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Fred Church (1889–1983)

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American actor of silent films who focused primarily on Westerns. A native of Ontario, Iowa, Church attended school in his father's home state of Michigan and later lived in Denver, Colorado. He became a vaudeville performer and stage actor and spent several years traveling the country in various stock productions... See full bio »

Born:

Fred Rosell Church
in Ontario, Iowa, USA

Died:

(age 93) in Blythe, Riverside, California, USA
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1936 Desert Guns
Cal Jennings (uncredited)
 
1935 Devil's Canyon
 
1935 Defying the Law
Ace Lane
 
1934 Border Guns
Henchman Buck Morgan
 
1932 The Golden West
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
 
1931 So This Is Arizona
Jake McKeever
 
1931 Flying Lariats
Tex Johnson
 
1931 Riders of the Cactus
Jake McKeever, alias Jake Wenzel
 
1931 Wild West Whoopee
 
1931 The Ridin' Kid
Sam Eldridge
 
1930 The Apache Kid's Escape
Ted Conway - Jane's Beau
 
1930 South of Sonora
Henchman
 
1930 Rough and Ready (as Montana Bill)
 
1929 Western Methods
 
1929 The Unknown Rider
 
1929 Cowboy Cavalier (as Montana Bill)
 
1928 Trails of Treachery (as Montana Bill)
 
1928 The Vanishing West
 
1928 Riders of Vengeance (as Montana Bill)
 
1928 Secrets of the Range (as Montana Bill)
 
1927 The Mansion of Mystery
 
1927 The Lone Rider (short)
Bill (as Montana Bill)
 
1926 Two Fisted Buckaroo
 
1926 Prince of the Saddle
 
1926 The Lost Express
Arthur Standish
 
1926 Signal Fires
 
1926 Stacked Cards
Steve Spencer
 
1926 Temple of Terror (as Montana Bill)
 
1924 Chalk Marks
The Stranger
 
1923 The Man from New York
Bob Tarrant
 
1922 The Fighting Kid
 
1919 Red Blood and Yellow (short)
 
1919 The Son-of-a-Gun
Buck Saunders
 
1918 Shootin' Mad
 
1918 All for Gold (short)
 
1918 The Human Tiger (short)
 
1918 Beans
 
1918 Angel Child
Richard Grant
 
1918 The Blindness of Divorce
Burce Livingston
 
1917 Madame Du Barry
Cossé-Brissac
 
1917 The Clever Mrs. Carfax
Billy Wise
 
1917 The Temple of Terror (short)
 
1917 The Lion's Lair (short)
 
1917 The Last of the Night Riders (short)
 
1917 The Lure of the Circus (short)
 
1917 Jungle Treachery (short)
Bob
 
1917 Squaring It (short)
 
1917 A Blissful Calamity (short)
 
1917 Number 10, Westbound (short)
 
1917 Southern Justice
Ray Preston
 
1917 The Phantom's Secret
Frank Van Dyke
 
1917 A Startling Climax (short)
 
1917 The Honeymoon Surprise (short)
 
1916 Giant Powder (short)
 
1916 It's Great to Be Married (short)
 
1916 The End of the Rainbow
Ferdinand Stocker
 
1916 A Romance of Billy Goat Hill
