Famous Actors in Movies and TV Westerns

  Allan "Rocky" Lane   • Filmography
Birth Name: Harry Leonard Albershart
B-movie actor in the 1930 westerns, then leading roles in the 1940s including 7 as Red Ryder, then 30 as himself as in Gunmen at Abilene.
Born: 1909, September 22 →  Died: 1973, October 27 →  Age:  64^y 1^m 5^d.
Cause of death: cancer
Horses: Black Jack, Mesquite, Feather, Banner, Thunder

  Amanda Blake   • Filmography
Birth Name: Beverly Louise Neill
Played Miss Kitty Russell on 1950-70s TV series Gunsmoke.
Born: 1929, February 20 →  Died: 1989, August 16 →  Age:  60^y 5^m 27^d.
Cause of death: AIDS

  Andy Devine   • Filmography
Birth Name: Andrew Vabre Devine
Raspy-voiced sidekick "Jingles" in 1950s TV series The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok; appeared in numerous westerns.
Born: 1905, October 7 →  Died: 1977, February 18 →  Age:  71^y 4^m 11^d.
Cause of death: leukemia
Horse: Joker

  Art Acord   • Filmography
Birth Name: Artemus Ward Acord
Actor in silent movie westerns and serials such as The White Horseman.
Born: 1890, April 17 →  Died: 1931, January 4 →  Age:  40^y 8^m 18^d.
Cause of death: poisoned himself
Horse: Raven

  Audie Murphy   • Filmography
Birth Name: Audie Leon Murphy
A decorate war hero, turned actor, he appeared in 33 western movies from 1948-1969, including the TV series Whispering Smith.
Born: 1925, June 20 →  Died: 1971, May 28 →  Age:  45^y 11^m 8^d.
Cause of death: accident, plane crash
Horse: Rebel

  Barbara Stanwyck   • Filmography
Birth Name: Ruby Catherine Stevens
A film and television star for 60 years, including the TV series The Big Valley.
Born: 1907, July 16 →  Died: 1990, January 20 →  Age:  82^y 6^m 4^d.
Cause of death: heart failure

  Ben Johnson   • Filmography
Birth Name: Ben "Son" Johnson, Jr
Appeared in more than 60 movie roles, such as the 1961 film One-Eyed Jacks and later in dozens of TV westerns such as The Monroes.
Born: 1918, June 13 →  Died: 1996, April 8 →  Age:  77^y 9^m 26^d.
Cause of death: heart attack

  Bill Cody   • Filmography
Birth Name: William Joseph Cody
Starting as a silent-screen actor in 1920s, he made 24 western in the 1930s beginning with the talkie Under the Texs Skies.
Born: 1891, January 5 →  Died: 1948, January 24 →  Age:  57^y 0^m 19^d.
Cause of death: kidney failure
Horse: Chico

  Bill Williams   • Filmography
Birth Name: Herman August WilhelmKatt
Best known for starring in the early television series, The Adventures of Kit Carson.
Born: 1915, May 15 →  Died: 1992, September 21 →  Age:  77^y 4^m 6^d.
Cause of death: brain tumor
Horse: Chief

  Bob "Tumbleweed" Baker   • Filmography
Birth Name: Stanley Leland Weed
Singing actor appearing in 25 western movies in the 1930s, making his debut in Courage of the West.
Born: 1910, November 8 →  Died: 1975, August 29 →  Age:  64^y 9^m 21^d.
Cause of death: stroke
Horse: Apache

  Bob Allen    • Filmography
Birth Name: Irvine E. Theodore Baehr, Sr. (also as Robert "Tex" Allen)
Texas Ranger in 1930s films such as Reckless Ranger.
Born: 1906, March 28 →  Died: 1998, October 9 →  Age:  92^y 6^m 11^d.
Cause of death: cancer
Horse: Pal

  Bob Custer   • Filmography
Birth Name: Raymond Glenn
Appeared in over 50 films, mostly westerns, between 1924-37, including Cactus Trails.
Born: 1898, October 18 →  Died: 1974, December 27 →  Age:  76^y 2^m 9^d.
Cause of death: heart attack

  Bob Livingston   • Filmography
Birth Name: Robert Edgar Randall
Appeared in dozens of movies 1926-1953; starred in Mesquiteer movies including Three Mesquiteers; brother of Jack Randall.
Born: 1904, December 9 →  Died: 1988, March 7 →  Age:  83^y 2^m 27^d.
Cause of death: emphysema
Horses: Shamrock, Starlight

  Bob Nolan   • Filmography
Birth Name: Clarence  Robert Nobles (changed to Robert Clarence Nobles)
Member of Sons of the Pioneers singers and appeared in 88 westerns 1935-1942.
Born: 1908, April 13 →  Died: 1980, June 16 →  Age:  72^y 2^m 3^d.
Cause of death: heart attack

  Bob Steele   • Filmography
Birth Name: Robert Adrian Bradbury
Actor in 1930s-1950s westerns such as The Blocked Trail; then in TV roles 1950s-1960s.
Born: 1907, January 23 →  Died: 1988, December 21 →  Age:  81^y 10^m 28^d.
Cause of death: emphysema

  Broncho Billy Anderson   • Filmography
Birth Name: Max H. Aronson
First cowboy star, appearing in 148 short silent movies as Broncho Billy, such as Broncho Billy and the Card Sharp.
Born: 1880, March 21 →  Died: 1971, January 20 →  Age:  90^y 9^m 30^d.
Cause of death: old age
Horse: Ranger

  Buck Jones   • Filmography
Birth Name: Charles Frederick Gebhart
Actor, stuntman in 1920s silent westerns, then starred in 1930s talkies such as Shadow Ranch.
Born: 1891, December 12 →  Died: 1942, November 30 →  Age:  50^y 11^m 18^d.
Cause of death: died in the Cocoanut Grove fire
Horses: Silver, White Eagle

  Buck Taylor   • Filmography
Birth Name: Walter Clarence Taylor, III
Best known for his role as gunsmith-turned-deputy Newly O'Brien in TV's Gunsmoke.
Born: 1938, May 13 →  Died: not yet →  Age:  86^y ⋅ 6^m ⋅ 11^d →.

