Slim Whitaker
- Acting
- July 27, 1893 · Kansas City, Missouri, USA
- September 27, 1960
Biography
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Tex Granger: Midnight Rider of the Plains · Joe Hall (uncredited)
- The Westward Trail · Bartender
- Black Hills
- Return of the Lash · Henchman
- Pioneer Justice · Ben
- Law of the Lash · Bart
- Outlaws of the Plains · R.R. Agent Graham
- Overland Riders · Jeff Barkley
- Trigger Trail
- The Drifter · Marshal Hodges
- The Laramie Trail · Sheriff Law
- Oklahoma Raiders · Sheriff Seth Banning
- Marshal of Gunsmoke · Henchman Nevada
- Boss of Rawhide · Murdered Wagon Driver
- Man from Music Mountain · Sheepman (uncredited)
- Raiders of Red Gap · Green
- Blazing Frontier · Sheriff
- Silver Spurs · Henchman Ed
- Wolves of the Range · Pasha
- The Desperadoes · Tolliver - Jack's Gang Member
- Death Rides the Plains · Sheriff
- Fighting Frontier · Sheriff Logan
- The Rangers Take Over · Sheriff
- The Mysterious Rider · Rufe - Henchman
- Arizona Stage Coach · Red
- The Silver Bullet · Buck
- Come on Danger · Sheriff
- Texas Justice · Huxley
- In Old California · Man on Street
- Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns · Roberts
- Raiders of the West · The Sheriff
- The Lone Rider and the Bandit · Miner #2
- Billy The Kid's Round-Up · Jim Hanley
- Billy the Kid Wanted · Sheriff #2
- King of the Texas Rangers · Cantina Thug
- Six-Gun Gold · Deputy Miller
- Arizona Bound · Henchman Red
- Riders of Death Valley · Stable Owner
- Hands Across the Rockies · Marshal Bemis
- Cyclone on Horseback · Valley City Sheriff
- Billy the Kid · Butch - Keating's Hired Hand (uncredited)
- Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie · Henchman Moose
- Along the Rio Grande · Henchman Pete
- Young Bill Hickok · Raider
- Billy the Kid in Texas · Windy
- Melody Ranch · Autry Voter on Trolley
- Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride · Rancher
- Winners of the West · Lacey
- Prairie Law · Silent
- Bullet Code · Pop Norton
- Riders of Pasco Basin · Hired Gunman (uncredited)
- Legion of the Lawless · Ben Leighton
- South of the Border · Carlos
- The Marshal Of Mesa City · Henchman Jake Morris
- Oklahoma Terror · Henchman Red McGuire
- New Frontier · Jed Turner
- The Fighting Gringo · Monty Bates
- The Law Comes to Texas · Barney Dalton
- Texas Wildcats · Henchman Durkin (as Slim Whittaker)
- Lone Star Pioneers · Buck Bally
- Rollin' Westward · Henchman Bart
- Code of the Cactus · Sheriff Burton
- The Lone Ranger Rides Again · Black
- Frontiers of '49 · Brad
- Lightning Carson Rides Again · Saloon Owner
- Frontier Scout · Henchman Davis
- Black Bandit
- Phantom Gold · Rattler
- Pioneer Trail · Curley
- Stagecoach Days · Butch Flint (as Charles Whittaker)
- Under Western Stars · Tremaine, Rankin's partner
- Rolling Caravans · Henchman Boots
- Hollywood Round-Up · Sheriff
- Prairie Thunder · Indian Fighter
- Heart of the Rockies · Dawson Clan Member
- Roaring Six Guns · Henchman 'Skeeter'
- Lost Ranch · Sheriff
- Smoke Tree Range · Henchman Ferguson
- Orphan of the Pecos · Sheriff
- Reckless Ranger · Steve