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Tex Ritter was born on 12 January 1905 in Murvaul, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Song of the Gringo (1936), High Noon (1952) and Varsity Blues (1999). He was married to Dorothy Fay. He died on 2 January 1974 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.- Tex Palmer was born on 31 July 1904 in Xenia, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for The Adventures of Champion (1955), Romance of the Rockies (1937) and The Phantom Stage (1939). He died on 22 March 1982 in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, USA.The Lucky Texan (1934).
Miracle of the Sea Gulls (1955).
Billy the Kid's Round-Up (1941), with Tex Phelps and Tex Cooper. - Actor
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Tex Williams, along with Spade Cooley and Bob Wills, was among the most popular bandleaders in the musical genre known as "western swing" in the 1940s and 1950s (although he used the nickname "Tex", he was actually from Illinois). His popularity led to Universal Pictures bringing him to Hollywood to make a series of musical western shorts in the late 1940s, and he and his band shot about a dozen of them before the series ended in 1952.- Tex Phelps was born on 2 December 1902 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for Randy Rides Alone (1934) and Young Whirlwind (1928). He died on 28 April 1958 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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It's hard to be very specific about any dates or events early in the life of Texas Guinan. She loved publicity and frequently improvised facts about herself when she felt they made better stories than the truth. She was born in Waco, Texas, but likely not on a ranch as she often claimed. She was active in vaudeville and theater, and was in many movies (often as the gun-toting hero in silent westerns, more than a match for any man). In the prohibition era, Tex's talents for entertainment and self-promotion came together for a successful career as the owner and hostess in night clubs and speakeasies, where she made certain everyone had a good time.- Director
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Tex Avery was a descendant of Judge Roy Bean and Daniel Boone, but all his grandma ever told him about it was "Don't ever mention you are kin to Roy Bean. He's a no good skunk!!" After graduating from North Dallas High School in 1927, Avery moved to Southern California in 1929 and got a job in the harbor. After showing samples of his artwork he got a job at Walter Lantz Studios in 1929 as animator. His contributions during the years at Walter Lantz Studios were minor. From 1936 to 1941 he worked as supervisor - another word for cartoon director - of some 60 titles in the Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes series for Leon Schlesinger at Warner's. From 1942 to 1954 Avery worked as director of cartoons at MGM. He was responsible for practically every MGM Cartoon that did not feature Tom and Jerry. In 1955 he did four cartoons, again for Walter Lantz Studios, before leaving the field for advertising, where, alas, his unique sense of humor went largely unappreciated, but primarily because commercials are not credited for the viewing audience (perhaps his best known commercial work was for Raid bug spray, which always featured the cartoon bugs screaming "Raid!" before getting smashed.)
Among the many cartoon characters Avery created are Daffy Duck, Droopy, Screwy Squirrel, George and Junior and Chilly Willy. Tex Avery is also credited with creating the basic personality of Bugs Bunny. He was the one who coined the phrase "What's up, Doc?"- Actor
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The popular singer and saxophone player began with the Ben Young Orchestra (1935-1937), and joined the Miller band in 1938, becoming one of the bands's most popular personalities and soloists (though he was not seen or even referred to in The Glenn Miller Story). His personality and talents led him to the top of the Downbeat and Metronome magazine polls, with his vocal work on "Chattanooga Choo Choo", "(I've Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo", and "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree". In 1946, Glenn Miller's widow requested that Tex take the orchestra back out on road trips, and the band, under Tex, had a string of Top 10 hits. But disputes arose between the band's manager/producer (who wanted to keep the band's music in the pre-war mode) and Tex, who wanted to introduce new music and sounds. Tex left to start his own band, which became "Tex Beneke and His Orchestra: Playing the Music Made Famous by Glenn Miller", with his first album, "Shooting Star" (released on Magic Records in 1948), where Tex could express his desire for fresh sounds while still perpetuating the classic Glenn Miller trademarks. He worked consistently into the 1990s, making personal live appearances, playing his own kind of music in the style we still closely identify with the Miller sound.- Tex Cooper was born as Judge Thomas Cooper in Denton, Texas, the son of Wilford Cooper and Lemon Pair. Tex had siblings Walter and George Cooper. His parents were farmers and hailed from Bradley County, Tennessee. Tex's trademark in the movies was his Buffalo Bill lookalike appearance. His grandfather was Thomas Cooper who married Martha Rucker and his great grandparents were Bennett and Lydia Cooper from North Carolina.The Texas Marshal (1941).