  Buddy Roosevelt   • Filmography
Birth Name: Kenneth Standhope Sanderson
Actor, stuntman in 1920-50s westerns such as Way Out West; in 1950s-1960s many supporting roles in TV series.
Born: 1898, June 25 →  Died: 1973, October 6 →  Age:  75^y 3^m 11^d.
Cause of death: unknown
Horses: Pardner, Tommy

  Buster Crabbe   • Filmography
Birth Name: Clarence Linden Crabbe II
His western fame was in the 1940s as the lead character in the 13 movies series Billy the Kid and later movies as Billy Carson.
Born: 1908, February 7 →  Died: 1983, April 23 →  Age:  75^y 2^m 16^d.
Cause of death: heart attack
Horse: Falcon

  Buzz Barton   • Filmography
Birth Name: William Andrew Lamoreaux
At 5' 2" was the shortest cowboy with roles in over 70 westerns during the 1920-30s, and starring in Pinto Kid as David "Rep" Hepner
Born: 1913, September 3 →  Died: 1980, November 20 →  Age:  67^y 2^m 17^d.
Cause of death: unknown
Horse: Pee Wee

  Carolina Cotton   • Filmography
Birth Name: Carolina Cotton
Actress known as the "Yodeling Blonde Bombshell", the "Girl of the Golden West" and the "Queen of the Range".
Born: 1925, October 20 →  Died: 1997, June 10 →  Age:  71^y 7^m 20^d.
Cause of death: cancer

  Charles Starrett   • Filmography
Birth Name: Charles Robert Starrett
After playing various western roles, he became famous in 65 movies as The Durango Kid from 1940-1952.
Born: 1903, March 28 →  Died: 1986, March 22 →  Age:  82^y 11^m 22^d.
Cause of death: cancer
Horse: Raider

  Chill Wills   • Filmography
Birth Name: Chill Theodore Wills
Supporting actor in 1930-50s westerns such as Racketeers of the Range; and later in many TV westerns.
Born: 1902, July 18 →  Died: 1978, December 15 →  Age:  76^y 4^m 27^d.
Cause of death: cancer

  Chuck Connors   • Filmography
Birth Name: Kevin Joseph Aloysius Connors
Starred as Lucas McCain in the TV series Rifleman, 1958-1963; then Jason McCord in Branded series, 1965-1966. (Horse: Razor)
Born: 1921, April 10 →  Died: 1992, November 10 →  Age:  71^y 7^m 0^d.
Cause of death: lung cancer
Horse: Razor

  Clayton Moore   • Filmography
Birth Name: Jack Carlton Moore
Starred as The Lone Ranger on TV 1949-1957.
Born: 1914, September 14 →  Died: 1999, December 28 →  Age:  85^y 3^m 14^d.
Cause of death: heart attack
Horse: Silver

  Clint Walker   • Filmography
Birth Name: Norman Eugene Walker
Known mainly as the lead role in the TV series Cheyenne, 1955-1962.
Born: 1927, May 30 →  Died: 2018, May 21 →  Age:  90^y 11^m 21^d.
Cause of death: heart failure

  Dale Evans   • Filmography
Birth Name: Lucille Wood Smith (Later changed her name to Frances Octavia Smith)
Singing cowgirl of movies, radio and TV, notably Dale Evans: Queen of the West; married to Roy Rogers. (Horses: Buttermilk, Pal)
Born: 1912, October 31 →  Died: 2001, February 7 →  Age:  88^y 3^m 7^d.
Cause of death: heart failure
Horses: Buttermilk, Pal

  Dale Robertson   • Filmography
Birth Name: Dayle Lymoine Robertson
Actor in TV westerns in the 1950-60s and in the TV series Tales of Wells Fargo. (Horses: Fargo, Jubilee, Leo, Hannibal)
Born: 1923, July 14 →  Died: 2013, February 27 →  Age:  89^y 7^m 13^d.
Cause of death: cancer, lung

  Dan Blocker   • Filmography
Birth Name: Bobby Dan Davis Blocker
Acted in several westerns, including 415 episodes as of Bonanza as Hoss Cartwright.
Born: 1928, December 10 →  Died: 1972, May 13 →  Age:  43^y 5^m 3^d.
Cause of death: pulmonary embolism

  Dan Duryea   • Filmography
Birth Name: Dan Duryea
Starred asthe lead character in the TV series China Smith in the early 1950s and later in other TV westerns in the early 1960s.
Born: 1907, January 23 →  Died: 1968, June 7 →  Age:  61^y 4^m 15^d.
Cause of death: cancer

  Dennis Miller   • Filmography
Birth Name: Dennis Scott Miller
Actor in many westerns; played Duke Shannon on Wagon Train.
Born: 1934, August 25 →  Died: 2014, September 9 →  Age:  80^y 4^m 14^d.
Cause of death: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

  Dick Foran   • Filmography
Birth Name: John Nicholas Foran
Actor and singer in many 1930-40s westerns starting with Moonlight on the Prairie.
Born: 1910, June 18 →  Died: 1979, August 10 →  Age:  69^y 1^m 23^d.
Cause of death: pneumonia
Horses: Smoke, Smoky

  Don "Red" Barry   • Filmography
Birth Name: Donald Michael Barry DeAcosta
Starred as the first Red Ryder in Adventures of Red Ryder in 1940, and had roles in many westerns.
Born: 1912, January 11 →  Died: 1979, July 17 →  Age:  67^y 6^m 6^d.
Cause of death: suicide, shot in head
Horses: Thunder, Cyclone

  Dorothy Page   • Filmography
Birth Name: Dorothy Lillian Stofflett
Known as "The Singing Cowgirl," she starred in 3 western including The Singing Cowgirl.
Born: 1904, March 4 →  Died: 1961, March 26 →  Age:  57^y 0^m 22^d.
Cause of death: cancer
Horse: Snowy

  Dub Taylor   • Filmography
Birth Name: Walter Clarence Taylor Jr.
He originated the character of Cannonball, comic sidekick to "Wild Bill", a role he continued to play for the next ten years, starting in 1938 with The Taming of the West.
Born: 1907, February 26 →  Died: 1994, October 3 →  Age:  87^y 7^m 8^d.
Cause of death: heart attack

  Duncan Renaldo   • Filmography
Birth Name: Renault Renaldo Duncan
After many supporting roles in 1930s-1940s, starred in the 156 episodes of the TV series The Cisco Kid, 1950-1956. (Horse: Diablo)
Born: 1904, April 23 →  Died: 1980, September 3 →  Age:  76^y 4^m 11^d.
Cause of death: cancer, lung
Horse: Diablo

  Eddie Dean   • Filmography
Birth Name: Edgar Dean Glossup
Singing cowboy in 1940s westerns often playing himself as in Romance of the West.
Born: 1907, July 9 →  Died: 1999, March 4 →  Age:  91^y 7^m 23^d.
Cause of death: emphysema
Horses: Flash, White Cloud, Copper

