Slim Whitaker

Jul 27, 1893 - Sep 27, 1960 (67 years old) in Kansas City, Missouri, USA

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.

Known For

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Law of the Lash

Bart

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The Telegraph Trail

Second Henchman (uncredited)

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Young Bill Hickok

Raider

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In Old California

Man on Street

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The Desperadoes

Tolliver - Jack's Gang Member

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Man from Music Mountain

Sheepman (uncredited)

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Pioneer Justice

Ben

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Billy the Kid

Butch - Keating's Hired Hand (uncredited)

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Sagebrush Trail

Henchman Dick (uncredited)

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New Frontier

Jed Turner

Credits

The Bonanza Buckaroo Future

Fraction Jack

★ NR
Tex Granger: Midnight Rider of the Plains 1948

Joe Hall (uncredited)

★ NR
The Westward Trail 1948

Bartender

★ NR
Black Hills 1947

★ NR
Return of the Lash 1947

Henchman

★ 3
Pioneer Justice 1947

Ben

★ 5
Law of the Lash 1947

Bart

★ 5.6
Outlaws of the Plains 1946

R.R. Agent Graham

★ 5
Overland Riders 1946

Jeff Barkley

★ 3.5
Trigger Trail 1944

★ 5
The Drifter 1944

Marshal Hodges

★ NR
The Laramie Trail 1944

Sheriff Law

★ NR
Oklahoma Raiders 1944

Sheriff Seth Banning

★ 7.5
Marshal of Gunsmoke 1944

Henchman Nevada

★ NR
Boss of Rawhide 1943

Murdered Wagon Driver

★ 5.5
Man from Music Mountain 1943

Sheepman (uncredited)

★ 5
Raiders of Red Gap 1943

Green

★ 6
Blazing Frontier 1943

Sheriff

★ 5
Silver Spurs 1943

Henchman Ed

★ 3.5
Wolves of the Range 1943

Pasha

★ 5.3
The Desperadoes 1943

Tolliver - Jack's Gang Member

★ 5.7
Death Rides the Plains 1943

Sheriff

★ 6
Fighting Frontier 1943

Sheriff Logan

★ NR
The Rangers Take Over 1942

Sheriff

★ 6
The Mysterious Rider 1942

Rufe - Henchman

★ 5
Arizona Stage Coach 1942

Red

★ 4.5
The Silver Bullet 1942

Buck

★ 4
Come on Danger 1942

Sheriff

★ 5.7
Texas Justice 1942

Huxley

★ NR
In Old California 1942

Man on Street

★ 5.1
Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns 1942

Roberts

★ 4.5
Raiders of the West 1942

The Sheriff

★ NR
The Lone Rider and the Bandit 1942

Miner #2

★ 4
Billy The Kid's Round-Up 1941

Jim Hanley

★ 5
Billy the Kid Wanted 1941

Sheriff #2

★ 5.7
King of the Texas Rangers 1941

Cantina Thug

★ 6
Six-Gun Gold 1941

Deputy Miller

★ NR
Arizona Bound 1941

Henchman Red

★ 4.3
Riders of Death Valley 1941

Stable Owner

★ 6.5
Hands Across the Rockies 1941

Marshal Bemis

★ 7.2
Cyclone on Horseback 1941

Valley City Sheriff

★ 5.8
Billy the Kid 1941

Butch - Keating's Hired Hand (uncredited)

★ 4.8
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie 1941

Henchman Moose

★ 5
Along the Rio Grande 1941

Henchman Pete

★ 6.3
Young Bill Hickok 1940

Raider

★ 4.4
Billy the Kid in Texas 1940

Windy

★ 5.8
Melody Ranch 1940

Autry Voter on Trolley

★ 5.8
Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride 1940

Rancher

★ 4
Winners of the West 1940

Lacey

★ NR
Prairie Law 1940

Silent

★ 5.5
Bullet Code 1940

Pop Norton

★ 5.6
Riders of Pasco Basin 1940

Hired Gunman (uncredited)

★ 2
Legion of the Lawless 1940

Ben Leighton

★ 5.2
South of the Border 1939

Carlos

★ 5
The Marshal Of Mesa City 1939

Henchman Jake Morris

★ 8
Oklahoma Terror 1939

Henchman Red McGuire

★ 6
New Frontier 1939

Jed Turner

★ 5.5
The Fighting Gringo 1939

Monty Bates

★ 6
The Law Comes to Texas 1939

Barney Dalton

★ NR
Texas Wildcats 1939

Henchman Durkin (as Slim Whittaker)

