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John Merton

Actor
Born February 18, 1901Died September 19, 1959 (58 years)
John Merton was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 250 films between 1927 and 1959, mostly as a villain. Merton's wife, Esther, sued him for divorce in 1940. They had six children.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Dark Command
  • The Lone Ranger
  • The Man in the Iron Mask
  • Broadway Bill
  • The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
  • The Cisco Kid
  • Zorro's Fighting Legion
  • Parole, Inc.
  • Hopalong Cassidy
  • Daniel Boone
  • Zorro's Black Whip
  • The Bold Caballero
  • The Gunman from Bodie
  • Gunsmoke Ranch
  • Laurel & Hardy
  • Blue Canadian Rockies
  • Down Texas Way
  • Lightnin' Bill Carson
Known For
  • Zorro's Fighting Legion
  • Slaves in Bondage
  • Zorro's Black Whip
  • The Crooked Trail
  • Merry Mavericks
  • Valley of Terror
  • Renegade Trail
  • Devil Riders
  • Gang Bullets
  • Fuzzy Settles Down
  • Cheyenne Takes Over
  • The Three Mesquiteers
  • Phantom Ranger
  • The Mysterious Rider
  • Sheriff of Sage Valley
  • The Gun Ranger
  • Knight of the Plains
  • Code of the Fearless
  • In Old Montana
  • Female Fugitive
  • Roaring Six Guns

Filmography

1986
Laurel & Hardy (TV Series) · as Lodge Member (1986)
1976
1957
Omar Khayyam · as Nobleman
1956
The Ten Commandments · as Architect's Assistant
1956
Frontier Gambler · as Shorty
1955
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (TV Series) · as Mr. Reagan
1955
Son of Sinbad · as Guard
1954
The Raid · as Union Prison Guard
1954
Jungle Man-Eaters · as French Ship's Crewman
1954
Phantom of the Rue Morgue · as Animal Keeper
1953
The Big Heat · as Man (uncredited)
1953
Saginaw Trail · as Trapper With Knife
1953
Salome · as Baptism Attendee
1952
1952
1952
The Lion and the Horse · as Stock Buyer
1952
Adventures of Superman (TV Series) · as Doc
1952
Hopalong Cassidy (TV Series) · as Hired Gunman
1952
The Half-Breed · as The Sergeant-Messenger
1952
Trail Guide · as Dale
1952
The Frontier Phantom · as Marshal
1952
The Old West · as Townsman
1952
1951
The Roy Rogers Show (TV Series) · as Hank Rogers
1951
Gold Raiders · as Clete
1951
Boston Blackie (TV Series) · as Al Engle
1951
Merry Mavericks · as Shotgun
1951
Cyclone Fury · as Henchman
1951
Mask of the Avenger · as Blacksmith
1951
Silver Canyon · as Blacksmith
1951
1951
Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (TV Series) · as Ed Hartman
1951
Man from Sonora · as Henchman Pete
1951
Oh! Susanna · as Barfly
1950
Bandit Queen · as Hank
1950
Walk Softly, Stranger · as Bowen's Henchman (uncredited)
1950
Dick Tracy (1950) (TV Series) · as Swami
1950
I Shot Billy the Kid · as Bob Ollinger - Deputy (as John Morton)
1950
Arizona Territory · as Otis Kilburn
1950
A Ticket to Tomahawk · as Clayton
1950
The Cisco Kid (TV Series) · as Sheriff
1949
1949
Samson and Delilah · as Assistant Tax Collector
1949
Radar Patrol vs. Spy King · as John Baroda
1949
The Wolf Hunters · as Post Clerk
1949
Bandits of El Dorado · as Bank Robber
1949
Thieves' Highway · as State Highway Policeman (uncredited)
1949
Western Renegades · as Blacksmith Smitty
1949
The Lone Ranger (TV Series) · as Lieutenant Bannister
1949
El Paso · as Dutch - Deputy
1949
The Blazing Trail · as Brady House Guard