  Eddy Waller   • Filmography
Birth Name: Eddy Waller
Played sidekick to Allan 'Rocky' Lane 1947-1953 in such westerns as Thundering Caravans; then in the TV series Steve Donovan, Western Marshal.
Born: 1889, June 14 →  Died: 1977, August 20 →  Age:  88^y 2^m 6^d.
Cause of death: stroke

  Evelyn Finley   • Filmography
Birth Name: Evelyn Ruth Finley
Actor, horse rider, stuntwoman in many movies such as Sundown Rider, 1940-1980s.
Born: 1916, March 11 →  Died: 1989, April 7 →  Age:  73^y 0^m 27^d.
Cause of death: heart failure

  Fred Humes   • Filmography
Birth Name: Fred Humes
Actor in over two dozen westers, such as The Cactus Kid.
Born: 1896, June 15 →  Died: 1971, January 3 →  Age:  74^y 6^m 18^d.
Cause of death: senile dementia

  Fred Scott   • Filmography
Birth Name: Fred Leedom Scott
Starting as a cowboy on a cattle ranch, from 1936-1942 he appeared in 17 westerns such as In Old Montana.
Born: 1902, February 14 →  Died: 1991, December 16 →  Age:  89^y 10^m 2^d.
Cause of death: heart attack
Horse: White King

  Fred Thomson   • Filmography
Birth Name: Frederick Clifton Thomson
Actor in 1920s silent westerns, became #2 box office star for 1926 and 1927 in such features as The Two-Gun Man.
Born: 1890, February 26 →  Died: 1928, December 25 →  Age:  38^y 9^m 29^d.
Cause of death: tetanus
Horse: Silver King

  Fuzzy Knight   • Filmography
Birth Name: John Forrest Knight
Appeared in more than 180 films 1929-1967, usually as a cowboy hero's sidekick such as She Done Him Wrong.
Born: 1901, May 9 →  Died: 1976, February 23 →  Age:  74^y 9^m 14^d.
Cause of death: heart attack
Horse: Old Brownie

  Gabby Hayes   • Filmography
Birth Name: George Francis Hayes
Sidekick to nearly every famous western movie star, often cast as a grizzled codger; then hosted the TV series The Gabby Hayes Show.
Born: 1885, May 7 →  Died: 1969, February 9 →  Age:  83^y 9^m 2^d.
Cause of death: heart attack
Horses: Calico, Eddie

  Gail Davis   • Filmography
Birth Name: Betty Jeanne Grayson
Acted in westerns in 1940-50s often opposite Roy Rogers and Gene Autry in such westerns as The Far Frontier; as an expert horse rider toured with traveling rodeos.
Born: 1925, October 5 →  Died: 1997, March 15 →  Age:  71^y 5^m 10^d.
Cause of death: cancer
Horse: Target

  Gary Cooper   • Filmography
Birth Name: Frank James Cooper
Starred in many westerns; played Marshal Will Kane in the movie High Noon in 1952.
Born: 1901, May 7 →  Died: 1961, May 13 →  Age:  60^y 0^m 6^d.
Cause of death: cancer, prostate
Horse: Buck

  Gene Autry   • Filmography
Birth Name: Orvon Grover Autry
One of the first genuine singing cowboys (after John Wayne), appearing the first time in In Old Sante Fe.
Born: 1907, September 29 →  Died: 1998, October 2 →  Age:  91^y 0^m 3^d.
Cause of death: cancer, lymphoma
Horse: Champion

  Gene Barry   • Filmography
Birth Name: Eugene Klass
Starred as Bat Masterson on TV from 1959-1961.
Born: 1919, June 14 →  Died: 2009, December 9 →  Age:  90^y 5^m 25^d.
Cause of death: heart failure

  George Houston   • Filmography
Birth Name: George Fleming Houston
Star of 11 The Lone Rider movies in 1940s beginning with The Lone Rider Rides On.
Born: 1896, January 11 →  Died: 1944, November 12 →  Age:  48^y 10^m 1^d.
Cause of death: heart attack
Horse: Shamrock

  George Montgomery   • Filmography
Birth Name: George Montgomery Letz
Painter, sculptor, furniture craftsman, and stuntman best known as an actor in western films and the TV series Cimarron City as Matthew Rockford.
Born: 1916, August 29 →  Died: 2000, December 12 →  Age:  84^y 3^m 13^d.
Cause of death: cancer, prostate

  George O'Brien   • Filmography
Birth Name: George O'Brien
Acted in many westerns from 1920s-1940s and starred in some, such as Arizona Legion.
Born: 1899, April 19 →  Died: 1985, September 4 →  Age:  86^y 4^m 16^d.
Cause of death: heart attack
Horse: Mike

  Glen Strange   • Filmography
Birth Name: GlenStrange
Played numerous small parts in Paramount's popular Hopalong Cassidy film series, usually cast as a member of an outlaw's gang as in False Colors.
Born: 1899, August 16 →  Died: 1973, September 20 →  Age:  74^y 1^m 4^d.
Cause of death: lung cancer

  Glenn Ford   • Filmography
Birth Name: Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford
Actor in many western movies; played Sam Cade in the TV series Cade's County, 1971-72.
Born: 1916, May 1 →  Died: 2006, August 30 →  Age:  90^y 3^m 29^d.
Cause of death: heart attack
Horse: Jelly

  Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams   • Filmography
Birth Name: Guinn Terrell Williams, Jr.
Supporting actor in 1930-40s westerns, as well as starring in some such as Thunder Over Texas; later in many TV westerns.
Born: 1899, April 26 →  Died: 1962, June 6 →  Age:  63^y 1^m 11^d.
Cause of death: uremic poisoning
Horse: Stardust

  Guy Madison   • Filmography
Birth Name: Robert Ozell Moseley
He is known best for the TV western series The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok which ran 8 seasons, 1951-1958.
Born: 1922, January 19 →  Died: 1996, February 6 →  Age:  74^y 0^m 18^d.
Cause of death: emphysema
Horse: Buckshot

  Hank Worden   • Filmography
Birth Name: Norton Earl Worden
Cowboy-turned-character actor who appeared in many Westerns including the TV series, The Lone Ranger.
Born: 1901, July 23 →  Died: 1992, December 6 →  Age:  91^y 4^m 13^d.
Cause of death: old age

  Harry Carey   • Filmography
Birth Name: Henry DeWitt Carey II
Popular cowboy of silent movies, particularly as the good-hearted outlaw Cheyenne Harry starting with A Knight of the Range.
Born: 1878, January 16 →  Died: 1947, September 21 →  Age:  69^y 8^m 5^d.
Cause of death: heart attack
Horse: Sunny

