A native of Chicago, the brief biographical info on Jack Ingram notes that he did his duty during WW1, but was wounded and spent considerable time in military hospitals.

Ingram began his movie work around 1930, and quickly became typecast as a villain/heavy/henchman in serials and westerns.

His career lasted until the mid 1950s.  Ingram was one of the most prolific performers in westerns and serials, and Les Adams has him identified in 300+ sound era films --- approximately 200 westerns, 50 serials and 50 other films.  Much of his work was in Republic westerns and chapterplays, where he freelanced and hired on as a day player (meaning he wasn't under a term player contract at Republic).  From 1936 - 1951, he appeared in about 85 Republic flicks, mostly cliffhangers and oaters.  In the 1940s, he was also seen in lots of films from Columbia, Monogram and PRC.

He generally portrayed a member of the gang, and on occasion, Ingram wound up as the assistant to the boss villain.

When western and serial production began to fade in the early 1950s, Ingram moved to TV work and can be seen in episodes of GENE AUTRY, ANNIE OAKLEY, THE CISCO KID, TALES OF WELLS FARGO, THE LONE RANGER, more.

(Courtesy of Les Adams) Above from a pressbook for the Texas Rangers film GUNS OF THE LAW (PRC, 1944).  Believe it or don't!

On subsequent pages, you will also see a 4-page brochure from Ken Jones' collection which promotes Ingram's 'western musical stage show'.  The brochure is from the early 1950s since it includes a list of his 1950-51 film appearances.    You'll also find a color shot of Ingram with screen bad guy Ted Adams, and the guess is that this was used when Ingram/Adams toured with some western hero or band circa 1940s.

Bobby Copeland provides some info and trivia on Jack Ingram and his movie location ranch:

Prior to Ingram owning the land, it was purchased by two other movie cowboys as a scheme to avoid being drafted by the Army during World War II.  The land was also once part of the Charlie Chaplin estate.

Apparently, Jim Newill and Dave O'Brien heard about some provision by the government that provided deferment to those owning ranches and raising animals.  They decided to buy the land and raise goats.  They did not have the property long, until they were called for physicals --- both were classified 4-F.  They immediately started looking for a buyer, and sold the ranch to Jack Ingram (in 1944), who had worked with Newill and O'Brien in some of their Texas Rangers features at PRC.  Ingram, in an economy move, bought an old bulldozer and enlisted the help of several other movie badman friends to clear the site.

Since the land already had a nice house on it, Jack made it his family home.  Often, when making a movie, Ingram would only have to step off his front porch to go to work.  Some of the films shot there were several with Lash LaRue, including MARK OF THE LASH, Bill Elliott's KANSAS TERRITORY, Wayne Morris' THE DESPERADO, and many others.  Some of the TV shows were THE LONE RANGER, THE ROY ROGERS SHOW, and THE CISCO KID.  In 1955, the enterprising Ingram bought a yacht, and, like he had done with the ranch, made it his home (it was also used for Lloyd Bridges' TV show, SEAHUNT).  In 1956, failing health forced Ingram to sell his ranch to 4 Star Productions, which used the site for a number of years for filming.

Go to the In Search Of ... page on the Old Corral, and connect to the California Death Records database at RootsWeb.  You should be able to find a record for John S. Ingram, born 11/15/1902 in Illinois, and he passed away on 2/20/1969 in California.  Note that the California database lists 1902 for his birth year.  But if you check the Social Security Death Index (SSDI), Ingram's birth year is shown as 1900.

  Although some of the data is incomplete or inaccurate, the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) has information on Jack Ingram.  Click here.

Jerry Schneider's Movie Making Locations website has a section on the Ingram Ranch: http://employees.oxy.edu/jerry/ingram.htm

(Courtesy of Minard Coons) Jack Ingram --- just a' chewin' on a a toothpick ... and menacing the world! (Courtesy of Ed Phillips) Above, Jack Luden with Ingram in PHANTOM GOLD (Columbia, 1938). (Courtesy of Minard Coons) Above, Ingram and pretty Iris Lancaster in a scene from RIDIN' THE TRAIL, one of the singing westerns starring Fred Scott. Above, 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). Above, from L-to-R are Ralph Lewis, Beatrice Gray, Jack Ingram, Bob Steele and Hoot Gibson in TRIGGER LAW (Monogram, 1944), one of the Hoot and Bob oaters made soon after the demise of the Trail Blazers.  (Courtesy of Virginia Herrick & Dick Madigan) Above, heroine Virginia Herrick being menaced by Rusty Wescoatt (left) and Jack Ingram (right, without his moustache) in the serial ROAR OF THE IRON HORSE (Columbia, 1951).