Ken Maynard
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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.
As Actor/Actress
The Red Raiders
Lieutenant John Scott
Mystery Mountain
Ken Williams
Blazing Guns
Marshal Ken Maynard
Janice Meredith
Paul Revere
Dynamite Ranch
Blaze Howell
Lucky Larkin
'Lucky' Larkin
Cheyenne
Cal Roberts
Haunted Gold
Tim Kelly (archive footage) (uncredited)
Avenging Waters
Ken Morley
Phantom Thunderbolt
Thunderbolt Kid
Drum Taps
Ken Cartwright
Haunted Range
Terry Bladwin
Senor Daredevil
Don Luis O'Flaherty
Honor of the Range
Sheriff Ken / Brother Clem
Flaming Lead
Ken Clark
Mountain Justice
Ken McTavish
North Star
Noel Blake
The Arizona Terror
The Arizonian
Westward Bound
Ken Maynard
Arizona Whirlwind
Ken Maynard
Gun Gospel
Granger Hume
Western Courage
Ken Baxter
Cameo Kirby
(uncredited)
Whistlin' Dan
'Whistlin' Dan Savage Posing as Ed Black
The Wagon Master
The Rambler
Come On, Tarzan
Ken Benson
Smoking Guns
Ken Masters
Las huellas del monstruo
Mr. Bennett
The California Mail
Bob Scott
In Old Santa Fe
Ken aka 'Kentucky'
Behind the Camera
Lucky Larkin
Productor
Honor of the Range
Productor
Mountain Justice
Productor
The Wagon Master
Productor
Smoking Guns
Historia
Wheels of Destiny
Productor
Gun Justice
Productor
Strawberry Roan
Productor
Parade of the West
Productor
The Fighting Legion
Productor
The Fiddlin' Buckaroo
Productor, Director
The Trail Drive
Productor
Sons of the Saddle
Productor
Heir to Trouble
Historia
King of the Arena
Productor
Song of the Caballero
Productor
Western Frontier
Historia
Señor Americano
Productor