Slim Whitaker(1893-1960)
- Actor
American cowboy and actor Slim Whitaker was working the rodeo circuit
at age 17, eventually becoming a cowhand on the Chowchilla Ranch in
central California. In 1912 he was hired as a riding extra and stunt
man by
Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson
for westerns being filmed in Niles Canyon, CA. During the silent era
his peers were Hal Taliaferro,
Al Bridge,
Charles King,
Ken Maynard,
Yakima Canutt,
Walter Brennan,
Hoot Gibson, a very young
John Wayne and many others. He was
one of the most prolific of the B-western bad guys and supporting
actors. His movie career spanned 36 years, from the silents through the
post-World War II period, and he appeared in over 300 films.
