Tim McCoy
One of the great stars of early American Westerns. McCoy was the son of an Irish soldier who later became police chief of Saginaw, Michigan, where McCoy was born. He attended St. Ignatius College in Chicago and after seeing a Wild West show there, left school and found work on a Wyoming ranch. He became an expert horseman and roper and developed a keen knowledge of the ways and languages of the Indian tribes in the area. He competed in numerous rodeos, then enlisted in the U.S. Army when America entered the First World War. He was commissioned and rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel. At the end of World War I, he returned to his ranch in Wyoming, only to be called by Governor Bob Carry to the post of Adjutant General of Wyoming, a position he held until 1921. The position carried with it the rank of Brigadier General (a brevet promotion) and it has been reported that this made him the youngest general officer in the U.S. Army. His reputation as a friend to the Wind River Reservation Indians, both Arapahoe and Shoshone, preceded him and in 1922, he was asked by the head of Famous Players-Lasky, Jesse L. Lasky, to provide Indian extras for the Western extravaganza, The Covered Wagon (1923). He resigned from the state position and recruited several hundred Indians to the Utah movie location. When the film wrapped, he was asked to choose several Indians to accompany him to Hollywood. There the production company developed a live 'prologue' to be presented just prior to the movie showing. The idea was a success and McCoy and his Indian group toured the U.S. and eventually, Europe as well. After touring this country and Europe with the Indians as publicity, McCoy returned to Hollywood and used his connections to obtain further work in the movies, both as a technical advisor and eventually as an actor. MGM speedily signed him to a contract to star in a series of Westerns and McCoy rapidly rose to stardom, making scores of Westerns and occasional non-Westerns. He retired from the army and from films after the war, but emerged in the late 1940s for a few more films and some television work. In 1942 he ran for the Republican Nomination for the U.S. Senate in Wyoming. He was defeated and returned to Hollywood and an uncertain future. In 1946 he sold his Wyoming ranch and moved to Bucks County, Pennsylvania and the life of the gentleman farmer. While living there, he met and married Danish writer Inga Arvad. He later built a home in Nogales, Arizona where Inga subsequently died in 1973. He spent his later years as a retired rancher. He died at the U.A. Army hospital at Ft. Hauchuca, Arizona on January 29 1978 at the age of 86.
Inducted into the Cowboy Hall of Fame in 1974.
During World War I, he served as an artillery officer in the US Army in France.
Spouse Inga Arvad (1945 - 1973) (her death)
Alice Miller (? - 1931) (divorced) (3 children)
Fotos
Películas (98)
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976 · (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972 · Self (archive footage)
Requiem for a Gunfighter
1965 · Judge Irving Short
Run of the Arrow
1957 · Gen. Allen (as Colonel Tim McCoy)
Around the World in 80 Days
1956 · Colonel
Injun Talk
1946 · Himself
West of the Law
1942 · Marshal Tim McCall
Riders of the West
1942 · Marshal Tim McCall
Down Texas Way
1942 · U. S. Marshal Tim McCall
Ghost Town Law
1942 · Marshal Tim McCall
Below the Border
1942 · Marshal Tim McCall
Forbidden Trails
