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Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 21, 1895
Died
March 23, 1973
Place of Birth
Vevay, Indiana, USA
Also Known As
- Kenneth Olin Maynard
Ken Maynard
0.3 Popularity
Biography
From Wikipedia Kenneth Olin "Ken" Maynard (July 21, 1895 – March 23, 1973) was an American motion picture stuntman and actor. 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. Maynard appeared in more than ninety films in twenty years with his white cowboy hat, fancy shirt, and a pair of six-shooters, but alcoholism 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. Maynard died of stomach cancer in 1973 at the Motion Picture Home in Woodland Hills, California. He was interred at Forest Lawn Cypress Cemetery in Cypress, California. For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Ken Maynard has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6751 Hollywood Blvd.
Known For
9.0
(archive footage)
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
0.0
Texas Ranger
The Marshal of Windy Hollow
1972
3.0
Mr. Bennett
Bigfoot
1970
4.8
Marshal Ken Maynard
Harmony Trail
1944
5.5
Ken Maynard
Arizona Whirlwind
1944
4.0
Ken Maynard
Westward Bound
1944
6.7
Ken Maynard
Death Valley Rangers
1943
6.0
Marshal Ken Maynard
Blazing Guns
1943
6.0
U.S. Marshal Ken Maynard
The Law Rides Again
1943
3.8
Marshal Ken Maynard
Wild Horse Stampede
1943
Credits
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
as (archive footage)
1976
9.0
The Marshal of Windy Hollow
as Texas Ranger
1972
0.0
Bigfoot
as Mr. Bennett
1970
3.0
Harmony Trail
as Marshal Ken Maynard
1944
4.8
Arizona Whirlwind
as Ken Maynard
1944
5.5
Westward Bound
as Ken Maynard
1944
4.0
Death Valley Rangers
as Ken Maynard
1943
6.7
Blazing Guns
as Marshal Ken Maynard
1943
6.0
The Law Rides Again
as U.S. Marshal Ken Maynard
1943
6.0
Wild Horse Stampede
as Marshal Ken Maynard
1943
3.8
Lightning Strikes West
as Lightning Ken Morgan
1940
3.0
Phantom Rancher
as Ken Mitchell
1940
3.5
Death Rides the Range
as Ken Baxter
1939
6.0
Flaming Lead
as Ken Clark
1939
4.0
Six Shootin' Sheriff
as Jim 'Trigger' Morton
1938
5.7
Whirlwind Horseman
as Ken Morton
1938
4.0
Trailing Trouble
as John 'Friendly' Fields
1937
5.0
Boots of Destiny
as Ken Crawford
1937
0.0
The Fugitive Sheriff
as Ken Marshall
1936
0.0
The Cattle Thief
as Ken
1936
0.0
Avenging Waters
as Ken Morley
1936
6.0
Heroes of the Range
as Ken Smith
1936
0.0
Heir to Trouble
as Ken Armstrong
1935
0.0
Lawless Riders
as Ken Manley
1935
0.0
Western Courage
as Ken Baxter
1935
6.0
Western Frontier
as Ken Masters
1935
0.0
Mystery Mountain
as Ken Williams
1934
0.0
In Old Santa Fe
as Ken aka 'Kentucky'
1934
5.0
Smoking Guns
as Ken Masters
1934
0.0
Honor of the Range
as Sheriff Ken / Brother Clem
1934
5.0
Wheels of Destiny
as Ken Manning
1934
3.0
Gun Justice
as Ken Lance
1933
0.0
Fargo Express
as Ken Benton
1933
0.0
Strawberry Roan
as Ken Masters
1933
5.5
The Trail Drive
as Ken Benton
1933
0.0
The Fiddlin' Buckaroo
as 'Fiddlin'
1933
0.0
King of the Arena
as Captain Ken Kenton
1933
0.0
The Lone Avenger
as Cal Weston
1933
0.0
Phantom Thunderbolt
as Thunderbolt Kid
1933
4.3
Drum Taps
as Ken Cartwright
1933
4.5
Tombstone Canyon
as Ken
1932
3.5
Haunted Gold
as Tim Kelly (archive footage) (uncredited)
1932
5.0
Hollywood on Parade No. A-5
as Self
1932
0.0
Between Fighting Men
as Ken
1932
5.0
Come On, Tarzan
as Ken Benson
1932
5.5
Dynamite Ranch
as Blaze Howell
1932
5.5
Whistlin' Dan
as 'Whistlin' Dan Savage Posing as Ed Black
1932
3.6
Hell-Fire Austin
as Ken 'Hell-Fire' Austin
1932
2.5
Texas Gun Fighter
as Bill Dane
1932
5.0
The Sunset Trail
as Jim Brandon
1932
10.0
The Pocatello Kid
as The Pocatello Kid / Sheriff Jim Bledsoe
1931
5.0
Branded Men
as Rod Whitaker
1931
5.0
Range Law
as Hap Conners
1931
0.0
The Arizona Terror
as The Arizonian
1931
0.0
Alias: The Bad Man
as Ranger Ken Neville
1931
4.3
The Two Gun Man
as 'Blackie' Weed
1931
5.5
Fighting Thru
as Dan Barton
1930
4.0
Sons of the Saddle
as Jim Brandon
1930
0.0
Song of the Caballero
as Juan Posing as El Lobo
1930
0.0
Mountain Justice
as Ken McTavish
1930
5.0
🎬
The Voice of Hollywood No. 9
1930
0.0
The Fighting Legion
as Dave Hayes
1930
0.0
Lucky Larkin
as 'Lucky' Larkin
1930
0.0
Parade of the West
as Bud Rand
1930
0.0
Señor Americano
as Lieutenant Michael Banning
1929
0.0
The Wagon Master
as The Rambler
1929
0.0
The California Mail
as Bob Scott
1929
0.0
The Lawless Legion
as Cal Stanley
1929
0.0
The Royal Rider
as Dick Scott
1929
0.0
Cheyenne
as Cal Roberts
1929
0.0
The Phantom City
as Tim Kelly
1928
5.0
The Glorious Trail
as Pat O'Leary
1928
0.0
The Code of the Scarlet
as Bruce Kenton
1928
0.0
The Upland Rider
as Dan Dailey
1928
0.0
The Canyon of Adventure
as Steven Bancroft
1928
0.0
The Wagon Show
as Bob Mason
1928
0.0
Gun Gospel
as Granger Hume
1927
0.0
The Red Raiders
as Lieutenant John Scott
1927
8.0
The Devil's Saddle
as Harry Morrel
1927
0.0
The Land Beyond the Law
as Jerry Steele
1927
0.0
Somewhere in Sonora
as Bob Bishop
1927
0.0
The Overland Stage
as Jack Jessup
1927
0.0
The Unknown Cavalier
as Tom Drury
1926
0.0
Senor Daredevil
as Don Luis O'Flaherty
1926
0.0
Haunted Range
as Terry Bladwin
1926
0.0
The Grey Vulture
as Bart Miller
1926
0.0
North Star
as Noel Blake
1925
6.0
🎬
Fighting Courage
as Richard Kingsley
1925
0.0
The Demon Rider
as Billy Dennis
1925
0.0
Janice Meredith
as Paul Revere
1924
5.0
$50,000 Reward
as Tex Sherwood
1924
5.0
🎬
Somebody Lied
1923
0.0
Cameo Kirby
as (uncredited)
1923
5.8
The Gunfighter
as (uncredited)
1923
0.0
The Man Who Won
as Conroy
1923
0.0
Brass Commandments
as (uncredited)
1923
0.0