Eddie Parker Real name: Edwin Parker 1900 - 1960

(Courtesy of Les Adams) From L-to-R are Eddie Parker, Johnny Mack Brown and Riley Hill in a scene from TRIGGER FINGERS (Monogram, 1946).

Eddie Parker was a member of the stunt brigade at Republic and Universal.  And he shows up playing bit and supporting roles in westerns beginning with the early 1930s Lone Star/Monogram oaters starring John Wayne.  At Universal, he worked in many of their horror films.  His specialty was fisticuffs and screen brawls.  Les Adams has Parker identified in over 200 films, which includes about 100 westerns and 60 serials.

One of his better acting roles was as a wounded mountie in the John Wayne THE TRAIL BEYOND (Lone Star/Monogram, 1934).

  Although some of the data is incomplete or inaccurate, the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) has information on Eddie Parker: http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0662219/

(From Old Corral image collection) Above, a young John Wayne has collared a young and thin Eddie Parker, and on horseback, Yakima Canutt has Earl Dwire under wraps.  This re-release lobby card is from THE STAR PACKER (Lone Star/Monogram, 1934), another of the Wayne westerns directed by Bob Steele's father, Robert North Bradbury.

(Courtesy of Les Adams)

Bob Woodward Full name: Robert D. Woodward 1909 - 1972 Woodward began his film work in the mid 1930s doubling for Buck Jones, Kermit Maynard, Dick Foran, and others, as well as doing various stunts in scores of films. And he also drove stages. In the mid to late 1940s, he was frequently employed at Monogram and PRC, where he doubled for Lash LaRue, Eddie Dean and Jimmy Wakely. Circa 1950, Woodward connected with Gene Autry and became a regular background performer and stuntman on the various TV series and Columbia films from Gene's Flying A Production company. In addition, Woodward - and Sandy Sanders - were Autry's most frequent doubles. Les Adams has Woodward identified in about 100 films, which includes 93 westerns and 3 serials.   Although some of the data is incomplete or inaccurate, the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) has information on Bob Woodward: http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0940908/

(Courtesy of Les Adams) Above is Bob Woodward, taking a fall, in the Whip Wilson oater, NEVADA BADMEN (Monogram, 1951). Looks like he's wearing Allan 'Rocky' Lane's range costume.