree is costar Cathy Downs, who plays the title role in the iconic My Darling Clementine. Buffs will note other familiar faces, including Alan Hale, Jr., well remembered as the skipper who takes a “three-hour tour” to Gilligan’s Island.
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.
Chasing Trouble · 1926Chasing Trouble
★ 9.01926
MovieActionAdventure
"Blizz" Ballard, summoned by the Homesteaders' League to track down a gang of cattle rustlers, arrives in Paradise Valley. In the saloon, he is taunted by Jerome Garrett, who hopes to intimidate him but is himself beaten in a fight. Ballard, after proving himself by riding an outlaw horse, is taken on at the Gregg ranch. Garrett, in the family's favor and admired by Emily, the judge's daughter, accuses Ballard of being a cattle thief, while his accomplices capture and torture the sheriff.
Decoy · 1946Decoy
★ 5.91946
MovieCrimeThriller
A fatally shot female gangleader recounts her sordid life of crime to a police officer just before she dies.
Aces and Eights · 1936Aces and Eights
★ 5.61936
MovieWesternAction
A card sharp steps in when a Mexican family's ranch is threatened by swindlers and cheats.
Cactus Trails · 1927Cactus Trails
★ 10.01927
MovieDramaWestern
Cactus Trails is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by Scott Pembroke.
Sign of the Wolf · 1941Sign of the Wolf
★ 7.01941
MovieDramaAdventure
Two German shepherds and their mistress (Grace Bradley) crash-land in Canada by a fox breeder's (Michael Whalen) farm.
The Corsican Brothers · 1941The Corsican Brothers
★ 7.01941
MovieAdventureDrama
Cultured Mario and outlaw Lucien, twins separated at birth, join forces to avenge their parents' death at the hands of evil Colonna. Because each feels all the same sensations experienced by the other, swordplay is difficult for them. Worse yet, raised very differently, they struggle to find common ground between their conflicting personalities. But to defeat their enemy, the two will have to overcome the obstacles and work as a team.
Short Grass · 1950Short Grass
★ 6.51950
MovieWestern
Steve Llewellyn hung up his guns after killing a man in self-defense, left Willow Creek and went on the drift for five years. Now he’s back. And the bad blood stirred up by his return and the violence caused by a cattleman’s grab for all the good grasslands mean Steve must strap on his sidearms again. Rod Cameron -- who became a marquee draw with a pair of espionage serials in the 1940s and went on to establish himself as a popular cowboy star -- makes Steve a hero to reckon with in Short Grass, one of the actor’s 10 films with busy shoot-‘em-up director Lesley Selander. Johnny Mack Brown, a sagebrush stalwart in his own right, plays the marshal who allies with Steve. Adding to the Western pedigree is costar Cathy Downs, who plays the title role in the iconic My Darling Clementine. Buffs will note other familiar faces, including Alan Hale, Jr., well remembered as the skipper who takes a “three-hour tour” to Gilligan’s Island.
Bluebeard · 1944Bluebeard
★ 5.51944
MovieCrimeThriller
Young female models are being strangled. Will law enforcement be able to stop the crime wave before more women become victims?
The White Gorilla · 1945The White Gorilla
★ 4.51945
MovieActionAdventure
A white gorilla causes trouble in the deepest heart of Africa. The film uses footage from the silent 1927 serial Perils Of The Jungle.
Fugitive Valley · 1941Fugitive Valley
★ 6.01941
MovieWestern
The Range Busters have a plan to get into the outlaw's hideout in Fugitive Valley.
Dawn on the Great Divide · 1942Dawn on the Great Divide
★ 5.31942
MovieWestern
Buck Roberts is leading a wagon train of railroad supplies and Jim Corkle and his henchman Loder are out to stop them by using white men dressed as Indians for the attacks.
Convicted Woman · 1940Convicted Woman
★ 4.61940
MovieCrimeDrama
A reporter and a lawyer investigate a women's prison and help an inmate who does not belong there.
Abilene Trail · 1951Abilene Trail
★ 8.01951
MovieWestern
Whip Wilson rides again in the Monogram western Abilene Trail. Wilson and his grizzled sidekick Andy Clyde are accused of horse stealing, a hangin' offense around these here parts. Eluding the authorities, the boys take jobs at a ranch where the real crook is hiding out.