★ NR
Rollin' Westward 1939

Henchman Bart

★ 5
Code of the Cactus 1939

Sheriff Burton

★ 5.5
The Lone Ranger Rides Again 1939

Black

★ 6
Frontiers of '49 1939

Brad

★ NR
Lightning Carson Rides Again 1938

Saloon Owner

★ 5.8
Frontier Scout 1938

Henchman Davis

★ 4.5
Black Bandit 1938

★ NR
Phantom Gold 1938

Rattler

★ NR
Pioneer Trail 1938

Curley

★ NR
Stagecoach Days 1938

Butch Flint (as Charles Whittaker)

★ NR
Under Western Stars 1938

Tremaine, Rankin's partner

★ 5.9
Rolling Caravans 1938

Henchman Boots

★ 3
Hollywood Round-Up 1937

Sheriff

★ 4.4
Prairie Thunder 1937

Indian Fighter

★ 3.5
Heart of the Rockies 1937

Dawson Clan Member

★ 6
Roaring Six Guns 1937

Henchman 'Skeeter'

★ 6
Lost Ranch 1937

Sheriff

★ 5
Smoke Tree Range 1937

Henchman Ferguson

★ NR
Orphan of the Pecos 1937

Sheriff

★ 5
Reckless Ranger 1937

Steve

★ NR
Law of the Ranger 1937

Henchman Steve

★ NR
Mystery Range 1937

Sheriff

★ NR
Melody of the Plains 1937

Cass

★ NR
The Feud of the Trail 1937

Sheriff

★ 4.5
The Silver Trail 1937

Slug

★ 5
Borderland 1937

Reads Newspaper

★ NR
Santa Fe Rides 1937

Henchman Al Jensen

★ NR
Cheyenne Rides Again 1937

Sheriff Jed Martin

★ 5.5
Valley of Terror 1937

Lynch Mob

★ 5
The Roaming Cowboy 1937

Ranch Hand

★ NR
Rio Grande Ranger 1936

Henchman Jack

★ NR
General Spanky 1936

Bit

★ 5.4
The Fugitive Sheriff 1936

Henchman Lon (uncredited)

★ NR
Santa Fe Bound 1936

One-Shot Morgan

★ NR
The Riding Avenger 1936

Jailbird Slim

★ NR
Everyman's Law 1936

Pete - Henchman

★ NR
For the Service 1936

Henchman (uncredited)

★ NR
Pinto Rustlers 1936

Sheriff (as Charles Whittaker)

★ NR
Roamin' Wild 1936

Marshal Lucas

★ 5
Ridin' On 1936

Black Mike Gonzado

★ NR
Black Gold 1936

Slim (uncredited)

★ 5
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell 1936

Nolan

★ 4
Fast Bullets 1936

Pat

★ 4.5
Lawless Riders 1935

Prod Jordan

★ NR
The Last of the Clintons 1935

Jim Elkins

★ 5
Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery 1935

Captain Larsen

★ 6
Valley of Wanted Men 1935

Deputy

★ 5
Western Frontier 1935

Henchman

★ NR
Rio Rattler 1935

Rattler Brown

★ 6
Men of Action 1935

Slim

★ 5
Border Vengeance 1935

Posse Leader

★ 6
Border Brigands 1935

Slig - Bank Robbery Henchman

★ NR
Silent Valley 1935

Pete Childers

★ NR
Rustler's Paradise 1935

Senor Romero (as Charles Whittaker)

★ NR
The Outlaw Tamer 1935

Bowie Harris (as Chas. Whittaker)

★ NR
Blazing Guns 1935

Deputy Carter

★ NR
Coyote Trails 1935

Bert

★ 5
Arizona Bad Man 1935

Black Bart Dunston

★ 5
Horses' Collars 1935

Cowboy (uncredited)

★ 6
Unconquered Bandit 1935

Jose Porfirio aka The Night Hawk

★ NR
The Cactus Kid 1935

Killer Plug Perkins

★ 5
Range Warfare 1934

Sheriff CC (Curt) Turner

★ 5
Terror of the Plains 1934

Henchman Nevada

★ NR
The Law of the Wild 1934

Henchman Mack

★ 5
Fighting Thru 1934

Sheriff Slade

★ NR
The Man from Hell 1934

Mine Owner Tom

★ 4.5
Smoking Guns 1934

Henchman Slim Watts

★ NR
Honor of the Range 1934

Henchman Pete

★ 5
The Lost Jungle 1934

Al

★ 3
Sagebrush Trail 1933

Henchman Dick (uncredited)