1949
The Lost Tribe · as Kesler
1949
Outlaw Country · as Marshal Clark
1948
Parole, Inc. · as Police Captain
1948
Red River · as Settler (uncredited) (uncredited)
1948
The Golden Eye · as Miner (uncredited)
1948
Trail to Laredo · as Sheriff Kennedy
1948
A Southern Yankee · as Guerrilla Horseman
1947
Brick Bradford · as Dr. Gregor Tymak
1947
Cheyenne Takes Over · as Bart Mccord
1947
Unconquered · as Sentry At Ball Denying Chris Exit
1947
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now · as President Theodore Roosevelt (uncredited)
1947
Jack Armstrong · as Gregory Pierce
1946
The Desert Horseman · as Rex Young
1946
Her Kind of Man · as Minor Role
1946
Night in Paradise · as Sailor
1946
The Harvey Girls · as Player
1946
Gilda · as Policeman (uncredited)
1946
The Gay Cavalier · as Lewis
1946
1945
The Crimson Canary · as Man At Bar
1945
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes · as Farmer Pledging Two Calves
1945
Secret Agent X-9 · as Parker
1945
Along Came Jones · as Card Player (uncredited)
1945
Oregon Trail · as Dalt Higgins
1945
Flame of the West · as Carl Compton
1945
The Master Key · as Vogel
1945
Brenda Starr, Reporter · as Joe Schultz (uncredited)
1945
Jungle Queen · as Mine Henchman-Guard
1944
Gentle Annie · as Engineer
1944
Ghost Guns · as Matson
1944
1944
Girl Rush · as Scully
1944
Kismet · as Aide To Mansur
1944
Rustlers' Hideout · as Harry Stanton
1944
Fuzzy Settles Down (Remaster) · as Henchman Pete
1944
Fuzzy Settles Down · as Henchman Pete
1944
The Last Horseman · as Fancy Bistro
1944
Address Unknown · as Angry German At Play (uncredited)
1944
Mystery Man · as Bill
1944
1944
The Black Parachute · as Soldier
1944
An American Romance · as Eddie - Steel Mill Worker
1944
Texas Masquerade · as Henchman Jeff
1944
None Shall Escape · as Townsman
1943
1943
Women in Bondage · as Ss Officer
1943
The Cross of Lorraine · as Nazi Guard In Village
1943
Devil Riders · as Jim Higgins
1943
Bullets and Saddles · as Henchman Mike Phelps
1943
Teen Age · as Nick (a Gangster) (edited From: Slaves In Bondage)
1943
1943
Black Market Rustlers · as Henchman Parry
1943
Destroyer · as Chief Quartermaster
1943
Fighting Valley · as Dan Wakely
1943
The Law Rides Again · as Henchman Spike
1943
1943
Cowboy Commandos · as Henchman Larry Fraser
1943
They Came to Blow Up America · as Policeman In Bund Raid
1943
My Son, the Hero · as George Washington At Costume Party
1943
Sagebrush Law · as Burl Mason
1943
Fugitive of the Plains · as Deputy Arresting Fuzzy
1943
Land of Hunted Men · as Pelham
1943
Assignment in Brittany · as Gestapo Agent
1943
Hitler's Children · as Gestapo Officer
1942
The Mysterious Rider · as Dalton Sykes
1942
Prairie Pals · as Ed Blair
1942
1942
Law and Order · as Henchman Turtle
1942
Invisible Agent · as German Soldier (uncredited)
1942
Flight Lieutenant · as Major Thompson's Orderly
1942
They All Kissed the Bride · as Punch Server At Dance
1942
Reap the Wild Wind · as 'pelican' Crewman
1942
Down Texas Way · as Henchman Steve
1942
1942
The Wife Takes a Flyer · as German Soldier
1942
Boot Hill Bandits · as Brand Bolton
1942
Don Winslow of the Navy · as Destroyer 620 Helmsman [chs. 1, 9]
1941
1941
South of Tahiti · as Sailor
1941
Sea Raiders · as First Island Guard
1941
The Bandit Trail · as Informer
1941
1941
Under Fiesta Stars · as Henchman Tommick
