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Actor:

• 1950s
• 1940s
• 1930s
• 1920s
• 1910s

1. The Horse Soldiers (1959) .... Acting Sheriff Henry Goodbody
2. "The Texan" .... Zeb Waters (1 episode, 1959)
       - The Man Behind the Star (1959) TV episode .... Zeb Waters
3. "The Court of Last Resort" .... Glover (1 episode, 1958)
       - The Joel Sheldon Case (1958) TV episode .... Glover
4. "The Gray Ghost" .... Slocum (1 episode, 1958)
       - Epidemic (1958) TV episode .... Slocum
5. "Sergeant Preston of the Yukon" .... Jonah (1 episode, 1957)
       - The Old Timer (1957) TV episode .... Jonah
6. The Tin Star (1957) .... Clem Hall
7. "Wagon Train" .... 9 October 1957 (1 episode, 1957)
   ... aka Major Adams, Trail Master
       - The Ruth Owens Story (1957) TV episode .... 9 October 1957
8. The Lonely Man (1957) (uncredited) .... Red Bluff poker player
9. The Brass Legend (1956) .... Deputy 'Pop' Jackson
10. Friendly Persuasion (1956) (uncredited) .... Elder (Brother Griffith)
11. These Wilder Years (1956) (uncredited) .... Farmer
12. "Crossroads" (1 episode, 1956)
        - Anatole of the Bayous (1956) TV episode
13. "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
14. Oklahoma! (1955) (uncredited) .... The minister
15. The Tall Men (1955) .... Emigrant
16. The Last Command (1955) .... The Parson
    ... aka San Antonio de Bexar (USA: alternative title)
17. Many Rivers to Cross (1955) (uncredited) .... Man at Inn
18. "TV Reader's Digest" .... Jim Roberts (1 episode, 1955)
        - The Last of the Old Time Shooting Sheriffs (1955) TV episode .... Jim Roberts
19. "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
20. Broken Lance (1954) (uncredited) .... Judge
21. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) .... Fred Bixby
22. Gypsy Colt (1954) (uncredited) .... Mr. Minter
23. "The Lone Ranger" .... Jack Brewster (1 episode, 1953)
        - The Old Cowboy (1953) TV episode .... Jack Brewster
24. The Sun Shines Bright (1953) .... Dr. Lewt Lake
25. Meet Me at the Fair (1953) .... Sheriff Evans
26. Feudin' Fools (1952) .... Grandpa Smith
    ... aka Down on the Farm (USA: alternative title)
27. Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair (1952) .... Clem Johnson
    ... aka Ma and Pa Kettle at the County Fair (USA: alternative title)
28. Lone Star (1952) .... Maynard Cole
29. Across the Wide Missouri (1951) (uncredited) .... Hoback
30. Comin' Round the Mountain (1951) .... Judge
31. "Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok" .... Sam Overman (1 episode, 1951)
        - Ghost Town Story (1951) TV episode .... Sam Overman
32. Call of the Klondike (1950) .... Andy McKay
33. Saddle Tramp (1950) .... Pop
34. Wagon Master (1950) .... Adam Perkins
35. The Outriders (1950) (uncredited) .... The farmer
    
