Biography
Canada's child prodigy violinist. Played a command performance for the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII, at age 5.) First cousin of Walter Huston, who encouraged him to first vaudeville and then later talking pictures in Hollywood. Went on to be a reliable supporting player in Westerns and wrote a number of now classic country songs.
Acted in 52
1940s
- 1942
Billy the Kid Trapped
Barfly
The Lone Rider and the Bandit
Third Miner
- 1941
Billy The Kid's Round-Up
Man Reporting Murder
The Son of Davy Crockett
Voter
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
Gambler (uncredited)
Sheriff of Tombstone
Bonanza Piano Player
In Old Cheyenne
Accordion Player
- 1940
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
Settler
Young Bill Hickok
Piano Player
Trailing Double Trouble
Barfly
Lightning Strikes West
Posse Rider
The Cheyenne Kid
Posse Rider
1930s
- 1939
In Old Monterey
Guitarist
Riders of the Sage
Powers Rider
Frontier Pony Express
Fiddler
Southward Ho!
Reb Soldier
Rough Riders' Round-up
Musician
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
Settler
Sundown on the Prairie
Saloon Gunman (archive footage)
In Old Montana
Rancher
- 1938
Ghost Town Riders
Movie
Six-Gun Trail
Barfly
Starlight Over Texas
Henchman
Gunsmoke Trail
Gambler
Whirlwind Horseman
Holt
- 1937
Doomed at Sundown
Roulette Table Man
Moonlight on the Range
Deputy
Sing Cowboy Sing
Townsman
The Feud of the Trail
Barfly
The Silver Trail
Curt
Cheyenne Rides Again
Card Player
Valley of Terror
Piano Player
The Singing Buckaroo
Cowhand Musician
- 1936
Headin' for the Rio Grande
Henchman
Rio Grande Ranger
Barfly (uncredited)
Vengeance of Rannah
Henchman Nolan
Ambush Valley
Diggs
The Fugitive Sheriff
Fiddler (uncredited)
The Unknown Ranger
Fiddle Player (uncredited)
Gun Grit
Henchman Don
Red River Valley
Construction Worker (uncredited)
- 1935
Texas Jack
Tuck, A Minstrel (Nip in Credits)
Western Frontier
Barfly
North of Arizona
Fiddle Player
- 1934
The Whirlwind Rider
Musician
