Kermit Maynard

 ( 1897 Births ) 

Kermit Maynard (September 20, 1897 – January 16, 1971) was an American actor and Stunt performer. He appeared in 280 films between 1927 and 1962.

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Early years Born in Vevay, Indiana, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Maynard and a lookalike younger brother of actor Ken Maynard; they were frequently assumed to be identical twins.

Maynard was a 1916 graduate of Columbus High School in Columbus, Indiana. He graduated with a degree in engineering from Indiana University

and played college football as a lineman for the Indiana Hoosiers in the early 1920s. While at the university, he lettered in three sports in one year.

After he finished college, Maynard worked as a claims agent for the George H. Hormel Meat Packing Company. Maynard also competed as a rider in rodeo competition. In 1933, he won a Pacific Coast trick-riding championship in the Pendleton Round-Up. Early in his career, promoters disdained Maynard's given name of Kermit and marketed him as "Tex Maynard."

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Career From 1935 to 1937, Kermit Maynard starred in films produced by Ambassador Pictures, which producer Maurice Conn established in 1934. He starred in 18 Ambassador films, the last one being Roaring Six Guns.

Unlike his more famous brother Ken Maynard, who was often argumentative and difficult to work with, the mild-mannered and more agreeable Kermit Maynard continued to work steadily in pictures,

appearing in the supporting casts of dozens of westerns, serials, Hollywood features, and TV episodes through 1962. When producers would cast multiple cowboy stars in a single feature, Kermit Maynard joined the posse in Trail of Robin Hood and Once Upon a Horse.

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Death On January 16, 1971, Maynard died at his home in North Hollywood, California, from a heart attack. He was 72 years old. Survivors included his wife and a son.