1941 · Marshal Tim McCall
The Gunman From Bodie
1941 · Marshal Tim McCall
Arizona Bound
1941 · Tim McCall
The Texas Marshal
1941 · Marshal Trigger Tim Rand
Outlaws of the Rio Grande
1941 · Tim Barton
Riders of Black Mountain
1940 · Marshal Tim Donovan
Arizona Gang Busters
1940 · Trigger Tim Rand
Gun Code
1940 · Marshal Tim Hammond posing as Tim Hays
Frontier Crusader
1940 · Trigger Tim Rand
Texas Renegades
1940 · 'Silent' Tim Smith
Trigger Fingers
1939 · 'Lightning' Bill Carson
The Fighting Renegade
1939 · Bill Carson posing as El Puma
Straight Shooter
1939 · "Lightning" Bill Carson
Outlaws' Paradise
1939 · William Carson / Trigger Mallory
Texas Wildcats
1939 · 'Lightning' Bill Carson
Code of the Cactus
1939 · Bill Carson
Six-Gun Trail
1938 · Captain William Carson
Lightning Carson Rides Again
1938 · Lightning Bill Carson / Jose
Phantom Ranger
1938 · Tim Hayes
Two Gun Justice
1938 · Tim
Code of the Rangers
1938 · Tim Strong
West of Rainbow's End
1938 · Tim Hart
The Traitor
1936 · Tim McCoy: Sergeant Tim Vallance - Texas Ranger
Ghost Patrol
1936 · Tim Caverly
The Lion's Den
1936 · Tim Barton
Aces and Eights
1936 · Tim Madigan
Lightnin' Bill Carson
1936 · Marshal Lightnin' Bill Carson
Border Caballero
1936 · Tim Ross
Roarin' Guns
1936 · Tim Corwin
Bulldog Courage
1935 · Slim Braddock / Tim Braddock
The Man from Guntown
1935 · Tim Hanlon
Riding Wild
1935 · Tim Malloy / Tex Ravelle
The Outlaw Deputy
1935 · Tim Mallory
Justice of the Range
1935 · Tim Condon
Fighting Shadows
1935 · Constable Tim O'Hara
The Revenge Rider
1935 · Tim O'Neil
Law Beyond the Range
1935 · Tim McDonald
Square Shooter
1935 · Tim Baxter
The Westerner
1934 · Tim Addison
The Prescott Kid
1934 · Tim Hamlin
Beyond the Law
1934 · Tim Weston
A Man's Game
1934 · Tim Bradley
Hell Bent for Love
1934 · Police Captain Tim Daley
Voice in the Night
1934 · Tim Dale
Speed Wings
1934 · Tim
Straightaway
1933 · Tim Dawson
Hold the Press
1933 · Tim Collins
Police Car 17
1933 · Tim Conlon
Rusty Rides Alone
1933 · Tim Burke
The Whirlwind
1933 · Tim Reynolds
Silent Men
1933 · Tim Richards
Man Of Action
1933 · Ranger Tim Barlow
End of the Trail
1932 · Captain Tim Travers
The Western Code
1932 · Tim Barrett
Fighting for Justice
1932 · Tim Keene
Cornered
1932 · Sheriff Tim Laramie
Daring Danger
1932 · Tim Madigan
Two-Fisted Law
1932 · Tim Clark
Hollywood on Parade
1932 · Self
The Riding Tornado
1932 · Tim Torrant
Texas Cyclone
1932 · Texas Grant
The Fighting Fool
1932 · Sheriff Tim Collins
The Fighting Marshal
1931 · Tim Benton
Shotgun Pass
1931 · Tim Walker
The One Way Trail
1931 · Tim Allen
Heroes of the Flames
1931 · Bob Darrow
The Indians Are Coming
1930 · Jack Manning
The Desert Rider
1929 · Jed Tyler
Sioux Blood
1929 · Flood
The Overland Telegraph
1929 · Captain Allen
Morgan's Last Raid
1929 · Capt. Daniel Clairbourne
The Bushranger
1928 · Edward
Beyond the Sierras
1928 · The Masked Stranger
The Adventurer
1928 · Jim McClellan
Riders of the Dark
1928 · Lt. Crane
Wyoming
1928 · Lt. Jack Colton
The Law of the Range
1928 · Jim Lockhart
Spoilers of the West
1927 · Lieutenant Lang
Foreign Devils
1927 · Capt. Robert Kelly
The Frontiersman
1927 · John Dale
California
1927 · Capt. Archibald Gillespie
Winners of the Wilderness
1927 · Col. Sir Dennis O'Hara
War Paint
1926 · Lt. Tim Marshall
The Vanishing American
1925 · Technical Advisor
The Thundering Herd
1925 · Burn Hudnall, Production Coordinator
The Man Who Would Not Die
1924
The Covered Wagon
1923 · Technical Advisor
