Slim Whitaker
Acting · Born 1893-07-27 · age 67 at death · Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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.
Titles
Flash Gordon
Sagebrush Trail
In Old California
The Desperadoes
New Frontier
Billy the Kid
Haunted Gold
The Squaw Man
Horses' Collars
Under Western Stars
The Telegraph Trail
Ride Him, Cowboy
The Man from Monterey
Lawless Range
General Spanky
Law of the Lash
Young Bill Hickok
Mystery Liner
Hollywood Round-Up
Bullet Code
Lightning Carson Rides Again
Legion of the Lawless
Billy the Kid in Texas
Melody Ranch
The Mysterious Rider
Silver Spurs
Arizona Stage Coach
Lost Ranch
Man from Music Mountain
Code of the Cactus
The Avenger
Come on Danger
Billy the Kid Wanted
Hands Across the Rockies
Ten Nights in a Bar-room
The Stolen Ranch
Arizona Bound
Blazing Frontier
The Silver Trail
The Oklahoma Cyclone
A Holy Terror
Drum Taps
Alias: The Bad Man
Unknown Valley
Along the Rio Grande
Sundown Trail
Cheyenne Rides Again
Prairie Thunder
Cyclone on Horseback
Wolves of the Range
The Lost Jungle
Black Gold
Coyote Trails
Fast Bullets
Frontier Scout
Roamin' Wild
Valley of Wanted Men
Overland Riders
The Last of the Clintons
The Silver Bullet