Filmography
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Known For
Starlight Over Texas Ananias (1938) -
Rollin' Plains Ananias (1938) -
Sundown on the Prairie Ananias (1939) -
Known For
Where the Buffalo Roam Ananias (1938) -
Actor
The Abbott and Costello Show Henry--Farmer (1954) -
Crack-Up Train Conductor (1946) -
Traffic in Crime Joe - Night Watchman (1946) -
The Spider Woman Strikes Back Angry Older Rancher (1946) -
Scarlet Street Milkman (1945) -
Lonesome Trail Judge Melford (1945) -
Fallen Angel Sheriff (1945) -
Song of Old Wyoming Timothy Meeks - Editor (1945) -
Riders of the Dawn Sheriff Beasley (1945) -
Springtime in Texas Mayor Lem Grainger (1945) -
![It's in the Bag!]( "It's in the Bag!")
It's in the Bag! Officer (1945) -
![A Lady Takes a Chance]( "A Lady Takes a Chance")
A Lady Takes a Chance Poker Player (1943) -
![Song of Texas]( "Song of Texas")
Song of Texas Notary (1943) -
![Honky Tonk]( "Honky Tonk")
Honky Tonk Jim - Candy's Butler (1941) -
![Bad Man of Deadwood]( "Bad Man of Deadwood")
Bad Man of Deadwood Seth Belden (1941) -
![Arizona Bound]( "Arizona Bound")
Arizona Bound Bunion - Buck's Ranch Hand (1941) -
![The Great Train Robbery]( "The Great Train Robbery")
The Great Train Robbery Ticket Agent (1941) -
![Melody Ranch]( "Melody Ranch")
Melody Ranch Loco - Cowboy Radio Actor (1940) -
![Boom Town]( "Boom Town")
Boom Town Tom Murphy (1940) -
![The Range Busters]( "The Range Busters")
The Range Busters Homer Thorp (1940) -
![Carolina Moon]( "Carolina Moon")
Carolina Moon Barber (1940) -
![Ghost Valley Raiders]( "Ghost Valley Raiders")
Ghost Valley Raiders Mob Ringleader (1940) -
![Legion of the Lawless]( "Legion of the Lawless")
Legion of the Lawless Peddler Driving Wagon (1940) -
![Days of Jesse James]( "Days of Jesse James")
Days of Jesse James Post Office Clerk (1939) -
![Crashing Thru]( "Crashing Thru")
Crashing Thru Boat Passenger (1939) -
![Cowboys from Texas]( "Cowboys from Texas")
Cowboys from Texas Constable Dan (1939) -
![Saga of Death Valley]( "Saga of Death Valley")
Saga of Death Valley Pete - Agent (1939) -
![Rovin' Tumbleweeds]( "Rovin' Tumbleweeds")
Rovin' Tumbleweeds Jailer (1939) -
![Fighting Mad]( "Fighting Mad")
Fighting Mad Chess Player (1939) -
![Oklahoma Frontier]( "Oklahoma Frontier")
Oklahoma Frontier Mushy (1939) -
![Desperate Trails]( "Desperate Trails")
Desperate Trails Stage Driver Nebraska (1939) -
![The Oregon Trail]( "The Oregon Trail")
The Oregon Trail Irate Agitaiting Townsman [Ch. 6] (1939) -
![Down the Wyoming Trail]( "Down the Wyoming Trail")
Down the Wyoming Trail Sheriff Missouri (1939) -
![The Rookie Cop]( "The Rookie Cop")
The Rookie Cop 2nd Service Station Attendant (1939) -
![Man of Conquest]( "Man of Conquest")
Man of Conquest Riverboat Captain (1939) -
![Union Pacific]( "Union Pacific")
Union Pacific Irishman (1939) -
![The Night Riders]( "The Night Riders")
The Night Riders Riverboat Captain Asa Beckett (1939) -
![The Flying Irishman]( "The Flying Irishman")
The Flying Irishman Drunk at New York Airport (1939) -
![The Oklahoma Kid]( "The Oklahoma Kid")
The Oklahoma Kid Bartender (1939) -
![Rollin' Westward]( "Rollin' Westward")
Rollin' Westward Missouri (1939) -
![Sundown on the Prairie]( "Sundown on the Prairie")
Sundown on the Prairie Ananias (1939) -
![Fighting Thoroughbreds]( "Fighting Thoroughbreds")
Fighting Thoroughbreds (1939) -
![Song of the Buckaroo]( "Song of the Buckaroo")
Song of the Buckaroo Cashaway (1938) -
![The Law West of Tombstone]( "The Law West of Tombstone")
The Law West of Tombstone Kent's Coachman (1938) -
![Where the Buffalo Roam]( "Where the Buffalo Roam")
Where the Buffalo Roam Ananias (1938) -
![The Night Hawk]( "The Night Hawk")
The Night Hawk Boatman (1938) -
![The Stranger from Arizona]( "The Stranger from Arizona")
The Stranger from Arizona Sheriff (1938) -
