 (From Old Corral image collection) Above, from L-to-R, are an unidentified player, Kermit Maynard and John Merton in a scene from GALLOPING DYNAMITE (Ambassador/Conn, 1937). Note the extra long saddle horn which provided a grip for all of the tricks and stunts Kerm did atop his trusty steed "Rocky".  (From Old Corral image collection) Above, from L-to-R are Mary Hayes, Kermit Maynard and John Merton in a scene from ROARING SIX GUNS (Ambassador/Conn, 1937).  (Courtesy of Minard Coons) From left to right are Kermit Maynard, stuntman Ted Mapes, and Ray 'Crash' Corrigan in a scene from the Range Busters adventure #15, TEXAS TROUBLE SHOOTERS (Monogram, 1942).  (Courtesy of Minard Coons) Above from L-to-R are Bud Osborne, Kermit Maynard, Charlie King and Lynton Brent. Scene from Range Busters adventure #18, THE TRAIL RIDERS (Monogram, 1942).  (Courtesy of Les Adams) Above from left to right are Kermit Maynard, Art Davis and John Merton in PRAIRIE PALS (PRC, 1942), one of the six Frontier Marshals trio series which starred Davis, Bill 'Cowboy Rambler' Boyd and Lee Powell.  (From Old Corral image collection) Buster Crabbe has the drop on, from L-to-R, Jack Ingram, George Chesebro (on floor), Kermit Maynard (tied with rope) and an unidentified player in FUGITVE OF THE PLAINS (PRC, 1943), one of the "Billy the Kid/Billy Carson" series which Crabbe did at PRC  (From Old Corral image collection) Above from L-to-R are Kermit Maynard, Buster Crabbe, Frank Ellis, and Charlie King in FRONTIER OUTLAWS (PRC, 1944), another entry in the Crabbe "Billy Carson" series  (From Old Corral image collection) Above, Tex Ritter pounds away on Kermit Maynard in FLAMING BULLETS (PRC, 1945) the last film in the Texas Rangers series and Ritter's finale as a western film hero.  (From Old Corral image collection) In 1950, Republic produced a Roy Rogers oater named TRAIL OF ROBIN HOOD which had a bunch of "guest stars" that included two former Mesquiteers and Republic contract players, Ray Corrigan and Tom Tyler. In the lobby card above are, from L-to-R: Allan "Rocky" Lane, Monte Hale, Kermit Maynard, Tom Keene, Tom Tyler, Penny Edwards, youngster Carol Nugent, Roy Rogers, Gordon Jones, and on the white hoss is Ray "Crash" Corrigan (with his hand on Tyler's shoulder). |
Although some of the data is incomplete or inaccurate, the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) has information on Kermit Maynard: http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0562771/
Jim Tipton's Find A Grave website has a picture of the grave marker for Kermit Maynard who is interred at Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park, North Hollywood, California: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6243
The Columbus North High School, Columbus, Indiana, had a Hall of Fame webpage which included Kermit and Ken Maynard. Appears they did a major overhaul to their school website and that info is no longer online: http://www.bcsc.k12.in.us/
The Historic Columbus Indiana website has a 1916 Columbus High School yearbook online showing Senior Kermit Maynard - and the info printed next to the photo shows his nickname as "Kern" (with an N not an M): http://www.historiccolumbusindiana.org/yearbooks/1916/24.htm
There's some timeline and biographical info on Kermit Maynard at the Hollywood Hoosiers Hall of Fame: http://www.hoosierwoodindiana.com/
Dave Smith has a website on 'Hoosiers' (actors and actresses born in Indiana): http://www.whenmoviesweremovies.com/
The website for the Switzerland County Visitors Center in Vevay, Indiana is: http://www.vevayin.com/
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