Acting

Ken Maynard

Born July 21, 1895 · Vevay, Indiana, USA

Died March 23, 1973 · aged 77

From Wikipedia Kenneth Olin "Ken" Maynard (July 21, 1895 – March 23, 1973) was an American motion picture stuntman and actor. Maynard served in the United States Army during World War I. After the war, Maynard returned to show business as a circus rider with Ringling Brothers. When the circus was playing in Los Angeles, California, actor Buck Jones encouraged Maynard to try working in the movies…

Known For

Gun Gospel

Gun Gospel · 1927

From Death Valley in the Mojave Desert to Mount Whittier, the outlaw gangs are wreaking havoc on the gold and money shipments from the mines and ranches. Wells Fargo organizes an express service that will insure the shipments and ensure a guaranteed delivery. Granger Hume is hired to help Wells-Fargo deliver on their promise.

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch · 1976

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

MovieWesternComedy

A Western-genre narrative, loosely woven from old clips from B-Western features.

Western Frontier

Western Frontier · 1935

Western Frontier

Ken and his sister are separated while young when the Indians attack their wagon train. Ken, now grown, is sent after the outlaw known as the Golden hair Girl only to find that she's his long lost sister.

Haunted Gold

Haunted Gold · 1932

MovieWesternHorror

John Mason returns to the Sally Ann mine to claim his half share. Janet Cater also returns although her father lost his half share to Joe Ryan. Ryan and his gang are also there to get the gold. A mysterious Phantom is also present. Mason's plan to expose Ryan as an outlaw and to force him to turn his share to Janet works. But when distracted by the Phantom, John is made a prisoner by the gang.

King of the Arena

King of the Arena · 1933

King of the Arena

Mysterious deaths have been occurring in the same towns as Miller's Circus and the Governor has sent Ken Kenton to investigate. Ken joins the show but when he realizes that Bargoff is involved, Bargoff has fled and taken Mary Hiller as a hostage. The trail leads to Baron Petroff who concocted the deadly chemical and Ken quickly finds himself the Baron's prisoner.

Heroes of the Range

Heroes of the Range · 1936

Heroes of the Range

A cowboy G-man joins an outlaw gang out to rob a gold shipment.

The Code of the Scarlet

The Code of the Scarlet · 1928

The Code of the Scarlet

MovieActionWestern

Assigned to catch a gang of outlaws, officers Bruce Kenton and Paddy Halloran rescue Helen Morgan when her wagon is attacked by the very same gang. Through a ruse, Kenton manages to infiltrate the gang, which is holed up in the lawless community of Caribou Flats. While in the employ of villainous trading post operator Jack Blake, Kenton discovers that Blake is not only the leader of the gang but also the man who murdered Helen's brother.

In Old Santa Fe

In Old Santa Fe · 1934

In Old Santa Fe

MovieComedyCrime

Gangster Chandler and his accomplice Tracy arrive at a dude ranch. Cowboy Kentucky arrives at the same time. When Tracy double-crosses his boss and has the stage robbed, Kentucky finds the outlaws and brings them in. Tracy frames him for the murder of the driver but his pal Cactus gets him out of jail. He returns just as Chandler shoots Tracy and Kentucky finds himself arrested for another murder.

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Gun Gospel

Gun Gospel · 1927

From Death Valley in the Mojave Desert to Mount Whittier, the outlaw gangs are wreaking havoc on the gold and money shipments from the mines and ranches. Wells Fargo organizes an express service that will insure the shipments and ensure a guaranteed delivery. Granger Hume is hired to help Wells-Fargo deliver on their promise.

Granger Hume

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch · 1976

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

MovieWesternComedy

A Western-genre narrative, loosely woven from old clips from B-Western features.

(archive footage)

Western Frontier

Western Frontier · 1935

Western Frontier

Ken and his sister are separated while young when the Indians attack their wagon train. Ken, now grown, is sent after the outlaw known as the Golden hair Girl only to find that she's his long lost sister.

Story

Haunted Gold

Haunted Gold · 1932

MovieWesternHorror

John Mason returns to the Sally Ann mine to claim his half share. Janet Cater also returns although her father lost his half share to Joe Ryan. Ryan and his gang are also there to get the gold. A mysterious Phantom is also present. Mason's plan to expose Ryan as an outlaw and to force him to turn his share to Janet works. But when distracted by the Phantom, John is made a prisoner by the gang.

Tim Kelly (archive footage) (uncredited)

King of the Arena

King of the Arena · 1933

King of the Arena

Mysterious deaths have been occurring in the same towns as Miller's Circus and the Governor has sent Ken Kenton to investigate. Ken joins the show but when he realizes that Bargoff is involved, Bargoff has fled and taken Mary Hiller as a hostage. The trail leads to Baron Petroff who concocted the deadly chemical and Ken quickly finds himself the Baron's prisoner.

Producer

Heroes of the Range

Heroes of the Range · 1936

Heroes of the Range

A cowboy G-man joins an outlaw gang out to rob a gold shipment.

Ken Smith

The Code of the Scarlet

The Code of the Scarlet · 1928

The Code of the Scarlet

MovieActionWestern

Assigned to catch a gang of outlaws, officers Bruce Kenton and Paddy Halloran rescue Helen Morgan when her wagon is attacked by the very same gang. Through a ruse, Kenton manages to infiltrate the gang, which is holed up in the lawless community of Caribou Flats. While in the employ of villainous trading post operator Jack Blake, Kenton discovers that Blake is not only the leader of the gang but also the man who murdered Helen's brother.

