Acting

Hugh Farr

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Known For

Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke is posted on the Texas frontier to defend settlers against depredations of marauding Apaches. Col. Yorke is under considerable stress by a serious shortage of troops of his command. Tension is added when Yorke's son (whom he hasn't seen in fifteen years), Trooper Jeff Yorke, is one of 18 recruits sent to the regiment.

South of Santa Fe · 1942

South 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.

Roy is an oil prospector. His efforts to get drilling rights on an old Spanish land grant are countered by gamblers from an off-shore gambling boat determined to control the land (and oil) themselves.

Romance on the Range · 1942

Romance on the Range

★ 6.51942

MovieWestern

Fur theives are looting the traps on the ranch where Roy is foreman and they have murdered one of Roy's friends.

Sunset on the Desert · 1942

Sunset on the Desert

★ 6.01942

MovieActionWestern

Judge Kirby is being blackmailed and forced to let outlaws go free. He was once the partner of Roy's father and when Roy reads in the paper that he is in trouble he heads out to help him. Arriving, Roy quickly realizes he has been mistaken for one of the outlaws and is not wanted in town. However he stays, and now posing as that outlaw, hopes to learn who is causing all the problems.

Jerry Johnson inherits a 50,000 acre ranch. Lucky Miller wants to take over the ranch. Roy is trying to get a railroad spur right of way. Lucky has a woman come west to marry Jerry to get control of the ranch. After the wedding, Lucky has the owner killed. Roy’s gun is substituted for the murder weapon, so Roy is put in jail.

The Sons of the Pioneers · 1942

The Sons of the Pioneers

★ 9.01942

MovieWesternMusic

A singing entomologist (Roy Rogers) acts meek to help a juggling sheriff (George "Gabby" Hayes) solve ranch raids.

Rhythm on the Range · 1936

Rhythm on the Range

★ 5.51936

MovieWestern

Cowboy Jeff Larabee returns from the east and meets Doris Halloway, a young girl, that he regards as a vagabond, till he learns that she's the owner of the farm where he works. He tries to win her heart, but without success, until she is endangered by gangsters

Filmography

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Regimental Singer (uncredited)

South of Santa Fe · 1942

South of Santa Fe

★ 5.01942

MovieWestern

Fiddle Player - Sons of the Pioneers

Fiddle Player - Sons of the Pioneers (uncredited)

Romance on the Range · 1942

Romance on the Range

★ 6.51942

MovieWestern

Fur theives are looting the traps on the ranch where Roy is foreman and they have murdered one of Roy's friends.

Hugh, musical ranch hand

Sunset on the Desert · 1942

Sunset on the Desert

★ 6.01942

MovieActionWestern

Hugh - Member Sons of the Pioneers

Fiddle Player, Sons of the Pioneers

The Sons of the Pioneers · 1942

The Sons of the Pioneers

★ 9.01942

MovieWesternMusic

A singing entomologist (Roy Rogers) acts meek to help a juggling sheriff (George "Gabby" Hayes) solve ranch raids.

Fiddle Player - Sons of the Pioneers (as Sons of the Pioneers)

Rhythm on the Range · 1936

Rhythm on the Range

★ 5.51936

MovieWestern

Hugh - Sons of the Pioneers

Song of the Saddle · 1936

Song of the Saddle

★ 7.31936

MovieComedyRomance

Frank Sr. sells his supplies to Hook, but then Hook has the Bannion Boys bushwhack his wagon to get the money back. Frank is murdered, but Junior gets away. He comes back 10 years later to settle the score as the Singing Cowboy. He finds that Hook is still doing his dirty deeds on the unsuspecting people. Along the way, Frank meets the lovely Jen, who came out in the same wagon train 10 years before.

Fiddler (uncredited)

Heart of the Golden West · 1942

Heart of the Golden West

★ 4.21942

MovieWestern

Lambert owns the trucking line that ships cattle to market. When he raises his rates Roy decides to ship the cattle on the River Boat. When Lambert and his men are unable to stop the boat, they rustle the cattle.

Guitar Player - Sons of the Pioneers

King of the Cowboys · 1943

King of the Cowboys

★ 6.01943

MovieActionWestern

Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette and the Sons of the Pioneers go undercover to help Texas Governor Russell Hicks stop World War II Axis sympathizers from blowing up U.S. warehouses.

Fiddle Player - Sons of the Pioneers

The Old Homestead · 1935

The Old Homestead

★ 10.01935

MovieComedyMusic

A New York radio talent scout turns up at a barn dance.

Hugh

The Saga of Windwagon Smith · 1961

The Saga of Windwagon Smith

★ 7.21961

MovieAnimation

Sea Captain Windwagon Smith hits Westport, Kansas, the starting point of the old Oregon and Santa Fe Trails, and is quickly the laughing stock of the town; instead of traveling in the usual oxen-drawn covered wagon, he is at the helm and wheel of a Contestoga-type wagon with a full set of sails. He plans to go to Oregon by taking advantage of the prairie winds. First, he wins over the town mayor, falls in love with the mayor's beautiful daughter, Molly Crum, and then secures financial backing from the townspeople. He sets sail across the plains, with Molly Crum as a covered-wagon stowaway, and a Kansas twister looming on the horizon. And, then, the wind hits the sails. And the fan, too, if he had had one.

