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LeRoy Franklin Mason (July 2, 1903 – October 13, 1947) was an American film actor who worked primarily in Westerns in both the silent and sound film eras. Mason was born in Larimore, North Dakota, on July 2, 1903.


Career

1920s
Mason's first film was Hit and Run opposite (1924). He was officially credited in Born to Battle (1926) opposite and . In 1926, Mason starred in The Arizona Streak opposite Tom Tyler, , and Ada Mae Vaughn. Also in 1926, he starred in Lightning Hutch opposite Charles Hutchison and . Mason starred opposite Tom Tyler, , and in Tom and His Pals (1926). He starred opposite William Fairbanks, , and Frank Rice in Flying High (1926). He starred in (1928) opposite , , and Lucy Beaumont. Mason starred in (1928) opposite and . He starred in The Avenging Shadow (1928) opposite Margaret Morris. Mason starred in The Law's Lash (1928) opposite Robert Ellis and . He starred in Hit of the Show (1928), originally a , opposite Joe E. Brown, Gertrude Olmstead, and William Bailey. Mason starred in Revenge (1928) Dolores del Río, James A. Marcus, and .
(2025). 9780375424724, . .
He starred in The Viking (1928) opposite and . Mason starred in Bride of the Desert (1929) opposite and . He starred in The Woman Who Was Forgotten (1930) opposite and .


1930s
Mason starred opposite of Lon Chaney Jr. in The Last Frontier (1932). He starred opposite Ray "Crash" Corrigan in The Painted Stallion (1937). Mason starred opposite in (1939) and New Frontier (1939).
(1998). 9780806130156, University of Oklahoma Press. .


1940s
Mason starred opposite David Sharpe in Silver Stallion (1941). He starred opposite Wild Bill Elliott in Hidden Valley Outlaws (1944). In the film, Mason and John James sings the song .


Personal life and death
Mason married in 1928 and divorced her in 1936. He was married to actress ; they had no children and eventually separated. A shooting accident on a film set in the 1930s caused him to lose sight in his right eye.

On October 13, 1947, Mason died of "acute myocardial infarction due to coronary thrombosis" in the Birmingham Veterans Administration Hospital in Van Nuys, California. He had been there for 31 days after suffering a heart attack on the set of California Firebrand. An news story published October 14, 1947, says that Mason "collapsed on a Republic Studio set Monday and died a few hours later of a heart ailment."


Filmography

Film
1924Hit and RunSpectator
1926Born to BattleDaleyRobert De LaceySilent western film
The Arizona StreakVelvet Hamilton
Lightning HutchFrank ProctorCharles HutchisonSilent
Tom and His PalsCourtneyRobert De LaceySilent western film
Flying HighLester SwopeCharles HutchisonSilent action film
1927Harvey NewellSilent
1928Herbert FordyceDallas M. FitzgeraldSilent drama film
The Avenging ShadowGeorge Brooks, Deputy WardenRay TaylorSilent action film
The Law's LashPete Rogan - HenchmanNoel M. Smith
Hit of the ShowWoody
RevengeJorgaSilent drama film
The VikingAlwinRoy William Neill
1929Bride of the DesertFugitiveWestern film
1930The Woman Who Was ForgottenRichard AtwellRichard Thomas
The ClimaxDr. GardoniThriller film
See America ThirstAttorneyWilliam James Craft
1932Mark CollinsHarry L. Fraser
TobyNick Grinde
Mason of the MountedCalhounHarry Fraser
Merrily We Go to HellParty GuestDorothy ArznerUncredited
The Last FrontierBuckSpencer Gordon BennetSerial
1933The Monkey's PawAfghanWesley RugglesUncredited
Luxury LinerShip Passenger at BarLothar MendesUncredited
King KongNew York TheatergoerMerian C. Cooper and Ernest B. SchoedsackUncredited
The Phantom of the AirMortimer CromeRay TaylorSerial
Life in the RawLamson's HenchmanLouis KingUncredited
The Last TrailWithers, HenchmanJames TinlingUncredited
I Loved a WomanMartha's CoachmanAlfred E. GreenUncredited
SmokyLeftyEugene Forde
Paul BarnesDallas M. Fitzgerald
1934Are We Civilized?Paul Franklin Jr.Edwin Carewe
The Dude RangerDale HyslipEdward F. Cline
RedheadPretty BoyMelville W. Brown
The Fighting TrooperAndre La FargeRay Taylor
When a Man Sees RedDick BradyAlan James
1935Texas TerrorJoe DicksonRobert N. BradburyWith John Wayne
Northern FrontierStoneSam Newfield
The Mystery ManThe Eel, GangsterRay McCarey
Rainbow ValleyRogersRobert N. BradburyWith John Wayne
Men of ActionJim Denton - Construction EngineerAlan James
Call of the WildPimp in Mary's RoomWilliam A. WellmanUncredited
Valley of Wanted MenLarry DoyleAlan James
1936Black GoldHenry 'Hank' LangfordRussell Hopton
Comin' Round the MountainMatt FordMack V. Wright
Go-Get-'Em, HainesTony MarchettiSam Newfield
The Border PatrolmanCourtney MaybrookDavid Howard
Dirk BarringtonJoseph Kane
Fred JohnsonHarry Fraser

The following were with :

  • Maker of Men (1931)
  • California Straight Ahead! (1937)
  • Santa Fe Stampede (1938)
  • (1939)
  • New Frontier (1939)

Other films:

  • It Happened Out West (1937)
  • (1937)
  • Heroes of the Hills (1938)
  • (1938)
  • The Painted Trail (1938)
  • Saved By The Belle (1939) Columbia short w/The Three Stooges
  • The Range Busters (1940)
  • Rocky Mountain Rangers (1940)
  • (1940)
  • Across the Sierras (1941)
  • Silver Stallion (1941)
  • Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas (1943)
  • Raiders of Sunset Pass (1943)
  • (1944)
  • The Tiger Woman (1944)
  • San Fernando Valley (1944)


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