    
36. Free for All (1949) .... Farmer
37. The Gal Who Took the West (1949) .... Bartender (Old-Timer)
38. The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949) (uncredited) .... Grandpa
39. Tuna Clipper (1949) .... Capt. Fergus MacLennan
40. Joan of Arc (1948) (uncredited) .... Old man with pipe
41. Sundown in Santa Fe (1948) .... Sheriff Jim Wyatt
42. The Untamed Breed (1948) (uncredited) .... The minister
43. Tap Roots (1948) .... Big Sam Dabney
44. Coroner Creek (1948) .... Walt Hardison
45. Albuquerque (1948) .... Abner Huggins
    ... aka Silver City (UK)
46. The Fabulous Texan (1947) .... Wade Clayton
    ... aka The Texas Uprising (USA: reissue title)
47. Bowery Buckaroos (1947) .... Sheriff Luke Barlow
48. The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947) .... Dan Yeary
49. The Millerson Case (1947) (uncredited) .... Squire Tuttle
50. My Darling Clementine (1946) .... John Simpson
    ... aka John Ford's My Darling Clementine (UK: complete title) (USA: complete title)
51. My Dog Shep (1946) .... Matt Hodgkins
52. Lady Luck (1946) (uncredited) .... Daniel Boone
53. Death Valley (1946) .... Old Silas Bagley
54. Bad Bascomb (1946) .... Elijah Walker
55. A Boy and His Dog (1946) .... Mr. Thornycroft
56. California Gold Rush (1946) .... Colonel Parker
57. They Were Expendable (1945) .... 'Dad' Knowland
58. Incendiary Blonde (1945) (uncredited) .... Jenkins (at the Wild West show)
59. Along Came Jones (1945) .... Pop de Longpre
60. Roughly Speaking (1945) (uncredited) .... The Colonel (drill instructor)
61. The Big Bonanza (1944) .... Adam Parker
62. Tall in the Saddle (1944) (uncredited) .... Pat Foster
63. Man from Frisco (1944) .... Dr. Hershey
64. Roaring Guns (1944) .... Farmer MacKenzie
65. Texas Masquerade (1944) .... J.K. Trimble
66. The Woman of the Town (1943) .... Sime
67. Moonlight in Vermont (1943) .... Uncle Rufus
68. Riding High (1943) (uncredited) .... Frenchy McQuire
    ... aka Melody Inn (UK)
69. Colt Comrades (1943) (uncredited) .... Sheriff
70. Border Patrol (1943) .... Mayor Orestes Krebs
71. Tennessee Johnson (1942) .... Kirby
    ... aka The Man on America's Conscience (UK)
72. The Spoilers (1942) .... Flapjack Sims
73. Lone Star Ranger (1942) .... Tom Duane
74. Shut My Big Mouth (1942) .... Mayor Potter
75. Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942) .... Edward 'Ned' Nolan
76. Nazi Agent (1942) (uncredited) .... 2nd Captain
    ... aka Salute to Courage
77. Swamp Water (1941) .... Marty McCord
    ... aka The Man Who Came Back (UK)
78. Last of the Duanes (1941) .... Tom Duane
79. Wild Geese Calling (1941) .... Marshal Len Baker
80. Bad Men of Missouri (1941) .... Henry 'Hank' Younger
81. Citadel of Crime (1941/I) .... Jess Meekins
    ... aka Outside the Law
82. Meet John Doe (1941) (uncredited)
    ... aka Frank Capra's 'Meet John Doe' (USA: complete title)
    ... aka John Doe, Dynamite (UK)
83. Tobacco Road (1941) .... Chief of Police
84. Santa Fe Trail (1940) .... Shubel Morgan
85. Wyoming (1940) (uncredited) .... Mr. Bronson
    ... aka Bad Man of Wyoming (UK)
86. Brigham Young (1940) .... U.S. Army Major
    ... aka Brigham Young: Frontiersman (UK) (USA: promotional title)
87. Three Faces West (1940) .... Minister
    ... aka The Refugee (UK)
88. Virginia City (1940) .... Frank Gaylord
89. The Grapes of Wrath (1940) .... Pa Joad
    
