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Tim McCoy (I) (1891–1978)

One of the great stars of early American Westerns. McCoy was the son of an Irish soldier who later became police chief of Saginaw, Michigan, where McCoy was born. He attended St. Ignatius College in Chicago and after seeing a Wild West show there, left school and found work on a Wyoming ranch. He became... See full bio »

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Filmography

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1965 Requiem for a Gunfighter
Judge Irving Short
 
1957 Run of the Arrow
Gen. Allen (as Colonel Tim McCoy)
 
1956 Around the World in Eighty Days
U.S. Cavalry Colonel (as Col. Tim McCoy)
 
1941 Forbidden Trails
Marshal Tim McCall posing as Ace Porter
 
1941 Arizona Bound
Marshal Tim McCall / 'Parson' McCall
 
1941 Outlaws of the Rio Grande
Marshal Tim Barton
 
1940 Riders of Black Mountain
Marshal Tim Donovan
 
1940 Gun Code
Marshal Tim Hammond posing asTim Hays
 
1940 Texas Renegades
Silent Tim Smith
 
1939 The Fighting Renegade
Bill Carson posing as El Puma
 
1939 Straight Shooter
'Lightning' Bill Carson posing as Sam Brown
 
1939 Outlaws' Paradise
Captain William Carson/Trigger Mallory
 
1939 Code of the Cactus
'Lightning' Bill Carson posing as Miguel
 
1938 Lightning Carson Rides Again
'Lightning Bill' Carson (as Colonel Tim McCoy) / Jose (as Colonel Tim McCoy)
 
1938 Phantom Ranger
Tim Hayes
 
1938 Two Gun Justice
Tim
 
1938 Code of the Rangers
Tim Strong
 
1938 West of Rainbow's End
Tim Hart
 
1936 The Traitor
Sergeant Tim Vallance - Texas Rangers
 
1936 Ghost Patrol
Tim Caverly
 
1936 The Lion's Den
Tim Barton
 
1936 Aces and Eights
'Gentleman' Tim Madigan
 
1936 Border Caballero
Tim Ross
 
1936 Roarin' Guns
Tim Corwin
 
1935 Bulldog Courage
Slim Braddock/Tim Braddock
 
1935 The Man from Guntown
Tim Hanlon
 
1935 Riding Wild
Tim Malloy/Tex Ravelle
 
1935 The Outlaw Deputy
Tim Mallory
 
1935 Justice of the Range
Tim Condon
 
1935 Fighting Shadows
Constable Tim O'Hara
 
1935 The Revenge Rider
Tim O'Neil
 
1935 Law Beyond the Range
Tim McDonald
 
1935 Square Shooter
Tim Baxter
 
1934 The Westerner
Tim Addison
 
1934 Prescott Kid
Tim Hamlin
 
1934 Beyond the Law
Tim Weston
 
1934 A Man's Game
Tim Bradley
 
1934 Hell Bent for Love
Police Captain Tim Daley
 
1934 Voice in the Night
Tim Dale
 
1934 Speed Wings
Tim
 
1933 Straightaway
Tim Dawson
 
1933 Police Car 17
Tim Conlon
 
1933 Rusty Rides Alone
Tim 'Rusty' Burke
 
1933 The Whirlwind
Tim Reynolds
 
1933 Silent Men
Tim Richards
 
1933 Man of Action
Tim Barlow
 
1932 End of the Trail
Captain Tim Travers
 
1932 Fighting for Justice
Tim Keene
 
1932 Cornered
Sheriff Tim Laramie
 
1932 Daring Danger
Tim Madigan
 
1932 The Riding Tornado
Tim Torrant
 
1932 Texas Cyclone
'Texas' Grant
 
1931 The Fighting Marshal
Tim Benton
 
1931 Shotgun Pass
Tim Walker
 
1931 The One Way Trail
Tim Allen
 
1931 Heroes of the Flames
Bob Darrow
 
1930 The Indians Are Coming
Jack Manning
 
1929 The Desert Rider
Jed Tyler
 
1929 Sioux Blood
Flood
 
1929 The Overland Telegraph
Captain Allen
 
1929 Morgan's Last Raid
Capt. Daniel Clairbourne
 
1928 The Bushranger
Edward
 
1928 Beyond the Sierras
The Masked Stranger
 
1928 The Adventurer
Jim McClellan
 
1928 Riders of the Dark
Lt. Crane
 
1928 Wyoming
Lt. Jack Colton
 
1928 The Law of the Range
Jim Lockhart
 
1927 Spoilers of the West
Lt. Lang
 
1927 Foreign Devils
Capt. Robert Kelly
 
1927 The Frontiersman
John Dale
 
1927 California
Capt. Archibald Gillespie
 
1927 Winners of the Wilderness
Col. Sir Dennis O'Hara (as Colonel Tim McCoy)
 
1926 War Paint
Lt. Tim Marshall
 
1925 The Thundering Herd
Burn Hudnall (as Col. T.J. McCoy)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (3 titles)
1925 The Vanishing American (technical advisor)
 
1925 The Thundering Herd (buffalo wrangler)
 
1923 The Covered Wagon (liaison: Indians)
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
1950 Wild West (TV series)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
1950 Wild West (TV series) (producer)
 
Show ShowSelf (7 titles)
1980 Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
Out West (1980) … Himself (as Colonel Tim McCoy)
 
1979 Brave New Cowboy (documentary)
Himself - Actor
 
1972 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Himself
Joel McCrea (1972) … Himself
 
1952 The Tim McCoy Show (TV series)
Himself (1952)
 
1935 Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 6 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1932/I Screen Snapshots (documentary short)
Himself
 
1932 Hollywood on Parade (documentary short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (6 titles)
2001 Still Ramblin' (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs (TV documentary)
 
1987 The West That Never Was (TV documentary)
 
1965 Wayne and Shuster Take an Affectionate Look At... (TV series documentary)
 
1953 Screen Snapshots: Out West in Hollywood (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 

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Code of the Cactus -- When Blackton outbids Bill Carson. Bill suspects he will have to rustle cattle to fulfill the contract... Border Caballero -- Tex Weaver is working under cover to bring in a gang of bank robbers. When he is killed, Tim Ross, a marksman with Doc Shaw's traveling show, takes over. Posing as a Mexican he lays a trap for the gang. Aces and Eights -- A cardsharp comes to the aid of a Mexican family.
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1952) Unsold pilot: Starred in a pilot for a western series to be called "Deadwood Days". See more »

Publicity Listings:

2 Print Biographies  | 8 Articles  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Col. T.J. McCoy | Col. Tim McCoy | Colonel Tim McCoy

Height:

5' 11" (1.80 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[about fellow western actor Buck Jones] Buck Jones was a very fine fellow. They sort of wondered when they teamed Buck and I, who'd been rivals, they might have expected a lot of fireworks, you know, that we'd be fighting one another on the set [of the "Rough Riders" western series] all the time... See more »

Trivia:

Hosted local TV (Los Angeles) with The Tim McCoy Show for children on weekday afternoons and Saturdays in which he provided authentic history lessons on the Old West. He won a local Emmy but wasn't there to pick it up. He was competing against "Webster Webfoot" in the "Best Children's Show" category and refused to show up saying... See more »

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