Band Member

Call of the Rockies · 1938

Call of the Rockies

★ 10.01938

MovieDramaWestern

Unable to pay her notes, Ann Bradford, owner of the Circle C, decides to auction off a half-interest in her ranch. Matt Stark, a crooked land dealer, holds Ann's notes. His efforts to buy the ranch have been refused and his instructs his henchman, Barlow, and his other henchmen to make certain that nobody bids on the ranch. Clint Buckley rides into town on the day of the auction, overhears Stark's instructions to his henchies, and decides to attend the sale. Barlow attempts to intimidate him, they fight, Buckley wins and his bid of $25,000 wins him a half-interest in the Circle C. But, Stark, isn't finished yet in his efforts to get the ranch, especially since a couple of his hirelings are on the Circle C payroll.

Hugh - Member Sons of the Pioneers

Texas Stagecoach · 1940

Texas Stagecoach

★ 9.01940

MovieWestern

The Kinkaids and the Harpers both run stage lines and are friendly competitors. Appleby is after the stage line and convinces the two owners to build a spur line to the same town. Then he has both projects sabotaged pitting the friends against each other and running them out of money.

Hugh - Sons of the Pioneers

Sunset Serenade · 1942

Sunset Serenade

★ 6.21942

MovieActionWestern

Bad guys plot to trick a newly arrived Eastern girl out of a ranch which belongs to her infant ward. Roy, of course, saves the ranch for the girl. Songs include "I'm Headin's for the Home Corral," "He's a No Good Son of a Gun," "Sandman Lullaby," "Song of the San Joaquin," and "I'm a Cowboy Rockefeller."

Bass Player - Sons of the Pioneers

Red River Valley · 1941

Red River Valley

★ 7.51941

MovieWestern

To bring water to their valley, ranchers have raised money to build a dam. When that money is stolen, Allison suggests the ranchers sell their stock to a friend of his thereby getting the money needed to complete the dam. Roy has a clue that Allison was involved in the robbery and is out to get control of the valley. So Roy and the boys try to delay the sale of the stock while they look for proof against Allison.

Hugh - Member Sons of the Pioneers

Ridin' Down the Canyon · 1942

Ridin' Down the Canyon

★ 7.51942

MovieWesternAction

Roy Rogers takes on crooked wartime profiteers in the musical western Ridin' Down the Canyon. Posing as solid citizens, the crooks spend their evening hours stealing horses from local ranchers, then selling the steeds to the government at exorbitant prices. The head of the bad guys runs a dude ranch where Rogers and his pals (The Sons of the Pioneers) are employed.

Fiddle Player - Sons of the Pioneers

Man from Music Mountain · 1943

Man from Music Mountain

★ 5.41943

MovieMusicWestern

Roy returns home to fine a range feud between the cattlemen and the sheepmen. When his friend is killed he finds the rifle had a defective pin. He learns the rifle belongs to a ranch hand named Barker and that a third party has caused the feud. When he captures outlaws trying to blow up a dam, he claims Barker was the killer. But Barker has switched rifles and the outlaws now accuse Roy and Roy finds himself in trouble.

Fiddle Player Hugh - Sons of the Pioneers

A man of no worth brags to his daughter back East that he is rich and owns a big ranch. When she decides to pay a visit to her father, Roy and his buddies agree to pretend that the poor man is the owner of the ranch.

Fiddle Player, Sons of the Pioneers

Call of the Canyon · 1942

Call of the Canyon

★ 8.51942

MovieWestern

A radio saleswoman helps a singing cattleman trap a shady meat buyer with a bogus broadcast.

Sons of the Pioneers Fiddle Player (uncredited)

California Mail · 1936

California Mail

★ 4.91936

MovieWestern

The Pony Express is finished as the Post Office plans to award the mail contract to a stage line. Bill and his father put in a bid for the mail, however there are three bids close together. The officials will run a race to pick the winner, and the Banton Brothers sabotage Bill's stage. Mary still believes in Bill until they try to get rid of him by holding up the regular stage with his well-known horse. Bill needs proof to clear himself and expose the bad guys.

Fiddle Player (uncredited)

A deputy sets out to prove that a respected judge, who had once been a criminal, is being framed for crimes committed by a crooked saloon owner.

Son of the Pioneers

Under California Stars · 1948

Under California Stars

★ 5.31948

MovieWestern

On vacation at his ranch, western actor Roy quickly finds himself involved with a horse rustling operation and a boy ward of one of the rustlers, leading to the kidnapping of Roy's trick horse Trigger by the gang with a demand for ransom.

Musical Cowboy