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Requiem for a Gunfighter

as Judge Irving Short

1965
Below the Border

as Marshal Tim McCall

1942
Riders of the West

as Marshal Tim McCall

1942
Ghost Town Law

as Marshal Tim McCall

1942
Down Texas Way

as U. S. Marshal Tim McCall

1942
West of the Law

as Marshal Tim McCall

1942
Forbidden Trails

as Marshal Tim McCall

1941
Frontier Crusader

as Trigger Tim Rand

1940
Straight Shooter

as "Lightning" Bill Carson

1939
Code of the Cactus

as Bill Carson

1939
The Fighting Renegade

as Bill Carson posing as El Puma

1939
Texas Wildcats

as 'Lightning' Bill Carson

1939
West of Rainbow's End

as Tim Hart

1938
Phantom Ranger

as Tim Hayes

1938
Two Gun Justice

as Tim

1938
Aces and Eights

as 'Gentleman' Tim Madigan

1936
Roarin' Guns

as Tim Corwin

1936
Ghost Patrol

as Tim Caverly

1936
Bulldog Courage

as Slim Braddock / Tim Braddock

1935
The Outlaw Deputy

as Tim Mallory

1935
Fighting Shadows

as Constable Tim O'Hara

1935
Square Shooter

as Tim Baxter

1935
Law Beyond the Range

as Tim McDonald

1935
The Whirlwind

as Tim Reynolds

1933
Silent Men

as Tim Richards

1933
Rusty Rides Alone

as Tim Burke

1933
Man Of Action

as Ranger Tim Barlow

1933
Texas Cyclone

as Texas Grant

1932
Two-Fisted Law

as Tim Clark

1932
The Fighting Marshal

as Tim Benton

1931
Tim McCoy Tim McCoy

Birthday

1891-04-10

Place of Birth

Biography

One of the great stars of early American Westerns. McCoy was the son of an Irish soldier who later became police chief of Saginaw, Michigan, where McCoy was born. He attended St. Ignatius College in Chicago and after seeing a Wild West show there, left school and found work on a Wyoming ranch. He became an expert horseman and roper and developed a keen knowledge of the ways and languages of the Indian tribes in the area. He competed in numerous rodeos, then enlisted in the U.S. Army when America entered the First World War. He was commissioned and rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel. At the end of World War I, he returned to his ranch in Wyoming, only to be called by Governor Bob Carry to the post of Adjutant General of Wyoming, a position he held until 1921. The position carried with it the rank of Brigadier General (a brevet promotion) and it has been reported that this made him the youngest general officer in the U.S. Army. His reputation as a friend to the Wind River Reservation Indians, both Arapahoe and Shoshone, preceded him and in 1922, he was asked by the head of Famous Players-Lasky, Jesse L. Lasky, to provide Indian extras for the Western extravaganza, The Covered Wagon (1923). He resigned from the state position and recruited several hundred Indians to the Utah movie location. When the film wrapped, he was asked to choose several Indians to accompany him to Hollywood. There the production company developed a live 'prologue' to be presented just prior to the movie showing. The idea was a success and McCoy and his Indian group toured the U.S. and eventually, Europe as well. After touring this country and Europe with the Indians as publicity, McCoy returned to Hollywood and used his connections to obtain further work in the movies, both as a technical advisor and eventually as an actor. MGM speedily signed him to a contract to star in a series of Westerns and McCoy rapidly rose to stardom, making scores of Westerns and occasional non-Westerns. He retired from the army and from films after the war, but emerged in the late 1940s for a few more films and some television work. In 1942 he ran for the Republican Nomination for the U.S. Senate in Wyoming. He was defeated and returned to Hollywood and an uncertain future. In 1946 he sold his Wyoming ranch and moved to Bucks County, Pennsylvania and the life of the gentleman farmer. While living there, he met and married Danish writer Inga Arvad. He later built a home in Nogales, Arizona where Inga subsequently died in 1973. He spent his later years as a retired rancher. He died at the U.A. Army hospital at Ft. Hauchuca, Arizona on January 29 1978 at the age of 86. Inducted into the Cowboy Hall of Fame in 1974. During World War I, he served as an artillery officer in the US Army in France. Spouse Inga Arvad (1945 - 1973) (her death) Alice Miller (? - 1931) (divorced) (3 children)
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