Ken Maynard
Ken Maynard is known for Haunted Gold (1932), Bigfoot (1970), Cameo Kirby (1923).
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.
Questions about Ken Maynard
How many Ken Maynard films are in the catalogue?
The CineQuiz catalogue has 35 films with Ken Maynard, from 1923 to 1976.
What was the first Ken Maynard film?
The first Ken Maynard film in the catalogue is Cameo Kirby, from 1923.
People data: TMDb.
- Awards
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Known for
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7.0 Señor Americano
1929
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9.0 Sons of the Saddle
1930
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5.1 Haunted Gold
1932
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5.9 Cameo Kirby
1923
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3.3 Bigfoot
1970
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7.5 Death Valley Rangers
1943
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8.0 Somewhere in Sonora
1927
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6.3 Honor of the Range
1934
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8.0 The Arizona Terror
1931
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10.0 Song of the Caballero
1930
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7.5 North Star
1925
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6.3 Six Shootin' Sheriff
1938
Trivia
- Also works as
- musician · stunt performer · film director · circus performer · singer
Trivia from Wikidata, licensed CC0.
Full filmography
96 films — 35 in the catalogue
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8.5 Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976 · (archive footage)
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8.0 The Marshal of Windy Hollow
1972 · Texas Ranger
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3.3
Bigfoot
1970 · Mr. Bennett
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5.3 Harmony Trail
1944 · Marshal Ken Maynard
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6.3 Arizona Whirlwind
1944 · Ken Maynard
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5.7 Westward Bound
1944 · Ken Maynard
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7.5
Death Valley Rangers
1943 · Ken Maynard
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7.3 Blazing Guns
1943 · Marshal Ken Maynard
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6.8 The Law Rides Again
1943 · U.S. Marshal Ken Maynard
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4.5 Wild Horse Stampede
1943 · Marshal Ken Maynard
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5.3 Lightning Strikes West
1940 · Lightning Ken Morgan
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4.6 Phantom Rancher
1940 · Ken Mitchell
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8.0 Death Rides the Range
1939 · Ken Baxter
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5.5 Flaming Lead
1939 · Ken Clark
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6.3
Six Shootin' Sheriff
1938 · Jim 'Trigger' Morton
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7.0 Whirlwind Horseman
1938 · Ken Morton
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7.0 Trailing Trouble
1937 · John 'Friendly' Fields
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9.0 Boots of Destiny
1937 · Ken Crawford
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10.0 The Fugitive Sheriff
1936 · Ken Marshall
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7.0 The Cattle Thief
1936 · Ken
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7.0 Avenging Waters
1936 · Ken Morley
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9.0 Heroes of the Range
1936 · Ken Smith
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9.0 Heir to Trouble
1935 · Ken Armstrong
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7.0 Lawless Riders
1935 · Ken Manley
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8.0 Western Courage
1935 · Ken Baxter
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9.0 Western Frontier
1935 · Ken Masters
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6.5 A Montanha Misteriosa
1934 · Ken Williams
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5.8 In Old Santa Fe
1934 · Ken aka 'Kentucky'
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10.0 Smoking Guns
1934 · Ken Masters
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6.3
Honor of the Range
1934 · Sheriff Ken / Brother Clem
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5.3 Wheels of Destiny
1934 · Ken Manning
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7.0 Gun Justice
1933 · Ken Lance
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9.0 Fargo Express
1933 · Ken Benton
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6.0 Strawberry Roan
1933 · Ken Masters
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10.0 The Trail Drive
1933 · Ken Benton
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8.0 The Fiddlin' Buckaroo
1933 · 'Fiddlin'
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8.5 King of the Arena
1933 · Captain Ken Kenton
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10.0 The Lone Avenger
1933 · Cal Weston
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4.6 Phantom Thunderbolt
1933 · Thunderbolt Kid
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5.5 Drum Taps
1933 · Ken Cartwright
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4.0 Tombstone Canyon
1932 · Ken
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5.1
Haunted Gold
1932 · Tim Kelly (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Hollywood on Parade No. A-5
1932 · Self
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6.0 Between Fighting Men
1932 · Ken
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6.7 Come On, Tarzan
1932 · Ken Benson
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6.7 Dynamite Ranch
1932 · Blaze Howell
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4.5 Whistlin' Dan
1932 · 'Whistlin' Dan Savage Posing as Ed Black
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5.0 Hell-Fire Austin
1932 · Ken 'Hell-Fire' Austin
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6.0 Texas Gun Fighter
1932 · Bill Dane
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8.5 The Sunset Trail
1932 · Jim Brandon
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6.0 The Pocatello Kid
1931 · The Pocatello Kid / Sheriff Jim Bledsoe
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6.0 Homens Marcados
1931 · Rod Whitaker
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10.0 Range Law
1931 · Hap Conners
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8.0
The Arizona Terror
1931 · The Arizonian
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5.5 Alias: The Bad Man
1931 · Ranger Ken Neville
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7.0 The Two Gun Man
1931 · 'Blackie' Weed
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7.0 Fighting Thru
1930 · Dan Barton
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9.0
Sons of the Saddle
1930 · Jim Brandon
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10.0
Song of the Caballero
1930 · Juan Posing as El Lobo
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7.5 Mountain Justice
1930 · Ken McTavish
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The Voice of Hollywood No. 9
1930
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8.0 The Fighting Legion
1930 · Dave Hayes
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10.0 Lucky Larkin
1930 · 'Lucky' Larkin
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9.0 Parade of the West
1930 · Bud Rand
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7.0
Señor Americano
1929 · Lieutenant Michael Banning
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7.0 The Wagon Master
1929 · The Rambler
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9.0 The California Mail
1929 · Bob Scott
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7.0 The Royal Rider
1929 · Dick Scott
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9.0 The Lawless Legion
1929 · Cal Stanley
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8.0 Cheyenne
1929 · Cal Roberts
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5.5 The Phantom City
1928 · Tim Kelly
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8.0 The Glorious Trail
1928 · Pat O'Leary
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10.0 The Code of the Scarlet
1928 · Bruce Kenton
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7.0 The Upland Rider
1928 · Dan Dailey
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8.0 The Canyon of Adventure
1928 · Steven Bancroft
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9.0 The Wagon Show
1928 · Bob Mason
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10.0 Gun Gospel
1927 · Granger Hume
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8.0 The Red Raiders
1927 · Lieutenant John Scott
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8.0 The Devil's Saddle
1927 · Harry Morrel
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7.0 The Land Beyond the Law
1927 · Jerry Steele
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8.0
Somewhere in Sonora
1927 · Bob Bishop
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9.0 The Overland Stage
1927 · Jack Jessup
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10.0 The Unknown Cavalier
1926 · Tom Drury
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10.0 Senor Daredevil
1926 · Don Luis O'Flaherty
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10.0 Haunted Range
1926 · Terry Bladwin
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9.0 The Grey Vulture
1926 · Bart Miller
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7.5
North Star
1925 · Noel Blake
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8.0
Fighting Courage
1925 · Richard Kingsley
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8.0 The Demon Rider
1925 · Billy Dennis
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7.0 Janice Meredith
1924 · Paul Revere
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5.5 $50,000 Reward
1924 · Tex Sherwood
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10.0
Somebody Lied
1923
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5.9
Cameo Kirby
1923 · (uncredited)
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8.0 The Gunfighter
1923 · (uncredited)
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10.0 The Man Who Won
1923 · Conroy
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8.0 Brass Commandments
1923 · (uncredited)
People data: TMDb.
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