Dodge City (1939)
Billy the Kid's Round-Up (1941), with Tex Palmer and Tex Phelps. - Tex Driscoll was born on 7 September 1889 in Center, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for In the Days of Buffalo Bill (1922), The Squaw Man (1914) and The Country Boy (1915). He died on 1 June 1970 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Tex Fletcher was born Geremino Bisceglia in Harrison, New York, the fifth of eight children. His parents, Michael (a stonemason) and Josephine, were Italian immigrants. Tex left home at age 15, joined a circus and traveled across the US and Canada. He settled in South Dakota, where he learned to handle horses and cattle, becoming a "real" cowboy. He returned to New York in the early 1930s, taking a job as a singing cowboy on radio station WFAS in White Plains. He eventually landed a job as the Cowboy Answer Man on WWOR radio in New Jersey. It was the height of the "singing cowboy" craze and Tex was heard by some Hollywood talent scouts. After one screen test, he was signed by Grand National Pictures, a "B" studio, to do a series of lower-budget westerns. However, soon after the completion of the first one, Six-Gun Rhythm (1939), Grand National went belly-up, leaving the only existing prints of the film unreleased. Tex literally "took the bull by the horns" and set out on a one-man promotional tour for the film of the Northeast US. He personally booked and traveled to each movie theater, opening the showing with a couple of songs, showing the film and then signing autographs for fans after the film was over. After this, however, Tex had no taste for Hollywood anymore and turned down all subsequent offers from other production companies to continue the series.
During World War II Tex served in the military, reaching the rank of sergeant. At the end of the war he married, and he and his wife eventually had five children: Robert, Jayne, Kathy, George and Michael. He returned to radio, night clubs (Village Barn, Manhattan) and television (ABC, NBC, WOR), and released his last album in 1964, having recorded during his career for London, Decca, Dakota and others.- Actor
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Tex Hill was born on 20 February 1944 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Return of the Lone Ranger (1961), Code of the Rangers (1972) and American Playhouse (1980). He was married to Claudia J. Edwards, Janet Hubert and Dianna Monk. He died on 28 February 2014 in Wickenburg, Arizona, USA.Stoney Burke (1962). Stunts.- Actor
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Tex Parker was born on 19 October 1902 in Stoneburg, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Men in the Raw (1923), Cupid the Cowpuncher (1920) and Cowboys Cry for It (1925). He was married to Helen Kersey and Zola. He died on 23 September 1952 in Woodland Hills, California, USA.- Actor
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Tex Atchison was born on 5 February 1912 in Rosine, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for The Hills of Utah (1951), The Marty Stuart Show (2008) and On Our Own (1998). He died on 4 August 1982 in Granite City, Illinois, USA.Texas Home (1945).
Song of the Prairie (1945).
Outlaws of the Rockies (1945), with Tex Harding and Tex Williams.- Tex Barr is known for The Marshal of Windy Hollow (1972).The Marshal of Windy Hollow (1972), with Tex Ritter.
- Tex Covey is known for The Phantom Pinto (1928).
- Tex Hall is known for Two Gun Justice (1938).
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Tex Harding was a 'western' character film actor for a few years in the 1940s. He mostly played bit or uncredited roles. His sister was also a film actress. Her name was Dorothy Dix. Tex Harding ended his work career as a meat cutter in a supermarket in Spokane County, Washington State.- Actor
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Tex Hoepner is known for Hollywood Barn Dance (1947).- Actor
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If you watch a western and there's an actor with a peg leg, odds are that it's Tex Holden who found a niche for himself in such roles.
However, he did not let disability stop him from obtaining regular work. Starting in the late 1940s, he managed to obtain work as barflies and townsman in B-Westerns including in films that starred Gene Autry and Tim Holt.
With the fading of the classic B-western Holden had no problem finding work in the 1950s and 1960s sometimes as a barfly, townsman, or with his peg leg as needed. In 1951 he had probably was perhaps his best role in Clark Gable's Across the Wide Missouri as Peg Leg Bates where he showcases his mobility with his leg and ability to perform stunts.
