Ken Maynard
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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.
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Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976 · (archive footage)
The Marshal of Windy Hollow
1972 · Texas Ranger
Bigfoot
1970 · Mr. Bennett
Harmony Trail
1944 · Marshal Ken Maynard
Arizona Whirlwind
1944 · Ken Maynard
Westward Bound
1944 · Ken Maynard
Death Valley Rangers
1943 · Ken Maynard
Blazing Guns
1943 · Marshal Ken Maynard
The Law Rides Again
1943 · U.S. Marshal Ken Maynard
Wild Horse Stampede
1943 · Marshal Ken Maynard
Lightning Strikes West
1940 · Lightning Ken Morgan
Phantom Rancher
1940 · Ken Mitchell
Death Rides the Range
1939 · Ken Baxter
Flaming Lead
1939 · Ken Clark
Six Shootin' Sheriff
1938 · Jim 'Trigger' Morton
Whirlwind Horseman
1938 · Ken Morton
Trailing Trouble
1937 · John 'Friendly' Fields
Boots of Destiny
1937 · Ken Crawford
The Fugitive Sheriff
1936 · Ken Marshall
The Cattle Thief
1936 · Ken
Avenging Waters
1936 · Ken Morley
Heroes of the Range
1936 · Ken Smith
Heir to Trouble
1935 · Ken Armstrong, Story
Lawless Riders
1935 · Ken Manley
Western Courage
1935 · Ken Baxter
Western Frontier
1935 · Ken Masters, Story
Mystery Mountain
1934 · Ken Williams
In Old Santa Fe
1934 · Ken aka 'Kentucky'
Smoking Guns
1934 · Ken Masters, Story
Honor of the Range
1934 · Sheriff Ken / Brother Clem, Producer
Wheels of Destiny
1934 · Ken Manning, Producer
Gun Justice
1933 · Ken Lance, Producer
Fargo Express
1933 · Ken Benton
Strawberry Roan
1933 · Ken Masters, Producer
The Trail Drive
1933 · Ken Benton, Producer
The Fiddlin' Buckaroo
1933 · 'Fiddlin', Producer, Director
King of the Arena
1933 · Captain Ken Kenton, Producer
The Lone Avenger
1933 · Cal Weston
Phantom Thunderbolt
1933 · Thunderbolt Kid
Drum Taps
1933 · Ken Cartwright
Tombstone Canyon
1932 · Ken
Haunted Gold
1932 · Tim Kelly (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood on Parade No. A-5
1932 · Self
Between Fighting Men
1932 · Ken
Come On, Tarzan
1932 · Ken Benson
Dynamite Ranch
1932 · Blaze Howell
Whistlin' Dan
1932 · 'Whistlin' Dan Savage Posing as Ed Black
Hell-Fire Austin
1932 · Ken 'Hell-Fire' Austin
Texas Gun Fighter
1932 · Bill Dane
The Sunset Trail
1932 · Jim Brandon
The Pocatello Kid
1931 · The Pocatello Kid / Sheriff Jim Bledsoe
Branded Men
1931 · Rod Whitaker
Range Law
1931 · Hap Conners
The Arizona Terror
1931 · The Arizonian
Alias: The Bad Man
1931 · Ranger Ken Neville
The Two Gun Man
1931 · 'Blackie' Weed
Fighting Thru
1930 · Dan Barton
Sons of the Saddle
1930 · Jim Brandon, Producer
Song of the Caballero
1930 · Juan Posing as El Lobo, Producer
Mountain Justice
1930 · Ken McTavish, Producer
The Voice of Hollywood No. 9
1930
The Fighting Legion
1930 · Dave Hayes, Producer
Lucky Larkin
1930 · 'Lucky' Larkin, Producer
Parade of the West
1930 · Bud Rand, Producer
Señor Americano
1929 · Lieutenant Michael Banning, Producer
The Wagon Master
1929 · The Rambler, Producer
The California Mail
1929 · Bob Scott
The Royal Rider
1929 · Dick Scott
The Lawless Legion
1929 · Cal Stanley
Cheyenne
1929 · Cal Roberts
The Phantom City
1928 · Tim Kelly
The Glorious Trail
1928 · Pat O'Leary
The Code of the Scarlet
1928 · Bruce Kenton
The Upland Rider
1928 · Dan Dailey
The Canyon of Adventure
1928 · Steven Bancroft
The Wagon Show
1928 · Bob Mason
Gun Gospel
1927 · Granger Hume
The Red Raiders
1927 · Lieutenant John Scott
The Devil's Saddle
1927 · Harry Morrel
The Land Beyond the Law
1927 · Jerry Steele
Somewhere in Sonora
1927 · Bob Bishop
The Overland Stage
1927 · Jack Jessup
The Unknown Cavalier
1926 · Tom Drury
Senor Daredevil
1926 · Don Luis O'Flaherty
Haunted Range
1926 · Terry Bladwin
The Grey Vulture
1926 · Bart Miller
North Star
1925 · Noel Blake
Fighting Courage
1925 · Richard Kingsley
The Demon Rider
1925 · Billy Dennis
Janice Meredith
1924 · Paul Revere
$50,000 Reward
1924 · Tex Sherwood
Somebody Lied
1923
Cameo Kirby
1923 · (uncredited)
The Gunfighter
1923 · (uncredited)
The Man Who Won
1923 · Conroy
Brass Commandments
1923 · (uncredited)
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