  Harry Carey, Jr.   • Filmography
Birth Name: Henry G. Carey, Jr.
Appeared in many western movies in the 1904s and 1950s, such as in Red River and later in dozens of TV westerns.
Born: 1921, May 16 →  Died: 2012, December 27 →  Age:  91^y 7^m 11^d.
Cause of death: old age
Horse: Billy

  Henry Darrow   • Filmography
Birth Name: Enrique Tomas Delgado, Jr.
Played Buck Cannon's best friend, Manolito Montoya, in the 1960s TV series The High Chaparral, and starred in the TV series Zorro and Son.
Born: 1933, September 15 →  Died: 2021, March 30 →  Age:  87^y 3^m 30^d.
Cause of death: natural causes
Horse: Mac

  Herb Jeffries   • Filmography
Birth Name: Umberto Alexander Valentino
Starred in several low-budget black-oriented westerns, including Two-Gun Man from Harlem.
Born: 1913, September 24 →  Died: 2014, May 25 →  Age:  100^y 8^m 1^d.
Cause of death: heart attack
Horse: Stardusk

  Hoot Gibson   • Filmography
Birth Name: Edmund Richard Gibson
Rodeo, circus perfomer and actor in 1920-30s western movies; then in 1940s starred in westerns such as Outlaw Trail.
Born: 1892, August 6 →  Died: 1962, August 23 →  Age:  70^y 0^m 17^d.
Cause of death: cancer
Horses: Starlight, Goldie, Mud, Silver

  I. Stanford Jolley   • Filmography
Birth Name: Isaac Stanford Jolley
Character actor of film and television, primarily in various western roles, as in Wagon Train.
Born: 1900, October 24 →  Died: 1978, December 7 →  Age:  78^y 1^m 13^d.
Cause of death: emphysema

  Jack Elam   • Filmography
Birth Name: William Scott Elam
He made many guest appearances in western TV series in the 1950s and 1960s; such as in Gunsmoke and later co-starred as George Taggart in the 1964 TV series Temple Houston.
Born: 1920, November 13 →  Died: 2003, October 20 →  Age:  82^y 11^m 7^d.
Cause of death: heart failure

  Jack Holt   • Filmography
Birth Name: Charles John Holt II
Western star from the silent era; appearing in several Zane Grey stories such as The Mysterious Rider; also father of stars Tim and Jennifer.
Born: 1888, May 31 →  Died: 1951, January 18 →  Age:  62^y 7^m 18^d.
Cause of death: heart attack
Horse: Robin Hood

  Jack Hoxie   • Filmography
Birth Name: John Hartford Hoxie
Actor in 1910s silent westerns movies, often as himself, starting in 1910 with Ridin' Romance.
Born: 1885, January 11 →  Died: 1965, March 28 →  Age:  80^y 2^m 17^d.
Cause of death: leukemia
Horses: Fender, Dynamite, Scout

  Jack Kirk   • Filmography
Birth Name: Jack Kirk
Actor who appeared in over 300 fims mostly B-westerns, such as  Sheriff of Sundown.
Born: 1895, February 19 →  Died: 1948, September 13 →  Age:  53^y 6^m 24^d.
Cause of death: heart attack

  Jack Luden   • Filmography
Birth Name: Jacob Benson Luden
Actor in 1920s-1930s westerns starring in several such as Stagecoach Days.
Born: 1902, February 8 →  Died: 1951, February 15 →  Age:  49^y 0^m 7^d.
Cause of death: heart failure
Horse: Pal

  Jack Palance   • Filmography
Birth Name: Volodymyr Palahniuk
He had a role in many westerns, often as a bad guy, as in Young Guns.
Born: 1919, February 18 →  Died: 2006, November 10 →  Age:  87^y 8^m 23^d.
Cause of death: old age

  Jack Perrin   • Filmography
Birth Name: Lyman Wakefield Perrin
Actor in 1920s-30s westerns such as Border Vengeance; during 1940s-1960s played supporting, often uncredited, roles in films and TV.
Born: 1896, July 25 →  Died: 1967, December 17 →  Age:  71^y 4^m 22^d.
Cause of death: heart attack
Horse: Starlight

  Jack Randall    • Filmography
Birth Name: Addison Byron Owen Randall (aka Allen Byron and Addison Randall)
Actor and singing cowboy in 1930-40s westerns, often billed as Addison Randall, as in Where the West Begins. (Horse: Rusty)
Born: 1906, May 12 →  Died: 1945, July 12 →  Age:  39^y 2^m 4^d.
Cause of death: unknown
Horse: Rusty

  James (Jimmy) Stewart   • Filmography
Birth Name: James Maitland Stewart
Appeared in westerns in the 1950s, such as in Red River.
Born: 1909, May 20 →  Died: 1997, July 2 →  Age:  88^y 1^m 12^d.
Cause of death: heart attack

  James Arness   • Filmography
Birth Name: James King Arness
Matt Dillon on 1950-70s TV series Gunsmoke.
Born: 1923, May 26 →  Died: 2011, June 3 →  Age:  88^y 0^m 8^d.
Cause of death: old age
Horse: Buck

  James Drury   • Filmography
Birth Name: James Child Drury, Jr.
Lead role in the TV series The Virginian, 1962-71, as well as other western roles on TV.
Born: 1934, April 18 →  Died: 2020, April 6 →  Age:  85^y 11^m 18^d.
Cause of death: old age
Horse: Joe

  James Ellison   • Filmography
Birth Name: James Ellison Smith
Known mostly for his role as Johnny Nelson, sidekick of Hopalong Cassidy in such movies as Trail Dust.
Born: 1910, May 4 →  Died: 1993, December 23 →  Age:  83^y 7^m 19^d.
Cause of death: broken neck

  James Garner   • Filmography
Birth Name: James Scott Bumgarner
Played Bret Maverick in the TV series Maverick from 1957 to 1960 and Nichols in the TV series Nichols 1971-72.
Born: 1928, April 7 →  Died: 2014, July 19 →  Age:  86^y 3^m 12^d.
Cause of death: heart attack

  James Warren   • Filmography
Birth Name: James Pringle Wittlig
Artist, and supporting actor in 1940-50s westerns, starring in several as in Wanderer of the Wasteland.
Born: 1913, February 24 →  Died: 2001, March 28 →  Age:  88^y 1^m 4^d.
Cause of death: unknown

  Jane Frazee   • Filmography
Birth Name: Mary Jane Frehse
Actor in many westerns and TV series in the 1940s-1950s. She starred in the western Melody and Moonlight.
Born: 1918, July 18 →  Died: 1985, September 6 →  Age:  67^y 1^m 19^d.
Cause of death: stroke

