Posts from DachsieLady in thread „Worst B Western actor of 1930s“

Speaking of how ropey B westerns were, here is a quote from Gabby Hayes.

"[on westerns] I hate 'em. Really can't stand 'em. They always are the same. You have so few plots--the stagecoach holdup, the rustlers, the mortgage gag, the mine setting and the retired gunslinger."

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Hayes had this to say about John Wayne...



[on John Wayne] He's my boy. He's the best. Couldn't think more of him if he was my own son.

Another common theme in the old Westerns is the young pretty daughter, granddaughter or niece who returns to the West from boarding school in the East. Watched the original "The Virginian" with Joel McCrea last night on YouTube and I must say they did a good job on developing that theme in that movie.

Something got me searching for the name of a really really bad western actor of an old western I saw a while back.

I am no judge of acting skills because I love the old western genre so much that I do not really notice bad acting. But this guy was such an incredibly bad actor that I just could not watch but a few minutes of the movie.

I guess Johnnie Mack Brown was such a success as a western actor coming from being a college football star that they tried this guy in movies.

Lafayette H. "Reb" Russell (May 31, 1905 – March 16, 1978) was an American football running back in the National Football League for the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Eagles, appearing in 10 games in 1933. He played college football at the University of Nebraska and Northwestern University. He was also a small-time actor, appearing in a series of low-budget Westerns.
Filmography

• The Cheyenne Tornado (1935)
• Border Vengeance (1935) at 8:55 on video track
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJSh-08UJ2g

• Outlaw Rule (1935)
• Arizona Bad Man (1935)
• Blazing Guns (1935)
• Lightning Triggers (1935)
• Range Warfare (1934)
• Fighting Through (1934)
• The Man from Hell (1934)
• Fighting to Live (1934)