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Kermit Maynard is a Actor and Stunts American born on 20 september 1897 at Vevay (USA)

Kermit Maynard

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Nationality USA
Birth 20 september 1897 at Vevay (USA)
Death 16 january 1971 (at 73 years) at North Hollywood (USA)

Kermit Maynard (September 20, 1897 – January 16, 1971) was an American actor and stuntman. He appeared in 280 films between 1927 and 1962. He was a lookalike younger brother of actor Ken Maynard; they were frequently assumed to be identical twins. Born in Vevay, Indiana, he played college football as a lineman for the Indiana Hoosiers in the early 1920s. He died in North Hollywood, California, from a heart attack.

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Jack Ingram
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Filmography of Kermit Maynard (123 films)

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Birdman of Alcatraz, 2h23
Directed by John Frankenheimer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment, Se déroulant à Alcatraz
Actors Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Thelma Ritter, Neville Brand, Telly Savalas, Edmond O'Brien
Roles Alcatraz Captain of Guards (uncredited)
Rating77% 3.8968453.8968453.8968453.8968453.896845
Robert Stroud (Lancaster) is imprisoned as a young man for committing a murder in Alaska. He is shown as a rebellious inmate, fighting against a rigid prison system: on his way to jail by train he breaks open the window to allow the suffocating inmates to breathe. His rebellious attitude puts him in conflict with Harvey Shoemaker (Malden), the warden of Leavenworth Prison.
Pocketful of Miracles, 2h16
Directed by Frank Capra
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Crime
Actors Glenn Ford, Bette Davis, Hope Lange, Arthur O'Connell, Peter Falk, Mickey Shaughnessy
Roles Newspaper Editor (uncredited)
Rating71% 3.550613.550613.550613.550613.55061
Dave the Dude (Glenn Ford) is a successful, very superstitious New York City gangster who buys apples from street peddler Apple Annie (Bette Davis) to bring him good luck. On the eve of a very important meeting, he finds Annie terribly upset.
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus, 1h36
Directed by Charles Barton
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Circus films, Children's films
Actors Kevin Corcoran, Henry Calvin, Bob Sweeney, Gene Sheldon, Richard Eastham, James Drury
Roles Roustabout
Rating67% 3.3885353.3885353.3885353.3885353.388535
Overhearing stern Uncle Daniel describe him as a "millstone", hurt and insulted, Toby Tyler runs away from his foster home to join the circus. There he soon befriends Mr. Stubbs, the frisky chimpanzee. However, the circus isn't all fun and games. Harry Tupper, the evil candy vendor, convinces Toby that his Aunt Olive and Uncle Daniel don't love him or want him back. Devastated, Toby resigns himself to circus life, even scoring himself a much bigger role. When he discovers, with the help of Mr. Stubbs, that Harry lied to him about Aunt Olive and Uncle Daniel, who truly do love him, he departs the circus for home. On the way, Toby finds that Mr. Stubbs has followed him, and decides to take the chimp home with him, for safe keeping. Soon after though, Mr. Stubbs gets chased by a hunter's dog. The hunter, Jim Weaver, accidentally shoots Mr. Stubbs just as Harry arrives to haul Toby back to the circus.
Cimarron
Cimarron (1960)
, 2h27
Directed by Anthony Mann, Charles Walters
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Historical, Western
Actors Glenn Ford, Maria Schell, Anne Baxter, Harry Morgan, Russ Tamblyn, Arthur O'Connell
Roles Settler (uncredited)
Rating63% 3.1971253.1971253.1971253.1971253.197125
Sabra Cravat's (Maria Schell) wealthy Kansas City parents try to dissuade her from participating in a land run in the Oklahoma territory with her new husband Yancey (Glenn Ford), but she is adamant. During the journey, Sabra's knowledge of her husband's character deepens, and when he lends one of his covered wagons to Tom (Arthur O'Connell) and Sarah Wyatt (Mercedes McCambridge) and their large, destitute family, she experiences his generosity.
Hell Bent for Leather, 1h22
Directed by George Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Audie Murphy, Stephen McNally, Felicia Farr, John Qualen, Robert Middleton, Jan Merlin
Roles Barfly (uncredited)
Rating65% 3.2922553.2922553.2922553.2922553.292255
Clay Santell (Audie Murphy) has his horse stolen and stops in the town of Sutterville. He is mistaken by townspeople for a murderer named Travers (Jan Merlin), so hand him over to sheriff Harry Deckett (Stephen McNally). Deckett knows the truth but decides to kill Clay and pass him off as the real Travers to collect the reward money. Clay escapes and takes a woman (Felicia Farr) hostage until he can prove his innocence.
Noose for a Gunman
Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Crime, Western
Actors Jim Davis, Harry Carey, Jr., Barton MacLane, Ted de Corsia, Leo Gordon, Lyn Thomas
