Silver King the Horse

Acting

Silver King the Horse

Billed as "The horse with personality", Silver King was a white Palomino horse seventeen hands high. Cowboy star Fred Thomson found Silver King in New York, and spent the next several years training him. Silver King could wink one eye, nod his head yes or no, push a person with his head, untie knots and more. Although Fred Thompson sadly passed away at the age of 38 (at the peek of his populari…

Known For

Hands Across the BorderHands Across the Border · 1926
Hands Across the Border
★ 6.51926
MovieWestern
Cattle rancher John Drake sends his son, Ted, to the Mexican border to stop the smuggling that is using Drake's land as the crossing point. Ted meets Ysabel Castro, the daughter of the rancher just across the border-river, when he saves her from a mad-bull.
Don MikeDon Mike · 1927
Don Mike
★ 7.01927
MovieRomanceWestern
Following the "no good deed goes unpunished" idiom, when after rescuing a group of settlers, hero Don Miguel Arguella is double-crossed by the group leader who files a claim on his land and makes a move towards his girlfriend. Sadly, this is a lost film.
The Mask of LopezThe Mask of Lopez · 1924
The Mask of Lopez
★ 8.01924
MovieDramaWestern
Attracted to ranch owner Doris Hampton, Jack O'Neil impersonates convict "Angel Face" Harry, who is to be released from prison (a reform measure) to work on Doris' ranch. Jack discovers that Doris' cattle are being stolen by her foreman, Steve Gore, finds Gore's hiding place, and keeps him at bay until Doris rides up at the critical moment with help.
The Lone RiderThe Lone Rider · 1934
The Lone Rider
★ 7.01934
MovieWesternAction
A cowboy takes on a gang of gold mine swindlers.
Pals of the WestPals of the West · 1934
Pals of the West
★ 9.01934
MovieWesternAction
Sheriff Ed Dawson (Franklyn Farnum)asks Texas Rangers Wally Wallace (Hal Taliaferro) and Bill (Al Hoxie), to go into an outlaw stronghold, where his daughter Ann (Dorothy Crittin)is being held prisoner, and capture the gang led by Larkin (Yakima Canutt). But Wally's identity is revealed and they are taken prisoner.
The Silent StrangerThe Silent Stranger · 1924
The Silent Stranger
★ 9.01924
MovieDramaWestern
Supposedly a deaf-mute, Jack Taylor arrives in Valley City at the same time that Postmaster Dad Warner is threatened with the loss of his job because of the many recent mail thefts. Taylor suspects Warner's clerk, Law Sleeman, and is consequently captured by a gang led by local politician Dick Blackwell.
Lone Hand SaundersLone Hand Saunders · 1926
Lone Hand Saunders
★ 10.01926
MovieDramaWestern
Buck and Charlie, two hard-boiled cowboys, arrive at the Bar Nothing Ranch in Arizona and determine to take advantage of the peculiarity of the owner, Fred Saunders, known as "Lone Hand" because he never uses his right hand.
West of the LawWest of the Law · 1934
West of the Law
★ 10.01934
MovieWestern
Big-city gangsters run out of gas in the middle of the desert. A local cowboy gives them a tow back to his ranch, and the gangsters decide his ranch would be the perfect hide-out.

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