Grant Withers
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Grant Withers (January 17, 1905, Pueblo, Colorado – March 27, 1959, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California), born Granville G. Withers, was a prolific American film actor with a sizeable body of work.
With early beginnings in the silent era, Withers moved into talkies establishing himself with an impressive list of headlined features as a young and handsome male lead.
As his career progressed, his importance diminished, but he did manage a 10-year contract at Republic Pictures. His friendships with both John Ford and John Wayne secured him a spot in nine of Wayne's films, but later roles dwindled to supporting parts, mainly as villains in B-movies, serials, and finally television. He appeared in the late 1950s in two episodes of the syndicated western series 26 Men, set in Arizona, where he had earlier eloped with Loretta Young.
His life in film, five unsuccessful marriages, and a tragic end had all the makings of its own Hollywood drama.
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Perry Mason
Stewart Brent
Lassie
George Forsythe (uncredited)
Wagon Train
Mark Hammond
Cheyenne
Matt Ellis
Have Gun, Will Travel
Sheriff Ludlow
Have Gun, Will Travel
Jeremiah Mulrooney
Have Gun, Will Travel
Sam Barton
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Sheriff Carl Metz
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Sheriff Roy Lamont
Gunsmoke
Jed Larner
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Gus Andrews
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Miles Breck
The Texan
Ed Martin
College
Jeff's Friend (uncredited)
Fort Apache
Silas Meacham
Tycoon
Fog
Hellfire
Sheriff Martin
Parachute Battalion
Captain
Rio Grande
U.S. Deputy Marshal
Leadville Gunslinger
Jonathan Graves
Ship Cafe
Rocky Stone
The Plunderers
Deputy Tap Lawrence
Screen Director's Playhouse
William Brackett Sr.
Dangerous Partners
Jonathan
Telephone Operator
Red
Sinners' Holiday
Angel
Border Flight
Lt. Pat Tornell
Jungle Jim
Jim 'Jungle Jim' Bradley
Tennessee Johnson
Mordecai Milligan
Trigger, Jr.
Manson
Goodnight, Sweetheart
Matt Colby
Hoodlum Empire
Rev. Simon Andrews
Dakota
Slagin
Radio Patrol
Officer Pat O'Hara
Northwest Rangers
Fowler
Tropic Zone
Bert Nelson
Back Pay
Gerald
Blackmail
Inspector Donaldson
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
Sammy Lee, Harvard Football Coach (uncredited)
Navy Secrets
Steve Fletcher, alias CPO Steve Roberts
Scarlet Pages
Bob Lawrence
The Trespasser
Detective Lt. Kirk
No Time for Love
Pete Hanagan (uncredited)
Gunfighters
Deputy Bill Yount
Skybound
Chet Morley
Mr. Wong in Chinatown
Police Capt. Bill Street
The Sun Shines Bright
Buck Ramsey
Billy the Kid
Ed Shanahan
Million Dollar Pursuit
Carlo Petrov
Oklahoma Annie
Bull McCready
The Mystery of Mr. Wong
Police Capt. Sam Street
The Arizona Raiders
Monroe Adams, Harriett's lawyer
The Red Rider
'Silent' Slade
The Fatal Hour
Capt. Bill Street
Rock Island Trail
David Strong
Men Against the Sky
Mr. Grant
Held For Ransom
Larry Scott
26 Men
Mr. Wong, Detective
Police Capt. Sam Street
Whistling in Brooklyn
Reporter (uncredited)
The Gallant Legion
Wesley Hardin
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
Waddy (uncredited)
Paradise Express
Lawrence 'Larry' Doyle
I, Mobster
Paul Moran
The Sky Parade
Casey Cameron
Bill Cracks Down
'Tons' Walker
My Darling Clementine
Ike Clanton
Storm Over the Andes
Mitchell
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
Self (archive footage)