Roles Carter
Rating57% 2.85642.85642.85642.85642.8564
A gunman takes on a corrupt land baron.
Westbound
Westbound (1959)
, 1h12
Directed by Budd Boetticher
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Randolph Scott, Virginia Mayo, Karen Steele, Michael Dante, Andrew Duggan, Michael Pate
Roles Driver (uncredited)
Rating64% 3.2452453.2452453.2452453.2452453.245245
In 1864, Union army officer Captain John Hayes is asked to take charge of the Overland stagecoach line, which makes eastbound gold shipments from California that aid the Union's war effort.
Good Day for a Hanging, 1h25
Directed by Nathan Juran
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Themes Films about capital punishment
Actors Fred MacMurray, Robert Vaughn, Margaret Hayes, Joan Blackman, James Drury, Edmon Ryan
Rating62% 3.147773.147773.147773.147773.14777
Eddie Campbell (Robert Vaughn) watches a stagecoach as it rides toward a Nebraska town. Other members of his gang are waiting there to rob the bank. Ben Cutler (Fred MacMurray), owner of the stage line, is on board, and is returning home to be wed to Ruth Granger (Margaret Hayes).
Cast a Long Shadow, 1h22
Directed by Thomas Carr
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Western
Actors Audie Murphy, Terry Moore, John Dehner, Terry Moore, James Best, Denver Pyle
Rating61% 3.05093.05093.05093.05093.0509
Matt Brown inherits a cattle ranch which he discovers is deep in debt. He goes on a cattle drive to raise money.
Drango
Drango (1957)
, 1h32
Directed by Hall Bartlett
Origin USA
Genres Western
Themes Political films
Actors Jeff Chandler, Joanne Dru, Julie London, Donald Crisp, Ronald Howard, Milburn Stone
Roles Townsman (uncredited)
Rating59% 2.9999152.9999152.9999152.9999152.999915
Union officers Major Drango and Captain Banning ride into a Georgia town ravaged by the Civil War and still bitter about the lives and property lost. Drango is the new military governor, but townspeople including Judge Allen and his son Clay make it clear that these Yankees are not welcome.
Run of the Arrow, 1h22
Directed by Samuel Fuller
Origin USA
Genres Western
Themes Political films
Actors Rod Steiger, Sara Montiel, Brian Keith, Charles Bronson, Ralph Meeker, Jay C. Flippen
Roles le cavalier tenant le cheval du général Lee
Rating65% 3.295063.295063.295063.295063.29506
Confederate veteran O'Meara (Steiger) refuses to accept defeat following the surrender of General Robert E. Lee at Appomattox. He renounces his family and the United States, travels west and joins the Native American Sioux tribe, and takes a wife (Sara Montiel).
The Hard Man, 1h20
Directed by George Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Guy Madison, Valerie French, Lorne Greene, Barry Atwater, Robert Burton, Rudy Bond
Roles Townsman (uncredited)
Rating60% 3.0456553.0456553.0456553.0456553.045655
Steve Burden est ancien shérif qui s'est retiré estimant avoir tué trop d'hommes.Le Shérif vieillissant d'El Solito veut Steve pour lui succéder,Steve accepte le travail en sachant que le dernier hors-la-loi qu'il a tué a été élevé à El Solito...
Great Day in the Morning, 1h32
Directed by Jacques Tourneur
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Western
Actors Virginia Mayo, Robert Stack, Ruth Roman, Alex Nicol, Raymond Burr, Regis Toomey
Roles Southern Sympathizer (uncredited)
Rating63% 3.1927053.1927053.1927053.1927053.192705
In the year 1861, just prior to the outbreak of the Civil War in the Colorado Territory, Owen Pentecost (Robert Stack) is a man from North Carolina who comes west to Denver on a whim. He encounters Ann Merry Alaine (Virginia Mayo), who is going there to open a dress shop.
Giant
Giant (1956)
, 3h21
Directed by Fred Guiol, George Stevens
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Romance, Western
Themes Films about families, Films about racism
Actors Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Carroll Baker, Nick Adams, Mercedes McCambridge
Rating75% 3.799783.799783.799783.799783.79978
The movie follows a Texas family over a quarter century from the 1920s until after World War II. Themes of discrimination along race, class and gender lines, as well as the role they played in the social evolution of post-war Texas, are prominent.
The Lone Ranger, 1h26
Directed by Lesley Selander, Stuart Heisler
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Western
Themes Superhero films
Actors Clayton Moore, Jay Silverheels, Lyle Bettger, Beverly Washburn, Perry Lopez, Robert J. Wilke
Roles Rev. Purdy (uncredited)
Rating64% 3.2447653.2447653.2447653.2447653.244765
Set in the American Southwest, the territorial governor enlists the help of the Lone Ranger to investigate mysterious raids on white settlers by Indians who ride with saddles. Wealthy rancher Reese Kilgore (Lyle Bettger) wants to expand his land to include Spirit Mountain, which is sacred to the local tribes. The Lone Ranger realizes these events are related to encourage a war between settlers and natives to scare settlers away so they will not discover the rich silver deposits on Spirit Mountain.