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)
Film 1939
Simms Reeves
Film 1948
Western Character (uncredited)
Film 1947
Undertaker
Film 1962
Les Fuller
Film 1956
Poordevil
Film 1952
Curly Fletcher
Film 1963
Old Lonely Hearts Club Band
Film 1978
Henchman
Film 1937
Deputy
Film 1937
Skeeter
Film 1938
Hank - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Film 1970
Gramps Jebediah
Film 1983
Old Jonas
Film 1956
John
Film 1981
Pete
Film 1958
Film 1949
Butch Collins
Film 1978
(uncredited)
Film 1948
Sidekick Hank
Film 1937
The Flunky
Film 1977
Trucker (uncredited)
Film 1977
Sampson
Film 1957
Mr. Grady (uncredited)
Film 1950
Film 1948
Miner
Film 1967
Liveryman
Film 1958
Taub Beasley
Film 1948
Shooting Match Official
Film 1951
Tom 'Cherokee' Walton
Film 1938
Townsman (uncredited)
Film 1940
Old Geezer
Film 1981
Barfly / Townsman (uncredited)
Film 1935
Lumberjack (uncredited)
Film 1936
Tex
Film 1958
Cowhand Leonard (uncredited)
Film 1938
Jacob (uncredited)
Film 1949
Johnny Behind-the-Stove
Film 1951
Stationmaster Elwood
Film 1970
Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)
Film 1971
R. Ryan - Undertaker (uncredited)
Film 1969
Dirty Old Man (uncredited)
Film 1967
Henchman Buck
Film 1938
Saloon Set Extra
Film 1937
Laredo (uncredited)
Film 1960
Pat Casey
Film 1957
Southern Recruit
Film 1948
Rancher
Film 1939
Townsman
Film 1939
Lon
Film 1957
Cowhand
Film 1940
Deputy
Film 1940
Slim Regan
Film 1939
American Legionnaire Band Leader (uncredited)
Film 1950
Henchman (uncredited)
Film 1936
Sweeney (uncredited)
Film 1953
Henchman Hank
Film 1939
Townsman (uncredited)
Film 1947
Stagecoach Attendant (uncredited)
Film 1941
Morton's Sign Painter - replaced Roscoe Ates (uncredited)
Film 1944
Finnegan (uncredited)
Film 1950
Crazy Bear / Guardhouse Keeper
Film 1955
The Deputy
Film 1946
Clem (uncredited)
Film 1948
Townsman Outside Saloon
Film 1940
Bill - Salt Fork Townsman (uncredited)
Film 1947
Cowhand
Film 1939
Townsman
Film 1939
Farmer Driving Jalopy
Film 1940
Hank
Film 1971
Ruiz Man
Film 1937
Drunk
Film 1940
Kid
Film 1967
Man in Cheap Hotel (uncredited)
Film 1948
Fiddler
Film 1956
Hospital Visitor (Uncredited)
Film 1940
Wedding Witness
Film 1940
Slim
Film 1943
Aunt Jennifer's Wagon Driver
Film 1941
Tom Gordon
Film 1952
Waiter
Film 1943
Circus Spectator (uncredited)
Film 1943
Hank, the hotel desk clerk
Film 1970
Rancher, Bank Customer (uncredited)
Film 1948
Abner Todd
Film 1949
Slim
Film 1977
Party Guest (uncredited)
Film 1946
Soldier on Troop Ship (Uncredited)
Film 1943
Telegram Delivery Man (uncredited)
Film 1946
Film 1969
Joe (uncredited)
Film 1945
Cropper (uncredited)
Film 1948
Joseph
Film 1971
Hard-of-Hearing Farmer
Film 1951
Colonel
Film 1984
Good Ole Boy
Film 1990
Self
Film 1992
Old Cowboy (uncredited)
Film 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