Person Details

Birthday: 1895-07-21 01:22:52

Death: 1973-03-23 01:22:52

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Vevay - Indiana - USA

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Movie Involvements: 107

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

Haunted Gold
Average
5

Haunted Gold

(1932) Tim Kelly (archive footage) (uncredited)
Six Shootin' Sheriff
Average
6

Six Shootin' Sheriff

(1938) Jim 'Trigger' Morton
Drum Taps
Average
5

Drum Taps

(1933) Ken Cartwright
Bigfoot
Average
3

Bigfoot

(1970) Mr. Bennett
Phantom Thunderbolt
Average
4

Phantom Thunderbolt

(1933) Thunderbolt Kid
Strawberry Roan
Average
6

Strawberry Roan

(1933) Ken Masters
The Royal Rider
Average
0

The Royal Rider

(1929) Dick Scott
Cameo Kirby
Average
5

Cameo Kirby

(1923) (uncredited)

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1976 (archive footage)
1972 Texas Ranger
1970 Mr. Bennett
1944 Marshal Ken Maynard
Ken Maynard
Ken Maynard
1943 Ken Maynard
Marshal Ken Maynard
U.S. Marshal Ken Maynard
Marshal Ken Maynard
1940 Lightning Ken Morgan
Ken Mitchell
1939 Ken Baxter
Ken Clark
1938 Jim 'Trigger' Morton
Ken Morton
1937 John 'Friendly' Fields
Ken Crawford
1936 Ken Marshall
Ken
Ken Morley
Ken Smith
1935 Ken Armstrong
Ken Manley
Ken Baxter
Ken Masters
1934 Ken Williams
Ken aka 'Kentucky'
Ken Masters
Sheriff Ken / Brother Clem
Ken Manning
1933 Ken Lance
Ken Benton
Ken Masters
Ken Benton
'Fiddlin'
Captain Ken Kenton
Cal Weston
Thunderbolt Kid
Ken Cartwright
1932 Ken
Tim Kelly (archive footage) (uncredited)
Self
Ken
Ken Benson
Blaze Howell
'Whistlin' Dan Savage Posing as Ed Black
Ken 'Hell-Fire' Austin
Bill Dane
Jim Brandon
1931 The Pocatello Kid / Sheriff Jim Bledsoe
Rod Whitaker
Hap Conners
The Arizonian
Ranger Ken Neville
'Blackie' Weed
1930 Dan Barton
Jim Brandon
Juan Posing as El Lobo
Ken McTavish
Dave Hayes
'Lucky' Larkin
Bud Rand
1929 Lieutenant Michael Banning
The Rambler
Bob Scott
Cal Stanley
Dick Scott
Cal Roberts
1928 Tim Kelly
Pat O'Leary
Bruce Kenton
Dan Dailey
Steven Bancroft
Bob Mason
1927 Granger Hume
Lieutenant John Scott
Harry Morrel
Jerry Steele
Jack Jessup
1926 Tom Drury
Don Luis O'Flaherty
Terry Bladwin
Bart Miller
1925 Noel Blake
Richard Kingsley
Billy Dennis
1924 Paul Revere
Tex Sherwood
1923 N/A
(uncredited)
(uncredited)
Conroy
(uncredited)
Year Character Movie/Tv

Writing

Production

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1933 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

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