Lee Diullingham
 
1916 With the Spirit's Help (short)
 
1916 The Girl of Lost Lake
Dave Bean
 
1916 The Secret of the Swamp
Allan Waite
 
1916 It Happened in Honolulu
Clarence Velie
 
1916 Her Great Part (short)
 
1916 The Thief of the Desert (short)
 
1916 Miss Blossom (short)
 
1916 The Gambler (short)
 
1916 The Brink (short)
 
1916/I The Flirt (short)
Richard Lindley
 
1916 The Secret Foe (short)
 
1916 Lonesomeness (short)
 
1916 The Heart of Bonita (short)
 
1916 Her Greatest Story (short)
 
1916 The Wrong Door
Herne
 
1916 The Wise Man and the Fool (short)
 
1915 The Road to Paradise (short)
Undetermined Role
 
1915 When a Queen Loved O'Rourke (short)
 
1915 The New Adventures of Terence O'Rourke (as Frederick Church)
 
1915 The Palace of Dust (short)
 
1915 The Long Chance
Oliver Corblay
 
1915 A Fight to a Finish (short)
 
1915 The Yellow Star (short)
 
1915 A Leap for Life (short)
Frank Broadhurst (as Frederick Church)
 
1915 The Missing Man (short)
Joe Ivans - a Forest Ranger
 
1915 At Twelve O'Clock (short)
 
1915 The Greaser (short)
 
1915 Christmas at Lonesome Gulch (short)
Fred - a Miner
 
1914 The School Teacher at Angel Camp (short)
The School Teacher (as Frederick Church)
 
1914 Her Higher Ambition (short)
Fred
 
1914 Man to Man (short)
Fred - the Sheriff
 
1914 Dolly's Deliverance (short)
 
1914 The Girl from Texas (short)
Fred
 
1914 The Blacksmith's Daughter (short)
Fred
 
1914 In the Hollow of an Oak (short)
Fred
 
1914 Four Days (short)
 
1914 The Man in the Attic (short)
 
1914 A Rose of Yesterday (short)
 
1914 Universal Ike and the School Belle (short)
Eddie
 
1914 Sophie Picks a Dead One (short)
Bugle Player
 
1914 What Came to Bar Q (short)
Fred Church
 
1914 A Night on the Road (short)
John Duncan
 
1914 Broncho Billy, Guardian (short)
 
1914 The Cast of the Die (short)
Fred Church
 
1914 The Story of the Old Gun (short)
The Former Sheriff
 
1914 The Hills of Peace (short)
Fred Church
 
1914 The Awakening at Snakeville (short)
Rawhide Bill
 
1913 A Snakeville Courtship (short)
Rawhide Bill
 
1913 Broncho Billy's Christmas Deed (short)
 
1913 The Three Gamblers (short)
 
1913 Broncho Billy's Squareness (short)
Earl Briggs
 
1913 A Romance of the Hills (short)
 
1913 Sophie's Hero (short)
Rawhide Bill
 
1913 The End of the Circle (short)
Will Davis
 
1913 The New Schoolmarm of Green River (short)
The Mailman
 
1913/I The Doctor's Duty (short)
Fred Church
 
1913 The Kid Sheriff (short)
Fred Church
 
1913 Alkali Ike and the Wildman (short)
The Wildman
 
1913 Broncho Billy Gets Square (short)
 
1913/II Love and the Law (short)
Ted
 
1913/IV The Struggle (short)
The Sheriff (as Frederick Church)
 
