The 'brains' and 'action' heavies who had meaty roles and lots of dialog ... and the players who were fathers, ranch owners, lawman, mayors, judges, lawyers, storekeepers, newspaper editors, wardens, etc.

Of the e-mail that I've received, many folks have asked for info on those wonderful players who were villains ... and father of the heroine, or were lawmen, storekeepers, et al.  Chronicled in this section are players that got meatier roles, they generally had dialog, and might have even been listed in the cast credits.

Many of the faces in this section specialized in playing:

• the "brains" heavy --- the boss of the gang who often wears a suit, and pretends to be an upright, lawful member of the community.
  
• the "action" heavy --- the assistant or second-in-command to the brains heavy who usually wore workmanlike duds, did the physical labor, beat up and killed a lot of people, and often had more brawn than brains.
  
• oldtimers that owned the ranch ... or oldtimers that were the father of the heroine or father of the hero (and often had a short film lifespan).
  
• those that wore a badge of a sheriff, marshal, Ranger, etc.
  
• middle-aged and older performers who were judges, lawyers, storeowners, wardens, the owner of the local newspaper, etc.

Performers who were generally gang or posse members, had little if any dialog, and were generally not credited in the film opening/closing cast listings are profiled in The "Henchies" section on the Old Corral. And performers who were the helper or assistant to the hero are chronicled in the Saddle Pals-Sidekicks-Kids section on the Old Corral.

I also ask any of the website visitors that have more info on these great supporting players to send me an e-mail, and I'll be glad to include that in the mini-biographies.  Comments or questions --- click HERE to send an e-mail to Chuck Anderson, the Old Corral Webmaster.

Jack Rockwell Harry Woods Ernie Adams Marshall Reed Slim Whitaker Tris Coffin Roy Barcroft Kenne Duncan Charlie King Le Roy Mason Glenn Strange Dick Curtis Jack Ingram

The Players ... Click Below: John Bridges Frank Ellis Roy Barcroft John Cason (Bob Cason) Riley Hill - Roy Harris Warner Richmond Billy Bletcher (the "Voice") Harry Lauter Wheeler Oakman Le Roy Mason Stanley Price Edmund Cobb Jack Rockwell Walter Miller Karl Hackett Stanley Blystone Harry Worth Kenne Duncan Ed Cassidy Budd Buster William Haade Weldon Heyburn Myron Healey Charles K. French Roger Williams Jack Kirk Hal Price Frank LaRue Glenn Strange Richard 'Dick' Alexander Ted Adams Lafe McKee Reed Howes Cy Kendall Morris Ankrum (Stephen Morris) Julian Rivero Frank Lackteen Bud Osborne Charlie King Carleton Young Forrest Taylor Tom London Charles 'Slim' Whitaker Hooper Atchley Horace Murphy John Elliott George Chesebro Frank Ball Bob Kortman Fred Kohler, Senior & Junior Fred 'Snowflake' Toones Horace B. Carpenter Franklyn Farnum Charles Stevens Richard 'Dick' Cramer Terry Frost Dick Curtis I. Stanford Jolley Steve Clark Fred Burns Bob Burns Ernie Adams Douglass Dumbrille Kenneth Harlan Lew Meehan Carl 'Cherokee' Mathews Art Mix (George Kesterson) Holly Bane / Mike Ragan Marshall Reed Jack Ingram Paul Fix Tex Cooper Dan White William Desmond Charles B. Murphy Ted Lorch Murdock McQuarrie Fred Parker House Peters, Jr. Tristram 'Tris' Coffin Lloyd Ingraham Ian Keith Rocky Camron (Gene Alsace) Kenneth MacDonald Earl Dwire Sherry Tansey Bob Terhune Earle Hodgins Douglas Fowley Charles 'Ming' Middleton Al Bridge Pierce Lyden Lane Bradford John Merton Ward Bond Jack Ingram George J. Lewis Dennis Moore Harry Woods There's some more faces in the Rogues Gallery ... including Hank Bell, Ethan Laidlaw, Black Jack O'Shea, Bob Wilke, Bud Geary, Al Ferguson, Hugh Prosser

There are several external websites which include info on actors, actresses and kid stars that appeared in westerns and other films:

Great Character Actors: http://www.dougmacaulay.com/kingspud/ks_index_gca.html
The Actor's Compendium: http://www.aveleyman.com/Home.htm
Drina Mohacsi's Young Hollywood Hall of Fame: http://www.younghollywoodhof.com/index.html
The Files of Jerry Blake serial website - villains section: http://www.filesofjerryblake.netfirms.com/html/villains.html