Tom Keene

Above on this photo of a lobby card are, from L-to-R: Betty Miles, Tom Keene, moppet Sugar Dawn and sidekick Frank Yaconelli.

(Courtesy of Les Adams)

Above is the cover of the pressbook for ARIZONA ROUNDUP (Monogram, 1942) with Keene ready to do fisticuffs with Tom Seidel. Note the reference to Tom's famous horse Prince.

(Courtesy of Les Adams)

Above is a title card included in the pressbook for WESTERN MAIL (Monogram, 1942) In this one, Keene wore twin gunbelts buckled in the back, rather than his usual single gun rig (buckled in the back). The baddies are, from L-to-R, Sherry Tansey, Rocky Camron (Gene Alsace), Karl Hackett and Fred Kohler, Jr.

Above, an interesting lobby card from RIDING THE SUNSET TRAIL (Monogram, 1941), and from L-to-R are: Betty Miles, Keene, Kenne Duncan, Sherry Tansey (James Sheridan Tansey), Earl Douglas, and Tom London. Earl Douglas' real name was Lou Yaconelli, the brother of sidekick Frank Yaconelli. If you look close, you might make out the moustached Arkansas Slim Andrews behind Keene's face. Can you spot the error on this lobby card - look at all the gunbelts and the holsters as they are on the left side. Apparently, the photo used in preparation of this card was reversed.

Tom Keene's Starring Westerns & Serials

The RKO-Pathe/RKO-Radio Series:

THE SUNDOWN TRAIL (RKO, 1931)
FREIGHTERS OF DESTINY (RKO, 1931)
PARTNERS (RKO, 1932)
THE SADDLE BUSTER (RKO, 1932)
GHOST VALLEY (RKO, 1932)
BEYOND THE ROCKIES (RKO, 1932)
COME ON, DANGER (RKO, 1932)
RENEGADES OF THE WEST (RKO, 1932)
SCARLET RIVER (RKO, 1933)
SON OF THE BORDER (RKO, 1933)
THE CHEYENNE KID (RKO, 1933)
CROSSFIRE (RKO, 1933)

A Few Higher Grade Westerns at Paramount:

SUNSET PASS (Paramount, 1933) (Randolph Scott and Keene)
DRIFT FENCE (Paramount, 1936) (Buster Crabbe and Keene)
DESERT GOLD (Paramount, 1936) (Buster Crabbe and Keene)

The 'Historical Dramas' at Crescent Pictures:

THE GLORY TRAIL (Crescent, 1936)
REBELLION (Crescent, 1936)
BATTLE OF GREED (Crescent, 1937)
OLD LOUISIANA (Crescent, 1937)
UNDER STRANGE FLAGS (Crescent, 1937)
THE LAW COMMANDS (Crescent, 1937)
DRUMS OF DESTINY (Crescent, 1937)
RAW TIMBER (Crescent, 1937)

Keene's First Series at Monogram:

GOD'S COUNTRY AND THE MAN (Monogram, 1937)
WHERE TRAILS DIVIDE (Monogram, 1937)
ROMANCE OF THE ROCKIES (Monogram, 1937)
THE PAINTED TRAIL (Monogram, 1938)

Keene's Second Series at Monogram:

WANDERERS OF THE WEST (Monogram, 1941)
DYNAMITE CANYON (Monogram, 1941)
THE DRIFTIN' KID (Monogram, 1941)
RIDING THE SUNSET TRAIL (Monogram, 1941)
LONE STAR LAW MEN (Monogram, 1941)
WESTERN MAIL (Monogram, 1942)
ARIZONA ROUNDUP (Monogram, 1942)
WHERE TRAILS END (Monogram, 1942)

The Cliffhanger at Republic:

DESPERADOES OF THE WEST (Republic, 1950)
(billed as Richard Powers)

Although some of the data is incomplete or inaccurate, the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) has information on Tom Keene: http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0444740/