1913 The Belle of Siskiyou (short)
The Sheriff
 
1913 Why Broncho Billy Left Bear Country (short)
The Sheriff
 
1913 The Broken Parole (short)
Red Lewis
 
1913 Broncho Billy Reforms (short)
 
1913 Bonnie of the Hills (short)
Ralph Stuart
 
1913 Broncho Billy's Conscience (short)
Tom Warner
 
1913 The Episode at Cloudy Canyon (short)
Fred Harris
 
1913 Alkali Ike's Gal (short)
Rawhide Bill
 
1913 The Edge of Things (short)
George Clayton
 
1913 Their Promise (short)
 
1913 The Dance at Eagle Pass (short)
Jim Barton
 
1913 Broncho Billy and the Western Girls (short)
The Gang Leader
 
1913 At the Lariat's End (short)
 
1913 The Life We Live (short)
 
1913 Broncho Billy's Strategy (short)
 
1913 Alkali Ike and the Hypnotist (short)
Rawhide Bill
 
1913 The Rustler's Spur (short)
 
1913 Broncho Billy's Capture (short)
Juan Yukas
 
1913 The Last Shot (short)
Tom Clay - Lee's Son
 
1913 Broncho Billy and the Express Rider (short)
Ralph Spaulding, the Express Rider
 
1913 A Widow of Nevada (short)
Foster
 
1913 The Ranch Girl's Partner (short)
John Kelton
 
1913 Broncho Billy's Reason (short)
 
1913 Broncho Billy's Gratefulness (short)
Fred Church
 
1913 Broncho Billy's Sister (short)
Fred Church
 
1913 The Influence of Broncho Billy (short)
 
1913 Broncho Billy and the Sheriff's Kid (short)
Dr. Brush
 
1913 The Making of Broncho Billy (short)
 
1913 Broncho Billy's Gun Play (short)
Hawk Eye
 
1913 Broncho Billy's Brother (short)
Dick, Broncho Billy's Brother
 
1913 The Miner's Request (short)
An Easterner
 
1912 The Sheriff's Inheritance (short)
 
1912 Alkali Ike's Motorcycle (short)
 
1912 The Prospector (short)
Jim Clayton
 
1912 Western Girls (short)
 
1912 Broncho Billy's Mexican Wife (short)
Manuel, The Mexican Man with the Guitar
 
1912 Broncho Billy's Heart (short)
Jim Davis
 
1912 The Dance at Silver Gulch (short)
Joe Barton
 
1912 An Indian's Friendship (short)
Yellow Wolf
 
1912 The Ranch Girl's Trial (short)
Big Moose
 
1912 The Tomboy on Bar Z (short)
Sheriff
 
1912 The Shotgun Ranchman (short)
The Hunter
 
1912 Alkali Ike Stung! (short)
 
1912 An Indian Sunbeam (short)
Bob's Friend
 
1912 Alkali Ike's Pants (short)
Coyote Simpson
 
1912 A Woman of Arizona (short)
 
1912 The Ranchman's Trust (short)
Elliott Stapleton
 
1912 Broncho Billy for Sheriff (short)
 
1912 Alkali Ike Plays the Devil (short) (uncredited)
 
1912 Broncho Billy's Escapade (short)
 
1912 On the Moonlight Trail (short)
A Tramp
 
1912 Broncho Billy's Last Hold-Up (short)
The Doctor
 
1912 The Little Sheriff (short)
Bill Lewis
 
1912 The Loafer's Mother (short)
Gregg Wilson, the Loafer
 
1912 Broncho Billy's Pal (short)
Quick-Draw Kelly
 
1912 A Moonshiner's Heart (short)
Ross Chalmers - Revenue Officer
 
1912 The Smuggler's Daughter (short)
Sheriff
 
1912 Broncho Billy's Narrow Escape (short)
 
1912 On the Cactus Trail (short)
Dan Clayton
 
1912 Broncho Billy and the Indian Maid (short)
The Sheriff
 
1912 Western Hearts (short)
 
1912 On El Monte Ranch (short)
 
1912 Broncho Billy's Bible (short)
Quick-Draw Kelly
 
1912 The Desert Sweetheart (short)
Wells
 
1912 The Sheriff and His Man (short)
Mexican
 
1912 The Dead Man's Claim (short)
Durkin's Partner, Black
 
1912 Broncho Billy and the Bandits (short)
The Arizona Kid
 
1912 Alkali Ike's Boarding House (short)
 
1912 Alkali Ike Bests Broncho Billy (short)
 
1912 A Ranch Widower's Daughters (short)
Curley Brown
 
1912 The Ranch Girl's Mistake (short)
 
1912 The Prospector's Legacy (short)
 