  Jennifer Holt   • Filmography
Birth Name: Elizabeth Marshall Holt
Actor in 1940s western movies beginning her career in Stick to Your Guns opposite Hopalong Cassidy.
Born: 1920, November 10 →  Died: 1997, September 21 →  Age:  76^y 10^m 11^d.
Cause of death: unknown

  Jim Bannon   • Filmography
Birth Name: James Shorttel Bannon
Starred as the last Red Ryder in four westerns, the first of which was Ride, Ryder, Ride! as well as many roles in many movies and on TV.
Born: 1911, April 9 →  Died: 1984, July 28 →  Age:  73^y 3^m 19^d.
Cause of death: emphysema
Horse: Thunder

  Jim Davis   • Filmography
Birth Name: Martin Jim Davis
Starred as Marshal Bill Winter in the short-lived TV western The Cowboys and appeared in numerous TV westerns.
Born: 1909, August 26 →  Died: 1981, April 26 →  Age:  71^y 8^m 0^d.
Cause of death: cancer

  Jim Newill   • Filmography
Birth Name: James M. Newill
Actor in 1930s-1940s westerns, starring 11 times as Texas Ranger Jim Steele as in Spook Town and 8 times as Sergeant Renfrew.
Born: 1911, August 12 →  Died: 1975, July 31 →  Age:  63^y 11^m 19^d.
Cause of death: cancer
Horse: Alamo

  Jimmy Wakely   • Filmography
Birth Name: James Clarence Wakeley
Actor-singer in 1940-50s westerns such as Six-Gun Serenade.
Born: 1914, February 16 →  Died: 1982, September 23 →  Age:  68^y 7^m 7^d.
Cause of death: heart failure
Horses: Lucky, Sonny

  Jock Mahoney   • Filmography
Birth Name: Jack O'Mahoney
Starred in TV series The Range Rider, 78 episodes and as Yancey Derringer, 34 episodes.
Born: 1919, February 7 →  Died: 1989, December 14 →  Age:  70^y 10^m 7^d.
Cause of death: stroke

  Joel McCrea   • Filmography
Birth Name: Joel Albert McCrea
Actor in many western movies and TV shows from 1946-1976, including starring in Wells Fargo in 1937.
Born: 1905, November 5 →  Died: 1990, October 20 →  Age:  84^y 11^m 15^d.
Cause of death: pneumonia
Horse: Steel

  John "Dusty" King   • Filmography
Birth Name: Miller McLeod Everson
Western singer and film actor renowned for his Western roles, particulary in the series  Range Busters.
Born: 1909, July 11 →  Died: 1987, November 11 →  Age:  78^y 40^m 0^d.
Cause of death: unknown
Horse: Lucky

  John McIntire   • Filmography
Birth Name: John Herrick McIntire
He is best known for his role in Wagon Train as Christopher Hale, replacing Ward Bond after his death.
Born: 1907, June 27 →  Died: 1991, January 30 →  Age:  83^y 7^m 3^d.
Cause of death: emphysema

  John Russell   • Filmography
Birth Name: John Lawrence Russell
Actor in many westerns in the 1950s. Most noted for his starring role as Marshal Dan Troop in the ABC western television series Lawman from 1958 to 1962.
Born: 1921, January 3 →  Died: 1991, January 19 →  Age:  70^y 0^m 16^d.
Cause of death: emphysema

  John Wayne   • Filmography
Birth Name: Marion Robert Morrison
Appeared in dozens of westerns beginning in 1930, became the first singing cowboy in Riders of Destiny in 1933 and ending his career in The Shootist in 1976.
Born: 1907, May 26 →  Died: 1979, June 11 →  Age:  72^y 0^m 16^d.
Cause of death: cancer, stomach
Horses: Banner, Cochise, Duke, Beau, Steel, Dollar

  Johnny Carpenter    • Filmography
Birth Name: John Carpenter (also Jasper Carpenter)
B-actor in 1940s western movies and later in TV series, wrote, produced and starred in 4 of his own movie, including The Lawless Rider.
Born: 1914, June 25 →  Died: 2003, February 27 →  Age:  88^y 8^m 2^d.
Cause of death: cancer
Horse: Patterfoot

  Johnny Mack Brown   • Filmography
Birth Name: John Mack Brown
Actor in 1930-40s appearing in 127 western movies, his first big role being in Billy the Kid.
Born: 1904, September 1 →  Died: 1974, November 14 →  Age:  70^y 2^m 13^d.
Cause of death: heart failure
Horse: Rebel

  Karl Hackett   • Filmography
Birth Name: Carl Ellsworth Germain
Second string actor in many westerns Prairie Rustlers.
Born: 1893, September 5 →  Died: 1948, October 24 →  Age:  55^y 1^m 19^d.
Cause of death: pneumonia

  Kay Hughes   • Filmography
Birth Name: Catherine Mary Hughes
Appeared mainly in serials and westerns, notably in The Three Mesquiteers".
Born: 1914, January 16 →  Died: 1998, April 4 →  Age:  84^y 2^m 18^d.
Cause of death: heart disease

  Kelo Henderson   • Filmography
Birth Name: Paul Henderson
World's fastest gunslinger, former rancher, and actor in westerns, particularly in the TV series  26 Men.
Born: 1923, August 8 →  Died: 2019, December 10 →  Age:  96^y 4^m 2^d.
Cause of death: complications after an operation

  Ken Curtis   • Filmography
Birth Name: Curtis Wain Gates
Played "Festus" on TV series Gunsmoke; performed with the popular Sons of the Pioneers from 1949 to 1953. (Horse: Ruth)
Born: 1916, July 2 →  Died: 1991, April 28 →  Age:  74^y 9^m 26^d.
Cause of death: heart attack
Horse: Ruth

  Ken Maynard   • Filmography
Birth Name: Ken Olin Maynard
Singing cowboy in 1920-30s movies (Horse: Tarzan)
Born: 1895, July 21 →  Died: 1973, March 23 →  Age:  77^y 8^m 2^d.
Cause of death: cancer, stomach
Horse: Tarzan

  Kermit Maynard   • Filmography
Birth Name: Kermit Roosevelt Maynard
Actor in 1930-60s westerns, starring in some such as Valley of Terror, then dozens of appearances in TV series; younger brother of Ken.
Born: 1887, September 20 →  Died: 1971, January 16 →  Age:  83^y 3^m 27^d.
Cause of death: heart attack
Horses: Baron, Rocky

  Kevin Costner   • Filmography
Birth Name: Kevin Michael Costner
Plays John Dutton in the TV series Yellowstone about the struggles and strife on a large ranch.
Born: 1955, January 18 →  Died: not yet →  Age:  69^y ⋅ 10^m ⋅ 6^d →.

