Ken Maynard Western Movies to Watch Free.
Kenneth Olin “Ken” Maynard (July 21, 1895 – March 23, 1973) was an American motion picture stuntman and actor. Maynard was born in Vevay, Indiana, one of five children, another of whom, his younger brother, Kermit, would become an actor too. Ken Maynard began working at carnivals and circuses, where he became an accomplished horseman. As a young man, he performed in rodeos and was a trick rider with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. His movie debut, The Man Who Won (1923), was the first of many for this early cowboy movie superstar. He was famous for the stunts he could enact with his horse Tarzan.
Maynard served in the United States Army during World War I. After the war, Maynard returned to show business as a circus rider with Ringling Brothers. When the circus was playing in Los Angeles, California, actor Buck Jones encouraged Maynard to try working in the movies. Maynard soon had a contract with Fox Studios.
He first appeared in silent motion pictures in 1923. Maynard’s work included stunt performance. His horsemanship and rugged good looks made Maynard a cowboy star. He and his white stallion, “Tarzan,” became famous. His two recorded songs with Columbia Records, “The Lone Star Trail” and “The Cowboy’s Lament,” made him one of the first of the singing cowboys. Maynard moved to Universal Studios, where he made his first films with a musical soundtrack. He sang two songs in Sons of the Saddle in 1930.
In 1931 and 1932, Maynard worked for Tiffany Productions and Sono Art-World Wide Pictures before moving back to Universal in 1933. Maynard played several musical instruments, and was featured that year on the violin in The Fiddlin’ Buckaroo, and on the banjo in The Trail Drive. Maynard moved to Mascot Pictures in 1934.
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Maynard appeared in more than ninety films in twenty years with his white cowboy hat, fancy shirt, and a pair of six-shooters, but alcohol abuse so severely affected his life that his acting career ended in 1944. He made appearances at state fairs and rodeos. He owned a small circus operation featuring rodeo riders but eventually lost it to creditors. His substantial wealth had vanished, and he lived a desolate life in a rundown trailer. During these years, Maynard was supported by an unknown benefactor, long thought to be Gene Autry. More than twenty five years after his last starring role, Maynard returned to the screen two small roles, in 1970 and 1972, the more notably in The Marshal of Windy Hollow.
Acting credits
1972 The Marshal of Windy Hollow
Texas Ranger
1970 Bigfoot
Mr. Bennett
1944 Harmony Trail
Marshal Ken Maynard
1944 Arizona Whirlwind
Ken Maynard
1944 Westward Bound
Ken Maynard
1943 Death Valley Rangers
Ken Maynard
1943 Blazing Guns
Marshal Ken Maynard
1943 The Law Rides Again
U.S. Marshal Ken Maynard
1943 Wild Horse Stampede
Marshal Ken Maynard
1940 Lightning Strikes West
Lightning Ken Morgan
1940 Phantom Rancher
Ken Mitchell
1939 Death Rides the Range
Ken Baxter
1939 Flaming Lead
Ken Clark
1938 Six-Shootin’ Sheriff
Jim ‘Trigger’ Morton
1938 Whirlwind Horseman
Ken Morton
1937 Trailing Trouble
John ‘Friendly’ Fields
1937 Boots of Destiny
Ken Crawford
1936 The Fugitive Sheriff
Ken Marshall
1936 The Cattle Thief
Ken
1936 Avenging Waters
Ken Morley
1936 Heroes of the Range
Ken
1935 Lawless Riders
Ken Manley
1935 Western Courage
Ken Baxter
1935 Heir to Trouble
Ken Armstrong
1935 Western Frontier
Ken Masters
1934 Mystery Mountain
Ken Williams
1934 In Old Santa Fe
Ken aka ‘Kentucky’
1934 Smoking Guns
Ken Masters
1934 Honor of the Range
Sheriff Ken / Brother Clem
1934 Wheels of Destiny
Ken Manning
1933 Gun Justice
Ken Lance
1933 Fargo Express
Ken Benton
1933 Strawberry Roan
Ken Masters
1933 The Trail Drive
Ken Benton
1933 The Fiddlin’ Buckaroo
‘Fiddlin’
1933 King of the Arena
Captain Ken Kenton
1933 The Lone Avenger
Cal Weston
1933 Phantom Thunderbolt
Thunderbolt Kid
1933 Drum Taps
Ken Cartwright
1932 Tombstone Canyon
Ken Mason
1932 Between Fighting Men
Ken
1932 False Faces
Ken Maynard – in Nightclub (uncredited)
1932 Come On, Tarzan
Ken Benson
1932 Dynamite Ranch
Blaze Howell
1932 Whistlin’ Dan
‘Whistlin’ Dan Savage Posing as Ed Black
1932 Hell-Fire Austin
Ken ‘Hell-Fire’ Austin
1932 Texas Gun Fighter
Bill Dane
1932 The Sunset Trail
Jim Brandon
1931 The Pocatello Kid
The Pocatello Kid / Sheriff Jim Bledsoe
1931 Branded Men
Rod Whitaker
1931 Range Law
Hap Conners
1931 Arizona Terror
The Arizonian
1931 Alias the Bad Man
Ranger Ken Neville – Psing as ‘Red River’ Gantz
1931 The Two Gun Man
‘Blackie’ Weed
1930 Fighting Thru; or, California in 1878
Dan Barton
1930 Sons of the Saddle
Jim Brandon
1930 Song of the Caballero
Juan Posing as El Lobo
1930 Mountain Justice
Ken McTavish
1930 The Fighting Legion
Dave Hayes
1930 The Voice of Hollywood No. 9 (Short)
Ken Maynard (uncredited)
1930 Lucky Larkin
‘Lucky’ Larkin
1930 Parade of the West
Bud Rand
1929 Señor Americano
Lieutenant Michael Banning
1929 The Wagon Master
The Rambler
1929 The California Mail
Bob Scott
1929 The Lawless Legion
Cal Stanley
1929 The Royal Rider
Dick Scott
1929 Cheyenne
Cal Roberts
1928 The Phantom City
Tim Kelly
1928 The Glorious Trail
Pat O’Leary
1928 The Code of the Scarlet
Bruce Kenton
1928 The Upland Rider
Dan Dailey
1928 The Canyon of Adventure
Steven Bancroft
1928 The Wagon Show
Bob Mason
1927 Gun Gospel
Granger Hume
1927 The Red Raiders
Lieutenant John Scott
1927 The Devil’s Saddle
Harry Morrel
1927 The Land Beyond the Law
Jerry Steele
1927 Somewhere in Sonora
Bob Bishop
1927 The Overland Stage
Jack Jessup
1926 The Unknown Cavalier
Tom Drury
1926 Senor Daredevil
Don Luis O’Flaherty
1926 Haunted Range
Terry Bladwin
1926 The Grey Vulture
Bart Miller
1925 North Star
Noel Blake
1925 Fighting Courage
Richard Kingsley
1925 The Demon Rider
Billy Dennis
1924 Janice Meredith
Paul Revere
1924 $50,000 Reward
Tex Sherwood
1923 Somebody Lied (Short)
1923 Cameo Kirby (uncredited)
1923 The Gunfighter (uncredited)
1923 The Man Who Won
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