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Ken Maynard est un Acteur et Producteur Américain né le 21 juillet 1895 à Vevay (Etats-Unis)

Ken Maynard

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Nom de naissance Kenneth Olin Maynard
Nationalité Etats-Unis
Naissance 21 juillet 1895 à Vevay (Etats-Unis)
Mort 23 mars 1973 (à 77 ans) à Woodland Hills (Etats-Unis)

Ken Maynard est un acteur américain né le 21 juillet 1895 à Vevay (Indiana) et décédé le 23 mars 1973.

Il a particulièrement joué dans des westerns B.

Biographie

Maynard was born in Vevay, Indiana, one of five children, another of whom, his lookalike younger brother, Kermit, would also become an actor; most audience members assumed that Kermit was his brother's identical twin. Ken Maynard began working at carnivals and circuses, where he became an accomplished horseman. As a young man, he performed in rodeos and was a trick rider with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.

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 in two small roles in Bigfoot and The Marshal of Windy Hollow.

Le plus souvent avec

Ted McCord
Ted McCord
(6 films)
Alan James
Alan James
(6 films)
Charles King
Charles King
(8 films)
Lafe McKee
Lafe McKee
(5 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmographie de Ken Maynard (27 films)

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The Marshal of Windy Hollow, 1h25
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Western
Acteurs Sunset Carson, Ken Maynard, Tex Ritter, Buster Jones
Rôle Texas Ranger
Note70% 3.5475153.5475153.5475153.5475153.547515
The plot is standard Western B movie fare. The Marshal of Windy Hollow (Sunset Carson) teams up with a Texas Ranger (Ken Maynard) to stop a band of outlaws who are preying on innocent settlers and stealing their gold.
Bigfoot
Bigfoot (1970)
, 1h24
Genres Science-fiction, Thriller, Horreur
Acteurs John Carradine, John Mitchum, Christopher Mitchum, Joi Lansing, James Craig, Haji
Rôle Mr. Bennett
Note26% 1.331241.331241.331241.331241.33124
Fast-talking Jasper B. Hawks (John Carradine) drives through a forest with his sidekick, Elmer Briggs (John Mitchum), while pilot Joi Landis (Joi Lansing) flies a single engine small aircraft over the same area. Joi’s engine conks out, so she parachutes to safety. Safely on the ground, she encounters a Bigfoot that has emerged from the woods to attack her.
The Law Rides Again, 58minutes
Réalisé par Alan James
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Western
Acteurs Ken Maynard, Hoot Gibson, Jack La Rue, Betty Miles, Emmett Lynn, Kenneth Harlan
Rôle U.S. Marshal Ken Maynard
Note56% 2.822892.822892.822892.822892.82289
Phantom Rancher, 1h1
Réalisé par Harry L. Fraser
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Romance, Western
Acteurs Ken Maynard, Dorothy Short, Harry Harvey, Sr., Ted Adams, Dave O'Brien, Tom London
Rôle Ken Mitchell
Note51% 2.5807052.5807052.5807052.5807052.580705
When Ken Mitchell inherits his late uncle's cattle ranch he finds the community hates him for trying to drive farmers off their land. He discovers that a respected member of the community named Collins is really behind the activity and may have had his uncle killed. The only way Ken can gain the community's trust and bring Collins and his gang to justice is appearing as a masked "Phantom Rancher" to dispense justice.
Death Rides the Range, 58minutes
Réalisé par Sam Newfield
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Action, Aventure, Western
Acteurs Ken Maynard, Fay McKenzie, William Costello, Julian Rivero, John Elliott, Charles King
Rôle Ken Baxter
Note59% 2.9569852.9569852.9569852.9569852.956985
Le Death Rides the Range occidental de Ken Maynard, par ailleurs standard, se distingue quelque peu par une orientation d'actualité. L'intrigue concerne un groupe d'espions d'un pays étranger sans nom (bon sang, ils sonnent certainement allemands) qui se dirigent vers l'ouest pour saper le moral des Américains. Dans ce malaise erre Maynard, soi-disant cowpoke sans racine mais en réalité un agent du FBI. Les choses commencent à se réchauffer lorsque les méchants revendiquent un puits d'hélium sur la propriété de l'héroïne Fay McKenzie. Le moment le plus idiot du film se produit à mi-chemin, lorsque le méchant en chef Charlie King commence à battre tout le monde à bout de bras, sans aucune égratignure sur sa propre personne.