  Kirby Grant   • Filmography
Birth Name: Kirby Grant Hoon, Jr.
Known for his role as rancher-pilot in the 1950s TV series Sky Ki ng.
Born: 1911, November 24 →  Died: 1985, October 30 →  Age:  73^y 11^m 6^d.
Cause of death: accident, auto
Horse: Pal

  Lane Chandler   • Filmography
Birth Name: Raymond Chandler Oakes
Long-time actor playing supporting roles in movies such as Quantrill's Raiders and later in TV westerns.
Born: 1899, June 4 →  Died: 1972, September 14 →  Age:  73^y 3^m 10^d.
Cause of death: heart disease
Horse: Raven

  Lash LaRue   • Filmography
Birth Name: Alfred La Rue (his father's surname was Wilson)
Actor in 1940s westerns, good with a bullwhip against bad guys, 22 roles as himself beginning with King of the Bullwhip.
Born: 1917, June 15 →  Died: 1996, May 21 →  Age:  78^y 11^m 6^d.
Cause of death: emphysema
Horses: Rush, Black Diamond

  Lawrence Neville Brand   • Filmography
Birth Name: NevilleBrand
Starred as the TV series Laredo (1965–67) and played villains and other supporting roles in several western movies and TV series such as Cahill U.S. Marshal
Born: 1920, August 13 →  Died: 1992, April 16 →  Age:  71^y 8^m 3^d.
Cause of death: emphysema

  Lee Van Cleef   • Filmography
Birth Name: Clarence Leroy Van Cleef, Jr.
Actor in 1950s-1970s western movies and TV, usually a villain as in For a Few Dollars More.
Born: 1925, January 9 →  Died: 1989, December 16 →  Age:  64^y 11^m 7^d.
Cause of death: heart attack

  Leo Carrillo   • Filmography
Birth Name: Leopoldo Antonio Carrillo
Played Pancho, side-kick to the Mexican "Robin Hood" hero The Cisco Kid.
Born: 1880, August 6 →  Died: 1961, September 10 →  Age:  81^y 1^m 4^d.
Cause of death: cancer
Horse: Loco

  Linda Cristal   • Filmography
Birth Name: Linda Cristal
Appeared in a number of Western films during the 1950s and in the TV series The High Chaparral.
Born: 1934, February 23 →  Died: 2020, June 27 →  Age:  89^y 4^m 4^d.
Cause of death: old age

  Max Terhune   • Filmography
Birth Name: Max Terhune
A ventriloquist, whistler, animal imitator, magician and actor in many westerns such as The Purple Vigilantes.
Born: 1891, February 12 →  Died: 1973, June 5 →  Age:  82^y 2^m 23^d.
Cause of death: heart attack

  Michael Chapin   • Filmography
Birth Name: Michael Chapin
Young actor played in several westerns including the one he starred in, Wild Horse Ambush.
Born: 1936, July 25 →  Died: not yet →  Age:  88^y ⋅ 3^m ⋅ 29^d →.

  Monte Hale   • Filmography
Birth Name: Samuel Buren Ely
Actor in movies and TV 1944-1959, singer at rodeos and circuses. His first starring role was in the 1946 western Home on the Range. (Horses: Pardner, Lightnin')
Born: 1919, June 8 →  Died: 2009, March 29 →  Age:  89^y 9^m 21^d.
Cause of death: unknown

  Morgan Woodward   • Filmography
Birth Name: Thomas Morgan Woodward
Best known for his recurring role on the soap opera Dallas as Marvin "Punk" Anderson.
Born: 1925, September 16 →  Died: 2019, February 22 →  Age:  93^y 5^m 6^d.
Cause of death: cancer

  Nell O'Day   • Filmography
Birth Name: Nellie Roach
Accomplished equestrian and actor in 1930-1940s westerns, first starring in Smoke Lightning.
Born: 1909, September 22 →  Died: 1989, January 3 →  Age:  79^y 3^m 12^d.
Cause of death: heart attack
Horse: Shorty

  Pat Buttram   • Filmography
Birth Name: Maxwell Emmett Buttram
Known for playing the sidekick of Gene Autry, as in Valley of Fire.
Born: 1945, June 19 →  Died: 1994, January 8 →  Age:  78^y 4^m 19^d.
Cause of death: renal failure

  Peggy Stewart   • Filmography
Birth Name: Margaret O'Rourke
Appeared in 1930-50s westerns including several episodes of Adventures of Red Ryder; and from 1950 in TV roles.
Born: 1923, June 5 →  Died: 2019, May 29 →  Age:  95^y 11^m 24^d.
Cause of death: old age
Horse: Smoky

  Pete Morrison   • Filmography
Birth Name: George Douglas Morrison
Starting in silent westerns, he played in in 1909, he went on to play in 152 movies, including The Escape.
Born: 1890, August 8 →  Died: 1973, February 5 →  Age:  82^y 5^m 28^d.
Cause of death: abdominal aneurysm
Horse: Lightning

  Peter Breck   • Filmography
Birth Name: Joseph Peter Breck
Played in westerns, including the TV series Black Saddle, Maverick and Big Valley.
Born: 1929, March 13 →  Died: 2012, February 6 →  Age:  82^y 10^m 24^d.
Cause of death: dementia
Horse: Coco

  R. G. Armstrong.   • Filmography
Birth Name: Robert Golden Armstrong, Jr.
Guest-starred in nearly every TV western series in the 1950s and 1960s, such as in The Big Valley and later in several western movies.
Born: 1917, April 7 →  Died: 2012, July 27 →  Age:  95^y 3^m 20^d.
Cause of death: old age

  Randolph Scott   • Filmography
Birth Name: George Randolph Scott
Actor in 60 westerns 1932-1962, starting with the Zane Grey story Heritage of the Desert.
Born: 1898, January 23 →  Died: 1987, March 2 →  Age:  89^y 1^m 7^d.
Cause of death: heart disease
Horse: Stardust

  Ray "Crash" Corrigan   • Filmography
Birth Name: Raymond Benitz
Played himself in 15 westerns in 1940s the first of which was The Range Busters; then developed this into Corriganville, a location used for many Western movies and TV shows.
Born: 1902, February 14 →  Died: 1976, August 10 →  Age:  74^y 5^m 27^d.
Cause of death: heart attack
Horse: Harvey

  Ray Bennett   • Filmography
Birth Name: Raphael Bennet
Actor in over 100 movies, mostly westerns, usually in supporting roles such as in Frontier Revenge.
Born: 1895, March 21 →  Died: 1957, December 18 →  Age:  62^y 8^m 27^d.
Cause of death: unknown

