Slim Whitaker
Born: 1893-07-27 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Died: 1960-09-27
Known For: Acting
Biography
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
1948
- Tex Granger: Midnight Rider of the Plains as Joe Hall (uncredited)
- The Westward Trail as Bartender
1947
- Pioneer Justice as Ben
- Black Hills
- Return of the Lash as Henchman
- Law of the Lash as Bart
1946
- Outlaws of the Plains as R.R. Agent Graham
- Overland Riders as Jeff Barkley
1944
- The Drifter as Marshal Hodges
- Trigger Trail
- Marshal of Gunsmoke as Henchman Nevada
- Oklahoma Raiders as Sheriff Seth Banning
- The Laramie Trail as Sheriff Law
1943
- Fighting Frontier as Sheriff Logan
- Blazing Frontier as Sheriff
- The Desperadoes as Tolliver - Jack's Gang Member
- Silver Spurs as Henchman Ed
- Death Rides the Plains as Sheriff
- Boss of Rawhide as Murdered Wagon Driver
- Wolves of the Range as Pasha
- Man from Music Mountain as Sheepman (uncredited)
- Raiders of Red Gap as Green
1942
- Arizona Stage Coach as Red
- Texas Justice as Huxley
- The Rangers Take Over as Sheriff
- In Old California as Man on Street
- Come on Danger as Sheriff
- The Silver Bullet as Buck
- Raiders of the West as The Sheriff
- The Lone Rider and the Bandit as Miner #2
- The Mysterious Rider as Rufe - Henchman
- Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns as Roberts
1941
- Arizona Bound as Henchman Red
- Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie as Henchman Moose
- Billy the Kid as Butch - Keating's Hired Hand (uncredited)
- King of the Texas Rangers as Cantina Thug
- Hands Across the Rockies as Marshal Bemis
- Billy the Kid Wanted as Sheriff #2
- Billy The Kid's Round-Up as Jim Hanley
- Along the Rio Grande as Henchman Pete
- Six-Gun Gold as Deputy Miller
- Riders of Death Valley as Stable Owner
- Cyclone on Horseback as Valley City Sheriff
1940
- Bullet Code as Pop Norton
- Winners of the West as Lacey
- Legion of the Lawless as Ben Leighton
- Riders of Pasco Basin as Hired Gunman (uncredited)
- Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride as Rancher
- Young Bill Hickok as Raider
- Melody Ranch as Autry Voter on Trolley
- Prairie Law as Silent
- Billy the Kid in Texas as Windy
1939
- New Frontier as Jed Turner
- Oklahoma Terror as Henchman Red McGuire
- Texas Wildcats as Henchman Durkin (as Slim Whittaker)
- Rollin' Westward as Henchman Bart
- The Fighting Gringo as Monty Bates
- The Marshal Of Mesa City as Henchman Jake Morris
- South of the Border as Carlos
- Frontiers of '49 as Brad
- The Lone Ranger Rides Again as Black
- The Law Comes to Texas as Barney Dalton
- Code of the Cactus as Sheriff Burton
1938
- Phantom Gold as Rattler
- Black Bandit
- Frontier Scout as Henchman Davis
- Under Western Stars as Tremaine, Rankin's partner
- Lightning Carson Rides Again as Saloon Owner
- Pioneer Trail as Curley
- Stagecoach Days as Butch Flint (as Charles Whittaker)
- Rolling Caravans as Henchman Boots
1937
- Lost Ranch as Sheriff
- Borderland as Reads Newspaper
- Reckless Ranger as Steve
- Prairie Thunder as Indian Fighter
- Mystery Range as Sheriff
- Hollywood Round-Up as Sheriff
- Roaring Six Guns as Henchman 'Skeeter'
- Valley of Terror as Lynch Mob
- Heart of the Rockies as Dawson Clan Member
- Law of the Ranger as Henchman Steve
- Orphan of the Pecos as Sheriff
- The Roaming Cowboy as Ranch Hand
- Cheyenne Rides Again as Sheriff Jed Martin
- Smoke Tree Range as Henchman Ferguson
- Melody of the Plains as Cass
- The Feud of the Trail as Sheriff
- The Silver Trail as Slug
- Santa Fe Rides as Henchman Al Jensen
1936
- Pinto Rustlers as Sheriff (as Charles Whittaker)
- Fast Bullets as Pat
- General Spanky as Bit
- Flash Gordon as Prison Guard
- Roamin' Wild as Marshal Lucas
- Black Gold as Slim (uncredited)
- Rio Grande Ranger as Henchman Jack
- For the Service as Henchman (uncredited)
