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Smith Ballew is a Actor American born on 21 january 1902
Sykes "Smith" Ballew (January 21, 1902 – May 2, 1984) was an American actor, sophisticated singer, orchestra leader, and a western singing star.
He was born in Palestine, Texas. He attended high school in Sherman and college at Austin College and the University of Texas. He began his singing career on the radio, and in the 1930s became one of the earliest of the singing cowboys on the movie screen. He did a series of musical Westerns for Paramount Pictures and one for 20th Century Fox, continuing in supporting roles until the 1950s.
Prior to his singing cowboy career, starting in the late 1920s, he became one of the most recognizable vocalists on hundreds of dance band and jazz records. During this time, Ballew along with Scrappy Lambert, Dick Robertson, and Chick Bullock were the most prolific studio vocalists. He organized his own short-lived band in 1931.
Between 1929 and 1935, he made scores of records issued under his own name for OKeh, the dime store labels (Banner, Domino, Jewel, Regal, Perfect, Oriole as Buddy Blue & His Texans or Jack Blue's Texans), Columbia, and Crown. Few of these popular records gave any indication of his future Cowboy style.
He died at the age of 82 in Longview, Texas.
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He was born in Palestine, Texas. He attended high school in Sherman and college at Austin College and the University of Texas. He began his singing career on the radio, and in the 1930s became one of the earliest of the singing cowboys on the movie screen. He did a series of musical Westerns for Paramount Pictures and one for 20th Century Fox, continuing in supporting roles until the 1950s.
Prior to his singing cowboy career, starting in the late 1920s, he became one of the most recognizable vocalists on hundreds of dance band and jazz records. During this time, Ballew along with Scrappy Lambert, Dick Robertson, and Chick Bullock were the most prolific studio vocalists. He organized his own short-lived band in 1931.
Between 1929 and 1935, he made scores of records issued under his own name for OKeh, the dime store labels (Banner, Domino, Jewel, Regal, Perfect, Oriole as Buddy Blue & His Texans or Jack Blue's Texans), Columbia, and Crown. Few of these popular records gave any indication of his future Cowboy style.
He died at the age of 82 in Longview, Texas.
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I Killed Geronimo (1950)
Genres Western
Actors Chief Thundercloud, Ted Adams, Dennis Moore, Smith Ballew, James Ellison, Myron Daniel Healey
Roles Lt. Furness
Rating57%
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Robert Kellard, Peggy Stewart, Smith Ballew, Jack Ingram, I. Stanford Jolley, Tiny Brauer
Roles Blaze Talbot
Rating67%
When Tex Granger rides into Three Buttes, Helen Kent persuades him to buy the local newspaper. However, loan shark Rance Carson appoints the bandit Blaze Talbot as town marshal to act as his enforcer and soon the town is in chaos. With fighting between rival gangs, Tex dons a mask to become The Midnight Rider and bring the criminals to justice.
The Man Who Walked Alone (1945)
, 1h11Directed by Christy Cabanne
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Dave O'Brien, Kay Aldridge, Walter Catlett, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Isabel Randolph, Charles Williams
Roles Alvin Bailey
Rating57%
During the final months of World War II, Marion Scott is hitchhiking towards the small town of Plainfield (a common American town name, although fictional in the context of this film). He is offered a ride by a young woman who turns out to be Wilhelmina "Willie" Hammond, a member of a wealthy society family, running from an arranged marriage to another socially prominent type, stolid Alvin Bailey. Acting on the reported theft of Bailey's car, the police stop the pair and, after identifying the stolen car, put the pair in jail. Willie arranges their bail and takes Marion to the family mansion where, having left her keys, she tries to crawl through the window, causing the pair to be arrested again and the story to land in the headlines of the local papers. Willie initially thinks that Marion is an Army deserter, but after he explains his discharge for medical reasons, she gives him a job as the family chauffeur, even though Wiggins, the eccentric old caretaker of the estate, has misgivings. Learning of the "scandal", Willie's widowed mother, Mrs. Hammond, "old maid" Aunt Harriet, younger sister Patricia as well as family dressmaker Camille, all return from New York, along with Alvin Bailey and Alvin's physical trainer and sidekick, the big "dumb" Champ. After a series of family arguments and complications, Alvin willingly gives up Willie so she can marry Marion, who modestly did not disclose that he was a national hero as a result of wartime valor, that he was hitchhiking simply to maintain anonymity, and was now being welcomed by the mayor and the governor, and honored with a parade by Plainfield, the birthplace of his killed-in-battle wartime best friend, which will now become his adopted hometown.
