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
- Law of the Lash as Bart
- Return of the Lash as Henchman
1946
- Outlaws of the Plains as R.R. Agent Graham
- Overland Riders as Jeff Barkley
1944
- Marshal of Gunsmoke as Henchman Nevada
- Trigger Trail
- Oklahoma Raiders as Sheriff Seth Banning
- The Drifter as Marshal Hodges
- The Laramie Trail as Sheriff Law
1943
- The Desperadoes as Tolliver - Jack's Gang Member
- Silver Spurs as Henchman Ed
- Fighting Frontier as Sheriff Logan
- Wolves of the Range as Pasha
- Raiders of Red Gap as Green
- Blazing Frontier as Sheriff
- Boss of Rawhide as Murdered Wagon Driver
- Death Rides the Plains as Sheriff
- Man from Music Mountain as Sheepman (uncredited)
1942
- In Old California as Man on Street
- The Silver Bullet as Buck
- The Lone Rider and the Bandit as Miner #2
- The Rangers Take Over as Sheriff
- Texas Justice as Huxley
- Arizona Stage Coach as Red
- Raiders of the West as The Sheriff
- The Mysterious Rider as Rufe - Henchman
- Come on Danger as Sheriff
- Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns as Roberts
1941
- Billy the Kid as Butch - Keating's Hired Hand (uncredited)
- Arizona Bound as Henchman Red
- Riders of Death Valley as Stable Owner
- Hands Across the Rockies as Marshal Bemis
- Along the Rio Grande as Henchman Pete
- Cyclone on Horseback as Valley City Sheriff
- Billy the Kid Wanted as Sheriff #2
- King of the Texas Rangers as Cantina Thug
- Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie as Henchman Moose
- Six-Gun Gold as Deputy Miller
- Billy The Kid's Round-Up as Jim Hanley
1940
- Bullet Code as Pop Norton
- Billy the Kid in Texas as Windy
- Prairie Law as Silent
- Melody Ranch as Autry Voter on Trolley
- Winners of the West as Lacey
- Riders of Pasco Basin as Hired Gunman (uncredited)
- Young Bill Hickok as Raider
- Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride as Rancher
- Legion of the Lawless as Ben Leighton
1939
- The Lone Ranger Rides Again as Black
- New Frontier as Jed Turner
- The Marshal Of Mesa City as Henchman Jake Morris
- Rollin' Westward as Henchman Bart
- Frontiers of '49 as Brad
- Code of the Cactus as Sheriff Burton
- The Law Comes to Texas as Barney Dalton
- Texas Wildcats as Henchman Durkin (as Slim Whittaker)
- Oklahoma Terror as Henchman Red McGuire
- South of the Border as Carlos
- The Fighting Gringo as Monty Bates
- Lone Star Pioneers as Buck Bally
1938
- Under Western Stars as Tremaine, Rankin's partner
- Lightning Carson Rides Again as Saloon Owner
- Frontier Scout as Henchman Davis
- Black Bandit
- Rolling Caravans as Henchman Boots
- Stagecoach Days as Butch Flint (as Charles Whittaker)
- Pioneer Trail as Curley
- Phantom Gold as Rattler
1937
- The Roaming Cowboy as Ranch Hand
- Prairie Thunder as Indian Fighter
- Borderland as Reads Newspaper
- Santa Fe Rides as Henchman Al Jensen
- Hollywood Round-Up as Sheriff
- Orphan of the Pecos as Sheriff
- The Feud of the Trail as Sheriff
- Valley of Terror as Lynch Mob
- The Silver Trail as Slug
- Cheyenne Rides Again as Sheriff Jed Martin
- Reckless Ranger as Steve
- Heart of the Rockies as Dawson Clan Member
- Mystery Range as Sheriff
- Lost Ranch as Sheriff
- Roaring Six Guns as Henchman 'Skeeter'
- Law of the Ranger as Henchman Steve
- Smoke Tree Range as Henchman Ferguson
- Melody of the Plains as Cass
1936
- Flash Gordon as Prison Guard
- Fast Bullets as Pat
- General Spanky as Bit
- The Fugitive Sheriff as Henchman Lon (uncredited)
- Pinto Rustlers as Sheriff (as Charles Whittaker)
- Ridin' On as Black Mike Gonzado
- The Adventures of Frank Merriwell as Nolan
- Roamin' Wild as Marshal Lucas
- The Riding Avenger as Jailbird Slim
- Everyman's Law as Pete - Henchman
- Black Gold as Slim (uncredited)
- Rio Grande Ranger as Henchman Jack
- For the Service as Henchman (uncredited)
- Santa Fe Bound as One-Shot Morgan
