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               still photo from "The Wild Bunch" [1969] directed by Sam Peckinpah, starring William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Ben Johnson & Warren Oates               

here on Page Two:
Books About Cowboy Stars & Actors
Cowboy Stars & Actors, A to Z

on Page Three:
Lesser-Known Western Movies
Favorite Western Movies


For other Western movies that either won or were nominated
for Academy Awards [Oscars], visit our separate webpage (no duplications):
Oscar-Winning Western Movies Page

'Books About Western Movies' Page



Strong, Silent Type book by Buck Rainey  "The Strong, Silent Type: Over 100 Screen Cowboys, 1903-1930" [2003]
by Buck Rainey

McFarland & Co. 11x8½ pb [12/2003] for $45.00
Kid Kowboys, Juveniles in Western Films book by Bob Nareau  ”Kid Kowboys: Juveniles In Western Films” [2003]
by Bob Nareau

featuring more than 70 juvenile actors, including Lee Aaker, Armida, Buzz Barton, Noah Beery Jr., Bobby Blake, Bill Cody Jr, Junior Coghlan, Tommy Cook, Frankie Darro, Sugar Dawn, Johnny Duncan, Billy & Gary Gray, Buzz Henry, Tim Holt, Dick Jones, Mary Lee, Harry & Sammy McKim, Mickey Rooney, Betsy King Ross, Dean Stockwell, and Jane Withers
Empire Publng 11X8&FRAC12 pb [8/2003] for $20.00
Ladies of The Western book by Michael G. Fitzgerald & Boyd Magers  
"Ladies of The Western: Interviews With Fifty-One More Actresses From The Silent Era To The Television Westerns of The 1950s & The 1960s" [2002]
by Michael G. Fitzgerald & Boyd Magers

McFarland & Co. 10.4x7 hardcover [1/2002] for $36.50
Reel Cowboys book by Bill O'Neal   "Reel Cowboys: Western Movie Stars Who Thrilled Young Fans & Helped Them Grow Up Decent & Strong" [2000]
by Bill O'Neal

Eakin Publns hardcover [4/2000] for $11.87
B-Western Boot Hill book by Bobby Copeland  "B-Western Boot Hill: A Final Tribute To The Cowboys & Cowgirls Who Rode The Saturday Matinee Movie Range" [1999]
by Bobby Copeland

Empire 8½x5½ pb [10/99] for $16.99
Westerns Women book by Boyd Magers & Michael G. Fitzgerald  "Westerns Women: Interviews With 50 Leading Ladies of Movie & Television Westerns From The 1930s To The 1960s" [1999]
by Boyd Magers & Michael G. Fitzgerald

McFarland & Co. hardcover [10/99] for $36.50
Round-Up Pictorial History book edited by Donald R. Key  "The Round-Up: A Pictorial History of Western Movie & Television Stars Through The Years" [1995]
Edited by Donald R. Key

Empire 9¼x6¼ hardcover [10/95] for $35.00
Saddle Gals book by Steve Turner   "Saddle Gals: A Filmography of Female Players In B-Westerns of The Sound Era" [1995]
by Steve Turner

Empire pb [1/95] for $10.00
Saddle Pals book by Garv Towell & Wayne E. Keates  "Saddle Pals: A Complete B-Western Roster of The Sound Era" [1994]
by Garv Towell & Wayne E. Keates

Empire pb [1/94] for $5.00
Sweethearts of the Sage book by Buck Rainey  "Sweethearts of The Sage: Biographies & Filmographies of 258 Actresses Appearing In Western Movies" [1992]
by Buck Rainey

McFarland & Co. 11½x9 hardcover [8/92] out of print/used
B-Western Actors Encyclopedia book by Ted Holland   "B-Western Actors Encyclopedia: Facts, Photos & Filmographies For More Than 250 Familiar Faces" [1989]
by Ted Holland

McFarland & Co. 9x6 pb [11/97] for $30.00
McFarland & Co. 9½x6½ hardcover [1/89] out of print/used
Cowboy Shooting Stars book by John A. Rutherford & Richard B. Smith   "Cowboy Shooting Stars" [1988]
by John A. Rutherford & Richard B. Smith III

Empire hardcover [5/88] out of stock/used
"More Cowboy Shooting Stars" [1993]
by John A. Rutherford & Richard B. Smith III

Empire hardcover [1/93] for $18.00

"Heroes of The Range: Yesteryear's Saturday Matinee Movie Cowboys"
[1987] by Buck Rainey
World of Yesterday pb [6/87] out of print/used
Scarecrow Press hardcover [4/87] out of print/used

