Acting
John Cason
Born June 29, 1918 · Texas, USA
Died July 7, 1961 · aged 43
John L. Cason was born on July 30, 1918 in Valley View, Texas, USA as John Lacy Cason. He is known for his work on The Adventures of Kit Carson (1951), Snowfire (1958) andJungle Drums of Africa (1953). He died on July 7, 1961 in Santa Barbara, California, USA. Cason and a friend, Charlie Lentz, were driving in Lentz's car on a raccoon-hunting trip when the car went off the road near Buellton, Cal…
Known For
High Noon · 1952High Noon
★ 7.71952
MovieWestern
Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has been freed, and will be arriving on the noon train. Knowing the outlaw and his gang are coming to kill him, Kane is determined to stand his ground, so he attempts to gather a posse from among the local townspeople.
From Here to Eternity · 1953From Here to Eternity
★ 7.31953
MovieWarRomance
In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second in command are falling in love.
3:10 to Yuma · 19573:10 to Yuma
★ 7.31957
MovieWesternDrama
Dan Evans, a small time farmer, is hired to escort Ben Wade, a dangerous outlaw, to Yuma. As Evans and Wade wait for the 3:10 train to Yuma, Wade's gang is racing to free him.
A Lawless Street · 1955A Lawless Street
★ 5.61955
MovieWestern
A Marshal must face unpleasant facts about his past when he attempts to run a criminal gang out of town.
Buck Privates · 1941Buck Privates
★ 6.81941
MovieComedyMusic
Petty con artists Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown mistakenly join the Army evading the cops. The cop chasing them winds up as their drill instructor. A rich young man and his former working class chauffeur are not only in the same unit, they're vying for a pretty girl who seems attracted to both.
Westward the Women · 1951Westward the Women
★ 7.01951
MovieWesternDrama
There's a deficit of good, honest women in the West, and Roy Whitman wants to change that. His solution is to bring a caravan of over 100 mail-order brides from Chicago to California. It will be a long, difficult and dangerous journey for the women. So Whitman hires hardened, cynical Buck Wyatt to be their guide across the inhospitable frontier. But as disaster strikes on the trail, Buck just might discover that these women are stronger than he thinks.
The Last Frontier · 1955The Last Frontier
★ 6.11955
MovieWestern
Three trappers become scouts for a cavalry captain who loses his fort to a hated colonel.
Thunder Over the Plains · 1953Thunder Over the Plains
★ 5.61953
MovieWestern
Set in 1869, after the Civil War, Texas had not yet been readmitted to the Union and carpetbaggers, hiding behind the legal protection of the Union Army of occupation, had taken over the state. Federal Captain Porter, a Texan, has to carry out orders against his own people. He brings in the rebel leader Ben Westman whom he knows is innocent of a murder that he is accused of. In trying to prove his innocence, Porter himself becomes a wanted man.
Filmography
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A Lawless Street · 1955A Lawless Street
★ 5.61955
MovieWestern
A Marshal must face unpleasant facts about his past when he attempts to run a criminal gang out of town.
Dean Ranch Hand (uncredited)
The Hard Man · 1957The Hard Man
★ 5.21957
MovieWestern
A Texas Ranger turns deputy sheriff; a woman wants him to kill her cattle-baron husband.
Henchman with Eye Patch (uncredited)
Valley of the Sun · 1942Valley of the Sun
★ 6.31942
MovieWestern
An Arizona frontiersman steals an Indian agent's girlfriend, followed by trouble.
Officer at Court Martial (uncredited)
Cattle Queen of Montana · 1954Cattle Queen of Montana
★ 5.71954
MovieWestern
Sierra Nevada Jones must fight a villainous rancher to regain the land that is rightfully hers.
Henchman (uncredited)
Hellgate · 1952Hellgate
★ 6.71952
MovieWestern
A man is framed and sent to the toughest prison in the territory.
Guard (uncredited)
Rio Rita · 1942Rio Rita
★ 6.01942
MovieComedyMusic
Doc and Wishey run into some Nazi-agents, who want to smuggle bombs into the USA from a Mexican border hotel.
Ranger (uncredited)


