Gaucho Serenade (1940)
, 1h7Directed by Frank McDonald
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical, Western
Actors Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, June Storey, Duncan Renaldo, Mary Lee, Lester Matthews
Roles Buck Benson
Rating63%
Down and out rodeo stars Gene Autry (Gene Autry) and Frog Millhouse (Smiley Burnette) leave New York City for California with their car and horse trailer. Along the way they discover young Ronnie Willoughby (Clifford Severn), a school boy from London, has accidentally stowed away in their car. Having just arrived from London by steamship, Ronnie climbed into the car and fell asleep, believing they were Jenkins and Carter, sent by his father to take him to his father's "ranch" in California.
Rawhide (1938)
, 58minutesDirected by Ray Taylor
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Smith Ballew, Evalyn Knapp, Arthur Loft, Cy Kendall, Slim Whitaker, Al Hill
Roles Larry Kimball
Rating56%
The storyline revolves around Lou Gehrig playing himself, who decides to give up baseball in New York for the life of a western cattle rancher. Once at the ranch, Gehrig encounters a protection racket preying on the ranchers by extortion and violence. He teams up with a crusading local attorney to fight the crooks and ultimately put them in jail.
Hawaiian Buckaroo (1938)
, 58minutesDirected by Ray Taylor
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Smith Ballew, Evalyn Knapp, Harry Woods, George Regas
Roles Jeff Howard
Rating71%
Jeff Howard et son ami, Mike, vendent leur ranch et dépensent tout leur argent pour acheter des terres à Hawaï. Mais sur place ils comprennent que le vendeur, J.P M'Tigue les a escroqués. Ils trouvent un emploi au ranch Harrington, et se trouvent de nouveau confrontés à M'Tigue qui veut empêcher Harrington de mener à bien sa transhumance pour l'étrangler financièrement.
Panamint's Bad Man (1938)
, 1hDirected by Ray Taylor
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Smith Ballew, Noah Beery Sr., Stanley Fields, Harry Woods
Roles Larry Kimball - alias John Smith
Rating73%
En 1876, en Californie, le marshal US Winston, envoie le marshal Larry Kimbal à Panamint pour éradiquer un gang de hors-la-loi que Winston soupçonne être dirigé par le propriétaire du saloon, Roy Gorman.Sur le chemin de Panamint, un dangereux tueur texan, Black Jack Deevers est arrêté et Kimbal décide de prendre sa place.
Roll Along, Cowboy (1937)
, 57minutesDirected by Gus Meins
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Smith Ballew, Cecilia Parker, Stanley Fields, Wally Albright, Wild Bill Elliott, Budd Buster
Roles Randy Porter
Rating57%
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Racing Lady (1937)
, 59minutesDirected by Wallace Fox
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about horses, Horse sports in film
Actors Ann Dvorak, Smith Ballew, Harry Carey, Berton Churchill, Willie Best, Hattie McDaniel
Roles Steven Wendel
Rating55%
Western Gold (1937)
, 57minutesDirected by Howard Bretherton
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Smith Ballew, Heather Angel, LeRoy Mason, Howard C. Hickman, Ben Alexander, Frank McGlynn Sr.
Roles Bill Gibson
Rating53%
Palm Springs (1936)
, 1h12Directed by Aubrey Scotto
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical
Actors Frances Langford, Guy Standing, Ernest Cossart, David Niven, Spring Byington, Smith Ballew
Roles Slim
Rating61%
The Earl of Blythstone's gambling losses have left him with debts. Unaware of this is daughter Joan, who is in finishing school but has gambling issues of her own, getting expelled after being caught doing exactly that.