1935
- Lawless Range as Burns' Henchman (uncredited)
- Blazing Guns as Deputy Carter
- Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery as Captain Larsen
- Silent Valley as Pete Childers
- Valley of Wanted Men as Deputy
- Arizona Bad Man as Black Bart Dunston
- Rustler's Paradise as Senor Romero (as Charles Whittaker)
- The Last of the Clintons as Jim Elkins
- The Cactus Kid as Killer Plug Perkins
- Lawless Riders as Prod Jordan
- Western Frontier as Henchman
- Unconquered Bandit as Jose Porfirio aka The Night Hawk
- Rio Rattler as Rattler Brown
- Coyote Trails as Bert
- Horses' Collars as Cowboy (uncredited)
- The Silver Bullet as Scurvy
- Border Brigands as Slig - Bank Robbery Henchman
- Border Vengeance as Posse Leader
- Men of Action as Slim
- The Outlaw Tamer as Bowie Harris (as Chas. Whittaker)
- Circle of Death as Lance - Henchman
1934
- Smoking Guns as Henchman Slim Watts
- Honor of the Range as Henchman Pete
- Fighting Thru as Sheriff Slade
- Mystery Liner as Crewman (uncredited)
- The Lost Jungle as Al
- Terror of the Plains as Henchman Nevada
- The Man from Hell as Mine Owner Tom
- Range Warfare as Sheriff CC (Curt) Turner
- The Law of the Wild as Henchman Mack
1933
- Sagebrush Trail as Henchman Dick (uncredited)
- The Telegraph Trail as Second Henchman (uncredited)
- Drum Taps as Henchman Hank
- The Fiddlin' Buckaroo as Henchman Swede
- King of the Arena as Circus Cook
- Deadwood Pass as Butch Cassidy
- The Man from Monterey as Jake Morgan
- Unknown Valley as Man at Bridger's Post
- Fugitive as Henchman Dick
- Trouble Busters as Big Bill Jarvis
- War of the Range as Henchman Hank (as Charles Whittaker)
1932
- Haunted Gold as Henchman Slim (uncredited)
- Ride Him, Cowboy as Hawk Henchman Paxton (uncredited)
- Come On, Tarzan as Slim - Henchman
- South of Santa Fe as John Roberts, lawyer
- Beyond the Rockies as Sherman Henchman Hank (uncredited)
- Heroes of the West as Henchman
- The Night Rider as Henchman (uncredited)
- Texas Tornado as Henchman
- The Man from New Mexico as Henchman Russ
1931
- The Avenger as Slim
- West of Cheyenne as Henchman Steve
- Sundown Trail as Henchman
- Wild Horse as Rodeo Wrangler
- A Holy Terror as Johnson (uncredited)
- A Rider of the Plains as Deputy Castro
- Ten Nights in a Bar-room as Bit Role
- In Old Cheyenne as Henchman Pete
- The Cheyenne Cyclone as Hank - Henchman
- Desert Vengeance as Whiskey - Cardew Rider
- Alias: The Bad Man as Bartender (uncredited)
- Freighters of Destiny as Bill
1930
- Shadow Ranch as Henchman Curley
- The Fighting Legion as Fred Hook
- Under Montana Skies as Henchman Joe
- O'Malley Rides Alone as Ullik
- The Oklahoma Cyclone as Rawhide - Henchman
1929
- Captain Cowboy
- Cheyenne as Klaxton
- Headin' Westward as Buck McGrath
- Bad Men's Money as Percival McGinnis
1928
- Manhattan Cowboy as Slim Sergeant
- The Sunset Legion as Bartender (uncredited)
- The Code of the Scarlet as Henchman
- The Canyon of Adventure as Slim Burke
- The Flyin' Buckaroo as Delno (the bandit)
1927
- Gun Gospel as Brogan's Henchman
- The Desert of the Lost as Sheriff (uncredited)
- The Phantom Buster as Cassidy
- The Ridin' Rowdy as Miller
- Almost Human as Luke Rawlins
- The Soda Water Cowboy as Ross
- The Obligin' Buckaroo as Blackie
1926
- The Stolen Ranch as Henchman Hank
- Ace of Action
- The Roaring Rider as (uncredited)
- The Ramblin' Galoot as Henchman
- The Fighting Cheat as Jud Nolan
- Double Daring as Blackie Gorman
- Bucking the Truth as 'Red' Sang (as Charles Whittaker)
1925
- Tearin' Loose as Matt Harris
- On the Go as Tom Evans
- The Hurricane Horseman as Mikes Wesson (as Charles Whitaker)
- A Desperate Chance as George Peters (as Charles Whittaker)
- The Big Stunt
- The Lost Express as Thug
1920
- In Search of a Sinner as Roue
1919
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