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Filmography

1927	Gun-Hand Garrison	Tex Maynard
1930	The Lone Defender	Reverend Purdy	serial, uncredited
1931	The Phantom of the West	Peter Drake	serial
1933	The Wolf Dog	stunts	serial
1933	Drum Taps	Scoutmaster Earl Cartwright
1934	Fighting Trooper	Burke
1935	Red Blood of Courage	Jim Sullivan
1935	Code of the Mounted	Corporal Jim Wilson
1935	Wilderness Mail	Rance Raine / Keith Raine
1935	Trails of the Wild	Jim McKenna
1935	Northern Frontier	Mack MacKenzie
1935	Timber War	Jim Dolan
1936	Phantom Patrol	Jim Sullivan
1936	Song of the Trail	Jim Carter
1936	Wildcat Trooper	Gale Farrell
1936	Wild Horse Round-Up	Jack Benson
1937	Rough Riding Rhythm	Jim Langley
1937	Valley of Terror	Bob Wilson
1937	Roaring Six Guns	Buck Sinclair
1937	Galloping Dynamite	Jim Dillon
1937	Whistling Bullets	Larry Graham
1937	The Fighting Texan	Glenn Oliver
1938	The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok	Kit Lawson	serial
1938	Western Jamboree	Ranch Hand Slim
1939	The Night Riders	Sheriff Chuck Pratt
1939	Colorado Sunset	Cyrus Drake
1940	The Range Busters	Wyoming
1940	The Showdown	Henchman Johnson
1940	Pony Post	Whitmore
1941	Billy the Kid	Thad Decker
1941	Sierra Sue	Jarvis
1941	Stick to Your Guns	Henchman Layton
1941	Man from Montana	Chris
1941	The Royal Mounted Patrol	Sgt. Coburn
1941	Below the Border	Jeff
1942	Rock River Renegades	Marshal Luke Graham
1942	The Lone Prairie	Henchman with Large Hat	uncredited
1942	Perils of the Royal Mounted	Const. Collins	serial
1942	Texas Trouble Shooters	Pete
1942	Arizona Stage Coach	Strike Cardigan
1942	Trail Riders	Ace Alton
1942	Sheriff of Sage Valley	Henchman Slim Jankins
1942	The Mysterious Rider	Henchman Joe
1942	Prairie Pals	Henchman Crandall
1942	Home in Wyomin'	Sam Hatcher	Uncredited
1942	Along the Sundown Trail	Curly Morgan
1942	Arabian Nights	Guard	Uncredited
1943	Western Cyclone	Ticklish Henchman Hank
1943	Beyond the Last Frontier	Henchman Clyde Barton
1943	Death Rides the Plains	Jed
1943	Raiders of Red Gap	Bradley
1943	Fugitive of the Plains	Henchman Spence
1943	Blazing Frontier	Deputy Pete
1943	Devil Riders	Henchman Red
1943	The Blocked Trail	Henchman Reese
1943	Santa Fe Scouts	Rancher Ben Henderson
1943	The Texas Kid	Alex
1943	The Stranger from Pecos	Bud Salem
1944	Frontier Outlaws	Henchman Wallace
1944	The Drifter	Jack
1944	Wild Horse Phantom	Link Daggett
1944	Oath of Vengeance	Ranch Foreman Red
1944	Brand of the Devil	Gripper Joe
1944	Thundering Gun Slingers	Ed Slade
1944	Gunsmoke Mesa	Sam Sneed
1945	Gangster's Den	Henchman Curt
1945	Stagecoach Outlaws	Vic Dawson
1945	Fighting Bill Carson	Cass
1945	Prairie Rustlers	Vic
1945	Jungle Raiders	Cragg	serial
1945	Enemy of the Law	Mike
1946	Chick Carter, Detective	Williams, detective	serial, Chapter 11 Uncredited
1946	Terrors on Horseback	Wagner
1946	Prairie Badmen	Lon
1946	Badman's Territory	Carson	Uncredited
1946	Stars Over Texas	Henchman Knuckles
1946	'Neath Canadian Skies	Stony Carter
1946	Under Arizona Skies	Joe Forbes
1946	Tumbleweed Trail	Bill Ryan
1946	Ambush Trail	Walter Gordon
1946	Galloping Thunder	Henchman Krag
1947	The Law Comes to Gunsight	Jim
1947	Ridin' Down the Trail	Allen
1949	The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend	Poker Game Onlooker	Uncredited
1949	Range Land	Shad Cook
1950	The Traveling Saleswoman	Townsman	Uncredited
1950	Trail of Robin Hood	Himself
1950	Law of the Panhandle	Luke Winslow
1950	Silver Raiders	Hank Larkin
1951	Fort Dodge Stampede	Wagon Train Scout
1952	Rancho Notorious	Deputy in Gunsight	Uncredited
1952	The Black Lash	Lem Woodruff
1953	The Charge at Feather River	Trooper Zebulon Poinsett	Uncredited
1954	Gunfighters of the Northwest	Mountie August	serial, Chapters 5–8, 14, 15 Uncredited
1955	Wichita	Man in Saloon	Uncredited
1956	Blazing the Overland Trail	Al	serial
1956	The Fastest Gun Alive	Silver Rapids Deputy	Uncredited
1956	Gunslinger	Barfly
1957	The Phantom Stagecoach	Henchman	Uncredited
1958	Once Upon a Horse...	Himself
1959	Good Day for a Hanging	Townsman	Uncredited
1960	Toby Tyler	Bit role	Uncredited
1960	Cimarron	Setter
1961	Pocketful of Miracles	Newspaper Editor	Uncredited
1962	Birdman of Alcatraz	Alcatraz Captain of Guards	Uncredited
1950	The Lone Ranger	Sheriff Gilbert Deputy Sheriff Sam	2 episodes
1951	Saturday Roundup	Different role each week	unknown episodes
1952	The Range Rider		In episode "Jimmy the Kid"
1952–1955	The Cisco Kid	various roles	9 episodes
1953	Death Valley Days	Boarding House Diner	1 episode
1956	The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin	Show Patron	1 episode
1956	Gunsmoke	Barfly	"Hack Prine" (S1E26)
1957	Tales of the Texas Rangers	Henchman	1 episode
1958	The Texan	Barfly	1 episode
	Sugarfoot	Townsman	2 episode
	The Californians	Horseman	1 episode
1959	The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp	Outlaw	1 episode
	Hotel de Paree	Man at Saloon	1 episode
1960	Riverboat	Trooper	1 episode
1960	Bat Masterson	Bartender (uncredited)	S2E21 "Cattle and Canes"
1961	Outlaws	Juror	1 episode
1962	Tales of Wells Fargo	Townsman Barfly	2 episodes, uncredited
	Gunsmoke	Prisoner & Bartender	2 episodes, uncredited

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