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Merle Travis (1917–1983)

Soundtrack | Actor | Composer

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Wrote "Sixteen Tons" and "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette)." See more trivia »

Born:

Merle Robert Travis
in Rosewood, Kentucky, USA

Died:

(age 65) in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, USA
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2010-2011 The Marty Stuart Show (TV series)
– Buck Trent (2011) (writer: "Until Dawn")
– Episode #2.16 (2010) (writer: "Dark as a Dungeon")
 
2011 Chuck (TV series)
– Chuck Versus the Seduction Impossible (2011) (writer: "Sixteen Tons")
 
2010 Casal Rock (TV series)
– El gran concert (2010) (writer: "Sixteen Tons")
– Compte enrere (2010) (writer: "Sixteen Tons")
 
2009 Memòries de la tele (TV series)
– Episode #4.9 (2009) (writer: "Sixteen Tons")
 
2009 Banda sonora (TV series)
– Episode #5.8 (2009) (writer: "Sixteen Tons")
– Episode #5.5 (2009) (writer: "Dieciséis toneladas")
 
2008 Qwerty (TV series)
– Episode #3.12 (2008) (writer: "Dieciséis toneladas")
 
2008 Debt Trap (TV documentary) (writer: "Sixteen Tons")
 
2006 Wild Seven (writer: "Sixteen Tons")
 
2006 Emily's First 100 Days of School (video short) (writer: "16 Tons")
 
2005 Thank You for Smoking (writer: "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette!")
 
2005 Almost Heaven (writer: "Dark as a Dungeon")
 
2003 The Wire (TV series)
– Ebb Tide (2003) (writer: "Sixteen Tons" - uncredited)
 
2002 Door to Door (TV movie) (writer: "Sixteen Tons")
 
2002 Cuéntame (TV series)
– Cada cual en su sitio (2002) (writer: "Dieciséis toneladas Sixteen Tons")
 
1999 Don't Go Breaking My Heart (writer: "Love Must Be Catchin'")
 
1998 Casting (writer: "Sixteen Tons")
 
1998 Mystery Science Theater 3000 (TV series)
– The Screaming Skull (1998) (writer: "Sixteen Tons" - uncredited)
 
1998 Finding North (performer: "Goodbye My Bluebell")
 
1994 The Simpsons (TV series)
– Bart Gets an Elephant (1994) (writer: "Sixteen Tons" - uncredited)
 
1992 Golem, l'esprit de l'exil (music: "Sixteen Tons" / lyrics: "Sixteen Tons")
 
1990 Joe Versus the Volcano (writer: "Sixteen Tons")
 
1986 The A-Team (TV series)
– Dishpan Man (1986) (writer: "Sixteen Tons")
 
1976 Harlan County U.S.A. (documentary) (writer: "Dark As A Dungeon")
 
1974 And Now My Love (writer: "Sixtenn Tons")
 
1968-1970 The Porter Wagoner Show (TV series)
– Merle Travis (1970) (performer: "Nine Pound Hammer", "Cannonball Rag")
– Merle Travis (1968) (performer: "Lost John", "The Midnight Special")
 
1969-1970 The Johnny Cash Show (TV series)
– Episode #1.27 (1970) (writer: "Sailor on a Concrete Sea")
– Episode #1.15 (1969) (writer: "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! That Cigarette")
– Episode #1.4 (1969) (writer: "Dark as a Dungeon")
 
1966 That Tennessee Beat (writer: "That Tennessee Beat" / performer: "That Tennessee Beat")
 
1965 The Wednesday Play (TV series)
– Stand Up, Nigel Barton (1965) (writer: "16 Tons")
 
1965 Shindig! (TV series)
– Episode #1.21 (1965) (writer: "Kentucky Means Paradise")
 
1962 The Night Rider (TV short) (performer: "Don't Take Your Guns To Town" - uncredited, "Night Herding Song Move Slow, Little Dogies, Move Slow" - uncredited, "South of the Border" excerpt - uncredited)
 
1961 Five Minutes to Live ("Five Minutes To Live" / as Merl Travis)
 
1960 The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (TV series)
– Episode #5.9 (1960) (writer: "Nine Pound Hammer", "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette" / performer: "Party Song" - uncredited, "Nine Pound Hammer", "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette", "Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Loud, Loud Music" - uncredited, "Bless This House" - uncredited, "That Fat Gal of Mine" - uncredited Written by nm0871419)
 
1957 Locos peligrosos (writer: "16 Toneladas 16 Tons")
 
1955 Your Hit Parade (TV series)
– Episode dated 24 December 1955 (1955) (writer: "Sixteen Tons")
 
1951 The Gene Autry Show (TV series)
– Silver Dollars (1951) (writer: "I Want To Be Sure")
 
1951 Cyclone Fury (performer: "Hear the Wind Singing a Cowboy Song", "He'll Be Getting Some Sleep")
 
1946 Lone Star Moonlight (writer: "Catalogue Cowboy Joe")
 
1946 Galloping Thunder (performer: "He'll Be Getting Some Sleep", "Singing A Country Song", "Texas Home")
 
1946 Roaring Rangers (performer: "The New Ten-Gallon Hat", "The Old Chisholm Trail")
 
1945 Texas Home (short) (performer: "Texas Home")
 
1944 The Old Texas Trail (performer: "Ridin' Down That Old Texas Trail")
 
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1982 Honkytonk Man
Texas Playboy
 
1966 That Tennessee Beat
Larry Scofield
 
1962 The Night Rider (TV short)
Kentucky
 
1961 Five Minutes to Live
Max
 
1953 From Here to Eternity
Sal Anderson
 
1951 Cyclone Fury
Guitar Player
 
1946 Old Chisholm Trail (short)
Vocalist
 
1946 Silver Spurs (short)
Vocalist-Guitarist
 
1946 Lone Star Moonlight
Merle Travis
 
1946 Galloping Thunder
Band Leader Merle
 
1946 Roaring Rangers
Band Leader Travis
 
1945 Why Did I Fall for Abner? (short)
Vocalist-Lead Guitarist
 
1945 Beyond the Pecos
Slim Jones (uncredited)
 
1944 Montana Plains (short)
Musician
 
1944 The Old Texas Trail
Musician Jake (uncredited)
 
1944 I'm from Arkansas
Musician (uncredited)
 
Show ShowComposer (1 title)
1976 Harlan County U.S.A. (documentary)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (1 title)
1975 Hearts of the West (special musical artist)
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
1970 The Johnny Cash Show (TV series)
– The Johnny Cash Christmas Show (1970) (written by)
 
Show ShowSelf (8 titles)
1982 Hee Haw (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #13.23 (1982) … Himself
 
1970-1971 The Johnny Cash Show (TV series)
Himself - Singer
– Episode #2.26 (1971) … Himself - Singer
– Episode #2.4 (1970) … Himself - Singer
 
1968-1970 The Porter Wagoner Show (TV series)
Himself - Guest / Himself - Guest Performer
– Merle Travis (1970) … Himself - Guest Performer
– Merle Travis (1968) … Himself - Guest
 
1960 The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (TV series)
Himself - Singer
– Episode #5.9 (1960) … Himself - Singer
 
1952 Town Hall Party (TV series)
Himself
 
1949 Hometown Jamboree (TV series)
Himself (1949-1960)
 
1945 Texas Home (short)
Himself - Lead Singer-Guitarist
 
1945 When the Bloom Is on the Sage (short)
Himself
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Album: "The Atkins and Travis Traveling Show" (1974/RCA) with Chet Atkins See more »
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Trivia:

Wrote "Sixteen Tons" and "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette)." See more »

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