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Tom Tyler Filmography



CLANCY OF THE MOUNTED (Universal, 1933)


STARRING ROLES - WESTERNS

29 SILENTS FOR FILM BOOKING OFFICE (FBO):

LET'S GO GALLAGHER (1925)
WYOMING WILDCAT (1925)
THE COWBOY MUSKETEER (1925)
BORN TO BATTLE (1926)
THE ARIZONA STREAK (1926)
WILD TO GO (1926)
THE MASQUERADE BANDIT (1926)
THE COWBOY COP (1926)
TOM AND HIS PALS (1926)
OUT OF THE WEST (1926)
RED HOT HOOFS (1926)
LIGHTNING LARIATS (1926)
THE SONORA KID (1927)
CYCLONE OF THE RANGE (1927)
SPLITTING THE BREEZE (1927)
TOM'S GANG (1927)
THE FLYING U RANCH (1927)
THE CHEROKEE KID (1927)
THE DESERT PIRATE (1927)
WHEN THE LAW RIDES (1928)
PHANTOM OF THE RANGE (1928)
THE TEXAS TORNADO (1928)
TERROR (1928)
THE AVENGING RIDER (1928)
TYRANT OF RED GULCH (1928)
TRAIL OF THE HORSE THIEVES (1929)
GUN LAW (1929)
IDAHO RED (1929)
PRIDE OF THE PAWNEE (1929)

11 FOR SYNDICATE PICTURES:

LAW OF THE PLAINS (1929)
THE MAN FROM NEVADA (1929)
THE PHANTOM RIDER (1929)
'NEATH WESTERN SKIES (1929)
THE LONE HORSEMAN (1929)
PIONEERS OF THE WEST (1929)
THE CANYON OF MISSING MEN (1930)
CALL OF THE DESERT (1930)
WEST OF CHEYENNE (1931) [Tom's first talking feature]
RIDER OF THE PLAINS (1931)
GOD'S COUNTRY AND THE MAN (A MAN'S COUNTRY) (1931)

8 FOR MONOGRAM PICTURES:

PARTNERS OF THE TRAIL (1931)
MAN FROM DEATH VALLEY (1931)
TWO FISTED JUSTICE (1931)
GALLOPING THRU (1931)
SINGLE-HANDED SANDERS (1932)
THE MAN FROM NEW MEXICO (1932)
VANISHING MEN (1932)
HONOR OF THE MOUNTED (1932)

4 FOR FRUELER/MONARCH:

THE FORTY-NINERS (1932)
WHEN A MAN RIDES ALONE (1933)
DEADWOOD PASS (1933)
WAR OF THE RANGE (1933)

18 FOR RELIABLE PICTURES:

MYSTERY RANCH (1934)
FIGHTING HERO (1934)
TERROR OF THE PLAINS (1934)
UNCONQUERED BANDIT (1935)
TRACY RIDES (1935)
THE SILVER BULLET (1935)
RIDIN' THRU (1935)
BORN TO BATTLE (1935)
COYOTE TRAILS (1935)
THE LARAMIE KID (1935)
RIO RATTLER (1935)
SILENT VALLEY (1935)
TRIGGER TOM (1935)
FAST BULLETS (1936)
RIDIN' ON (1936)
ROAMIN' WILD (1936)
PINTO RUSTLERS (1936)
SANTA FE BOUND (1936) [Tom's wife Jeanne Martel is the heroine]

8 FOR VICTORY PICTURES:

RIP ROARIN' BUCKAROO (1936)
PHANTOM OF THE RANGE (1936)
CHEYENNE RIDES AGAIN (1937)
THE FEUD OF THE TRAIL (1937)
MYSTERY RANGE (1937)
ORPHAN OF THE PECOS (1937) [Tom's wife Jeanne Martel is the heroine]
LOST RANCH (1937) [Tom sings in this one, and wife Jeanne Martel is the heroine]
BROTHERS OF THE WEST (1937)

13 FOR REPUBLIC PICTURES - THREE MESQUITEERS SERIES:

OUTLAWS OF THE CHEROKEE TRAIL (1941)
GAUCHOS OF ELDORADO (1941)
WEST OF CIMARRON (1941)
CODE OF THE OUTLAW (1942)
RAIDERS OF THE RANGE (1942)
WESTWARD HO (1942)
PHANTOM PLAINSMEN (1942)
SHADOWS ON THE SAGE (1942)
VALLEY OF HUNTED MEN (1942)
THUNDERING TRAILS (1943)
THE BLOCKED TRAIL (1943)
SANTA FE SCOUTS (1943)
RIDERS OF THE RIO GRANDE (1943) [Last Three Mesquiteers film]



STARRING ROLES IN 7 CLIFFHANGERS FOR
MASCOT, UNIVERSAL, REPUBLIC, COLUMBIA:

PHANTOM OF THE WEST (Mascot, 1930) [Tom's first talking film]
BATTLING WITH BUFFALO BILL (Universal, 1931)
JUNGLE MYSTERY (Universal, 1932)
CLANCY OF THE MOUNTED (Universal, 1933)
PHANTOM OF THE AIR (Universal, 1933)
CAPTAIN MARVEL (Republic, 1941)
THE PHANTOM (Columbia, 1943)



SELECTED SUPPORTING ROLES AND BIT PARTS:

Does this mummy look familiar?

POWDERSMOKE RANGE (1935)
THE LAST OUTLAW (1936)
STAGECOACH (1939)
DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK (1939)
GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
GRAPES OF WRATH (1940)
THE MUMMY'S HAND (1940)
VALLEY OF THE SUN (1942)
TALK OF THE TOWN (1942)
WAGON TRACKS WEST (1943)
THEY WERE EXPENDABLE (1945)
SAN ANTONIO (1945)
BADMAN'S TERRITORY (1946)
RED RIVER (1948)
THE YOUNGER BROTHERS (1949)
MASKED RAIDERS (1949)
RIDERS OF THE RANGE (1950)
MARSHAL OF HELDORADO (1950)
CROOKED RIVER (1950)
COLORADO RANGER (1950)
WEST OF THE BRAZOS (1950)
FAST ON THE DRAW (1950)
HOSTILE COUNTRY (1950)
RIO GRANDE PATROL (1950)
TRAIL OF ROBIN HOOD (1950)




Above - a 1926 tradepaper ad for Tyler and Frankie Darro in their silent westerns for Film Booking Office (FBO).



(From Old Corral collection)

Released in May, 1943, RIDERS OF THE RIO GRANDE (Republic, 1943) with Tyler-Steele-Dodd was the 51st - and last - of Republic's Three Mesquiteers.



(From Old Corral collection)

In 1950, Republic produced a Roy Rogers oater named TRAIL OF ROBIN HOOD which had a bunch of cowboy "guest stars".  In the lobby card above are, from L-to-R: Allan "Rocky" Lane, Monte Hale, Kermit Maynard, Tom Keene, Tom Tyler, Penny Edwards, youngster Carol Nugent, Roy Rogers, Gordon Jones, and on the white hoss is Ray "Crash" Corrigan (with his hand on Tyler's shoulder).



(From Old Corral collection)

Former Hopalong Cassidy saddlemates Jimmy Ellison and Russell Hayden made six yarns for Lippert Pictures around 1950 and faced this trio of baddies - above from left to right are Tom Tyler, Dennis Moore and John (Bob) Cason. In the background on the left is Carl Mathews.



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