Ken Maynard
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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.
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Bigfoot
Mr. Bennett
Haunted Gold
Tim Kelly (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gun Justice
Ken Lance
Cameo Kirby
(uncredited)
Texas Gun Fighter
Bill Dane
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
(archive footage)
Harmony Trail
Marshal Ken Maynard
King of the Arena
Captain Ken Kenton
Flaming Lead
Ken Clark
The Trail Drive
Ken Benton
The Arizona Terror
The Arizonian
Arizona Whirlwind
Ken Maynard
The Two Gun Man
'Blackie' Weed
Honor of the Range
Sheriff Ken / Brother Clem
Branded Men
Rod Whitaker
Six Shootin' Sheriff
Jim 'Trigger' Morton
Death Rides the Range
Ken Baxter
In Old Santa Fe
Ken aka 'Kentucky'
Wheels of Destiny
Ken Manning
The Lone Avenger
Cal Weston
Mystery Mountain
Ken Williams
The Pocatello Kid
The Pocatello Kid / Sheriff Jim Bledsoe
Phantom Rancher
Ken Mitchell
Death Valley Rangers
Ken Maynard
The Fugitive Sheriff
Ken Marshall
The Man Who Won
Conroy
Sons of the Saddle
Jim Brandon
The Fiddlin' Buckaroo
'Fiddlin'
Alias: The Bad Man
Ranger Ken Neville
Janice Meredith
Paul Revere
Western Frontier
Ken Masters
Heroes of the Range
Ken Smith
Whirlwind Horseman
Ken Morton
The Code of the Scarlet
Bruce Kenton
Strawberry Roan
Ken Masters
Drum Taps
Ken Cartwright
Come On, Tarzan
Ken Benson
North Star
Noel Blake
Heir to Trouble
Ken Armstrong
The Law Rides Again
U.S. Marshal Ken Maynard
Boots of Destiny
Ken Crawford
The Wagon Master
The Rambler
The Overland Stage
Jack Jessup
Lightning Strikes West
Lightning Ken Morgan
Gun Gospel
Granger Hume
Wild Horse Stampede
Marshal Ken Maynard
The Fighting Legion
Dave Hayes
Fargo Express
Ken Benton
Smoking Guns
Ken Masters
Trailing Trouble
John 'Friendly' Fields
The Sunset Trail
Jim Brandon
Fighting Courage
Richard Kingsley
Blazing Guns
Marshal Ken Maynard
Dynamite Ranch
Blaze Howell
The Lawless Legion
Cal Stanley
Westward Bound
Ken Maynard
The Phantom City
Tim Kelly
The Cattle Thief
Ken
Somewhere in Sonora
Bob Bishop
Range Law
Hap Conners
The Canyon of Adventure
Steven Bancroft
Hell-Fire Austin
Ken 'Hell-Fire' Austin
Avenging Waters
Ken Morley
The Demon Rider
Billy Dennis
Song of the Caballero
Juan Posing as El Lobo
Hollywood on Parade No. A-5
Self
The Devil's Saddle
Harry Morrel
Whistlin' Dan
'Whistlin' Dan Savage Posing as Ed Black
Mountain Justice
Ken McTavish
Señor Americano
Lieutenant Michael Banning
Senor Daredevil
Don Luis O'Flaherty
The Wagon Show
Bob Mason
Brass Commandments
(uncredited)
The Unknown Cavalier
Tom Drury
The Royal Rider
Dick Scott
The Land Beyond the Law
Jerry Steele
The California Mail
Bob Scott
Between Fighting Men
Ken
The Red Raiders
Lieutenant John Scott
Fighting Thru
Dan Barton
Western Courage
Ken Baxter
The Gunfighter
(uncredited)
Tombstone Canyon
Ken
Lawless Riders
Ken Manley
Haunted Range
Terry Bladwin
The Upland Rider
Dan Dailey
Cheyenne
Cal Roberts
Parade of the West
Bud Rand
Phantom Thunderbolt
Thunderbolt Kid
Lucky Larkin
'Lucky' Larkin
The Glorious Trail
Pat O'Leary
The Voice of Hollywood No. 9
$50,000 Reward
Tex Sherwood
The Marshal of Windy Hollow
Texas Ranger
The Grey Vulture
Bart Miller