- The Riding Avenger as Jailbird Slim
- Santa Fe Bound as One-Shot Morgan
- Everyman's Law as Pete - Henchman
- The Adventures of Frank Merriwell as Nolan
- The Fugitive Sheriff as Henchman Lon (uncredited)
- Ridin' On as Black Mike Gonzado
1935
- Western Frontier as Henchman
- Border Brigands as Slig - Bank Robbery Henchman
- Coyote Trails as Bert
- Rio Rattler as Rattler Brown
- Border Vengeance as Posse Leader
- Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery as Captain Larsen
- The Silver Bullet as Scurvy
- The Cactus Kid as Killer Plug Perkins
- The Last of the Clintons as Jim Elkins
- The Outlaw Tamer as Bowie Harris (as Chas. Whittaker)
- Blazing Guns as Deputy Carter
- Valley of Wanted Men as Deputy
- Men of Action as Slim
- Horses' Collars as Cowboy (uncredited)
- Silent Valley as Pete Childers
- Unconquered Bandit as Jose Porfirio aka The Night Hawk
- Rustler's Paradise as Senor Romero (as Charles Whittaker)
- Arizona Bad Man as Black Bart Dunston
- Lawless Riders as Prod Jordan
1934
- Mystery Liner as Crewman (uncredited)
- Fighting Thru as Sheriff Slade
- Smoking Guns as Henchman Slim Watts
- Honor of the Range as Henchman Pete
- The Lost Jungle as Al
- The Man from Hell as Mine Owner Tom
- Terror of the Plains as Henchman Nevada
- The Law of the Wild as Henchman Mack
- Range Warfare as Sheriff CC (Curt) Turner
1933
- Unknown Valley as Man at Bridger's Post
- Drum Taps as Henchman Hank
- Sagebrush Trail as Henchman Dick (uncredited)
- The Man from Monterey as Jake Morgan
- King of the Arena as Circus Cook
- War of the Range as Henchman Hank (as Charles Whittaker)
- The Fiddlin' Buckaroo as Henchman Swede
- Fugitive as Henchman Dick
- The Telegraph Trail as Second Henchman (uncredited)
- Trouble Busters as Big Bill Jarvis
- Deadwood Pass as Butch Cassidy
1932
- Haunted Gold as Henchman Slim (uncredited)
- Come On, Tarzan as Slim - Henchman
- Heroes of the West as Henchman
- The Night Rider as Henchman (uncredited)
- Beyond the Rockies as Sherman Henchman Hank (uncredited)
- Ride Him, Cowboy as Hawk Henchman Paxton (uncredited)
- South of Santa Fe as John Roberts, lawyer
- The Man from New Mexico as Henchman Russ
- Texas Tornado as Henchman
1931
- Wild Horse as Rodeo Wrangler
- In Old Cheyenne as Henchman Pete
- A Holy Terror as Johnson (uncredited)
- Alias: The Bad Man as Bartender (uncredited)
- Ten Nights in a Bar-room as Bit Role
- West of Cheyenne as Henchman Steve
- Freighters of Destiny as Bill
- The Avenger as Slim
- Sundown Trail as Henchman
- A Rider of the Plains as Deputy Castro
1930
- Shadow Ranch as Henchman Curley
- O'Malley Rides Alone as Ullik
- The Oklahoma Cyclone as Rawhide - Henchman
- Under Montana Skies as Henchman Joe
- The Fighting Legion as Fred Hook
1929
- Headin' Westward as Buck McGrath
- Cheyenne as Klaxton
- Captain Cowboy
1928
- Manhattan Cowboy as Slim Sergeant
- The Code of the Scarlet as Henchman
- The Canyon of Adventure as Slim Burke
- The Flyin' Buckaroo as Delno (the bandit)
- The Sunset Legion as Bartender (uncredited)
1927
- Almost Human as Luke Rawlins
- Gun Gospel as Brogan's Henchman
- The Phantom Buster as Cassidy
- The Desert of the Lost as Sheriff (uncredited)
- The Ridin' Rowdy as Miller
1926
- Double Daring as Blackie Gorman
- The Ramblin' Galoot as Henchman
- The Roaring Rider as (uncredited)
- The Fighting Cheat as Jud Nolan
- Ace of Action
- The Stolen Ranch as Henchman Hank
- Bucking the Truth as 'Red' Sang (as Charles Whittaker)
1925
- On the Go as Tom Evans
- The Lost Express as Thug
- The Hurricane Horseman as Mikes Wesson (as Charles Whitaker)
- Tearin' Loose as Matt Harris
- A Desperate Chance as George Peters (as Charles Whittaker)
- The Big Stunt
1920
- In Search of a Sinner as Roue
1916
- The Man from Bitter Roots as 'Slim' Naudain
1914
- The Squaw Man as The Detective
- Kid Pink and the Maharajah
- Tested by Fire as Bill Burke, Packer