Western hero

Don "Red" Barry as Red Ryder with Tommy Cook as Little Beaver Bruce Cabot, Kent Taylor, William Bendix, Barton MacLane, Richard Arlen and Lon Chaney, Jr--an AC Lyles cast if ever I saw one. Jimmie Dodd went from "mesquiteer" to "mousketeer" Early sixties shot of former movie Mesquiteers Max Terhune (with Elmer) and Ray "Crash" Corrigan. Wild Bill Elliott, Bob Livingston, Don "Red" Barry, Roy Rogers, Allan "Rocky" Lane (later the voice of Mr. Ed) and Sunset Carson. Alan Ladd in THE…

One of the most honored and beloved stars in film history, screen legend Jimmy Stewart returned from World War II a changed man who would change westerns. To many of us of a certain age, James Stewart looked his most natural under his battered “lucky” Stetson, astride his chestnut gelding, Pie. Although not originally a western star, the 6-foot-3 lanky, laconic actor became one of the Cowboy Tetrad ­— alongside Henry Fonda, Gary Cooper, and the Duke — whom we grew up watching at the Saturday…

Actor. Born John Lawrence Russell, he is probably best remembered for his role as 'Marshal Dan Troop' on the ABC Western television series Lawman that aired from 1958 until 1962. A rugged, handsome, and tall (he was six feet three inches), his career spanned six decades. Following high school, he attended the...

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It’s more than the hat, the horse, the boots, and the big screen. Our favorite movie heroes have that cowboy charisma. The movies have introduced thousands of cowboys: straight-shooting sheriffs and bloodthirsty bandits, humble family men and brave pioneers, genuine Old West legends and fictional characters that seem as real as the friends we had lunch with yesterday. So how could we possibly choose 15 of the greatest? Suffice it to say, with much difficulty and no definitive answers. This…

Some words on behavior from four silver screen icons from long ago may be more relevant—and needed—today than ever.

This dirty dozen deserves the same recognition as the stars.

Pat Garrett, the legendary lawman of the Wild West, is a man driven by a sense of justice and a desire to uphold the law in the untamed frontier. With a tall