Born Harry Lewis Woods on 5 May 1889 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, The dean of Western heavies, Woods traded blows and bullets with nearly every cowboy star in movie history during his 40-year screen career. The former salesman-powerfully built, with piercing eyes and a cruel smile-made an ideal villain, first in Pearl White silent serials and later in B Westerns and melodramas. Woods plied his trade in big-budget pictures also, but usually in smaller roles. He had some of his most memorable moments in The Viking 1929, The Lone Rider 1930, When a Man's a Man 1935, The Plainsman 1936, Courage of the West 1937, Beau Geste 1939, Tall in the Saddle 1944, Thunder Mountain 1947, and Lone Star 1952. His last film was The Ten Commandments 1956. He appeared in twelve movies with John Wayne.

Born Fred Graham on 26 October 1908 in Springer, New Mexico Baseball gave Fred his start in motion pictures. In 1928 he worked for the M.G.M sound department, he also played semi-pro baseball on the side. The studio made a murder picture called Death on the Diamond 1934, starring Robert Young and Nat Pendleton. Fred was hired to tutor Young and Pendleton in the fine points of the game Fred doubled Pendleton in the catching scenes. This started Fred on a 40+ year career as a stuntman and actor. While at the studio he doubled Clark Gable, Nelson Eddy and Charles Bickford. Fred went over to Warner Bros in 1938 to double Basil Rathbone in The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938. In 1941 he moved to Republic Fred met John Wayne there and stunted for Wayne in many of his films. Fred also appeared in many films as an actor, he usually played truck drivers, cops and crooks etc, Fred appeared in 15 movies with John Wayne.  In 1968 Fred went to work for Arizona's Department of Economic  Development of Motion Pictures. In 1978 "Slugger" a nickname he got at Republic passed away on 10 October 1979 in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA. 
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Born Palmer Lee 25 January 1927 in San Francisco, California, USA, Norwegian by heritage and a San Franciscan by birth,  brown-haired.  brown-eyed Gregg Palmer broke into show biz as a radio announcer. After an early '50s stint as a contract player at Universal, he turned to freelancing, closing out the decade by starring and co-starring in a number of detective, Western and sci-fi adventures. In the '60s, Palmer drifted into supporting roles and much TV work, and reinforced his growing rep with Western fans by becoming a regular member of John Wayne's latter-day stock company. Gregg appeared in six movies with John Wayne.

Born Richmond Reed Carradine on 5 February 1906 in New York, New York, USA. Son of a reporter/artist and a surgeon. Grew up in Peekskill and Kingston NY. Attended Christ Church School, and Graphic Art School, studying sculpture. Roamed the South selling sketches. This gaunt, deep-voiced Shakespearean actor would be a safe choice to win any competition for Most Movies Ever Made. A classically trained stage actor of the bravura school, he relished showy character parts, no matter how minor the footage; he can truly be said to have believed the old adage, "There are no small roles, only small actors." Carradine wasn't above chewing a little scenery here and there, and left unrestrained he frequently could be seen going over the top. But when handled by a great director-say, John Ford, for whom Carradine was extremely effective-he delivered brilliant performances. He can be glimpsed in bit roles in the early 1930s, in everything from The Sign of the Cross 1932 to such Universal horror classics as The Black Cat 1934 and Bride of Frankenstein 1935. In the late 1930s, Carradine worked virtually nonstop in dozens of films, including such John Ford landmarks as Stagecoach, Drums Along the Mohawk both 1939, and The Grapes of Wrath 1940, as well as Captains Courageous 1937, Jesse James, The Hound of the Baskervilles both 1939, and Blood and Sand 1941. In the 1940s, he renewed his association with Universal horror films, playing Dracula in House of Frankenstein 1944 and House of Dracula 1945, John appeared in four movies with John Wayne.  John passed away on 27 November 1988 in Milan, Italy of natural causes.

Born Granville G. Withers on 17 January 1904 in Pueblo, Colorado, USA. Strappingly handsome leading man Grant Withers worked as an oil company salesman and newspaper reporter before he turned to acting in 1926. One of the more popular second echelon stars of the early '30s, Withers was unable to sustain his celebrity. By the end of the 1930s, Withers was pretty much limited to character roles and bits, with such notable exceptions as the recurring role of the brash Lt. Street in Monogram's Mr. Wong series. In 1930, Withers eloped with 17-year-old actress Loretta Young, but the marriage was later annulled. Some of Withers' later screen appearances were arranged through the auspices of his friends John Ford and John Wayne. Grant appeared in nine movies with John Wayne, Grant  committed suicide on 27 March 1959 in North Hollywood, California, USA., leaving behind a note in which he apologized to all the people he'd let down during his Hollywood days.

Born Charles Lafayette King Jr on 21 February 1895 in Hillsboro, Texas, USA.  In films since his adolescence (he appeared in 1915's "Birth of a Nation"), Charles King played a variety of roles in silent films, and even made a series of comedy shorts for Universal in the '20s. However, it was as a western villain that King achieved his greatest fame. In the 1930s and 1940s, he appeared in scores of westerns, and was usually killed off before the end of the movie. There's a great line in "Blazing Saddles" where Gene Wilder says, "I've killed more men than Cecil B. DeMille"; well, it's doubtful that anybody has been killed more times in films than Charlie King. He's been beaten up and shot by the likes of John Wayne, Buster Crabbe, Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, and pretty much anybody who ever appeared in a film with him, Charles appeared in four movies with the Duke. After a memorable career as a punching bag and moving target for most of the actors in Hollywood, Charlie King retired, and died on 7 May 1957 in Hollywood, California, USA.