Custer's Last Stand · 1936Custer's Last Stand
★ 5.31936
MovieActionWestern
Kit Cardigan seeks the killer of his father...among other plot threads leading up to the famous historical incident.
Cyclone of the Saddle · 1935Cyclone of the Saddle
★ 5.81935
MovieWestern
Sent by the Army, Andy Thomas poses as a renegade to find out who has been harassing the wagon trains.
The Rangers Ride · 1948The Rangers Ride
★ 10.01948
MovieWestern
After the Texas Rangers are disbanded, the the reconstruction years following the Civil War, a private state-police force extorts money from the citizens in a "protection" scheme. Ex-Rangers Jimmy Wakely and "Cannonball" Taylor foil an arrest by state-police officers Hamon and Kelly. Commissioner Jed Brant tells his nephew that his old friend Jimmy is plotting against the law-and-order forces. Vic's fiancée and ranch-owner, Sheila Carol, refuses to sign up with the crooked police outfit, and believes Jimmy is an outlaw. On Chief Barton's order, Hamon shoots ex-Rangers Murphy and Payson, so they can be blamed for a raid on Sheila's ranch.
Wolves of the Range · 1943Wolves of the Range
★ 5.81943
MovieWestern
Dorn is after the rancher's land and is trying to stop Banker Brady from helping them. When his man Hammond kills Brady, there is a run on the bank. When Rocky volunteers to ride to the next town for money, he is ambushed by Dorn's men, loses his memory, and is jailed for supposedly stealing the money.
Down Texas Way · 1942Down Texas Way
★ 6.51942
MovieWestern
"The Rough Riders", has U. S. Marshals Buck Roberts (Buck Jones) and Tim McCall (Tim McCoy) coming to a Texas town to visit their friend, U. S. Marshal Sandy Hopkins (Raymond Hatton), only to learn that he has disappeared, and is suspected of the murder of John Dodge (Jack Daley), owner of practically the whole town, except the hotel Sandy owns and runs when he isn't on an assignment as a Marshal. The murder has been committed by the henchmen of Bart Logan (Harry Woods), who intends to take over the dead man's property and whose men are holding Sandy prisoner to make it appear that he fled after arguing with and killing Dodge. Just before the murder, Logan sent a letter to Dodge with the news that the latter's long-missing wife is returning, and in a short while, Stella (Lois Austin), a Logan accomplice, arrives posing as the missing Ann Dodge, thus establishing her right to the Dodge property. Sandy, allowed to escape, returns ... Written by Les Adams
Six Shootin' Sheriff · 1938Six Shootin' Sheriff
★ 6.31938
MovieActionWestern
Cowboy star Ken Maynard is Jim "Trigger" Morton, in town undercover while pursuing the man who framed him for robbery. But a well-placed shot tames a band of scofflaws and gains Morton the sheriff's badge. Now, he's riding on both sides of the law. The line is further blurred when old buddy Chuck offers evidence of Morton's innocence in exchange for a blind eye to Chuck's impending postal heist in this classic Western.
The Kansan · 1943The Kansan
★ 6.01943
MovieRomanceWestern
Wounded while stopping the James gang from robbing the local bank, a cowboy wakes up in the hospital to find that he's been elected town marshal. He soon comes into conflict with the town banker, who controls everything in town and is squeezing the townspeople for every penny he can get out of them.
The Stranger From Pecos · 1943The Stranger From Pecos
★ 7.01943
MovieWestern
Brown fights a swindler and his pal, Hatton, finds a way to help a robbery victim buy back his property.
South of Santa Fe · 1942South of Santa Fe
★ 5.01942
MovieWestern
To get the three needed business men to visit the Stevens mine, Roy stages a ride with the Vacaros and has them as honored guests. Seeing a chance to make a lot of money, gangster Harmon joins the ride and then has his men kidnap the three. Having filmed a fake holdup earlier, he uses the film to convince the Sheriff that Roy and the boys were the Kidnapers.
North of the Border · 1946North of the Border
★ 10.01946
MovieCrimeWestern
Rancher "Utah" Neyes crosses the border into Canada to meet his partner, only to find that the latter has been murdered by a gang led by "Nails" Nelson. "Utah", with the aid of RCMP Jack Craig and fur-trapper Ivy Jenkins, manages to clear his own name of suspicion and also break up Nelson's fur-stealing and smuggling racket.