Ken Maynard

Buck and the Preacher -- Action-packed Western about a scout (Sidney Poitier) and a con man (Harry Belafonte) who team up toprotect the Exodusters: ex-slaves who traveled across the West after the Civil War. Directed by Poitier. Music by jazz great Benny Carter.

Phantom Thunderbolt -- A cowboy called The Thunderbolt Kid comes to the aid of a town that is being threatened by outlaws who don't want a railroad to go through the town.

Widely regarded at the time of its release as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid with a social conscience, Buck and the Preacher is an immensely satisfying Western which marked Sidney Poitier's directorial debut, as well as his first screen pairing with superstar Harry Belafonte. Poitier stars as Buck, an ex-Union Army Cavalry sergeant who becomes a scout for freed slaves heading to the Colorado frontier. Tagging along with him are his wife (Ruby Dee in a scene-stealing performance) and a Bible-thumping con artist known as the Preacher (Belafonte). Attacked by racist bounty hunters determined to return the former slaves to a life of sharecropping in Louisiana, Buck and his followers must summon all the courage they have in order to reach their destination and help settle the Wild West.

Action-packed Western about a scout (Sidney Poitier) and a con man (Harry Belafonte) who team up toprotect the Exodusters: ex-slaves who traveled across the West after the Civil War. Directed by Poitier. Music by jazz great Benny Carter.

Action-packed Western about a scout (Sidney Poitier) and a con man (Harry Belafonte) who team up to protect the Exodusters: ex-slaves who traveled across the West after the Civil War. Directed by Poitier.

When a fed-up businessman tires of watching gold shipments disappear without a trace, he calls in the Trail Blazers (Ken Maynard, Hoot Gibson and Bob Steele) -- a legendary trio of law enforcers -- to find the gold and figure out who's behind the thefts. The plot thickens when Steele pretends to be an outlaw and ingratiates himself into a local gang so that he can mine some answers from the inside.

After preventing a gang of outlaws disguised as Indians from holding up a stagecoach, U.S. Marshals Ken (Ken Maynard), Hoot (Hoot Gibson) and Bob (Bob Steele) set out to track down the crafty criminals, figure out exactly what they're after and evade any further traps. Throughout this Western, the courageous trio faces off against cunning opponents, including the gang's merciless leader (Ian Keith) and an unsuspecting banker (Karl Hackett).

In this first installment of the "Trail Blazers" series of Westerns starring Ken Maynard and Hoot Gibson, the heroes are called upon to investigate when a herd of horses owned by a railroad man turns up missing. The previous owner, Betty (Betty Miles), doesn't know where they went, but one of her employees may be in on the crime. Bob Baker co-stars as the sheriff who helps Maynard and Gibson crack the case.

When a band of American Indians breaks a treaty with the federal government, U.S. Marshals Ken Maynard and Hoot Gibson hit the trail with captured outlaw Duke Dillon (Jack La Rue) to find out what sparked the uprising. They discover clues that point to corrupt Indian agent John Hampton (Kenneth Harlan), but meanwhile, the bandit Dillon pulls a fast one on the marshals, and soon everybody's getting ready for a showdown. Alan James directs.

When they ride the range to bring justice to a rough-and-tumble frontier town, federal marshals Ken Maynard and Hoot Gibson vow to help rancher Jim Wade (Roy Brent) against his brother, cunning horse rustler Duke (LeRoy Mason). Needing extra help to keep Jim safe from violence, the marshals hire a posse of reformed gunmen, unaware that one of them is a mole for Duke's criminal outfit. Robert Emmett Tansey directs this vintage Western.

Ken Mitchell arrives to take possession of a ranch left to him by his Uncle Jim. He meets and falls in love with Ann Markham, whose father has been killed by gunmen of rancher Collins, who schemes to gain possession of all the surrounding ranches by foreclosing on their mortgages. Ken is distrusted as his Uncle was unpopular with the local ranchers. Knowing who killed Markham, Ken disguises himself as a masked rider and interrupts Collins' plots continually.

(1938, Grand National) Ken Maynard, Earl Dwyer, Warner Richmond, Marjorie Reynolds. This OK film in Maynards Grand National series has Ken as a shootist falsely accused of bank robbery. He becomes sheriff of a lawless town, but will his reputation catch up to him? Sad to see Ken so overweight. It got worse in the 40s. 16mm.