Never short of work, Holden continued to appear in westerns until the mid 1960s working on such shows as Gunsmoke, Laramie, Maverick, Bat Masterson, and Laredo.- Tex Jones is known for The Way of the West (1934).
- Tex Keith is known for The Firebrand (1922) and The Three Buckaroos (1922).
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Tex Lambert was born on 24 January 1916 in Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer (1956) and Have Gun - Will Travel (1957). He died on 1 August 1976 in North Hollywood, California, USA.- Tex Mooney was born on 9 March 1917 in Del Rio, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Jungle Jim (1948). He died on 19 May 1956 in Riverside, California, USA.
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Tex O'Neill is known for Riders of the Desert (1932).- Actor
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Tex O'Reilly was born in 1880 in Texas, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for I Am the Woman (1921), Honeymoon Ranch (1920) and West of the Rio Grande (1921). He died on 8 December 1946 in Sunmount, New York, USA.- Actor
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Tex Terry was born on 22 August 1902 in Terre Haute, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Death Valley Days (1952), Sweethearts on Parade (1953) and Rough Riders of Cheyenne (1945). He was married to Isabel Draesemer and Dorothy Peters. He died on 18 May 1985 in Terre Haute, Indiana, USA.- Tex Walters is known for At the End of the Rope (1914).
- Tex Wilson is known for Fighting Mustang (1948).
- Tex Young is known for The Calgary Stampede (1925), Ridin' Pretty (1925) and The Water Hole (1928). He was previously married to Mary Ann Brown.
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Texas Jim Lewis was born on 15 October 1909 in Meigs, Georgia, USA. He was an actor, known for Law of the Canyon (1947), The Stranger from Ponca City (1947) and Pardon My Gun (1942). He died on 23 January 1990.- Texas Joe Foster is known for High School Confidential! (1958), Ripcord (1961) and Bat Masterson (1958).
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T. Texas Tyler was born on 20 June 1916 in Mena, Arkansas, USA. He was an actor, known for Hollywood Barn Dance (1947), Horsemen of the Sierras (1949) and The Wicker Tree (2011). He died on 23 January 1972 in Springfield, Missouri, USA.- Actor
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American character actor primarily of Western "sidekick" roles. Born John Forest Knight in Fairmont, West Virginia, Knight joined a traveling minstrel show as a musician at age 15. He attended The University of West Virginia as a law student, supporting himself as the drummer in his own band. Finding music more rewarding, he left school and played on the vaudeville and cabaret circuits. He appeared in Earl Carroll's Vanities of 1927 and on Broadway as a musical performer in "Here's Howe" and "Ned Wayburn's Gambols." He also played drums for the Irving Aaronson and George Olsen big bands. He appeared in a few short films for MGM and Paramount from 1928 to 1931, performing his "Little Piano" act. Mae West saw Knight in vaudeville and championed him for her film She Done Him Wrong (1933) and gave him his first substantive film role. His comic style and the soft voice which had given him his nickname stood him in good stead in movies, and he appeared in nearly 200 films over the next thirty years. His singing was a memorable part of the films The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936) and The Shepherd of the Hills (1941), but it was as a Western sidekick that he gained his greatest fame. He played the comic pal of Johnny Mack Brown and other cowboy heroes in scores of Westerns, and was listed among the Top Ten Money-Making Western Stars in 1940. In the 1950s, he gained new audiences with his sidekick role on Buster Crabbe's TV series Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion (1955). He retired in 1960, but continued to make occasional appearances. He died in his sleep at the Motion Picture Country Home and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California at 74, survived by his wife, actress Patricia Ryan (née Thelma de Long). He is buried in an unmarked grave next to the grave of comedian Maxie Rosenbloom at Valhalla Memorial Park in Burbank, California.Deep in the Heart of Texas (1942).
Tex, Under the Tonto Rim (1933).
Tex, Night Raiders (1952).
Texas, Canyon Raiders (1951).
Texas, Wanted: Dead or Alive (1951).
Texas, Nevada Badmen (1951).
Texas, Stagecoach Driver (1951).
Texas, Stage to Blue River (1951).