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Jack Buetel is a Actor American born on 5 september 1915 at Dallas (USA)
Jack Buetel (September 5, 1915 – June 27, 1989) was an American film and television actor.
Born in Dallas, Texas, Buetel moved to Los Angeles, California in the late 1930s with the intention of establishing a film career. Unable to find such work, he was employed as an insurance clerk when he was noticed by an agent who was impressed by his looks.
Introduced to Howard Hughes, who was about to begin filming The Outlaw, Buetel was signed to play the lead role as Billy the Kid, with the previously signed David Bacon being dropped from the film. Hughes also signed another newcomer, Jane Russell, for the female lead, and realizing the inexperience of his two stars, also signed veteran actors Thomas Mitchell and Walter Huston.
Buetel was signed to a standard seven-year contract at $150 per week and was assured by Hughes that he would become a major star. Filmed in late 1940 and early 1941, The Outlaw officially premiered in 1943 but was not widely seen until 1946. It was notable for suggesting the act of sexual intercourse, uncommon in mainstream movies of the era, and for allowing characters to "sin on film", without a suitable punishment also being depicted, in violation of the Production Code. Much of the publicity surrounding the release of the film focused on Jane Russell, and she established a solid film career, despite critics giving her performance in The Outlaw poor reviews.
Buetel's performance was also highly criticised, and he languished with Hughes refusing to allow him to work. The director Howard Hawks tried to secure his services for the film Red River (1948), but after Hughes refused to allow Buetel to take part, Montgomery Clift was chosen and Clift went on to an active film career.
In 1951, Buetel appeared in Best of the Badmen, his first film appearance in eleven years. Over the next few years he appeared in five more films and made infrequent appearances on television. In 1956, he landed the role of 41-year-old Jeff Taggert in Edgar Buchanan's syndicated western series, Judge Roy Bean. Others who appeared regularly in the 39-episode color series, set in Langtry, Texas, were Jackie Loughery, X Brands, Tristram Coffin, Glenn Strange, and Lash LaRue.
Buetel's last acting role was in a 1961 episode of Wagon Train. He also appeared as himself in the 1982 Night of 100 Stars television special.
He died in Portland, Oregon, and was buried at Portland Memorial Park.
Pour la télévision, de 1956 à 1961 (année où il se retire), il contribue à six séries, dont cinq également dans le domaine du western, comme Juge Roy Bean (1956), où il tient le rôle récurrent de Jeff Taggert durant vingt-cinq épisodes, face à Edgar Buchanan dans le rôle-titre.
Jack Buetel revient au petit écran pour une unique prestation, comme lui-même, lors d'une émission de divertissement diffusée en 1982, Night of 100 Stars.
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Jack Buetel
Birth name Warren Higgins
Nationality USA
Birth 5 september 1915 at Dallas (USA)
Death 27 june 1989 (at 73 years) at Portland (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 5 september 1915 at Dallas (USA)
Death 27 june 1989 (at 73 years) at Portland (USA)
Born in Dallas, Texas, Buetel moved to Los Angeles, California in the late 1930s with the intention of establishing a film career. Unable to find such work, he was employed as an insurance clerk when he was noticed by an agent who was impressed by his looks.
Introduced to Howard Hughes, who was about to begin filming The Outlaw, Buetel was signed to play the lead role as Billy the Kid, with the previously signed David Bacon being dropped from the film. Hughes also signed another newcomer, Jane Russell, for the female lead, and realizing the inexperience of his two stars, also signed veteran actors Thomas Mitchell and Walter Huston.
Buetel was signed to a standard seven-year contract at $150 per week and was assured by Hughes that he would become a major star. Filmed in late 1940 and early 1941, The Outlaw officially premiered in 1943 but was not widely seen until 1946. It was notable for suggesting the act of sexual intercourse, uncommon in mainstream movies of the era, and for allowing characters to "sin on film", without a suitable punishment also being depicted, in violation of the Production Code. Much of the publicity surrounding the release of the film focused on Jane Russell, and she established a solid film career, despite critics giving her performance in The Outlaw poor reviews.
Buetel's performance was also highly criticised, and he languished with Hughes refusing to allow him to work. The director Howard Hawks tried to secure his services for the film Red River (1948), but after Hughes refused to allow Buetel to take part, Montgomery Clift was chosen and Clift went on to an active film career.
In 1951, Buetel appeared in Best of the Badmen, his first film appearance in eleven years. Over the next few years he appeared in five more films and made infrequent appearances on television. In 1956, he landed the role of 41-year-old Jeff Taggert in Edgar Buchanan's syndicated western series, Judge Roy Bean. Others who appeared regularly in the 39-episode color series, set in Langtry, Texas, were Jackie Loughery, X Brands, Tristram Coffin, Glenn Strange, and Lash LaRue.
Buetel's last acting role was in a 1961 episode of Wagon Train. He also appeared as himself in the 1982 Night of 100 Stars television special.
