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Slim Whitaker
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.
As actor
The Westward Trail
Tex Granger: Midnight Rider of the Plains
Pioneer Justice
Law of the Lash
Return of the Lash
Black Hills
Overland Riders
Outlaws of the Plains
The Laramie Trail
Trigger Trail
Oklahoma Raiders
The Drifter
Marshal of Gunsmoke
Fighting Frontier
Man from Music Mountain
Raiders of Red Gap
The Desperadoes
Death Rides the Plains
Silver Spurs
Wolves of the Range
Blazing Frontier
Boss of Rawhide
Arizona Stage Coach
The Silver Bullet
Come on Danger
The Mysterious Rider
Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns
Raiders of the West
Texas Justice
The Lone Rider and the Bandit