Those Great Cowboy Sidekicks book by David Rothel   "Those Great Cowboy Sidekicks" [1984]
by David Rothel

Empire 11x8¾ pb [6/2001] for $25.00
Scarecrow hardcover [6/84] out of print/used
Great Cowboy Stars of Movies & Television book by Lee O. Miller   "The Great Cowboy Stars of Movies & Television" [1979]
by Lee O. Miller, Introduction by Joel McCrae

Crown/Arlington House hardcover [11/79] out of print/used



Cowboy  Stars  &  Actors

Wikipedia's Notable Figures In Western Films

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Rex Allen [1920-99]  Rex Allen's horse: Ko-Ko
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

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won Honorary Oscar in 1958  Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson [1880-1971]  Broncho Billy's horse: Ranger
wrote, produced, directed & starred in almost 400 silent movies
IMDb listing • Broadway credits • Wikipedia

Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum in Fremont, CA
Broncho Billy Silent Film Festival in Fremont, CA
RTJ's Broncho Billy fansite

Broncho Billy & Essanay book by David Kiehn  
"Broncho Billy & The Essanay Film Company" [2003]
by David Kiehn

Farwell hardcover 10x7 [6/2003] for $32.50
Broncho Billy Anderson in The Son-of-a-Gun!  "The Son-of-A-Gun!" silent feature [Golden West/Sherry Feb 1919]
Co-written, produced & directed by & starring Broncho Billy Anderson, with Fred Church, Frank Whitson, A.E. Witting, Mattie Witting & Paul Willis
Unknown Video b&w DVD [11/2004] for $19.95
full credits at IMDb
"Broncho Billy's Sentence" [Essanay short Feb 1915]
Produced, written & directed by and starring G.M. Anderson
Directed by D.W. Griffith; starring Blanche Sweet & Edna Foster; full credits from IMDb
available on "Nickelodia 1": Unknown Video b&w DVD [4/2006] for $19.95

★           ★

singing cowboy Gene Autry [1907-98]  Gene Autry's horse: Champion
browse music • posters • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

history of Autry's Melody Ranch 1936-62] in Newhall, CA

★           ★

Ward Bond [1903-60]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

★           ★

Richard Boone [1917-81]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia
browse 'Have Gun Will Travel' on DVD

★           ★

William Boyd [1895-1972]  William Boyd's white horse: Topper
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Hopalong Cassidy Page
RD's Wm. Boyd fansite

★           ★

Johnny Mack Brown [1904-74]  Johnny Mack Brown's horse: Rebel
posters • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

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Edgar Buchanan [1903-79]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

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comic Smiley Burnette [1911-76]: official website

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Sunset Carson {real name 'Winifred Maurice Harrison'} [1920-90]  Sunset Carson's horse: Cactus
IMDb listing

CEP's Sunset Carson fansite

★           ★

James Coburn [1928-2002]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

★           ★

Chuck Connors [1921-92]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia
browse 'The Rifleman' TV series on DVD

★           ★

won Best Actor Oscar for "Sergeant York" [1941]  won Best Actor Oscar for "High Noon" [1952]  won Honorary Oscar in 1961   Gary Cooper [1901-61]
Westerns on VHS • Westerns on DVD
Hwd Collxn video • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

★           ★

Buster Crabbe [1907-83]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Buster Crabbe entry at Chuck's Old Corral

★           ★

stunt-double Martha Crawford {Cantanini}
IMDb listing [1947-58] • official homepage

Fall Girl, Western Stunt Double book by Martha Crawford Cantarini & Chrystopher J. Spicer  "Fall Girl: My Life As A Western Stunt Double" [2010]  
by Martha Crawford Cantarini & Chrystopher J. Spicer

After being one of the top show riders in America, Martha Crawford became a female stunt rider in the movie industry of the 1950s; during the following decade, she had her own television show in Las Vegas, Nevada with a trained stunt horse, Frosty; she now lives in British Columbia, Canada
McFarland & Co. 9x6 pb [5/2010] for $31.50

★           ★

Andy Devine [1905-77]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

★           ★

won Best Picture Oscar for "Unforgiven" [1992]  won Best Director Oscar for "Unforgiven" [1992]  won Best Picture Oscar for "Million Dollar Baby" [2004]  won Best Director Oscar for "Million Dollar Baby" [2004]    Clint Eastwood
all videos/DVDs • Westerns on VHS • Westerns on DVD • Western posters
all posters • AFI Directors Profile video • IMDb listing • Wikipedia
browse 'Rawhide' TV series on DVD

