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Date of Birth:
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Mini Biography:
His grim, beady-eyed, sharp-nosed, weatherbeaten face was always familiar... more
Trivia:
With six Technicolor films through 1939, he apparently holds the record... more
US TV Schedule:
Filmography
Actor:
- The Horse Soldiers (1959) .... Acting Sheriff Henry Goodbody
- "The Texan" .... Zeb Waters (1 episode, 1959)
- The Man Behind the Star (1959) TV episode .... Zeb Waters - "The Court of Last Resort" .... Glover (1 episode, 1958)
- The Joel Sheldon Case (1958) TV episode .... Glover - "The Gray Ghost" .... Slocum (1 episode, 1958)
- Epidemic (1958) TV episode .... Slocum - "Sergeant Preston of the Yukon" .... Jonah (1 episode, 1957)
- The Old Timer (1957) TV episode .... Jonah - The Tin Star (1957) .... Clem Hall
- "Wagon Train" .... 9 October 1957 (1 episode, 1957)
... aka Major Adams, Trail Master
- The Ruth Owens Story (1957) TV episode .... 9 October 1957 - The Lonely Man (1957) (uncredited) .... Red Bluff poker player
- The Brass Legend (1956) .... Deputy 'Pop' Jackson
- Friendly Persuasion (1956) (uncredited) .... Elder (Brother Griffith)
- These Wilder Years (1956) (uncredited) .... Farmer
- "Crossroads" (1 episode, 1956)
- Anatole of the Bayous (1956) TV episode - "The 20th Century-Fox Hour" .... Old Man (1 episode, 1955)
... aka Fox Hour of Stars (USA: rerun title)
- The Ox-Bow Incident (1955) TV episode .... Old Man - Oklahoma! (1955) (uncredited) .... The minister
- The Tall Men (1955) .... Emigrant
- The Last Command (1955) .... The Parson
... aka San Antonio de Bexar (USA: alternative title) - Many Rivers to Cross (1955) (uncredited) .... Man at Inn
- "TV Reader's Digest" .... Jim Roberts (1 episode, 1955)
- The Last of the Old Time Shooting Sheriffs (1955) TV episode .... Jim Roberts - "Cavalcade of America" .... Judge Grant / ... (3 episodes, 1953-1954)
... aka DuPont Presents the Cavalcade Theatre (USA: fourth season title)
... aka DuPont Theater (USA: fifth season title)
- The Forge (1954) TV episode .... Judge Grant
- Young Andy Jackson (1954) TV episode
- Night Strike (1953) TV episode .... Quatermaster - Broken Lance (1954) (uncredited) .... Judge
- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) .... Fred Bixby
- Gypsy Colt (1954) (uncredited) .... Mr. Minter
- "The Lone Ranger" .... Jack Brewster (1 episode, 1953)
- The Old Cowboy (1953) TV episode .... Jack Brewster - The Sun Shines Bright (1953) .... Dr. Lewt Lake
- Meet Me at the Fair (1953) .... Sheriff Evans
- Feudin' Fools (1952) .... Grandpa Smith
... aka Down on the Farm (USA: alternative title) - Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair (1952) .... Clem Johnson
... aka Ma and Pa Kettle at the County Fair (USA: alternative title) - Lone Star (1952) .... Maynard Cole
- Across the Wide Missouri (1951) (uncredited) .... Hoback
- Comin' Round the Mountain (1951) .... Judge
- "Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok" .... Sam Overman (1 episode, 1951)
- Ghost Town Story (1951) TV episode .... Sam Overman - Call of the Klondike (1950) .... Andy McKay
- Saddle Tramp (1950) .... Pop
- Wagon Master (1950) .... Adam Perkins
- The Outriders (1950) (uncredited) .... The farmer
- Free for All (1949) .... Farmer
- The Gal Who Took the West (1949) .... Bartender (Old-Timer)
- The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949) (uncredited) .... Grandpa
- Tuna Clipper (1949) .... Capt. Fergus MacLennan
- Joan of Arc (1948) (uncredited) .... Old man with pipe
- Sundown in Santa Fe (1948) .... Sheriff Jim Wyatt
- The Untamed Breed (1948) (uncredited) .... The minister
- Tap Roots (1948) .... Big Sam Dabney
- Coroner Creek (1948) .... Walt Hardison
