Ken Maynard

Acting · 0.7 popularity

Age

131

Movies

Born: July 21, 1895 – March 23, 1973
From: Vevay, Indiana, USA

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.

Works

96 films

Gun Gospel

192710.0

Señor Americano

19297.0

The Arizona Terror

19318.0

Death Valley Rangers

19437.5

The Red Raiders

19278.0

Cheyenne

19298.0

Somebody Lied

192310.0

The Code of the Scarlet

192810.0

The Glorious Trail

19288.0

Bigfoot

19703.3

The Wagon Master

19297.0

Brass Commandments

19238.0

Heroes of the Range

19369.0

The Voice of Hollywood No. 9

1930

Phantom Rancher

19404.6

Gun Justice

19337.0

The Overland Stage

19279.0

The Demon Rider

19258.0

Western Frontier

19359.0

Haunted Gold

19325.1

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

19768.5

Sons of the Saddle

19309.0

The Cattle Thief

19367.0

Wild Horse Stampede

19434.5

Death Rides the Range

19398.0

Six Shootin' Sheriff

19386.3

The Canyon of Adventure

19288.0

In Old Santa Fe

19345.8

Westward Bound

19445.7

The Two Gun Man

19317.0

North Star

19257.5

The Fiddlin' Buckaroo

19338.0

Cameo Kirby

19236.0

Tombstone Canyon

19324.0

Wheels of Destiny

19345.3

Between Fighting Men

19326.0

The Fugitive Sheriff

193610.0

The Grey Vulture

19269.0

King of the Arena

19338.5

Alias: The Bad Man

19315.5

Honor of the Range

19346.3

Haunted Range

192610.0

Flaming Lead

19395.5

Mystery Mountain

19346.5

Somewhere in Sonora

19278.0

Smoking Guns

193410.0

Blazing Guns

19437.3

The Unknown Cavalier

192610.0

Phantom Thunderbolt

19334.6

Whistlin' Dan

19324.5

Fighting Thru

19307.0

Strawberry Roan

19336.0

The Wagon Show

19289.0

The Trail Drive

193310.0

Branded Men

19316.0

Western Courage

19358.0

Harmony Trail

19445.3

Range Law

193110.0

Texas Gun Fighter

19326.0

Drum Taps

19335.5

Boots of Destiny

19379.0

Come On, Tarzan

19326.7

Hell-Fire Austin

19325.0

$50,000 Reward

19245.5

Lightning Strikes West

19405.3

Fargo Express

19339.0

Heir to Trouble

19359.0

Dynamite Ranch

19326.7

Song of the Caballero

193010.0

Arizona Whirlwind

19446.3

The Law Rides Again

19436.8

Lucky Larkin

193010.0

Janice Meredith

19247.0

Avenging Waters

19367.0

Trailing Trouble

19377.0

The Royal Rider

19297.0

Lawless Riders

19357.0

Parade of the West

19309.0

Mountain Justice

19307.5

The Gunfighter

19238.0

The California Mail

19299.0

Senor Daredevil

192610.0

The Sunset Trail

19328.5

The Fighting Legion

19308.0

Whirlwind Horseman

19387.0

The Upland Rider

19287.0

The Phantom City

19285.5

The Lone Avenger

193310.0

Fighting Courage

19258.0

The Pocatello Kid

19316.0

The Devil's Saddle

19278.0

The Marshal of Windy Hollow

19728.0

The Land Beyond the Law

19277.0

The Lawless Legion

19299.0

The Man Who Won

192310.0

Hollywood on Parade No. A-5

1932