Avenging Waters
Réalisé par Spencer Gordon Bennet
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Western
Acteurs Ken Maynard, Beth Marion, Ward Bond, John Elliott, Wally Wales, Edward Hearn
Rôle Ken Morley
Note62% 3.1352553.1352553.1352553.1352553.135255
A film about a land dispute. Charles Mortimer (Elliott) buys cattle from Ken Morley (Maynard) and builds a fence to keep them in. His neighbour, Slater (Bond), is angered by Mortimer's actions because he wants access to the land. By way of revenge, he builds a dam cutting off Mortimer's water supply. Morley confronts Slater, and Slater captures and imprisons him in a shack. The dam is subsequently destroyed by lightning, and the shack holding Mortimer is in the path of the oncoming surge of water.
In Old Santa Fe, 1h4
Réalisé par Joseph Kane, David Howard
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie, Policier, Romance, Western
Acteurs Ken Maynard, George "Gabby" Hayes, Gene Autry, Evalyn Knapp, H. B. Warner, Kenneth Thomson
Rôle Kentucky
Note57% 2.8589752.8589752.8589752.8589752.858975
Kentucky et Cactus se rendent au ranch El Reposo pour participer à une course de chevaux organisée par le propriétaire, Charlie Miller. En chemin, ils rencontrent Lila, la fille de ce dernier, et Ken tombe immédiatement sous son charme. Dans le même temps, deux malfrats, Chandler et Tracy, arrivent également au ranch. Chandler a la connaissance de secrets sur la vie passée de Miller et a l'intention de le faire chanter.
Mystery Mountain, 3h43
Réalisé par Otto Brower, B. Reeves Eason
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Action, Western
Acteurs Ken Maynard, Verna Hillie, Syd Saylor, Edward Earle, Hooper Atchley, Edward Hearn
Rôle Ken Williams
Note69% 3.457573.457573.457573.457573.45757
Ken Williams (Ken Maynard) is determined to discover the identity of a mysterious killer who preys upon railroads and transportation companies like the ones owned by Jane Corwin (Verna Hillie). Her railroad worker father (Lafe McKee) was the first victim of the murderous fiend known as The Rattler, who is especially difficult to catch because he makes himself appear as other people with a collection of masks, or he effects a strange disguise with eyeglasses, a fake nose, and a crepe-hair mustache. The Rattler — also known as "the Menace of the Mountain" — attempts to control the mountain and its hidden gold from his secret cave filled with strange electronic gadgets.
Drum Taps
Drum Taps (1933)
, 1h1
Réalisé par J. P. McGowan
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Action, Western
Acteurs Ken Maynard, Frank Coghlan, Jr., Charles Stevens, Al Bridge, Harry Semels, Jim Mason
Rôle Ken Cartwright
Note54% 2.7002752.7002752.7002752.7002752.700275
Skinner et son gang s'emparent des terres des éleveurs. Quand ils s'en prennent au ranch de Kerry, Ken les arrête. Skinner accuse Ken de bruissement, mais le shérif est du côté de Ken, et avec l'aide de la troupe de scouts de son frère Earl, ils s'en prennent au gang.
Strawberry Roan, 1h19
Réalisé par Alan James, John English
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Western
Thèmes Mise en scène d'un animal, Les chevaux
Acteurs Ken Maynard, Gene Autry, Ruth Hall, Gloria Henry, Harold Goodwin, Jack Holt
Rôle Ken Masters
Note64% 3.2335553.2335553.2335553.2335553.233555
Joe is paralyzed by a wild horse, a strawberry roan. His father, Walt, tries to kill the horse in anger but is unsuccessful and the horse escapes. Autry, who stopped Walt from killing the animal, is asked to leave the ranch. He finds the horse and trains it in the hopes of returning it to Joe to give him the will to overcome his disability.
Le fantome de la mine, 58minutes
Réalisé par Mack V. Wright
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Thriller, Action, Horreur, Western
Acteurs John Wayne, Sheila Terry, Harry Woods, Erville Alderson, Otto Hoffman, Martha Mattox
Rôle Tim Kelly (archive footage) (uncredited)
Note54% 2.704072.704072.704072.704072.70407
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