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Ken Maynard
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Kenneth Olin "Ken" Maynard (July 21, 1895 – March 23, 1973) was an American motion picture stuntman and actor.
Maynard served in the United States Army during World War I. After the war, Maynard returned to show business as a circus rider with Ringling Brothers. When the circus was playing in Los Angeles, California, actor Buck Jones encouraged Maynard to try working in the movies. Maynard soon had a contract with Fox Studios.
He first appeared in silent motion pictures in 1923. Maynard's work included stunt performance. His horsemanship and rugged good looks made Maynard a cowboy star. He and his white stallion, "Tarzan," became famous. His two recorded songs with Columbia…
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From Wikipedia Kenneth Olin "Ken" Maynard (July 21, 1895 – March 23, 1973) was an American motion picture stuntman and actor. Maynard served in the United States Army during World War I. After the war, Maynard returned to show business as a circus rider with Ringling Brothers. When the circus was playing in Los Angeles, California, actor Buck Jones encouraged Maynard to try working in the movies. Maynard soon had a contract with Fox Studios. He first appeared in silent motion pictures in 1923. Maynard's work included stunt performance. His horsemanship and rugged good looks made Maynard a cowboy star. He and his white stallion, "Tarzan," became famous. His two recorded songs with Columbia Records, "The Lone Star Trail" and "The Cowboy's Lament," made him one of the first of the singing cowboys. Maynard moved to Universal Studios, where he made his first films with a musical soundtrack. He sang two songs in Sons of the Saddle in 1930. In 1931 and 1932, Maynard worked for Tiffany Productions and Sono Art-World Wide Pictures before moving back to Universal in 1933. Maynard played several musical instruments, and was featured that year on the violin in The Fiddlin' Buckaroo, and on the banjo in The Trail Drive. Maynard moved to Mascot Pictures in 1934. Maynard appeared in more than ninety films in twenty years with his white cowboy hat, fancy shirt, and a pair of six-shooters, but alcoholism so severely affected his life that his acting career ended in 1944. He made appearances at state fairs and rodeos. He owned a small circus operation featuring rodeo riders but eventually lost it to creditors. His substantial wealth had vanished, and he lived a desolate life in a rundown trailer. During these years, Maynard was supported by an unknown benefactor, long thought to be Gene Autry. More than twenty five years after his last starring role, Maynard returned to the screen two small roles, in 1970 and 1972, the more notably in The Marshal of Windy Hollow. Maynard died of stomach cancer in 1973 at the Motion Picture Home in Woodland Hills, California. He was interred at Forest Lawn Cypress Cemetery in Cypress, California. For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Ken Maynard has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6751 Hollywood Blvd.
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Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
as (archive footage)
The Marshal of Windy Hollow
as Texas Ranger
Bigfoot
as Mr. Bennett
Harmony Trail
as Marshal Ken Maynard
Arizona Whirlwind
as Ken Maynard
Westward Bound
as Ken Maynard
Death Valley Rangers
as Ken Maynard
Blazing Guns
as Marshal Ken Maynard
The Law Rides Again
as U.S. Marshal Ken Maynard
Wild Horse Stampede
as Marshal Ken Maynard
Lightning Strikes West
as Lightning Ken Morgan
Phantom Rancher
as Ken Mitchell
Death Rides the Range
as Ken Baxter
Flaming Lead
as Ken Clark
Six Shootin' Sheriff
as Jim 'Trigger' Morton
Whirlwind Horseman
as Ken Morton
Trailing Trouble
as John 'Friendly' Fields
Boots of Destiny
as Ken Crawford
The Fugitive Sheriff
as Ken Marshall
The Cattle Thief
as Ken
Avenging Waters
as Ken Morley
Heroes of the Range
as Ken Smith
Heir to Trouble
as Ken Armstrong
Lawless Riders
as Ken Manley
Western Courage
as Ken Baxter
Western Frontier
as Ken Masters
Mystery Mountain
as Ken Williams
In Old Santa Fe
as Ken aka 'Kentucky'
Smoking Guns
as Ken Masters
Honor of the Range
as Sheriff Ken / Brother Clem
Wheels of Destiny
as Ken Manning
Gun Justice
as Ken Lance
Fargo Express
as Ken Benton
Strawberry Roan
as Ken Masters
The Trail Drive
as Ken Benton
The Fiddlin' Buckaroo
as 'Fiddlin'
King of the Arena
as Captain Ken Kenton
The Lone Avenger
as Cal Weston
Phantom Thunderbolt
as Thunderbolt Kid
Drum Taps
as Ken Cartwright
Tombstone Canyon
as Ken
Haunted Gold
as Tim Kelly (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood on Parade No. A-5
as Self
Between Fighting Men
as Ken
Come On, Tarzan
as Ken Benson
Dynamite Ranch
as Blaze Howell
Whistlin' Dan
as 'Whistlin' Dan Savage Posing as Ed Black
Hell-Fire Austin
as Ken 'Hell-Fire' Austin
Texas Gun Fighter
as Bill Dane
The Sunset Trail
as Jim Brandon
The Pocatello Kid
as The Pocatello Kid / Sheriff Jim Bledsoe
Branded Men
as Rod Whitaker
Range Law
as Hap Conners
The Arizona Terror
as The Arizonian
Alias: The Bad Man
as Ranger Ken Neville
The Two Gun Man
as 'Blackie' Weed
Fighting Thru
as Dan Barton
Sons of the Saddle
as Jim Brandon
Song of the Caballero
as Juan Posing as El Lobo
Mountain Justice
as Ken McTavish
No Poster
The Voice of Hollywood No. 9
The Fighting Legion
as Dave Hayes
Lucky Larkin
as 'Lucky' Larkin
Parade of the West
as Bud Rand
Señor Americano
as Lieutenant Michael Banning
The Wagon Master
as The Rambler
The California Mail
as Bob Scott
The Lawless Legion
as Cal Stanley
The Royal Rider
as Dick Scott
Cheyenne
as Cal Roberts
The Phantom City
as Tim Kelly
The Glorious Trail
as Pat O'Leary
The Code of the Scarlet
as Bruce Kenton
The Upland Rider
as Dan Dailey
The Canyon of Adventure
as Steven Bancroft
The Wagon Show
as Bob Mason
Gun Gospel
as Granger Hume
The Red Raiders
as Lieutenant John Scott
The Devil's Saddle
as Harry Morrel
The Land Beyond the Law
as Jerry Steele
Somewhere in Sonora
as Bob Bishop
The Overland Stage
as Jack Jessup
The Unknown Cavalier
as Tom Drury
Senor Daredevil
as Don Luis O'Flaherty
Haunted Range
as Terry Bladwin
The Grey Vulture
as Bart Miller
North Star
as Noel Blake
No Poster
Fighting Courage
as Richard Kingsley
The Demon Rider
as Billy Dennis
Janice Meredith
as Paul Revere
$50,000 Reward
as Tex Sherwood
No Poster
Somebody Lied
Cameo Kirby
as (uncredited)
The Gunfighter
as (uncredited)
The Man Who Won
as Conroy
Brass Commandments
as (uncredited)