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Jay Wilsey is a Actor and Stunts American born on 6 february 1896 at Hillsdale (USA)

Jay Wilsey

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Nationality USA
Birth 6 february 1896 at Hillsdale (USA)
Death 25 october 1961 (at 65 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Jay Wilsey (February 6, 1896 – October 25, 1961) was an American film actor (born Wilbert Jay Wilsey). He appeared in nearly 100 films between 1924 and 1944. He starred in a series of very low-budget westerns in the 1920s and 1930s, billed as Buffalo Bill Jr..

Biography

Wilbert Jay Wilsey est né à l’époque où les Frères Dalton faisaient encore, par leurs tristes exploits, la une des journaux locaux.

Il arrive à Hollywood en 1924 après avoir exercé de nombreux métiers. Sous le pseudonyme de Buffalo Bill Jr, il va devenir une des stars du cinéma muet, sans avoir aucun lien avec le célèbre personnage de l‘Ouest. De 1924 à 1927, il tourne 24 westerns dans lesquels son personnage se prénomme Bill.
Après 2 années plus calmes, sa carrière se relance avec l’avènement du cinéma parlant. En 1933, il réalise son premier film Trails of adventure, puis réalise l’année suivante Riding speed.

En 1934 également, il tourne avec John Wayne, Le Territoire sans loi et Sous le soleil d'Arizona, puis en 1935, Texas Terror. Il fait une apparition en 1937 dans Laurel et Hardy au Far West comme client de bar.

En 1943, après une dernière apparition dans Frontier Fury comme « Stage Shotgun » , il quitte les plateaux de cinéma.

Après sa retraite, il passe avec sa femme, l'actrice Genee Boutell , beaucoup de temps à bord de leur voilier, le «Ruana», et navigue à travers l'océan Pacifique et visite le Mexique , Hawaii et Tahiti.

Jay Wilsey décède d'un cancer du poumon le 25 octobre 1961 à Los Angeles (Californie).

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Jay Wilsey (46 films)