    
90. Geronimo (1939) (uncredited) .... Scout
91. Drums Along the Mohawk (1939) .... Dr. Petry
92. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) (uncredited) .... Kenneth Allen
    ... aka Frank Capra's Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (USA: complete title)
93. Desperate Trails (1939) .... Sheriff Bill Tanner
94. The Bill of Rights (1939) (uncredited) .... Frontiersman
95. Western Caravans (1939) .... Winchester Thompson
    ... aka Silver Sands (UK)
96. Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) (uncredited) .... Woolridge
97. Dodge City (1939) .... Orth
98. The Sisters (1938) (uncredited) .... First Sailor
99. Valley of the Giants (1938) .... 'Mac' McKenzie
100. Heart of the North (1938) .... Dave MacMillan
101. Sons of the Plains (1938)
102. The Girl of the Golden West (1938) (uncredited) .... Fred (wagon train outrider, in prologue)
103. Gold Is Where You Find It (1938) .... Farmer John 'Mac' McKenzie
104. Paradise Isle (1937) .... Baxter
     ... aka Siren of the South Seas (USA: reissue title)
105. Wild West Days (1937) .... Matt Keeler
106. Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge (1937) .... Bayliss Baynum
     ... aka The Hero of Pine Ridge
107. Parnell (1937) (uncredited) .... Father of Dead Child
108. That I May Live (1937) .... Bish Plivens
109. Mountain Justice (1937) .... Mr. Matthew Turnbull
110. Maid of Salem (1937) .... Village Marshal
111. Green Light (1937) .... Sheep Man
112. Wild Brian Kent (1936) (uncredited) .... Race judge
113. Ramona (1936) .... Scroggs
114. Back to Nature (1936) (uncredited) .... Sheriff
115. The Crime of Dr. Forbes (1936) .... Sheriff Neil
116. San Francisco (1936) .... 'Red' Kelly
117. Girl of the Ozarks (1936) .... Bascomb Rogers
118. The Harvester (1936) .... Abner Prewett
119. Man Hunt (1936) .... Jeff Parkington
120. Paddy O'Day (1935) .... Benton
121. Way Down East (1935) .... Squire Bartlett
122. Motive for Revenge (1935) .... McAllister
123. The Hoosier Schoolmaster (1935) .... Doc Small
     ... aka The Schoolmaster
124. The County Chairman (1935) .... Vance Jimmison
125. West of the Pecos (1934) .... Roy Neal
126. The World Moves On (1934) .... Notary (1825)
127. Ever Since Eve (1934) .... Jim Wood
128. Three on a Honeymoon (1934) .... Ezra MacDuff
129. Carolina (1934) .... Richards
     ... aka House of Connelly (UK)
130. Frontier Marshal (1934) .... Editor Pickett
131. Radio Scout (1934)
132. Sixteen Fathoms Deep (1934) .... A.B. Crockett
133. The Power and the Glory (1933) (uncredited) .... College Engineering Professor
     ... aka Power and Glory (UK)
134. The Moonshiner's Daughter (1933) .... The Wife
     ... aka Abroad in Old Kentucky
135. Face in the Sky (1933) .... Pa Brown
136. 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
137. Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles (1933) .... Speaker
138. Silver Dollar (1932) .... Hamlin
139. Call Her Savage (1932) .... Old Man in Wagon Train
140. 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
141. The Cabin in the Cotton (1932) .... Uncle Joe
142. White Eagle (1932) (uncredited) .... Gray Wolf
143. 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)
144. Hello Trouble (1932) .... Jonathan Kenyon
145. The Honor of the Press (1932) .... City Editor Dan Perkins
     ... aka The Scoop (USA: working title)
146. The Engineer's Daughter; or, Iron Minnie's Revenge (1932)
147. Flames (1932) .... Jake
148. The Famous Ferguson Case (1932) .... Craig
149. The Riding Tornado (1932) .... Sheriff
150. Rule 'Em and Weep (1932) .... King's Aide
151. Lena Rivers (1932) .... Grandfather
     ... aka The Sin of Lena Rivers (USA: reissue title)
152. Law and Order (1932) .... Judge R.W. Williams
     ... aka Guns A'Blazing (USA: reissue title)
153. Ridin' for Justice (1932) .... Marshal Joseph Slyde
154. Susan Lenox <Her Fall and Rise> (1931) .... Doctor
     ... aka Rising to Fame
     ... aka The Rise of Helga (UK)
155. Alexander Hamilton (1931) (uncredited) .... Harvey Taylor - First Ex-Soldier
156. West of the Rockies (1931) .... Gunner Bill
     ... aka All Faces West (USA: review title)
     ... aka Call of the Rockies (USA: reissue title)
157. The Great Meadow (1931) .... Thomas Hall
158. Man to Man (1930) .... Uncle Cal
159. Billy the Kid (1930) .... Angus McSween
     ... aka The Highwayman Rides (USA: TV title)
160. Abraham Lincoln (1930) .... Uncle Jimmy--Lincoln's Employer
     ... aka D.W. Griffith's 'Abraham Lincoln' (USA: alternative title)
161. The Lone Star Ranger (1930) .... Colonel John Aldridge
     