1912 The Deputy and the Girl (short)
 
1912 Broncho Billy and the Schoolmistress (short)
Townsman (uncredited)
 
1912 The Oath of His Office (short)
 
1912 A Child of the West (short)
 
1911 Broncho Billy's Adventure (short)
The Tavern Owner's Daughter's Sweetheart
 
1911 Broncho Billy's Christmas Dinner (short)
Party Guest (uncredited)
 
1911 Papa's Letter (short)
Papa
 
1911 The Desert Claim (short)
 
1911 A Cattle Rustler's Father (short)
Jim Pritchard - the Son
 
1911 The Forester's Plea (short)
The sheriff
 
1911 A Western Redemption (short)
Deputy
 
1911 The Stage Driver's Daughter (short)
 
1911 Town Hall, Tonight (short)
 
1911 The Strike at the Little Jonny Mine (short)
 
1911 A Western Girl's Sacrifice (short)
 
1911 Mustang Pete's Love Affair (short)
 
1911 The Corporation and the Ranch Girl (short)
 
1911 Forgiven in Death (short)
An Indian
 
1911 The Lucky Card (short)
A Mexican
 
1911 Alkali Ike's Auto (short)
 
1911 The Bunco Game at Lizardhead (short)
 
1911 The Indian Maiden's Lesson (short)
 
1911 The Sheriff's Chum (short)
Prisoner
 
1911 Across the Plains (short)
 
1911 The Faithful Indian (short)
 
1911 On the Desert's Edge (short)
 
1911 The Outlaw and the Child (short)
 
1911 The Two Reformations (short)
 
1911 The Count and the Cowboys (short)
 
1910 The Bad Man's Christmas Gift (short)
 
1910 The Tenderfoot Messenger (short)
 
1910 A Cowboy's Vindication (short)
 
1910 Circle C Ranch's Wedding Present (short)
 
1910 A Western Woman's Way (short)
 
1910 The Little Prospector (short)
 
1910 The Marked Trail (short)
 
1910 The Masquerade Cop (short)
 
1910 Pals of the Range (short)
An Indian
 
1910 The Bearded Bandit (short)
 
1910 Patricia of the Plains (short)
 
1910 The Tout's Remembrance (short)
 
1910 The Pony Express Rider (short)
 
1910 The Deputy's Love (short)
Passenger
 
1910 Under Western Skies (short)
A Cowboy
 
1910 The Desperado (short)
Black Bart
 
1910 The Unknown Claim (short)
A Ranch Hand
 
1910 The Bad Man's Last Deed (short)
The Sheriff
 
1910 The Forest Ranger (short)
 
1910 The Ranchman's Feud (short)
The Sheriff
 
1910 The Brother, Sister and the Cowpuncher (short)
 
1910 The Little Doctor of the Foothills (short)
 
1910 The Cowpuncher's Ward (short)
 
1910 A Vein of Gold (short)
 
1910 The Bad Man and the Preacher (short)
 
1910 The Mistaken Bandit (short)
 
1910 The Ranger's Bride (short)
 
1910 The Flower of the Ranch (short)
 
1910 A Ranchman's Wooing (short)
 
1910 The Girl and the Fugitive (short)
A Cowboy
 
1910 Method in His Madness (short)
Pedestrian at Second Bar/Third Bartender
 
1910 The Mexican's Faith (short)
Scoundrel's Accomplice
 
1910 The Cowboy and the Squaw (short)
The Bartender
 
1910 The Outlaw's Sacrifice (short)
Walt Malone
 
1910 Won by a Hold-Up (short)
Bill
 
1909 The Heart of a Cowboy (short)
 
1909/I The Spanish Girl (short)
Pedro
 
1909 The Ranchman's Rival (short)
The Mexican
 
1909 His Reformation (short)
 
1909 The Best Man Wins (short)
 
1909 The Mad Miner (short) (as Frederick Church)
 
1909 Tag Day (short) (as Frederick Church)
 
1908 The Cowboy's Baby (short) (as Frederick Church)
 
???? Glad Glory
 
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1929 The Unknown Rider (writer)
 
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1914 The Futility of Revenge (short)
 
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Montana Bill | Frederick Church
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