Born Leonard Clapham on 24 August 1889 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Grizzled character actor of scores of Westerns. A native of Kentucky, he spent his early manhood as a salesman. He obtained work with the Selig film company in Chicago as a property man and came to California when that firm moved west. He began to get small parts in the Westerns Selig produced and both his expertise with horses and his rugged appearance soon led him to larger roles. In 1924, he adopted the stage name Tom London after years of performing under his real name. He played heavies and comical roles with equal skill and became, throughout the Thirties and Forties, a familiar face low-budget pictures. He played the comic sidekick to Western star Sunset Carson in a number of B-Westerns and continued to play character roles until his death on 5 December 1963 in North Hollywood, California, USA.

Born LeRoy Mason on 2 July 1903 in Larimore, North Dakota, USA. 
 The quintessential "Big Boss" heavy in B-Westerns, with or without a mustache, LeRoy Mason entered films in the mid-'20s as Roy Mason, playing mostly juveniles. After the advent of talkies, he was usually on the wrong side of the law, appearing opposite nearly every Western star on the Hollywood prairie, a career that included quite a few action serials as well. By the 1940s, he had become one of the busiest character actors in Hollywood, switching from 20th Century Fox to Republic and back again with seemingly little time to recuperate. In 1943, he signed a "term player" contract with Republic and became busier than ever. The hectic schedule took an awful toll, however, when he suffered a fatal heart attack on 13 October 1947 Los Angeles, California, USA. while on the set of the 1947 Monte Hale Western "California Firebrand". 

Born Robert J. Wilke on 18 May 1914 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Prolific American character actor of primarily villainous roles. He worked as a lifeguard at a Miami, Florida hotel, where he made contacts in the business. He was able to obtain work as a stuntman and continued as such until the mid-Forties, when he began getting actual roles in low- budget Westerns. A prominent appearance as one of the heavies in High Noon 1952 led to work in higher quality films. He worked extensively in television as well as movies, and became an enormously familiar face, though a fairly Anonymous one to the general public. His weathered visage made him a perfect Western bad guy, but he occasionally played sympathetic parts as well, as in Days of Heaven 1978. An expert golfer, he was said by his friend Claude Akins to have earned more money on the golf course than he ever did in movies, he only appeared alongside the Duke in one film The Fighting Seabees. He died on 28 March 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Born Kenne Duncan on 17 February 1903 in Chatham, Ontario, Canada. Veteran movie villain Kenne Duncan began plying his wicked trade in 1933. He hit his stride in the 1940s, when he was under contract to Republic Pictures. Duncan sneered and skulked his way through scores of westerns and serials, usually as the raffish aide-de-camp of the principal heavy (as in the 1941 serial The Adventures of Captain Marvel). When Republic slowed down production in the mid-1950s, Duncan reluctantly found himself in the circle of Hollywood "fringies" who populated the films of immortal bad-movie maven Ed Wood Jr. One of Kenne Duncan's final screen appearances was as phony mystic and erstwhile vampire Dr. Acula in Wood's Night of the Ghouls, Kenne appeared in four movies with John Wayne. Kenne passed away on 5 February 1972 in Hollywood, California, USA.

Born Raymond Benard on 14 February 1902 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. Ray was a physical culturist and very good athlete. This is how he began working in Hollywood, as a physical fitness trainer for movie stars. Bit parts in 1932 led to action roles in the "Undersea Kingdom" and "The Leathernecks Have Landed" in 1936, the same year he began his role as Tucson Smith in the "Three Mesquiteer" series for which he did 24 pictures before leaving in 1939. He also did 20 of the 24 "Range Busters" series which ran from 1940 to 1943. He finished up playing apes in "White Gorilla" (1947) and "Killer Apes" (1953) and the role of It in "It, the Terror from Beyond Space" (1958), Crash appeared in eight movies with John Wayne.  After he retired he operated a number of successful businesses. One of these, Corriganville, was a ranch and town used for filming TV and movie westerns. His nickname 'Crash' derived from his powerful physique and willingness to undertake dangerous stunts. Crash passed away on 10 August 1976 in Brookings Hollow, Oregon, USA.

Earl Dwire Born on 3 October 1883 in Missouri, USA. American character actor Earl Dwire was most closely associated with the B-Western movie mills of the 1930s. Dwire frequently played the antagonist in the low-budget vehicles of such cowboy stars as Bob Steele and Johnny Mack Brown. In the early '30s, he was virtually a regular in the John Wayne Westerns produced by the Lone Star outfit. He also occasionally accepted such contemporary minor roles as a priest in Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) and a gangster in Accidents Will Happen (1939). Earl Dwire's last known film credit was the Universal serial Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940). He appeared in sixteen movies with John  Wayne. Earl passed away on 16 January 1940 in Carmichael, California, USA.