  Ray Whitley   • Filmography
Birth Name: Raymond Otis Whitley
Singing cowboy in 1930-50s western movies such as The Bandit Trail; wrote "Back in the Saddle Again" song.
Born: 1901, December 5 →  Died: 1979, February 21 →  Age:  77^y 2^m 16^d.
Cause of death: unknown

  Reno Browne    • Filmography
Birth Name: Josephine Ruth Clarke (sometimes billed Reno Blair)
Excellent riding film star appearing in 14 movies in 1940s including Under Arizona Skies.
Born: 1921, April 20 →  Died: 1991, April 20 →  Age:  70^y 0^m 5^d.
Cause of death: cancer
Horse: Major

  Rex Allen   • Filmography
Birth Name: Rex Elvie Allen
Singing cowboy in 19 western movies such as Border Saddlemates.
Born: 1920, December 31 →  Died: 1999, December 17 →  Age:  78^y 11^m 16^d.
Cause of death: accident, auto
Horse: Ko-Ko

  Rex Bell   • Filmography
Birth Name: George Francis Beldam
Starred in several westerns such as Law and Lead. He was Lt. Gov. of Nevada and married to Clara Bow.
Born: 1903, October 16 →  Died: 1962, July 4 →  Age:  58^y 8^m 18^d.
Cause of death: heart attack
Horses: Streak, Stormy

  Richard Boone   • Filmography
Birth Name: Richard Allen Boone
Played Paladin of TV series Have Gun, Will Travel, 1957-1963.
Born: 1917, June 18 →  Died: 1981, January 10 →  Age:  63^y 6^m 23^d.
Cause of death: cancer, throat
Horse: Rafter

  Richard Martin   • Filmography
Birth Name: Richard Martin
Played Tim Holt's sidekick, Chito Rafferty, in 29 films such as Wild Horse Mesa.
Born: 1917, December 12 →  Died: 1994, September 4 →  Age:  76^y 8^m 23^d.
Cause of death: leukemia
Horse: Taco

  Robert Fuller   • Filmography
Birth Name: Leonard Leroy "Buddy" Lee
Guest-starred primarily on Western TV series such as Laramie and Mustang Country. He was inducted into the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum and won several Western awards.
Born: 1933, July 29 →  Died: not yet →  Age:  91^y ⋅ 3^m ⋅ 25^d →.

  Rod Cameron   • Filmography
Birth Name: Nathan Roderick Cox
Actor in 1940s western movies such as Wagons West, then appeared in many TV westerns.
Born: 1910, December 7 →  Died: 1983, December 21 →  Age:  73^y 0^m 14^d.
Cause of death: cancer
Horse: Knight

  Rory Calhoun   • Filmography
Birth Name: Francis Timothy McCown
Acted in many western movies such as Rogue River; he also co-produced and starred in the television series The Texan.
Born: 1922, August 8 →  Died: 1999, April 28 →  Age:  76^y 8^m 20^d.
Cause of death: emphysema and diabetes

  Roscoe Ates   • Filmography
Birth Name: Roscoe Ates
Actor playing in 1930s western, then in the 1940s appearing as character Soapy Jones in 15 movies, such as Tumbleweed Trail.
Born: 1895, January 20 →  Died: 1962, March 1 →  Age:  67^y 1^m 10^d.
Cause of death: cancer, lung

  Roy Barcroft   • Filmography
Birth Name: Howard Harold Ravenscroft
Famous for playing villains on TV and in B-westerns such as Sheriff of Sundown.
Born: 1902, September 7 →  Died: 1969, November 28 →  Age:  67^y 2^m 21^d.
Cause of death: cancer, kidney

  Roy Rogers   • Filmography
Birth Name: Leonard Franklin Slye
"King of the Cowboys" appeared in over 100 movies 1938-1959, and often in TV episodes of The Roy Rogers Show. Married to Dale Evans
Born: 1911, November 5 →  Died: 1998, July 6 →  Age:  86^y 8^m 1^d.
Cause of death: heart failure
Horse: Trigger

  Russell Hayden   • Filmography
Birth Name: Russell "Lucky" Hayden
Best known in Hopalong Cassidy films as Lucky Jenkins and in other westerns such as Stagecoach.
Born: 1912, June 12 →  Died: 1981, June 9 →  Age:  68^y 11^m 28^d.
Cause of death: pneumonia

  Slim Pickens   • Filmography
Birth Name: Louis Bert Lindley, Jr.
Rodeo performer, movie and TV actor, 1950-80s always in supporting roles as in Stagecoach.
Born: 1919, June 29 →  Died: 1983, December 8 →  Age:  64^y 5^m 9^d.
Cause of death: brain tumor
Horses: Dear John, Appaloosa

  Slim Whitaker   • Filmography
Birth Name: Charles Orbie Whitaker
Appeared in 345 films between 1914 and 1949, including the 1933 movie Oklahoma Cyclone.
Born: 1893, July 29 →  Died: 1960, June 27 →  Age:  66^y 10^m 29^d.
Cause of death: heart attack

  Smiley Burnette   • Filmography
Birth Name: Lester Alvin Burnette
Played the deep-throated singing cowboy "Frog Millhouse" in 53 movies beginning with Melody Trail.
Born: 1911, March 18 →  Died: 1967, February 16 →  Age:  55^y 10^m 29^d.
Cause of death: leukemia
Horses: Ring Eyed Nellie, Black Eyed Nellie

  Smith Ballew   • Filmography
Birth Name: Sykes "Smith" Ballew
Singing cowboy in 1930s in several movies such as Rawhide. (Horse: Sheik)
Born: 1902, January 21 →  Died: 1984, May 2 →  Age:  82^y 3^m 11^d.
Cause of death: old age

  Spade Cooley   • Filmography
Birth Name: Donnell Clyde Cooley
Popularized western swing music. Appeared in 38 Western movies in bit parts and as a stand-in for Roy Rogers. Was convicted of murdering his wife in 1961.
Born: 1910, December 17 →  Died: 1969, November 23 →  Age:  58^y 11^m 6^d.
Cause of death: heart attack

  Sterling Hayden   • Filmography
Birth Name: Sterling Relyea Walter
leading man, he specialized in westerns and film noir, such as Johnny Guitar.
Born: 1916, March 26 →  Died: 1986, March 23 →  Age:  69^y 11^m 28^d.
Cause of death: cancer, prostate

  Sunset Carson   • Filmography
Birth Name: Winifred Maurice Harrison
B-western actor of 1940s, wore guns butt forward, starring in such movies as Sunset Carson Rides Again.
Born: 1920, November 12 →  Died: 1990, May 1 →  Age:  69^y 5^m 19^d.
Cause of death: unknown
Horses: Cactus, Silver

