Wilsey doing support roles in 1930s westerns
 (Courtesy of Ed Tabor) Above, John Wayne restrains Wilsey in this lobby card from 'NEATH THE ARIZONA SKIES (Lone Star/Monogram, 1934). Wilsey was a big man, around 6 feet, 4 inches tall. Note his height next to Wayne.  (Image courtesy of Ed Tabor) Pointing the way to more nefarious deeds is Yakima Canutt, a fixture in the Lone Star/ Monogram films of John Wayne as both stuntman and supporting player. A crop/blowup of the faces is shown below the lobby card - from left to right are Artie Ortego, Jay Wilsey, Yakima Canutt, Herman Hack and Tex Phelps. Re-release lobby card from the Wayne 'NEATH THE ARIZONA SKIES (Lone Star/Monogram, 1934).  (Image courtesy of Ed Tabor) Above from left to right are John Wayne, Lloyd Ingraham, Eddie Parker, and Jay Wilsey in a lobby card from RAINBOW VALLEY (Lone Star/Monogram, 1935).  (From Old Corral image collection) Above - John Wayne has the drop on Jay Wilsey (blue coat), Le Roy Mason (kneeling) and Bert Dillard in a re-release lobby card from TEXAS TERROR (Lone Star/Monogram, 1935).  (Image courtesy of Val Warren) Above is a Chapter 10 scene still from the Gene Autry serial, THE PHANTOM EMPIRE (Mascot, 1935). From left to right above are Wheeler Oakman (as "Argo", the High Priest), Jay Wilsey (as a Muranian guard), Frankie Darro, Betsy King Ross, and Roger Williams (Muranian guard). |