* 1890, Stillwater, OK - † 1931

One of the few real cowpunchers to become a screen cowboy, he started out as a rodeo performer in Wild West shows. In 1909 he became a stuntman with the Bison Film Company of New Jersey in some of the earliest Western one-reelers. In 1914 he starred in Mutual two-reelers using the name Buck Parvin. After WW I service in France, he became Universal's leading cowboy star of the 20s. He married and divorced actresses Edythe Sterling and Louise Lorraine. His film career ended with the coming of sound, and soon after he was arrested for bootlegging. He then went to Mexico with a rodeo but went broke there from gambling. In 1931 he was found dead in a Mexican hotel room, poisoned by cyanide. His death was ruled a suicide, but suspicions of murder were never entirely dismissed.

Filmography Art Acord

1914   The Squaw Man      

1915   A Man Afraid of His Wardrobe       

1920   The Moon Riders (serial)     

1921   Winners of the West (serial)         

1922   In the Days of Buffalo Bill (serial)  

1923   The Oregon Trail (serial)    

1924   Fighting for Justice  

1925   The Call of Courage 

1925   The Circus Cyclone  

1925   Pals   

1925   Triple Action 

1926   The Man From the West     

1926   The Ridin' Rascal     

1926   The Set-Up  

1926   The Silent Guardian 

1926   The Terror    

1927   Hard Fists     

1927   Loco Luck     

1927   Spurs and Saddles   

1928   Two Gun O'Brien      

1929   Bullets and Justice   

1929   Fighters of the Saddle       

1929   The White Outlaw   

1930   The Arizona Kid