1941
Our Wife · as Officer (uncredited)
1941
White Eagle · as Henchman Ronimo
1940
The Green Hornet Strikes Again! · as Thug At Rear Of Truck
1940
Melody Ranch · as Warns The Wildhacks
1940
North West Mounted Police · as Half-Breed Archer
1940
1940
Queen of the Yukon · as Charlie
1940
The Return of Wild Bill · as Dusty Donahue
1940
Dark Command · as Cantrell Man
1940
Hi-Yo Silver · as Kester
1940
1940
Northwest Passage · as Lt. Dunbar
1939
Zorro's Fighting Legion · as Commandante Manuel
1939
Flaming Lead · as Chicago Club Manager
1939
The Great Commandment · as Under-Officer
1939
Renegade Trail · as Tex Traynor
1939
1939
Daredevils of the Red Circle · as Davis--Gas Plant Heavy
1939
Three Texas Steers · as Mike Abbott
1939
Union Pacific · as Laborer (uncredited)
1939
1939
Rough Riders' Round-up · as Border Patrolman Messenger
1939
Two Gun Troubador · as Bill Barton
1939
In Old Montana · as Ed Brandt
1939
Four Girls in White · as John - Man At Accident
1939
Code of the Fearless · as Red Kane
1938
Gang Bullets · as Red Hampton
1938
The Great Waltz · as Revolutionary
1938
1938
Marie Antoinette · as Soldier Announcing Birth (uncredited)
1938
Dick Tracy Returns · as Champ Stark
1938
The Shopworn Angel · as Soldier Speaking In Montage
1938
Songs and Saddles · as Rocky Renaut
1938
The Fighting Devil Dogs · as Thompson (uncredited)
1938
Phantom Ranger · as Henchman Bud
1938
Gunsmoke Trail · as Bill Larson, Posing As Moose Walters
1938
Knight of the Plains · as Carson / Pedro De Cordoba
1938
Female Fugitive · as Henchman Mort
1938
The Lone Ranger · as Henchman Kester
1938
The Buccaneer · as Pirate Shot By Lafitte
1938
Sergeant Murphy · as Cavalryman
1937
Boy of the Streets · as Police Desk Sergeant
1937
Colorado Kid · as Court Clerk
1937
The Firefly · as French Officer Announcing Abdication
1937
Arizona Gunfighter · as Farley
1937
Roaring Six Guns · as 'mileaway' Roberts
1937
Atlantic Flight · as 1st Radio Newscaster
1937
Headline Crasher · as Tony Scarlotti
1937
Slaves in Bondage · as Nick Costello
1937
Range Defenders · as Henchman Craig
1937
Blazing Sixes · as Jim Hess
1937
Behind the Headlines · as Armored-Car Guard
1937
The Law Commands · as Frank Clark
1937
Gunsmoke Ranch · as Brawler In Suit
1937
Valley of Terror · as Mark Flemming
1936
The Bold Caballero · as Sergeant #1
1936
Fury Below · as Emil
1936
The Gun Ranger · as Kemper Mills
1936
Daniel Boone · as Messenger From Richmond
1936
1936
The Vigilantes Are Coming · as Rance Talbot, Burr Henchman
1936
The Crooked Trail · as Harve Tarlton
1936
The Lion's Den · as Single-Shot Smith
1936
Wildcat Trooper · as Henry Mcclain
1936
Aces and Eights · as Card Sharp (uncredited)
1936
Wolves of the Sea · as Mitchell
1936
Undersea Kingdom · as Moloch
1936
Lightnin' Bill Carson · as 'breed' Hawkins
1936
Call of the Prairie · as Arizona
1936
Border Caballero · as Runnyian
1935
1935
1935
Hop-a-Long Cassidy · as Party Guest
1935
The Miracle Rider · as Messenger
1934
Broadway Bill · as Morgan's Henchman (uncredited)
1934
Cleopatra · as Roman Guard
1934
1934
The Red Rider · as Banty
1934
Whom the Gods Destroy · as Balkan Sailor With Binoculars
1933
Sons of the Desert · as Son Of The Desert
1933
Captured! · as Prisoner Of War
1927
Running Wild · as Police Officer (uncredited)
1926

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