Ken Maynard
Age: N/A | From: Vevay, Indiana, USA
Person Details
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Aliases: Kenneth Olin Maynard
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
(1932) Tim Kelly (archive footage) (uncredited)
Six Shootin' Sheriff
(1938) Jim 'Trigger' Morton
Drum Taps
(1933) Ken Cartwright
Phantom Thunderbolt
(1933) Thunderbolt Kid
Bigfoot
(1970) Mr. Bennett
Strawberry Roan
(1933) Ken Masters
The Royal Rider
(1929) Dick Scott
Cameo Kirby
(1923) (uncredited)Acting
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| 1976 | (archive footage) | |
| 1972 | Texas Ranger | |
| 1970 | Mr. Bennett | |
| 1944 | Marshal Ken Maynard | |
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| 1943 | Ken Maynard | |
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| U.S. Marshal Ken Maynard | ||
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| 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 | ||
| Dick Scott | ||
| Cal Stanley | ||
| 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 | |
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| Conroy | ||
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Production
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Directing
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