He died in Portland, Oregon, and was buried at Portland Memorial Park.
Biography
Sous le pseudonyme de Jack Buetel, il débute au cinéma dans Le Banni, western d'Howard Hughes tourné fin 1940-début 1941 mais sorti seulement en 1943, où il est Billy the Kid, aux côtés de Jane Russell, Walter Huston (Doc Holliday) et Thomas Mitchell (Pat Garrett). Par la suite, il apparaît dans seulement cinq autres films américains (tous des westerns), le dernier étant Mustang ! , sorti en 1959. Dans l'intervalle, il est notamment Bob Younger dans Plus fort que la loi (1951, son deuxième film, avec Robert Ryan et Claire Trevor) et Frank James dans Jesse James' Women (1954).Pour la télévision, de 1956 à 1961 (année où il se retire), il contribue à six séries, dont cinq également dans le domaine du western, comme Juge Roy Bean (1956), où il tient le rôle récurrent de Jeff Taggert durant vingt-cinq épisodes, face à Edgar Buchanan dans le rôle-titre.
Jack Buetel revient au petit écran pour une unique prestation, comme lui-même, lors d'une émission de divertissement diffusée en 1982, Night of 100 Stars.
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Mustang! (1959)
, 1h13Directed by Peter Stephens, Tom Gries
Origin USA
Genres Western
Themes Films about animals, Films about horses
Actors Forrest Tucker, Jack Buetel
Roles Gabe
Rating42%
Jesse James' Women (1954)
, 1h23Directed by Don "Red" Barry
Origin USA
Genres Western
Themes Films about families, Gangster films
Actors Don "Red" Barry, Peggie Castle, Jack Buetel
Roles Frank James
Rating43%
Jesse James is posing as a rancher whilst his gang is laying low. He uses various women to plan his robberies.
Rose of Cimarron (1952)
, 1h12Directed by Harry Keller
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Mala Powers, Jack Buetel, Bill Williams, Jim Davis, Dick Curtis, William Phipps
Roles Marshal Hollister
Rating51%
When a covered wagon heading for California is attacked by Comanche, the only survivor is a baby girl. A young Cherokee brave finds her and brings her to his parents where she is raised as a Cherokee but with intimate knowledge of the language and customs of white Americans. She is named Rose of Cimarron after a mountain lion.
The Half-Breed (1952)
, 1h21Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Robert Young, Janis Carter, Jack Buetel, Barton MacLane, Reed Hadley, Porter Hall
Roles Charlie Wolf
Rating52%
This script must be run from the command line
Best of the Badmen (1951)
, 1h24Directed by William D. Russell
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Western
Actors Robert Ryan, Claire Trevor, Jack Buetel, Walter Brennan, Robert Preston, Bruce Cabot
Roles Bob Younger
Rating60%
Jeff Clanton, an Army major from Missouri, captures the survivors of the Confederacy's Quantrill's Raiders to give themselves up and pledge their allegiance to the Union. Clanton pledges that they will be paroled, but Matthew Fowler, a carpetbagger who owns a powerful detective agency, is determined to arrest them for the reward. When one of Fowler's deputies wounds one of the captives, return fire kills the deputy. Clanton is unjustly arrested for murdering Fowler's deputy. Clanton is tried by a kangaroo court and sentenced to be hanged the following morning. He escapes that night and then leads the band of outlaws including Jesse James and the Younger brothers in a vendetta against detective Matthew Fowler's detective agency.
Best of the Badmen (1951)
, 1h24Directed by William D. Russell
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Robert Ryan, Claire Trevor, Jack Buetel, Robert Preston, Walter Brennan, Bruce Cabot
Roles Bob Younger
Rating60%
À la fin de la guerre de Sécession, Jeff Clinton sauve la vie aux membres de la bande des frères James et Younger, traqués par Matthew Fowler. Pour se venger, Fowler accuse Clinton d’un meurtre et le fait condamner à mort. Clinton s’évade de prison avec l’aide de Lily Fowler, la femme de Fowler, qui déteste son mari. Traqué, Clinton trouve refuge auprès des hors-la–loi qui lui doivent la vie sauve. L’un des bandits, Bob Younger, tombe amoureux de Lily…
The Outlaw (1943)
, 1h56Directed by Howard Hawks, Howard Hughes, Jr.
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Western
Themes Gangster films
Actors Jack Buetel, Jane Russell, Walter Huston, Thomas Mitchell, Mimi Aguglia, Joe Sawyer
Roles Billy the Kid
Rating54%
Sheriff Pat Garrett (Thomas Mitchell) welcomes his old friend Doc Holliday (Walter Huston) to Lincoln, New Mexico. Doc is looking for his stolen horse and finds it in the possession of Billy the Kid (Jack Buetel). Despite this, the two gunfighters take a liking to each other, much to Pat's disgust. This does not prevent Doc from trying to steal the horse back late that night, but Billy is waiting for him outside the barn.