![Starlight Over Texas]( "Starlight Over Texas")
Starlight Over Texas Ananias (1938) -
![Billy the Kid Returns]( "Billy the Kid Returns")
Billy the Kid Returns Mr. Miller - Homesteader (1938) -
![Durango Valley Raiders]( "Durango Valley Raiders")
Durango Valley Raiders Matt Tanner (1938) -
![Utah Trail]( "Utah Trail")
Utah Trail Ananias (1938) -
![Smashing the Rackets]( "Smashing the Rackets")
Smashing the Rackets Doorman (1938) -
![The Wages of Sin]( "The Wages of Sin")
The Wages of Sin Jury Foreman (1938) -
![Rollin' Plains]( "Rollin' Plains")
Rollin' Plains Ananias (1938) -
![Flaming Frontiers]( "Flaming Frontiers")
Flaming Frontiers Sheriff (Chs. 7-11, 15) (1938) -
![Stolen Heaven]( "Stolen Heaven")
Stolen Heaven Burgomaster (1938) -
![Wide Open Faces]( "Wide Open Faces")
Wide Open Faces Schultz, Grocer (1938) -
![Thunder in the Desert]( "Thunder in the Desert")
Thunder in the Desert Sheriff (1938) -
![Rolling Caravans]( "Rolling Caravans")
Rolling Caravans Telegrapher (1938) -
![Frontier Town]( "Frontier Town")
Frontier Town Stubby (1938) -
![Paroled - To Die]( "Paroled - To Die")
Paroled - To Die Lucky Gosden (1938) -
![Colorado Kid]( "Colorado Kid")
Colorado Kid Colonel Gifford (1937) -
![Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts]( "Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts")
Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts Stubby (1937) -
![County Fair]( "County Fair")
County Fair Pick Up Driver Towing the Boys (1937) -
![The Girl Said No]( "The Girl Said No")
The Girl Said No Joe (1937) -
![Stars Over Arizona]( "Stars Over Arizona")
Stars Over Arizona Smokey (1937) -
![Ridin' the Lone Trail]( "Ridin' the Lone Trail")
Ridin' the Lone Trail Bartender (1937) -
![Western Gold]( "Western Gold")
Western Gold Man Who Trades Horses (1937) -
![The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen]( "The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen")
The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen Stubby Billings (1937) -
![Boothill Brigade]( "Boothill Brigade")
Boothill Brigade Calico Haynes (1937) -
![The Red Rope]( "The Red Rope")
The Red Rope Horner - Storekeeper (1937) -
![Doomed at Sundown]( "Doomed at Sundown")
Doomed at Sundown Drunk (1937) -
![Riders of the Rockies]( "Riders of the Rockies")
Riders of the Rockies Doc Thornton (1937) -
![The Devil Is Driving]( "The Devil Is Driving")
The Devil Is Driving Peter's Friend in Court (1937) -
![Anything for a Thrill]( "Anything for a Thrill")
Anything for a Thrill Boss Kelley (1937) -
![Border Phantom]( "Border Phantom")
Border Phantom Sheriff Murphy (1937) -
![Come on, Cowboys]( "Come on, Cowboys")
Come on, Cowboys Judge Blake (1937) -
![Sing, Cowboy, Sing]( "Sing, Cowboy, Sing")
Sing, Cowboy, Sing Marshal Tinker (1937) -
![Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin]( "Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin")
Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin Cherokee - Homesteader (1937) -
![Guns in the Dark]( "Guns in the Dark")
Guns in the Dark Sundown Ranch Rider (1937) -
![The Trusted Outlaw]( "The Trusted Outlaw")
The Trusted Outlaw Jim - Dan's Cantina Friend (1937) -
![The Frame-Up]( "The Frame-Up")
The Frame-Up Dr. Phillips (1937) -
![Bar-Z Bad Men]( "Bar-Z Bad Men")
Bar-Z Bad Men Jake - Bartender (1937) -
![I Promise to Pay]( "I Promise to Pay")
I Promise to Pay O'Halloran (1937) -
![Trail of Vengeance]( "Trail of Vengeance")
Trail of Vengeance Joe - Rancher (1937) -
![Lightnin' Crandall]( "Lightnin' Crandall")
Lightnin' Crandall J. Travis (1937) -
![Dizzy Doctors]( "Dizzy Doctors")
Dizzy Doctors Dr. Bright (1937) -
![Park Avenue Logger]( "Park Avenue Logger")
Park Avenue Logger Taxi Driver (1937) -
![Trouble in Texas]( "Trouble in Texas")
Trouble in Texas Lucky (1937) -
![Nancy Steele Is Missing!]( "Nancy Steele Is Missing!")