★ 5.3
War of the Range 1933

Henchman Hank (as Charles Whittaker)

★ NR
The Fiddlin' Buckaroo 1933

Henchman Swede

★ NR
The Man from Monterey 1933

Jake Morgan

★ 4.4
King of the Arena 1933

Circus Cook

★ NR
Trouble Busters 1933

Big Bill Jarvis

★ 5.5
Deadwood Pass 1933

Butch Cassidy

★ 4
Unknown Valley 1933

Man at Bridger's Post

★ 6.3
The Telegraph Trail 1933

Second Henchman (uncredited)

★ 4.7
Drum Taps 1933

Henchman Hank

★ 4.5
Haunted Gold 1932

Henchman Slim (uncredited)

★ 4.9
Come On, Tarzan 1932

Slim - Henchman

★ 5.5
Ride Him, Cowboy 1932

Hawk Henchman Paxton (uncredited)

★ 4.7
The Night Rider 1932

Henchman (uncredited)

★ NR
Beyond the Rockies 1932

Sherman Henchman Hank (uncredited)

★ 5.5
Heroes of the West 1932

Henchman

★ 5.5
The Man from New Mexico 1932

Henchman Russ

★ 6
Texas Tornado 1932

Henchman

★ NR
South of Santa Fe 1932

John Roberts, lawyer

★ 3
Freighters of Destiny 1931

Bill

★ NR
Sundown Trail 1931

Henchman

★ 7
Wild Horse 1931

Rodeo Wrangler

★ 6.5
A Holy Terror 1931

Johnson (uncredited)

★ 5.7
Alias: The Bad Man 1931

Bartender (uncredited)

★ 4.3
In Old Cheyenne 1931

Henchman Pete

★ NR
A Rider of the Plains 1931

Deputy Castro

★ NR
The Avenger 1931

Slim

★ 5.8
West of Cheyenne 1931

Henchman Steve

★ NR
Ten Nights in a Bar-room 1931

Bit Role

★ 4.3
Shadow Ranch 1930

Henchman Curley

★ 6
Under Montana Skies 1930

Henchman Joe

★ NR
The Oklahoma Cyclone 1930

Rawhide - Henchman

★ 4.2
The Fighting Legion 1930

Fred Hook

★ NR
O'Malley Rides Alone 1930

Ullik

★ NR
Captain Cowboy 1929

★ NR
Headin' Westward 1929

Buck McGrath

★ NR
Cheyenne 1929

Klaxton

★ NR
The Flyin' Buckaroo 1928

Delno (the bandit)

★ NR
Manhattan Cowboy 1928

Slim Sergeant

★ NR
The Code of the Scarlet 1928

Henchman

★ NR
The Canyon of Adventure 1928

Slim Burke

★ NR
The Sunset Legion 1928

Bartender (uncredited)

★ NR
The Desert of the Lost 1927

Sheriff (uncredited)

★ 6
Gun Gospel 1927

Brogan's Henchman

★ NR
The Phantom Buster 1927

Cassidy

★ NR
The Ridin' Rowdy 1927

Miller

★ NR
Almost Human 1927

Luke Rawlins

★ NR
The Stolen Ranch 1926

Henchman Hank

★ 5.8
Ace of Action 1926

★ NR
The Ramblin' Galoot 1926

Henchman

★ NR
Bucking the Truth 1926

'Red' Sang (as Charles Whittaker)

★ NR
Double Daring 1926

Blackie Gorman

★ NR
The Fighting Cheat 1926

Jud Nolan

★ NR
The Roaring Rider 1926

(uncredited)

★ NR
The Big Stunt 1925

★ NR
The Hurricane Horseman 1925

Mikes Wesson (as Charles Whitaker)

★ NR
Tearin' Loose 1925

Matt Harris

★ NR
The Lost Express 1925

Thug

★ NR
A Desperate Chance 1925

George Peters (as Charles Whittaker)

★ NR
On the Go 1925

Tom Evans

★ NR
In Search of a Sinner 1920

Roue

★ NR
Kid Pink and the Maharajah 1914

★ NR
Tested by Fire 1914

Bill Burke, Packer

★ NR