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Ken Maynard
Actor, Producer
Born July 21, 1895Died March 23, 1973 (77 years)
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.
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.
Known For
Filmography
| 1979 | The Wild West · as Cast |
| 1976 | Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch · as (archive Footage) |
| 1970 | |
| 1944 | Harmony Trail · as Marshal Ken Maynard |
| 1943 | Blazing Guns · as Marshal Ken Maynard |
| 1943 | The Law Rides Again · as U.s. Marshal Ken Maynard |
| 1943 | Wild Horse Stampede · as Marshal Ken Maynard |
| 1940 | Lightning Strikes West · as Lightning Ken Morgan |
| 1940 | Phantom Rancher · as Ken Mitchell |
| 1939 | Death Rides the Range · as Ken Baxter |
| 1939 | Flaming Lead · as Ken Clark |
| 1938 | Six-Shootin' Sheriff · as Jim 'trigger' Morton |
| 1938 | Whirlwind Horseman · as Ken Morton |
| 1937 | Prairie Thunder · as Rider |
| 1936 | The Cattle Thief · as Ken |
| 1936 | Avenging Waters · as Ken Morley |
| 1935 | Lawless Riders · as Ken Manley |
| 1934 | Mystery Mountain · as Ken Williams |
| 1934 | In Old Santa Fe · as Ken Aka 'kentucky' |
| 1934 | Honor of the Range · as Sheriff Ken / Brother Clem |
| 1933 | Fargo Express · as Ken Benton |
| 1933 | Strawberry Roan · as Ken Masters |
| 1933 | The Lone Avenger · as Cal Weston |
| 1933 | Phantom Thunderbolt · as Thunderbolt Kid |
| 1933 | Drum Taps · as Ken Cartwright |
| 1932 | Tombstone Canyon · as Ken |
| 1932 | Haunted Gold · as Tim Kelly (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Between Fighting Men · as Ken |
| 1932 | False Faces · as Ken Maynard - In Nightclub |
| 1932 | Come on, Tarzan · as Ken Benson |
| 1932 | Dynamite Ranch · as Blaze Howell |
| 1932 | Whistlin' Dan · as 'whistlin' Dan Savage Posing As Ed Black |
| 1932 | Hell-Fire Austin · as Ken 'hell-Fire' Austin |
| 1932 | Texas Gun Fighter · as Bill Dane |
| 1932 | Sunset Trail · as Jim Brandon |
| 1931 | The Pocatello Kid · as The Pocatello Kid / Sheriff Jim Bledsoe |
| 1931 | Branded Men · as Rod Whitaker |
| 1931 | The Arizona Terror · as The Arizonian |
| 1931 | Alias the Bad Man · as Ranger Ken Neville |
| 1931 | The Two Gun Man · as 'blackie' Weed |
| 1930 | Fighting Thru; or, California in 1878 · as Dan Barton |
| 1930 | The Fighting Legion · as Dave Hayes |
| 1924 | Janice Meredith · as Paul Revere |
| 1924 | $50,000 Reward · as Tex Sherwood |
| 1923 | Cameo Kirby · as (uncredited) |