Nancy Steele Is Missing! 1936 Principal Keeper (1937) -
![Paradise Express]( "Paradise Express")
Paradise Express Farmer Jones (1937) -
![The Gambling Terror]( "The Gambling Terror")
The Gambling Terror Missouri Bill (1937) -
![Arizona Days]( "Arizona Days")
Arizona Days Sheriff Brown (1937) -
![Ranger Courage]( "Ranger Courage")
Ranger Courage Doc (1937) -
![Lady from Nowhere]( "Lady from Nowhere")
Lady from Nowhere Lem (1936) -
![Four Days Wonder]( "Four Days Wonder")
Four Days Wonder Fingerprint Man (1936) -
![Lawless Land]( "Lawless Land")
Lawless Land Lafe Spooner (1936) -
![The Gun Ranger]( "The Gun Ranger")
The Gun Ranger Ranch Cook (1936) -
![Easy to Take]( "Easy to Take")
Easy to Take Peters (1936) -
![Ghost-Town Gold]( "Ghost-Town Gold")
Ghost-Town Gold Judge (1936) -
![Adventure in Manhattan]( "Adventure in Manhattan")
Adventure in Manhattan Night Watchman (1936) -
![The Girl on the Front Page]( "The Girl on the Front Page")
The Girl on the Front Page Cop (1936) -
![Undercover Man]( "Undercover Man")
Undercover Man Sheriff (1936) -
![Brand of the Outlaws]( "Brand of the Outlaws")
Brand of the Outlaws Express Agent John Brent (1936) -
![The Crooked Trail]( "The Crooked Trail")
The Crooked Trail Carter (1936) -
![The Law Rides]( "The Law Rides")
The Law Rides County Recorder (1936) -
![Everyman's Law]( "Everyman's Law")
Everyman's Law Sheriff Chris Bradley (1936) -
![Too Much Beef]( "Too Much Beef")
Too Much Beef Sheriff (1936) -
![The Fugitive Sheriff]( "The Fugitive Sheriff")
The Fugitive Sheriff Lawyer Simpson (1936) -
![Gun Grit]( "Gun Grit")
Gun Grit Rancher Sully (1936) -
![Last of the Warrens]( "Last of the Warrens")
Last of the Warrens Grizzly (1936) -
![The Mine with the Iron Door]( "The Mine with the Iron Door")
The Mine with the Iron Door Garage Man (1936) -
![Rogue of the Range]( "Rogue of the Range")
Rogue of the Range Sheriff Tom (1936) -
![Two in Revolt]( "Two in Revolt")
Two in Revolt Prospector (1936) -
![Song of the Trail]( "Song of the Trail")
Song of the Trail Sheriff (1936) -
![Lucky Terror]( "Lucky Terror")
Lucky Terror Townsman (1936) -
![Ghost Town]( "Ghost Town")
Ghost Town Henry (1936) -
![The Kid Ranger]( "The Kid Ranger")
The Kid Ranger Barfly (1936) -
![Valley of the Lawless]( "Valley of the Lawless")
Valley of the Lawless Barfly (1936) -
![Desert Guns]( "Desert Guns")
Desert Guns Doctor Jeff D. Stanley (1936) -
![Trail of Terror]( "Trail of Terror")
Trail of Terror Fight Spectator (1935) -
![Swifty]( "Swifty")
Swifty Drink Stealer (1935) -
![Timber War]( "Timber War")
Timber War Logger John (1935) -
![Alias John Law]( "Alias John Law")
Alias John Law Courtroom Spectator (1935) -
![Between Men]( "Between Men")
Between Men Burton (1935) -
![Sundown Saunders]( "Sundown Saunders")
Sundown Saunders Saloon Waiter (1935) -
![When a Man Sees Red]( "When a Man Sees Red")
When a Man Sees Red Townsman (1934) -
Actor
![The Phantom]( "The Phantom")
The Phantom Police Chief Murphy (1931) -
Soundtrack
![Starlight Over Texas]( "Starlight Over Texas")
Starlight Over Texas (1938) -
Soundtrack
![Utah Trail]( "Utah Trail")
Utah Trail (1938) -
Archive footage
![The ComicWeb: Old Time Radio Programs]( "The ComicWeb: Old Time Radio Programs")
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![Hey Moe, Hey Dad!]( "Hey Moe, Hey Dad!")
Hey Moe, Hey Dad! (2015) -
Archive footage
![Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch]( "Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch")
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch (1976) -
![Flaming Frontiers]( "Flaming Frontiers")
Flaming Frontiers (1966)
All Filmography
Videos
Did You Know
Star Sign
Gemini
Personal Details
Born
William Horace Murphy
Finley, Tennessee, USA
Died
(age 94)
Studio City, California, USA
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