Raised on a cattle ranch in Montana. Educated at Stanford and the University of Nevada as an engineer. Washed out as an Army pilot. Toured the country in rodeos as a saddle bronc rider. Broke his neck in a horsefall in his 20s, but didnt know it until his 40s. Chosen along with Tex Ritter from a rodeo at Madison Square Garden in New York to appear in the Broadway play Green Grow the Lilacs, the play from which the musical Oklahoma was later derived. Drove a cab in New York, then worked on dude ranches as a wrangler and as a guide on the Bright Angel trail of the Grand Canyon. Recommended by Billie Burke to several movie producers. Became friends with John Wayne, Howard Hawks, and later John Ford, all of whom provided him with much work. Survived by adopted daughter Dawn Henry.Date of Death 6 December 1992, Los Angeles, California, USA (natural causes)
Cavalryman (uncredited)
Movie 1939
Simms Reeves
Movie 1948
Western Character (uncredited)
Movie 1947
Undertaker
Movie 1962
Les Fuller
Movie 1956
Poordevil
Movie 1952
Curly Fletcher
Movie 1963
Old Lonely Hearts Club Band
Movie 1978
Henchman
Movie 1937
Deputy
Movie 1937
Skeeter
Movie 1938
Hank - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Movie 1970
Gramps Jebediah
Movie 1983
Old Jonas
Movie 1956
John
Movie 1981
Pete
Movie 1958
Movie 1949
Butch Collins
Movie 1978
(uncredited)
Movie 1948
Sidekick Hank
Movie 1937
The Flunky
Movie 1977
Trucker (uncredited)
Movie 1977
Sampson
Movie 1957
Mr. Grady (uncredited)
Movie 1950
Movie 1948
Miner
Movie 1967
Liveryman
Movie 1958
Taub Beasley
Movie 1948
Shooting Match Official
Movie 1951
Tom 'Cherokee' Walton
Movie 1938
Townsman (uncredited)
Movie 1940
Old Geezer
Movie 1981
Barfly / Townsman (uncredited)
Movie 1935
Lumberjack (uncredited)
Movie 1936
Tex
Movie 1958
Cowhand Leonard (uncredited)
Movie 1938
Jacob (uncredited)
Movie 1949
Johnny Behind-the-Stove
Movie 1951
Stationmaster Elwood
Movie 1970
Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)
Movie 1971
R. Ryan - Undertaker (uncredited)
Movie 1969
Dirty Old Man (uncredited)
Movie 1967
Henchman Buck
Movie 1938
Saloon Set Extra
Movie 1937
Laredo (uncredited)
Movie 1960
Pat Casey
Movie 1957
Southern Recruit
Movie 1948
Rancher
Movie 1939
Townsman
Movie 1939
Lon
Movie 1957
Cowhand
Movie 1940
Deputy
Movie 1940
Slim Regan
Movie 1939
American Legionnaire Band Leader (uncredited)
Movie 1950
Henchman (uncredited)
Movie 1936
Sweeney (uncredited)
Movie 1953
Henchman Hank
Movie 1939
Townsman (uncredited)
Movie 1947
Stagecoach Attendant (uncredited)
Movie 1941
Morton's Sign Painter - replaced Roscoe Ates (uncredited)
Movie 1944
Finnegan (uncredited)
Movie 1950
Crazy Bear / Guardhouse Keeper
Movie 1955
The Deputy
Movie 1946
Clem (uncredited)
Movie 1948
Townsman Outside Saloon
Movie 1940
Bill - Salt Fork Townsman (uncredited)
Movie 1947
Cowhand
Movie 1939
Townsman
Movie 1939
Farmer Driving Jalopy
Movie 1940
Hank
Movie 1971
Ruiz Man
Movie 1937
Drunk
Movie 1940
Kid
Movie 1967
Man in Cheap Hotel (uncredited)
Movie 1948
Fiddler
Movie 1956
Hospital Visitor (Uncredited)
Movie 1940
Wedding Witness
Movie 1940
Slim
Movie 1943
Aunt Jennifer's Wagon Driver
Movie 1941
Tom Gordon
Movie 1952
Waiter
Movie 1943
Circus Spectator (uncredited)
Movie 1943
Hank, the hotel desk clerk
Movie 1970
Rancher, Bank Customer (uncredited)
Movie 1948
Abner Todd
Movie 1949
Slim
Movie 1977
Party Guest (uncredited)
Movie 1946
Soldier on Troop Ship (Uncredited)
Movie 1943
Telegram Delivery Man (uncredited)
Movie 1946
Movie 1969
Joe (uncredited)
Movie 1945
Cropper (uncredited)
Movie 1948
Joseph
Movie 1971
Hard-of-Hearing Farmer
Movie 1951
Colonel
Movie 1984
Good Ole Boy
Movie 1990
Self
Movie 1992
Old Cowboy (uncredited)
Movie 1971
Tv 1965
Tv 1962
Rusty Bates
Tv 1949
Blue Belly (uncredited)
Tv 1964
Tv 1968
Tv 1958
Tv 1956
Hansom Cab Driver
Tv 1964