Slim Whitaker
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
In Old California
1942
as Man on Street
The Desperadoes
1943
as Tolliver - Jack's Gang Member
Wolves of the Range
1943
as Pasha
Flash Gordon
1936
as Prison Guard
Billy the Kid
1941
as Butch - Keating's Hired Hand (uncredited)
Winners of the West
1940
as Lacey
Tex Granger: Midnight Rider of the Plains
1948
as Joe Hall (uncredited)
General Spanky
1936
as Bit
Silver Spurs
1943
as Henchman Ed
Sagebrush Trail
1933
as Henchman Dick (uncredited)
New Frontier
1939
as Jed Turner
Sundown Trail
1931
as Henchman
Young Bill Hickok
1940
as Raider
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
1939
as Black
Borderland
1937
as Reads Newspaper
Ten Nights in a Bar-room
1931
as Bit Role
Under Western Stars
1938
as Tremaine, Rankin's partner
Man from Music Mountain
1943
as Sheepman (uncredited)
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
1936
as Nolan
Arizona Bound
1941
as Henchman Red