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A Holy Terror, 53minutes
Directed by Irving Cummings, Lesley Selander
Origin USA
Genres Crime, Western
Themes Children's films
Actors George O'Brien, Robert Carlyle, Daniel Mays, Sally Eilers, Humphrey Bogart, Claire Skinner
Roles Cowboy (uncredited)
Rating53% 2.6680452.6680452.6680452.6680452.668045
Polo player Tony Bard (George O'Brien) travels West to investigate his father's murder, and meets Jerry Foster (Sally Eilers) on a Wyoming ranch. After being kidnapped, Tony escapes and discovers his true father (James Kirkwood) and learns that he was raised by another man (Robert Warwick) who was in love with his mother.
Avenging Waters
Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Ken Maynard, Beth Marion, Ward Bond, John Elliott, Wally Wales, Edward Hearn
Roles Fence Foreman
Rating62% 3.135153.135153.135153.135153.13515
A film about a land dispute. Charles Mortimer (Elliott) buys cattle from Ken Morley (Maynard) and builds a fence to keep them in. His neighbour, Slater (Bond), is angered by Mortimer's actions because he wants access to the land. By way of revenge, he builds a dam cutting off Mortimer's water supply. Morley confronts Slater, and Slater captures and imprisons him in a shack. The dam is subsequently destroyed by lightning, and the shack holding Mortimer is in the path of the oncoming surge of water.
Red River Valley, 59minutes
Directed by B. Reeves Eason
Origin USA
Genres Action, Musical, Western
Actors Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Frances Grant, Charles King, Edward Hearn, George Chesebro
Roles Construction Worker (uncredited)
Rating54% 2.715122.715122.715122.715122.71512
In Red River Valley, Banker Hartley Moore (Frank LaRue) schemes to sabotage the efforts of citizens to secure water rights in order to win water profits for himself. Following the murder of five men who were overseeing the completion of an irrigation system, Gene Autry (Gene Autry) is hired for the dangerous job of "ditch rider", in charge of patrolling the ditches to prevent malfunction or sabotage.
Rio Grande Ranger, 54minutes
Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Iris Meredith, Robert (Tex) Allen, Paul Sutton, John Elliott, Slim Whitaker, Jack Rockwell
Roles Texas Ranger (uncredited)
Rating57% 2.859792.859792.859792.859792.85979
Texas Terror, 51minutes
Directed by Robert N. Bradbury
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Western
Actors John Wayne, Lucile Browne, George "Gabby" Hayes, LeRoy Mason, Fern Emmett, Jay Wilsey
Roles Blackie Martin
Rating51% 2.5542852.5542852.5542852.5542852.554285
Sheriff John Higgins quits and goes into prospecting after he thinks he has killed his best friend in shooting it out with robbers. He encounters his dead buddy's daughter and helps her run Lazy End Ranch. Then she finds out about his past.
Powdersmoke Range, 1h12
Directed by Wallace Fox
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Harry Carey, Hoot Gibson, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Bob Steele, Jay Wilsey, Tom Tyler
Roles Tex Malcolm (as Buffalo Bill Jr.)
Rating64% 3.2380853.2380853.2380853.2380853.238085
Rainbow Valley, 52minutes
Directed by George "Gabby" Hayes, John Wayne, Robert N. Bradbury
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors John Wayne, George "Gabby" Hayes, Lucile Browne, LeRoy Mason, Lloyd Ingraham, Jay Wilsey
Roles Butch Galt
Rating53% 2.653832.653832.653832.653832.65383
Main character (John Martin) is very polite and genial. On a ride to the small town of Rainbow Valley, he runs into an "old-timer" (George) who is looking for water for his car. Martin is surprised to see a car; he gives the old timer his entire canteen of water. George, the mailman for the area, starts his car back up and heads down the road. Farther down, the road is being watched by highwaymen who have set up an ambush. Martin is riding on the same road and sees the highwaymen chasing George. Martin follows and takes on the highwaymen, but not before the last one shoots George. Martin leaps from his horse to the car; George is okay, the bullet only grazed his skull. Martin hitches his horse on the back of the car and rides into town with George.
The Lawless Frontier, 59minutes
Directed by Robert N. Bradbury
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors John Wayne, Sheila Terry, George "Gabby" Hayes, Jay Wilsey, Jack Rockwell, Yakima Canutt
Roles 2nd Zanti Henchman
Rating50% 2.5057952.5057952.5057952.5057952.505795
The movie opens with a family shooting from the window of their home, as they are robbed of their cattle. John Tobin (John Wayne) arrives home later that night and discovers his family killed and their cattle missing.
'Neath the Arizona Skies, 52minutes
Directed by Harry L. Fraser
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors John Wayne, Sheila Terry, Harry L. Fraser, Frank Hall Crane, Shirley Jean Rickert, George "Gabby" Hayes
Roles Jim Moore
Rating50% 2.5032652.5032652.5032652.5032652.503265
Chris Morrell (John Wayne), the guardian of half-Indian girl Nina (Shirley Jean Rickert), is helping her find her missing white father, so she can cash in on her late mother's oil lease. Outlaw Sam Black (Yakima Canutt) is after the girl and her father as well. Besides dealing with the Black gang, Morrell has to find another robber, Jim Moore, who switches clothes with him after he finds Chris unconscious from a fight with Sam Black. Along the way, he meets a lady who's the sister of Jim Moore (Buffalo Bill Jr.), another bad hombre who's in cahoots with Jim Moore, and an old friend who takes in Nina and helps Chris locate Nina's father and fight off the various desperadoes.
The Thrill Hunter, 1h
Directed by George B. Seitz
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Western
Actors Buck Jones, Dorothy Revier, Edward LeSaint, Eddie Kane, Robert Ellis, Harry Semels
Roles Pilot
Rating60% 3.0027153.0027153.0027153.0027153.002715
Braggart Buck Crosby rescues movie star Marjorie Lane when her horse bolts during location shooting. She invites him to dinner, where he regales the film crew with tall tales of his exploits. When someone notices his resemblance to a note car racer, he takes credit for that too. After he leaves, he is attracted to a commotion in an isolated cabin. Shots ring out, and he finds two men dead inside. They turn out to be members of the Blake gang, which just pulled off a $100,000 gold robbery. Buck finds a locket and keeps it, then claims the reward for shooting the two men. This latest exploit convinces director Ed Jackson to invite Buck to go to Hollywood and star opposite Marjorie in her next picture.
Strange People, 1h4
Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Actors John Darrow, Gloria Shea, Hale Hamilton, Wilfred Lucas, J. Frank Glendon, Michael Visaroff
Roles Traveller
Rating58% 2.9171052.9171052.9171052.9171052.917105
Les douze jurés qui ont condamné un homme à la prison pour meurtre un an auparavant sont convoqués dans une maison isolée par l'avocat de la défense qui veut leur prouver qu'on peut se tromper en accusant quelqu'un sur des présomptions...
Way Out West, 1h11
Directed by Fred Niblo
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Western
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors William Haines, Leila Hyams, Polly Moran, Francis X. Bushman, Jr., Cliff Edwards, Charles Middleton
Roles Hank
Rating58% 2.9027652.9027652.9027652.9027652.902765
Windy, a sideshow barker, cheats a group of cowboys out of their pay but is then robbed himself. When the cowboys discover they have been cheated they initially decide to hang him, then decide to make him work off his debt. He falls in love with ranch owner Molly and, when he saves her life after she is bitten by a snake, he wins her heart.