- Albuquerque (1948) .... Abner Huggins
... aka Silver City (UK) - The Fabulous Texan (1947) .... Wade Clayton
... aka The Texas Uprising (USA: reissue title) - Bowery Buckaroos (1947) .... Sheriff Luke Barlow
- The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947) .... Dan Yeary
- The Millerson Case (1947) (uncredited) .... Squire Tuttle
- My Darling Clementine (1946) .... John Simpson
... aka John Ford's My Darling Clementine (UK: complete title) (USA: complete title) - My Dog Shep (1946) .... Matt Hodgkins
- Lady Luck (1946) (uncredited) .... Daniel Boone
- Death Valley (1946) .... Old Silas Bagley
- Bad Bascomb (1946) .... Elijah Walker
- A Boy and His Dog (1946) .... Mr. Thornycroft
- California Gold Rush (1946) .... Colonel Parker
- They Were Expendable (1945) .... 'Dad' Knowland
- Incendiary Blonde (1945) (uncredited) .... Jenkins (at the Wild West show)
- Along Came Jones (1945) .... Pop de Longpre
- Roughly Speaking (1945) (uncredited) .... The Colonel (drill instructor)
- The Big Bonanza (1944) .... Adam Parker
- Tall in the Saddle (1944) (uncredited) .... Pat Foster
- Man from Frisco (1944) .... Dr. Hershey
- Roaring Guns (1944) .... Farmer MacKenzie
- Texas Masquerade (1944) .... J.K. Trimble
- The Woman of the Town (1943) .... Sime
- Moonlight in Vermont (1943) .... Uncle Rufus
- Riding High (1943) (uncredited) .... Frenchy McQuire
... aka Melody Inn (UK) - Colt Comrades (1943) (uncredited) .... Sheriff
- Border Patrol (1943) .... Mayor Orestes Krebs
- Tennessee Johnson (1942) .... Kirby
... aka The Man on America's Conscience (UK) - The Spoilers (1942) .... Flapjack Sims
- Lone Star Ranger (1942) .... Tom Duane
- Shut My Big Mouth (1942) .... Mayor Potter
- Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942) .... Edward 'Ned' Nolan
- Nazi Agent (1942) (uncredited) .... 2nd Captain
... aka Salute to Courage - Swamp Water (1941) .... Marty McCord
... aka The Man Who Came Back (UK) - Last of the Duanes (1941) .... Tom Duane
- Wild Geese Calling (1941) .... Marshal Len Baker
- Bad Men of Missouri (1941) .... Henry 'Hank' Younger
- Citadel of Crime (1941/I) .... Jess Meekins
... aka Outside the Law - Meet John Doe (1941) (uncredited)
... aka Frank Capra's 'Meet John Doe' (USA: complete title)
... aka John Doe, Dynamite (UK) - Tobacco Road (1941) .... Chief of Police
- Santa Fe Trail (1940) .... Shubel Morgan
- Wyoming (1940) (uncredited) .... Mr. Bronson
... aka Bad Man of Wyoming (UK) - Brigham Young (1940) .... U.S. Army Major
... aka Brigham Young: Frontiersman (UK) (USA: promotional title) - Three Faces West (1940) .... Minister
... aka The Refugee (UK) - Virginia City (1940) .... Frank Gaylord
- The Grapes of Wrath (1940) .... Pa Joad
- Geronimo (1939) (uncredited) .... Scout
- Drums Along the Mohawk (1939) .... Dr. Petry
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) (uncredited) .... Kenneth Allen
... aka Frank Capra's Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (USA: complete title) - Desperate Trails (1939) .... Sheriff Bill Tanner
- The Bill of Rights (1939) (uncredited) .... Frontiersman
- Western Caravans (1939) .... Winchester Thompson
... aka Silver Sands (UK) - Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) (uncredited) .... Woolridge
- Dodge City (1939) .... Orth
- The Sisters (1938) (uncredited) .... First Sailor
- Valley of the Giants (1938) .... 'Mac' McKenzie
- Heart of the North (1938) .... Dave MacMillan
- Sons of the Plains (1938)
- The Girl of the Golden West (1938) (uncredited) .... Fred (wagon train outrider, in prologue)
- Gold Is Where You Find It (1938) .... Farmer John 'Mac' McKenzie
- Paradise Isle (1937) .... Baxter
... aka Siren of the South Seas (USA: reissue title) - Wild West Days (1937) .... Matt Keeler
- Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge (1937) .... Bayliss Baynum
... aka The Hero of Pine Ridge - Parnell (1937) (uncredited) .... Father of Dead Child
- That I May Live (1937) .... Bish Plivens
- Mountain Justice (1937) .... Mr. Matthew Turnbull
- Maid of Salem (1937) .... Village Marshal
- Green Light (1937) .... Sheep Man
- Wild Brian Kent (1936) (uncredited) .... Race judge
- Ramona (1936) .... Scroggs
- Back to Nature (1936) (uncredited) .... Sheriff
- The Crime of Dr. Forbes (1936) .... Sheriff Neil
- San Francisco (1936) .... 'Red' Kelly
- Girl of the Ozarks (1936) .... Bascomb Rogers
- The Harvester (1936) .... Abner Prewett
- Man Hunt (1936) .... Jeff Parkington
- Paddy O'Day (1935) .... Benton
- Way Down East (1935) .... Squire Bartlett
- Motive for Revenge (1935) .... McAllister
- The Hoosier Schoolmaster (1935) .... Doc Small
... aka The Schoolmaster - The County Chairman (1935) .... Vance Jimmison
- West of the Pecos (1934) .... Roy Neal
- The World Moves On (1934) .... Notary (1825)
- Ever Since Eve (1934) .... Jim Wood
- Three on a Honeymoon (1934) .... Ezra MacDuff
- Carolina (1934) .... Richards
... aka House of Connelly (UK) - Frontier Marshal (1934) .... Editor Pickett
- Radio Scout (1934)
- Sixteen Fathoms Deep (1934) .... A.B. Crockett
- The Power and the Glory (1933) (uncredited) .... College Engineering Professor
... aka Power and Glory (UK) - The Moonshiner's Daughter (1933) .... The Wife
... aka Abroad in Old Kentucky - Face in the Sky (1933) .... Pa Brown
- Thru Thin and Thicket; or, Who's Zoo in Africa (1933)
... aka Thru Thin and Thicket (USA: short title)
... aka Who's Zoo in Africa - Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles (1933) .... Speaker
- Silver Dollar (1932) .... Hamlin
- Call Her Savage (1932) .... Old Man in Wagon Train
- I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) (scenes deleted) .... Sheriff
... aka I Am a Fugitive
... aka I Am a Fugitive from the Chain Gang - The Cabin in the Cotton (1932) .... Uncle Joe
- White Eagle (1932) (uncredited) .... Gray Wolf
- Two Lips and Juleps; or, Southern Love and Northern Exposure (1932)
... aka Southern Love and Northern Exposure
... aka Two Lips and Juleps (USA: short title) - Hello Trouble (1932) .... Jonathan Kenyon
- The Honor of the Press (1932) .... City Editor Dan Perkins
... aka The Scoop (USA: working title) - The Engineer's Daughter; or, Iron Minnie's Revenge (1932)
- Flames (1932) .... Jake
- The Famous Ferguson Case (1932) .... Craig
- The Riding Tornado (1932) .... Sheriff
- Rule 'Em and Weep (1932) .... King's Aide
- Lena Rivers (1932) .... Grandfather
... aka The Sin of Lena Rivers (USA: reissue title) - Law and Order (1932) .... Judge R.W. Williams
... aka Guns A'Blazing (USA: reissue title) - Ridin' for Justice (1932) .... Marshal Joseph Slyde
- Susan Lenox <Her Fall and Rise> (1931) .... Doctor
... aka Rising to Fame
... aka The Rise of Helga (UK) - Alexander Hamilton (1931) (uncredited) .... Harvey Taylor - First Ex-Soldier
- West of the Rockies (1931) .... Gunner Bill
... aka All Faces West (USA: review title)
... aka Call of the Rockies (USA: reissue title) - The Great Meadow (1931) .... Thomas Hall
- Man to Man (1930) .... Uncle Cal
- Billy the Kid (1930) .... Angus McSween
... aka The Highwayman Rides (USA: TV title) - Abraham Lincoln (1930) .... Uncle Jimmy--Lincoln's Employer
... aka D.W. Griffith's 'Abraham Lincoln' (USA: alternative title) - The Lone Star Ranger (1930) .... Colonel John Aldridge
- After the Fog (1929) .... Joshua Barker
- The Sap (1929) .... The Banker
- Innocents of Paris (1929) .... Emile Leval
- My Lady's Past (1929) .... John Parker
- Kid's Clever (1929) .... John Decker
- Noisy Neighbors (1929) .... Ebenezer