★           ★

Jack Elam [1920-2003]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

★           ★

Sam Elliott
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

★           ★

Wild Bill Elliott {real name Gordon Nance} [1903-65]  Wild Bill Elliott's horses: Thunder & Sonny
IMDb listing

Wild Bill Elliott Complete Filmography book by Gene Blottner  
"Wild Bill Elliott: A Complete Filmography" [2007]
by Gene Blottner

covers Elliott's 78 starring roles and his more than 130 supporting roles
McFarland & Co. 10x7¼ hardcover [7/2007] for $55.00
★           ★

Richard Farnsworth [1920-2000]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

★           ★

won Honorary Oscar in 1981  won Best Actor Oscar for "On Golden Pond" [1982]    Henry Fonda [1905-82]
Westerns on VHS • Westerns on DVD
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

★           ★

won Best Actor Oscar for "It Happened One Night" [1934]    Clark Gable [1901-60] Page
at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store

★           ★

Hoot Gibson [1892-1962] Page  Hoot Gibson's horses: Starlight & Goldie

★           ★

Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez [1925-2006]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

★           ★

silent movie cowboy star William S. Hart [1864-1946] Page  William S. Hart's horse: Fritz

★           ★

George 'Gabby' Hayes [1885-1969]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

JW's Gabby Hayes fansite

★           ★

Pat Hingle [1924-2008]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

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Tim Holt [1918-73]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

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singer & cowboy actor Herb Jeffries [b. 1911]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

official Herb Jeffries website

★           ★

won Best Actor Oscar for "The Last Picture Show" [1971]  Ben Johnson [1918-96]
Westerns on VHS • Westerns on DVD
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

★           ★

Alan Ladd [1913-64]
Westerns on VHS • Westerns on DVD •
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

★           ★

Allan 'Rocky' Lane [1909-73]  Rocky Lane's horse: Blackjack
IMDb listing

Allan 'Rocky' Lane / Republic's Action Ace book by Chuck Thornton  
"Allan 'Rocky' Lane: Republic's Action Ace" [1990]
by Chuck Thornton

Empire Publng 11¼x8¾ hardcover [8/90] out of print/used
★           ★

Alfred 'Lash' LaRue [1917-96]  Lash LaRue's horses: Rush & Black Diamond
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Lash LaRue King of The Bullwhip book by Chuck Thornton & David Rothel  
"Lash LaRue: King of The Bullwhip" [1988]
by Chuck Thornton & David Rothel

Empire Publng pb [2/89] for $15.00
Empire Publng 11x8¼ hardcover [5/2003] for $16.50
★           ★

cowboy serial actor Rex Lease [1903-66]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

★           ★

Guy Madison [1922-96]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

official Guy Madison website

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won Best Actor Oscar for "Cat Ballou" [1965]  Lee Marvin [1924-87]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

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Ken Maynard [1895-1973]  Ken Maynard's horse: Tarzan
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

★           ★

Col. Tim McCoy [1891-1978]  Tim McCoy's horses: Midnight & Starlight
books • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

★           ★

Joel McCrea [1905-90]
Westerns/DVD • Westerns/VHS
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

★           ★

Steve McQueen [1930-1980]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia
browse 'Wanted: Dead or Alive' TV series on DVD

'Steve McQueen Online' fansite

★           ★

silent movie cowboy star Tom Mix [1880-1940] Page   Tom Mix's horse: Old Blue  Tom Mix's horse: Tony  Tom Mix's horse: Tony Jr.

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rodeo trick roper Montie Montana [1910-98]  Montie Montana's pinto horse: Rex
IMDb listing

★           ★

Clayton Moore [1914-99]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

'The Lone Ranger' Page  The Lone Ranger's horse: Silver

★           ★

Hugh O'Brian [b. 1923]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia
color photo poster {3 sizes} available at AllPosters.com

"The Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp" [1955-61 TV series]
series credits at IMDb

Wyatt Earp [1848-1929] Page

★           ★

Cliff Parkinson [1898-1950]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

★           ★

won Best Actor Oscar for "To Kill A Mockingbird" [1962]   Gregory Peck [1916-2003]
Westerns on DVD • Westerns on VHS
Hwd Collxn video • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

★           ★

Slim Pickens {real name Louis Bert Lindley, Jr.} [1919-83]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

★           ★

singing cowboy Tex Ritter [1905-74]  Tex Ritter's horse: White Flash

★           ★

Dale Robertson []