The Masked Rider
Douglas
In Old Oklahoma
"Rich"Richardson
Daughter of the Tong
Ralph Dickson
Doomed to Die
Capt. William Street
Affairs of Geraldine
Henry Cooper
Hit Parade of 1951
Smokey
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
Self
Hearts in Exile
Paul Pavloff
Society Fever
Ronald Dawson
Run for Cover
Gentry
The Show of Shows
Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two Number (uncredited)
Wake of the Red Witch
Capt. Wilde Youngeur
The Fighting Kentuckian
George Hayden
Belle Le Grand
Shannon
Last Stagecoach West
Jack Fergus
The Savage Horde
Wade Proctor
Dancing Sweeties
Bill Cleaver
The Final Extra
Pat Riley
The Gale Storm Show
Oliver
Tailspin Tommy
Milt Howe
Tripoli
Sgt. Derek
Utah
Ben Bowman
The White Squaw
Sheriff
Fair Wind to Java
Jason Blue
The Gentle Cyclone
Wilkes Junior
The Secret of Treasure Island
Roderick Gridley
Tropical Heat Wave
Norman James
The Get-Away
Rufe Parker, a Gangster
No Hands on the Clock
Harry Belding
Rip Roaring Riley
Major Gray
The Yellow Rose of Texas
Express Agent Lucas
The Test
Brule Conway
The Restless Gun
Dutcher
The Knight Before Christmas
A Lady Takes a Chance
Bob Hastings
Woman of the North Country
Henry S. Chapman
Three Loves Has Nancy
Jack
Let's Make Music
Headwaiter
Hollywood Round-Up
Grant Drexel
Mexican Spitfire Out West
Withers
Boys' Reformatory
Dr. Owens
Hell's Crossroads
Sheriff Oliver
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Hero
Gildersleeve's Bad Day
Henry Potter
Utah Wagon Train
Red Bancroft
The Vampire's Ghost
Father Gilchrist
Sons of Adventure
J.L. Sterling
Night Time in Nevada
Ran Farrell
Angel in Exile
Sheriff
Upstream
John Rogers
Wyoming
Joe Sublette
Saturday's Children
Rims Rosson
Lady Godiva of Coventry
Pendar
Three on a Limb
Oscar
Swanee River
Garry
The Lady of Lyons, N.Y.
Jack Fairfax
The Wonderful World of Disney
Sheriff Wharton
The Sea Hornet
Rocky Lowe
Captive of Billy the Kid
Van Stanley
The Fighting Seabees
Whanger Spreckles
The Ghost Goes Wild
Bill Winters
Waterfront Lady
Tod
Spoilers of the Plains
Gregory Camwell
Champ for a Day
Scott Cameron
Captive Wild Woman
Veterinarian (uncredited)
The Greyhound Limited
Bill
Daredevils of the Clouds
Matt Conroy
Madonna of Avenue A
Slim Shayne
Butch Minds the Baby
Cactus Pete
Other Men's Women
Bill White
The Fighting Marines
Cpl. Larry Lawrernce
Duke of Chicago
Tony Russo
Old Los Angeles
Ed Luckner
In Old Sacramento
Captain Mark Slayter
The Other Tomorrow
Jon Carter
The Girl Who Dared
Homer Norton
The Second Floor Mystery
Geoffrey West
Valley of Wanted Men
Fred
Roger Touhy, Gangster
FBI Man Detaining 'Ice Box' (uncredited)
Too Young to Marry
Bill Clark
In the Headlines
Nosey Norton
The Road to Ruin
Don Hughes
Goin' to Town
Young Stud
Silent Partner
Bob Ross
Road to Alcatraz
Inspector Craven
Red Haired Alibi
Robert 'Bob' Shelton
The Time, the Place and the Girl
Jim Crane
Iron Mountain Trail
Roger McCall
Phantom of Chinatown
Police Captain Street
Golden Shackles
Frank Fordyce
Panama Hattie
Shore Patrolman (uncredited)
Tomboy
Mr. Kelly
Bells of Rosarita
William Ripley
Homicide for Three
Joe Hatch
Let's Sing Again
Jim 'Diablo' Wilkins
So Long Letty
Harry Miller
Bells of Coronado
Craig Bennett
The Gambling Sex
Bill Foster
The Marines Come Thru
Pvt. Jack 'Junior' Murray
Tiger Rose
Bruce
Apache Trail
'Les' Lestrade
Lure of the Wasteland
Smitty
It's Always Sunday
William Brackett Sr.
Bringing Up Father
Dennis
Street of Forgotten Women
Lady Be Careful
Lt. Loomis
The Secrets of Wu Sin
James Manning
Soldiers and Women
Capt. Clive Branch