Horace Murphy


Biography

Horace Murphy was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Murphy began his acting career with roles in such films as "Everyman's Law" (1936), "Ranger Courage" (1936) with Robert Allen and "The Gun Ranger" (1936). He also appeared in the Johnny Mack Brown western "Rogue of the Range" (1936), "The Last of the Warrens" (1936) and the Johnny Mack Brown western "The Crooked Trail...

Biography

Horace Murphy was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Murphy began his acting career with roles in such films as "Everyman's Law" (1936), "Ranger Courage" (1936) with Robert Allen and "The Gun Ranger" (1936). He also appeared in the Johnny Mack Brown western "Rogue of the Range" (1936), "The Last of the Warrens" (1936) and the Johnny Mack Brown western "The Crooked Trail" (1936). He kept working in film throughout the thirties, starring in "Lawless Land" (1937), "Trouble in Texas" (1937) and "Western Gold" (1937). He also appeared in the Jack Randall western "Stars Over Arizona" (1937). Nearing the end of his career, he continued to act in the Buck Jones western "The Stranger From Arizona" (1938), the Tex Ritter western "Frontier Town" (1938) and the western "Flaming Frontiers" (1938) with Johnny Mack Brown. He also appeared in "The Utah Trail" (1938) and "Billy the Kid Returns" (1938) with Roy Rogers. Murphy more recently acted in the crime flick "Fallen Angel" (1946) with Alice Faye. Murphy passed away in January 1975 at the age of 95.

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

Traffic in Crime (1946)
Joe, watchman
Crack-Up (1946)
Conductor
Scarlet Street (1945)
Milkman
Song of Old Wyoming (1945)
Timothy Meeks
Springtime in Texas (1945)
Mayor Lem Grainger
Riders of the Dawn (1945)
Sheriff Beasley
The Lonesome Trail (1945)
Judge Melford
Fallen Angel (1945)
Sheriff
Song of Texas (1943)
Notary
A Lady Takes a Chance (1943)
Poker player
Bad Man of Deadwood (1941)
Seth Belden
Arizona Bound (1941)
Bunion
Boom Town (1940)
Tom Murphy
The Range Busters (1940)
[Homer] Thorpe
Ghost Valley Raiders (1940)
Carter
Melody Ranch (1940)
Loco
Union Pacific (1939)
Irishmen
Fighting Mad (1939)
Smith
Oklahoma Frontier (1939)
Mushy
Desperate Trails (1939)
Nebraska
Sundown on the Prairie (1939)
Ananias
Rollin' Westward (1939)
Missouri
Down the Wyoming Trail (1939)
Missouri
Wide Open Faces (1938)
Mr. Schultz
Stolen Heaven (1938)
Burgomaster
Billy the Kid Returns (1938)
Miller
Song of the Buckaroo (1938)
Cashaway
Durango Valley Raiders (1938)
Matt Tanner
The Stranger from Arizona (1938)
Sheriff [Steve] Trickett
Thunder in the Desert (1938)
Sheriff
Starlight over Texas (1938)
Ananias
Frontier Town (1938)
Stubby
Rollin' Plains (1938)
Ananias
Where the Buffalo Roam (1938)
Ananias
The Utah Trail (1938)
Ananias
Paroled--To Die (1938)
Lucky Gosden
The Wages of Sin (1938)
Jury foreman
Flaming Frontiers (1938)
Nancy Steele Is Missing! (1937)
1936 principal keeper
Bar-Z Bad Men (1937)
Jake the bartender
The Girl Said No (1937)
Joe
The Red Rope (1937)
[Eddy] Horner
County Fair (1937)
Harrier
The Frame-Up (1937)
Doctor Phillips
Trouble in Texas (1937)
Lucky
Arizona Days (1937)
Sheriff Brown
Sing, Cowboy, Sing (1937)
Come On, Cowboys! (1937)
Jeff Harris
The Colorado Kid (1937)
Colonel Gifford
Lightnin' Crandall (1937)
Travis
Anything for a Thrill (1937)
Mr. Kelly
The Gambling Terror (1937)
Missouri Bill
Boothill Brigade (1937)
Calico Haynes
Stars over Arizona (1937)
Grizzley
The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen (1937)
Stubby
Riders of the Rockies (1937)
Doc Thornton
Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts (1937)
Stubby
Four Days' Wonder (1937)
Fingerprint man
Western Gold (1937)
Squatter
The Devil Is Driving (1937)
Peter's friend
I Promise to Pay (1937)
O'Halloran
A Family Affair (1937)
The Girl on the Front Page (1936)
Policeman
Too Much Beef (1936)
Sheriff
Song of the Trail (1936)
Sheriff
Ranger Courage (1936)
Doc
The Mine with the Iron Door (1936)
Garage man
The Gun Ranger (1936)
Cook
The Crooked Trail (1936)
Carter
Everyman's Law (1936)
Sheriff [Chris] Bradley
Rogue of the Range (1936)
Sheriff [Tom]
Lawless Land (1936)
Lafe
Under Cover Man (1936)
Sheriff Pegg
Lucky Terror (1936)
Townsman
Last of the Warrens (1936)
Grizzly
Border Phantom (1936)
Sheriff
Easy to Take (1936)
Peters
Adventure in Manhattan (1936)
Night watchman
Lady from Nowhere (1936)
Lem
Gun Grit (1936)
Timber War (1935)
Charlie

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