★           ★

singing cowboy Roy Rogers [1911-98]  Roy Rogers's horse: Trigger
books • browse music • posters
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

official website
annual Roy Rogers Festival [June] in Portsmouth, OH

Dale Evans [1912-2001]  Dale Evans's horse: Buttermilk
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Ultimate Roy Rogers cowboy movie collection DVD box set   "The Ultimate Roy Rogers Collection: King of The Cowboys" [2007]
Passport DVD box set [4/2007] 5 disks for $14.99
includes "Apache Rose" [1947] §; "The Arizona Kid" [1939]; "Bad Man of Deadwood"
[1941]; "The Bells of San Angelo" [1947]; "Days of Jesse James" [1939]; "The Far Frontier"
[1948]; "The Gay Ranchero" [1948]; "Grand Canyon Trail" [1948]; "Heart of The Golden West" [1942] §; "Home In Oklahoma" [1946] with Dale Evans §; "King of The Cowboys"
[1943]; "My Pal Trigger" [1946]; "The Ranger and The Lady" [1940]; "Robin Hood of The Pecos" [1941]; "Roll On Texas Moon" [1946]; "Sheriff of Tombstone" [1941]; "Silver Spurs" [1943] §; "Springtime In The Sierras" [1947]; "Under California Skies" [1948]; "Wall Street Cowboy" [1939] §; "West of The Badlands" [1940]; "The Yellow Rose of Texas" [1944] with Dale Evans; "Young Bill Hickock" [1940]; "Young Buffalo Bill" [1940]
{ § symbol means 'first time on DVD' }


Roy Rogers 20-Movie Pack DVD box set   "The Roy Rogers Collection - 20-Movie Pack" [2006]
Mill Creek Ent DVD box set [4/2006] 4 disks for $8.49 [sic]
includes "The Arizona Kid" [1939], "Bells of Rosarita" [1945], "Bells of San Angelo" [1947], "Billy The Kid Returns" [1938] {as Billy The Kid}, "The Carson City Kid" [1940], "Colorado" [1940], "Cowboy and The Senorita" [1944], "Days of Jesse James" [1939], "Hands Across The Border" [1944], "Heldorado" [1946], "In Old Caliente" [1939], "King of The Cowboys" [1943], "Lights of Old Santa Fe" [1944], "My Pal Trigger" [1946], "Robin Hood of The Pecos" [1941], "Rough Riders' Round-Up" [1939], "Sheriff of Tombstone" [1941], "Under California Stars" [1948], "Utah" [1945], and "Young Bill Hickok" [1940]

★           ★

John Russell [1921-91]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

★           ★

Red Ryder  Red Ryder's horse: Thunder & Li'l Beaver  Li'l Beaver's horse: Papoose [comic strip 1938-64]
browse videos/DVDs • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Fred Harman Art Museum in Pagosa Springs, CO

★           ★

Randolph Scott [1898-1987] Page  Randolph Scott's horse: a blond sorrel named Stardust

★           ★

'Sons of The Pioneers' band
browse music • videos/DVDs • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

★           ★

Bob Steele poster  Bob Steele [1907-88]  Bob Steele's horse: Brownie
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

11"x17" Bob Steele poster available at AllPosters.com

Bob Steele entry at Chuck's Old Corral

"The Films of Bob Steele" [] by Bob Nareau ★           ★

won Best Actor Oscar for "The Philadelphia Story" [1940]  won Honorary Oscar 1985    James Stewart [1908-97]
Westerns on DVD • Westerns on VHS
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

★           ★

stuntman-actor Woody Strode [1914-94]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Goal Dust autobiography by Woody Strode  
"Goal Dust: The Warm & Candid Memoirs of A Pioneer
Black Athlete & Actor" autobiography [1990]
by Woody Strode & Sam Young

Madison Books 9x6 hardcover [6/90] out of print/used
★           ★

silent movie cowboy star Fred Thomson [1890-1928] Page  Fred Thomson's horse: Silver King

★           ★

silent movie cowboy star Tom Tyler [1903-54]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

★           ★

Lee Van Cleef [1925-89]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

★           ★

Clint Walker [b. 1927]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

official Clint Walker website

★           ★

star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  won Best Actor Oscar as Rooster Cogburn in "True Grit" [1969]    John Wayne [1907-79] Page
listed as Amazon bestselling action star in 2008

★           ★

Guy Williams as 'Zorro' photo poster  Guy Williams [1924-89]
IMDb listing • 'Zorro' entry at Wikipedia

Guy Williams as 'Zorro' photo poster {3 sizes}
available at AllPosters.com

Readers of The Purple Sage Western Bookstore's 'El Zorro' Page

★           ★

Chill Wills [1903-78]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia



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