     
162. After the Fog (1929) .... Joshua Barker
163. The Sap (1929) .... The Banker
164. Innocents of Paris (1929) .... Emile Leval
165. My Lady's Past (1929) .... John Parker
166. Kid's Clever (1929) .... John Decker
167. Noisy Neighbors (1929) .... Ebenezer
168. Tropical Nights (1928) .... Singapore Joe
169. The Bushranger (1928) .... Sir Eric
170. Life's Mockery (1928) .... Wolf Miller
     ... aka Reform
171. The Trail of '98 (1928) .... Old Swede
172. Wild Geese (1927) .... Caleb Gare
173. Now We're in the Air (1927) .... Lord Abercrombie McTavish
174. The First Auto (1927) .... Hank Armstrong
175. The Frontiersman (1927) .... Andrew Jackson
176. The Heart of the Yukon (1927) .... 'Cash' Cynon
177. Annie Laurie (1927) .... Sandy
178. God's Great Wilderness (1927) .... Richard Stoner
179. Lovey Mary (1926) .... Stubbins
     ... aka Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
180. The Social Highwayman (1926) .... The Mayor's Partner
181. Rustling for Cupid (1926) .... Hank Blatchford
182. The Earth Woman (1926) .... Ezra Tilden
183. Ship of Souls (1925) .... Angus Garth
184. The Splendid Road (1925) .... Captain Lightfoot
185. The Eagle (1925) (uncredited) .... The Eagle's Lieutenant/Coach Driver
186. Why Women Love (1925) .... Silas Martin
     ... aka Sea Woman (USA: alternative title)
187. Thunder Mountain (1925) .... Si Pace
188. Paint and Powder (1925) .... Riley
189. Faint Perfume (1925) .... Grandpa Crumb
190. Old Shoes (1925)
191. Beauty and the Bad Man (1925) .... Chuckwalla Bill
192. The Re-Creation of Brian Kent (1925) .... Jap Taylor
193. The Narrow Street (1925) .... Gaarvey
194. Painted People (1924) .... Fred Lane
195. Desire (1923) .... Patrick Ryan
196. The Virginian (1923) .... Trampas
197. Defying Destiny (1923) .... Mr. Wilkens
198. The Huntress (1923) .... Big Jack Skinner
199. Circus Days (1923) .... Eben Holt
200. The Rip-Tide (1923) .... The Maharajah
201. The Girl of the Golden West (1923) .... Jack Rance
202. Hearts Aflame (1923) .... Black Joe
203. The Kingdom Within (1922) .... Caleb Deming
204. Peg o' My Heart (1922) .... Jim O'Connell
205. Fools of Fortune (1922) .... Magpie Simpkins
206. Rags to Riches (1922) .... The Sheriff
     ... aka From Rags to Riches (copyright title)
207. Human Hearts (1922) .... Paul Logan
208. Across the Deadline (1922) .... Enoch Kidder
209. When Love Is Young (1922)
210. Shadows of Conscience (1921) .... Jim Logan
211. Under the Lash (1921) .... Simeon Krillet
     ... aka The Shulamite
212. Snowblind (1921) .... Hugh Garth
213. Bunty Pulls the Strings (1921) .... Tammas Biggar
214. The Branding Iron (1920) .... John Carver
215. Godless Men (1920) .... 'Black' Pawl
216. Lahoma (1920) .... 'Brick' Willock
217. The Deadlier Sex (1920) .... Jim Willis
218. Out of the Dust (1920) .... Captain John Evans, U.S.A.
     
     
219. The Blue Bandanna (1919) .... Jim Yancy
220. Fighting Cressy (1919) .... Hiram McKinstry
221. Desert Gold (1919/I) .... Ladd
222. Bill Apperson's Boy (1919) .... Bill Apperson
223. The Brand (1919) .... Dan McGill
224. The Challenge Accepted (1918) .... Uncle Zeke Sawyer
225. Oh, Johnny! (1918) .... Adele's Fatther
226. The Border Legion (1918) .... Overland Bradley
227. The Uphill Path (1918) .... James Lawton
228. Riders of the Night (1918) .... Sally's Grandfather
229. Breakers Ahead (1918) .... Captain Scudder
230. A Weaver of Dreams (1918) .... Martin Chandler
231. Salt of the Earth (1917) .... Sinful John
232. Blue Jeans (1917) .... Jacob Tutwiler
233. The Girl Without a Soul (1917) (uncredited) .... Bit Role
234. The Food Gamblers (1917) .... Samuel Sloane
235. The Barrier (1917) .... John Gaylord/John Tale
236. The Feud Girl (1916) .... Zeb Bassett
237. Lovely Mary (1916) .... Peter Nelson
238. The Old Homestead (1915) .... Sheriff
     ... aka Thompson's 'Old Homestead' (USA)
239. The Virginian (1914) (uncredited)
     

Soundtrack:

• 1950s
• 1940s

1. Wagon Master (1950) ("CHUCKAWALLA SWING")
   
   
2. Bad Men of Missouri (1941) ("Darling Nellie Gray" (1856) (uncredited))
   

Archive Footage:

1. The Ghost of Crossbones Canyon (1952)
2. Trial by Trigger (1944) (uncredited) .... Homesteader
3. Lest We Forget (1937) (uncredited) .... Clip from: County Chairman