  Teddi Sherman   • Filmography
Birth Name: Theodora Lois Sherman
Actress, TV writer, and screenwriter known for her work in the Western genre The Three Mesquiteers.
Born: 1921, April 1 →  Died: 2019, January 16 →  Age:  97^y 9^m 15^d.
Cause of death: old age

  Terry Frost   • Filmography
Birth Name: Terry Frost
Appeared in dozens of western films during the 1940s and 1950s and TV shows such as  The Roy Rogers Show.
Born: 1906, October 26 →  Died: 1993, March 1 →  Age:  86^y 4^m 5^d.
Cause of death: heart attack

  Tex Ritter   • Filmography
Birth Name: Maurice Woodward Ritter
Singing cowboy in 1930-50s westerns such as Roll Wagons Roll.
Born: 1905, January 12 →  Died: 1974, January 2 →  Age:  68^y 11^m 21^d.
Cause of death: heart attack
Horse: White Flash

  Texas Guinan   • Filmography
Birth Name: Mary Louise Cecilia "Texas" Guinan
First movie cowgirl, nicknamed "The Queen of the West", starred in dozens of short silent movies from 1918 to 1921.
Born: 1884, January 12 →  Died: 1933, November 5 →  Age:  49^y 9^m 24^d.
Cause of death: dysentery

  Tim Holt   • Filmography
Birth Name: Charles John Holt III
After a supporting role in The Girl and the Gambler he starred in 46 westerns during 1940s-50s. (Horses: Sheik, Duke, Lightning)
Born: 1919, February 5 →  Died: 1974, February 15 →  Age:  55^y 0^m 10^d.
Cause of death: cancer, bone
Horses: Sheik, Duke, Lightning

  Tim McCoy   • Filmography
Birth Name: Timothy John Fitzgerald McCoy
Actor and sharpshooter in westerns 1925-1957, such as The Law of the Range.
Born: 1891, April 10 →  Died: 1978, January 29 →  Age:  86^y 9^m 19^d.
Cause of death: heart failure
Horses: Midnight, Starlight

  Tom Keene   • Filmography
Birth Name: George Richard Duryea
Actor in western and seriels beginning in 1928 with Marked Money through the 1950s. Also known as Richard Powers.
Born: 1896, December 30 →  Died: 1963, August 4 →  Age:  66^y 7^m 5^d.
Cause of death: cancer
Horses: Rusty, Prince, Flash

  Tom Mix   • Filmography
Birth Name: Thomas Hezekiah Mix
Hollywood's first Western megastar 1909-35, beginning in the silent era and ending in 1935 as The Miracle Rider.
Born: 1880, January 6 →  Died: 1940, October 12 →  Age:  60^y 9^m 6^d.
Cause of death: accident, auto
Horses: Tony, Old Blue

  Tom Tyler   • Filmography
Birth Name: Vincent Markowski
Began in silent westerns 1920s, then starred in movies 1931-1951, including the role of Stony Brooke in such features as West of Cimarron.
Born: 1903, August 9 →  Died: 1954, May 3 →  Age:  50^y 8^m 24^d.
Cause of death: heart failure
Horse: Baron

  Virginia Carroll   • Filmography
Birth Name: Virginia Evangeline Carroll
A staple in B-listed western feature films. She appeared on screen in these westerns oppositeTex Ritter, Don "Red" Barry, Roy Rogers, Johnny Mack Brown, Bill Elliott, Gene Autry and Whip Wilson.
Born: 1913, December 2 →  Died: 2009, July 23 →  Age:  95^y 7^m 21^d.
Cause of death: old age

  Wally Wales    • Filmography
Birth Name: Floyd Taliaferro Alderson (also as Hal Taliaferro; changed his name back to Hal Tali)
Actor in 1920-50s westerns, mostly iin supporting roles, such as in Lawless Riders.
Born: 1895, November 13 →  Died: 1980, February 10 →  Age:  84^y 2^m 28^d.
Cause of death: pneumonia, stroke
Horses: Ace, Baron

  Warren Oates   • Filmography
Birth Name: Warren Mercer Oates
Actor in 1950s-1960s mainly in guest roles in many weekly television Westerns such as the Gunsmoke episode. The Wreckers.
Born: 1928, July 5 →  Died: 1982, April 3 →  Age:  53^y 8^m 29^d.
Cause of death: heart attack

  Wayne Morris   • Filmography
Birth Name: Bert DeWayne Morris, Jr.
Actor in 1930s-1950s westerns and TV series, starting in 1937 with Land Beyond the Law.
Born: 1914, February 17 →  Died: 1959, September 14 →  Age:  45^y 6^m 28^d.
Cause of death: heart attack

  Whip Wilson   • Filmography
Birth Name: Roland Charles Meyers
Cowboy in 22 B-westerns from 1946 to 1955 starring in some such as Range Land.
Born: 1911, June 16 →  Died: 1964, October 22 →  Age:  53^y 4^m 6^d.
Cause of death: heart attack
Horses: Bullet, Rocket

  Wild Bill Elliott   • Filmography
Birth Name: Gordon Ami Nance (For a while known as Gordon Eliot)
As a U.S. marshal, starred in the 1938 serial The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok serial of the late 1930s, and in the westerns about Red Ryder.
Born: 1904, October 16 →  Died: 1965, November 26 →  Age:  61^y 1^m 10^d.
Cause of death: cancer, lung
Horses: Thunder, Sonny

  Will Wright   • Filmography
Birth Name: William Henry "Will" Wright
Appeared in many TV westerns, such as in Bonanza and many other movie and TV westerns.
Born: 1894, March 26 →  Died: 1962, June 19 →  Age:  68^y 2^m 24^d.
Cause of death: cancer

  William Boyd   • Filmography
Birth Name: William Lawrence Boyd
Played the good-guy hero in 66 movies as Hopalong Cassidy.
Born: 1895, June 5 →  Died: 1972, September 12 →  Age:  77^y 3^m 7^d.
Cause of death: heart failure, Parkinson's
Horse: Topper

  William S. Hart   • Filmography
Birth Name: William Surrey Hart
Most popular actor in silent screen westerns, getting his start in The Bargain. (Horse: Fritz)
Born: 1864, December 6 →  Died: 1946, June 23 →  Age:  81^y 6^m 17^d.
Cause of death: old age

  Yakima Canutt   • Filmography
Birth Name: Enos Edward "Yakima" Canutt
Champion rodeo rider, actor, and uncredited stuntman and double in westerns, as in Code of the Outlaw.
Born: 1895, November 29 →  Died: 1986, May 24 →  Age:  90^y 5^m 25^d.
Cause of death: heart failure