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Born · July 21, 1895
Died · March 23, 1973 (77 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Vevay, Indiana, USA
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.
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9.0
1976
Texas Ranger
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1972
Mr. Bennett
3.0
1970
Marshal Ken Maynard
4.8
1944
Ken Maynard
5.5
1944
Ken Maynard
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1944
Ken Maynard
6.7
1943
Marshal Ken Maynard
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1943
U.S. Marshal Ken Maynard
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1943
Marshal Ken Maynard
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1943
Lightning Ken Morgan
3.0
1940
Ken Mitchell
3.5
1940
Ken Baxter
6.0
1939
Ken Clark
4.0
1939
Jim 'Trigger' Morton
5.7
1938
Ken Morton
4.0
1938
John 'Friendly' Fields
5.0
1937
Ken Crawford
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1937
Ken Marshall
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1936
Ken
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1936
Ken Morley
6.0
1936
Ken Smith
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1936
Ken Armstrong
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1935
Ken Manley
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1935
Ken Baxter
6.0
1935
Ken Masters
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1935
Ken Williams
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1934
Ken aka 'Kentucky'
5.0
1934
Ken Masters
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1934
Sheriff Ken / Brother Clem
5.0
1934
Ken Manning
3.0
1934
Ken Lance
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1933
Ken Benton
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1933
Ken Masters
5.5
1933
Ken Benton
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1933
'Fiddlin'
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1933
Captain Ken Kenton
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1933
Cal Weston
0.0
1933
Thunderbolt Kid
4.3
1933
Ken Cartwright
4.5
1933
Ken
3.5
1932
Tim Kelly (archive footage) (uncredited)
4.9
1932
Self
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1932
Ken
5.0
1932
Ken Benson
5.0
1932
Blaze Howell
5.5
1932
'Whistlin' Dan Savage Posing as Ed Black
4.7
1932
Ken 'Hell-Fire' Austin
4.0
1932
Bill Dane
5.0
1932
Jim Brandon
10.0
1932
The Pocatello Kid / Sheriff Jim Bledsoe
5.0
1931
Rod Whitaker
5.0
1931
Hap Conners
0.0
1931
The Arizonian
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1931
Ranger Ken Neville
4.3
1931
'Blackie' Weed
5.5
1931
Dan Barton
0.0
1930
Jim Brandon
0.0
1930
Juan Posing as El Lobo
0.0
1930
Ken McTavish
5.0
1930
Dave Hayes
0.0
1930
'Lucky' Larkin
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1930
Bud Rand
0.0
1930
Lieutenant Michael Banning
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1929
The Rambler
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1929
Bob Scott
0.0
1929
Cal Stanley
0.0
1929
Dick Scott
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1929
Cal Roberts
0.0
1929
Tim Kelly
5.0
1928
Pat O'Leary
0.0
1928
Bruce Kenton
0.0
1928
Dan Dailey
0.0
1928
Steven Bancroft
0.0
1928
Bob Mason
0.0
1928
Granger Hume
0.0
1927
Lieutenant John Scott
8.0
1927
Harry Morrel
0.0
1927
Jerry Steele
0.0
1927
Jack Jessup
0.0
1927
Tom Drury
0.0
1926
Don Luis O'Flaherty
0.0
1926
Terry Bladwin
0.0
1926
Bart Miller
0.0
1926
Noel Blake
6.0
1925
Richard Kingsley
0.0
1925
Billy Dennis
0.0
1925
Paul Revere
5.0
1924
Tex Sherwood
5.0
1924
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1923
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5.5
1923
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0.0
1923
Conroy
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1923
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0.0
1923
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