Slim Whitaker - Filmography

Biography

American cowboy and actor Slim Whitaker was working the rodeo circuit at age 17, eventually becoming a cowhand on the Chowchilla Ranch in central California. In 1912 he was hired as a riding extra and stunt man by Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson for westerns being filmed in Niles Canyon, CA. During the silent era his peers were Hal Taliaferro, Al Bridge, Charles King, Ken Maynard, Yakima Canutt, Walter Brennan, Hoot Gibson, a very young John Wayne and many others. He was one of the most prolific of the B-western bad guys and supporting actors. His movie career spanned 36 years, from the silents through the post-World War II period, and he appeared in over 300 films.

Filmography

The Westward Trail 1948

Tex Granger: Midnight Rider of the Plains 1948

Black Hills 1947

Return of the Lash 1947

Pioneer Justice 1947

Law of the Lash 1947

Overland Riders 1946

Outlaws of the Plains 1946

Trigger Trail 1944

Oklahoma Raiders 1944

Marshal of Gunsmoke 1944

The Laramie Trail 1944