Ken Maynard

Acting · 0.9 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

Brass Commandments

19238.0

Cheyenne

19298.0

The Red Raiders

19278.0

Somebody Lied

192310.0

Death Valley Rangers

19437.5

Heroes of the Range

19369.0

The Wagon Master

19297.0

Death Rides the Range

19398.0

Sons of the Saddle

19309.0

The Overland Stage

19279.0

Bigfoot

19703.3

Phantom Rancher

19404.6

The Code of the Scarlet

192810.0

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

19768.5

Six Shootin' Sheriff

19386.3

The Voice of Hollywood No. 9

1930

Western Frontier

19359.0

Gun Justice

19337.0

Haunted Gold

19325.1

Tombstone Canyon

19324.0

The Demon Rider

19258.0

Honor of the Range

19346.3

Somewhere in Sonora

19278.0

The Grey Vulture

19269.0

The Law Rides Again

19436.8

The Glorious Trail

19288.0

In Old Santa Fe

19345.8

The Unknown Cavalier

192610.0

Wild Horse Stampede

19434.5

Arizona Whirlwind

19446.3

Westward Bound

19445.7

The Fugitive Sheriff

193610.0

Drum Taps

19335.5

North Star

19257.5

Harmony Trail

19445.3

Mystery Mountain

19346.5

Cameo Kirby

19236.0

King of the Arena

19338.5

The Fiddlin' Buckaroo

19338.0

Range Law

193110.0

Smoking Guns

193410.0

The Canyon of Adventure

19288.0

Alias: The Bad Man

19315.5

Senor Daredevil

192610.0

The Royal Rider

19297.0

Phantom Thunderbolt

19334.6

Branded Men

19316.0

Wheels of Destiny

19345.3

The Two Gun Man

19317.0

Avenging Waters

19367.0

Lucky Larkin

193010.0

The Trail Drive

193310.0

Flaming Lead

19395.5

The Gunfighter

19238.0

The Fighting Legion

19308.0

Fighting Thru

19307.0

Come On, Tarzan

19326.7

Western Courage

19358.0

Texas Gun Fighter

19326.0

Lightning Strikes West

19405.3

Blazing Guns

19437.3

The California Mail

19299.0

The Wagon Show

19289.0

Parade of the West

19309.0

Fargo Express

19339.0

The Cattle Thief

19367.0

The Pocatello Kid

19316.0

Boots of Destiny

19379.0

Heir to Trouble

19359.0

Whirlwind Horseman

19387.0

Mountain Justice

19307.5

The Upland Rider

19287.0

The Lone Avenger

193310.0

$50,000 Reward

19245.5

Between Fighting Men

19326.0

The Phantom City

19285.5

Janice Meredith

19247.0

Strawberry Roan

19336.0

The Lawless Legion

19299.0

The Devil's Saddle

19278.0

Trailing Trouble

19377.0

The Man Who Won

192310.0

The Marshal of Windy Hollow

19728.0

Dynamite Ranch

19326.7

Hell-Fire Austin

19325.0

Whistlin' Dan

19324.5

Lawless Riders

19357.0

Haunted Range

192610.0

Song of the Caballero

193010.0

The Sunset Trail

19328.5

The Land Beyond the Law

19277.0

Fighting Courage

19258.0

Hollywood on Parade No. A-5

1932