Bruce Kenton

In Old Santa Fe

In Old Santa Fe · 1934

In Old Santa Fe

MovieComedyCrime

Gangster Chandler and his accomplice Tracy arrive at a dude ranch. Cowboy Kentucky arrives at the same time. When Tracy double-crosses his boss and has the stage robbed, Kentucky finds the outlaws and brings them in. Tracy frames him for the murder of the driver but his pal Cactus gets him out of jail. He returns just as Chandler shoots Tracy and Kentucky finds himself arrested for another murder.

Ken aka 'Kentucky'

Señor Americano

Señor Americano · 1929

Señor Americano

A U.S. soldier goes after bandits in California, although it is still owned by Mexico.

Producer

Lawless Riders

Lawless Riders · 1935

MovieAdventureWestern

Edith overhears Bart's plan to rob the bank so she informs Ken. But she is also overheard and when Ken goes to investigate, Bart's Henchman Prod frames him for the robbery. Thrown in jail, Ken's pal Pedro arrives with a plan to get him out.

Ken Manley

Brass Commandments

Brass Commandments · 1923

Brass Commandments

"Flash" Lanning returns to Bozzam City from the East to put an end to cattle rustling. Gloria Hallowell, who has known him by reputation, falls in love with Lanning but believes that he loves Ellen Bosworth, an eastern "lady." Campan, the leader of the rustlers, hoping to lure Lanning into a trap, kidnaps both girls. Lanning rescues the girls, punishes Campan, and indicates to Gloria that she is the girl for him.

(uncredited)

Cheyenne

Cheyenne · 1929

Cal Roberts can ride anything with four legs. He enters the contests held at big rodeo. He wins all honors and meets a girl who races horses to help her father clear pressing debts. Complications follow, but Cal wins the girl.

Cal Roberts

Trailing Trouble

Trailing Trouble · 1937

Trailing Trouble

MovieComedyWestern

When mild mannered Friendly Fields is sent to the Blair ranch to work, he is mistaken for the notorious outlaw Blackie Burke. When a drought develops and the ranchers look for new grazing land, he plays the part and forces them to give he best plot to his boss Miss Blair. But no sooner than his mother arrives to expose the hoax, the real Blackie also arrives.

John 'Friendly' Fields

Six Shootin' Sheriff

Six Shootin' Sheriff · 1938

Six Shootin' Sheriff

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.

Jim 'Trigger' Morton

Parade of the West

Parade of the West · 1930

Parade of the West

Bud Rand, a cowboy who is charged with the care of Little Billy Rand, accepts an offer to appear with Copeland's Wild West Show to ride a horse called "Mankiller." Dude, Copeland's righthand man, resents Bud's attentions to Mary, one of the performers, and when they fight it out, Bud is the victor. In revenge Dude loosens the cinch on the horse.....

Producer

Heir to Trouble

Heir to Trouble · 1935

Heir to Trouble

MovieActionWestern

Ken Armstrong (Ken Maynard) finds himself a mine owner and a daddy simultaneously when a friend dies and wills him his mine and his baby. The outlaws eying the mine try to frame the hero for the death.

Story

The Man Who Won

The Man Who Won · 1923

The Man Who Won

Bill is a gambler, whose friend Scipio goes in search of his wife Jessie. Jessie, fed up with her life of poverty, has run off with the wealthy and villainous James. She has left behind her two children on James' promise that she can send for them later. Scipio leaves the tots with Bill when he goes on his search..

Conroy

Death Rides the Range

Death Rides the Range · 1939

Death Rides the Range

MovieActionWestern

A wounded archaeologist crawls into the camp of three kindhearted cowboys. When the cowboys bring him to a nearby trading post, he's murdered after he lets slip a secret about a hidden cave. Investigating his death, Ken and his friends encounter a land dispute between a pair of neighboring ranches, an arrogant German baron and a mysterious shack that houses a great secret.

Ken Baxter

Alias: The Bad Man

Alias: The Bad Man · 1931

Alias: The Bad Man

MovieRomanceWestern

A ranger joins the outlaw gang whose boss he believes is a murderer.

Ranger Ken Neville

Hell-Fire Austin

Hell-Fire Austin · 1932

Hell-Fire Austin

MovieActionWestern

Heading west, Ken and Bouncer end up at the Brooks ranch where Ken is to ride Tarzan in the big race. But both the Sheriff and Edmonds are after him and he must hide both himself and the horse until race time.

Ken 'Hell-Fire' Austin

Death Valley Rangers

Death Valley Rangers · 1943

Death Valley Rangers

When a fed-up businessman tires of watching gold shipments disappear without a trace, he calls in the Trail Blazers (Ken Maynard, Hoot Gibson and Bob Steele) -- a legendary trio of law enforcers -- to find the gold and figure out who's behind the thefts.

Ken Maynard

Wild Horse Stampede

Wild Horse Stampede · 1943

Wild Horse Stampede

Two cowboys try to protect railroad workers from rampaging Indians.

Marshal Ken Maynard

The Fugitive Sheriff

The Fugitive Sheriff · 1936

The Fugitive Sheriff

Hoping to rid a small western community of its corrupt political machine, Ken Marshall (Ken Maynard) runs for sheriff against the bad guys' candidate and wins the election. Dissatisfied with this, the villains contrive to frame Ken on a murder charge. He breaks out of jail and tracks down the genuine culprit,

Ken Marshall

The Devil's Saddle

The Devil's Saddle · 1927

The Devil's Saddle

Hero is center of plot by a gang of lawless whites to convince Indians he killed one of their number, but finally clears himself.

Harry Morrel