Ted Wells(1899-1948)
- Actor
- Stunts
- Additional Crew
Ted Wells was a second-echelon western hero at Universal in 1920s
silents and also made several low-budget westerns for "Poverty Row"
producers William M. Pizor and Robert J. Horner. During those silents
Wells used his own name as well as "Pawnee Bill, Jr.". When sound
arrived, he found himself relegated to bit parts and (slightly larger) supporting roles, as well as
doubling and stunt work. Wells re-connected with Horner in
the mid-'30s. The collaboration resulted in Wells doing hero duty in a
pair of bottom-of-the-barrel sagebrush yarns, The Phantom Cowboy (1935) (from Aywon Pictures) and the lost/missing Defying the Law (1935) (also from Aywon). "Film Daily" announced that Wells had signed to star in eight
films for Horner, but only two were actually made. Wells returned to
bits and supporting roles in westerns and serials and wound up
as the frequent double for William Boyd in Boyd's Hopalong Cassidy films
from the late 1930s through 1944.