- Tropical Nights (1928) .... Singapore Joe
- The Bushranger (1928) .... Sir Eric
- Life's Mockery (1928) .... Wolf Miller
... aka Reform - The Trail of '98 (1928) .... Old Swede
- Wild Geese (1927) .... Caleb Gare
- Now We're in the Air (1927) .... Lord Abercrombie McTavish
- The First Auto (1927) .... Hank Armstrong
- The Frontiersman (1927) .... Andrew Jackson
- The Heart of the Yukon (1927) .... 'Cash' Cynon
- Annie Laurie (1927) .... Sandy
- God's Great Wilderness (1927) .... Richard Stoner
- Lovey Mary (1926) .... Stubbins
... aka Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch - The Social Highwayman (1926) .... The Mayor's Partner
- Rustling for Cupid (1926) .... Hank Blatchford
- The Earth Woman (1926) .... Ezra Tilden
- Ship of Souls (1925) .... Angus Garth
- The Splendid Road (1925) .... Captain Lightfoot
- The Eagle (1925) (uncredited) .... The Eagle's Lieutenant/Coach Driver
- Why Women Love (1925) .... Silas Martin
... aka Sea Woman (USA: alternative title) - Thunder Mountain (1925) .... Si Pace
- Paint and Powder (1925) .... Riley
- Faint Perfume (1925) .... Grandpa Crumb
- Old Shoes (1925)
- Beauty and the Bad Man (1925) .... Chuckwalla Bill
- The Re-Creation of Brian Kent (1925) .... Jap Taylor
- The Narrow Street (1925) .... Gaarvey
- Painted People (1924) .... Fred Lane
- Desire (1923) .... Patrick Ryan
- The Virginian (1923) .... Trampas
- Defying Destiny (1923) .... Mr. Wilkens
- The Huntress (1923) .... Big Jack Skinner
- Circus Days (1923) .... Eben Holt
- The Rip-Tide (1923) .... The Maharajah
- The Girl of the Golden West (1923) .... Jack Rance
- Hearts Aflame (1923) .... Black Joe
- The Kingdom Within (1922) .... Caleb Deming
- Peg o' My Heart (1922) .... Jim O'Connell
- Fools of Fortune (1922) .... Magpie Simpkins
- Rags to Riches (1922) .... The Sheriff
... aka From Rags to Riches (copyright title) - Human Hearts (1922) .... Paul Logan
- Across the Deadline (1922) .... Enoch Kidder
- When Love Is Young (1922)
- Shadows of Conscience (1921) .... Jim Logan
- Under the Lash (1921) .... Simeon Krillet
... aka The Shulamite - Snowblind (1921) .... Hugh Garth
- Bunty Pulls the Strings (1921) .... Tammas Biggar
- The Branding Iron (1920) .... John Carver
- Godless Men (1920) .... 'Black' Pawl
- Lahoma (1920) .... 'Brick' Willock
- The Deadlier Sex (1920) .... Jim Willis
- Out of the Dust (1920) .... Captain John Evans, U.S.A.
- The Blue Bandanna (1919) .... Jim Yancy
- Fighting Cressy (1919) .... Hiram McKinstry
- Desert Gold (1919/I) .... Ladd
- Bill Apperson's Boy (1919) .... Bill Apperson
- The Brand (1919) .... Dan McGill
- The Challenge Accepted (1918) .... Uncle Zeke Sawyer
- Oh, Johnny! (1918) .... Adele's Fatther
- The Border Legion (1918) .... Overland Bradley
- The Uphill Path (1918) .... James Lawton
- Riders of the Night (1918) .... Sally's Grandfather
- Breakers Ahead (1918) .... Captain Scudder
- A Weaver of Dreams (1918) .... Martin Chandler
- Salt of the Earth (1917) .... Sinful John
- Blue Jeans (1917) .... Jacob Tutwiler
- The Girl Without a Soul (1917) (uncredited) .... Bit Role
- The Food Gamblers (1917) .... Samuel Sloane
- The Barrier (1917) .... John Gaylord/John Tale
- The Feud Girl (1916) .... Zeb Bassett
- Lovely Mary (1916) .... Peter Nelson
- The Old Homestead (1915) .... Sheriff
... aka Thompson's 'Old Homestead' (USA) - The Virginian (1914) (uncredited)
Soundtrack:
- Wagon Master (1950) ("CHUCKAWALLA SWING")
- Bad Men of Missouri (1941) ("Darling Nellie Gray" (1856) (uncredited))
Archive Footage:
- The Ghost of Crossbones Canyon (1952)
- Trial by Trigger (1944) (uncredited) .... Homesteader
- Lest We Forget (1937) (uncredited) .... Clip from: County Chairman
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