Bud Osborne
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Born | Leonard Miles Osborne July 20, 1884 Knox County, Texas, USA |
Died | February 2, 1964 | (aged 79)
Other names | Lenny Osborne |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1912-1963 |
Leonard Miles "Bud" Osborne (July 20, 1884 – February 2, 1964) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 600 films and television programs between 1912 and 1963. He also was known as Lenny Osborne.[1]
Biography
Osborne was born Miles Osborne in Knox County, Texas, on February 20, 1884,[2] and died in Hollywood, California at age 79 from a heart attack.
Osborne attended Oklahoma City schools and was a rancher in Oklahoma's Indian Territory before he became an entertainer. After working with the 101 Ranch Show for fiver years, he worked with the Buffalo Bill show for one year in 1912. He became a member of Thomas H. Ince's film company in 1915.[1].
Osborne specialized in westerns, and was also noted for his skill as a stage driver, and was thus much in demand from his first film in 1912 right through the early 1950s. He was working as a stunt man as late as 1948, in Ray Enright's Return of the Bad Men.
As he grew older Osborne played small character parts in such television western series as Have Gun – Will Travel, Bonanza, Bat Masterson, Rawhide and The Lone Ranger. His last role was in an episode of Gunsmoke in 1963. His career spanned 51 years, with a total of 607 films and television episodes to his credit.
He was buried at the Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles.[3]
Selected filmography
- A Knight of the Range (1916)
- Love's Lariat (1916)
- The Tiger's Trail (1919)
- Vanishing Trails (1920)
- White Eagle (1922)
- The Ghost City (1923)
- The Way of a Man (1924)
- The Silent Stranger (1924)
- The Knockout Kid (1925)
- The Empty Saddle (1925)
- The Fighting Ranger (1925)
- 3 Bad Men (1926)
- The Outlaw Express (1926)
- Looking for Trouble (1926)
- Cactus Trails (1927)
- The Long Loop on the Pecos (1927)
- Speeding Hoofs (1927)
- The Fighting Stallion (1927)
- The Vanishing Rider (1928)
- The Bronc Stomper (1928)
- The Danger Rider (1928)
- West of Santa Fe (1928)
- On the Divide (1928)
- Yellow Contraband (1928)
- Law of the Mounted (1928)
- The Mystery Rider (1928)
- Texas Tommy (1928)
- The Lariat Kid (1929)
- West of the Rockies (1929)
- The Utah Kid (1930)
- Breed of the West (1930)
- Red Fork Range (1931)
- The Shadow of the Eagle (1932)
- Police Court (1932)
- Texas Cyclone (1932)
- Two-Fisted Law (1932)
- Ride Him, Cowboy (1932)
- The Big Stampede (1932)
- Haunted Gold (1932)
- The Telegraph Trail (1933)
- Somewhere in Sonora (1933)
- Circle Canyon (1933)
- The Prescott Kid (1934)
- Fighting Shadows (1935)
- Riding Wild (1935)
- The Lawless Nineties (1936)
- Ranger Courage (1936)
- The Unknown Ranger (1936)
- The Vigilantes Are Coming (1936)
- Gun Smoke (1936)
- Overland Stage Raiders (1938)
- Santa Fe Stampede (1938)
- Across the Plains (1939)
- The Night Riders (1939)
- New Frontier (1939)
- Allegheny Uprising (1939)
- Lone Star Raiders (1940)
- West of Pinto Basin (1940)
- Ridin' the Trail (1940)
- Forbidden Trails (1941)
- Underground Rustlers (1941)
- 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge (1942)
- Haunted Ranch (1943)
- Cowboy Commandos (1943)
- Arizona Whirlwind (1944)
- Dead or Alive (1944)
- Law Men (1944)
- The Utah Kid (1944)
- Valley of Vengeance (1944)
- His Brother's Ghost (1945)
- Fighting Bill Carson (1945)
- Prairie Rustlers (1945)
- Overland Riders (1946)
- Outlaws of the Plains (1946)
- Trailing Danger (1947)
- West of Dodge City (1947)
- Courtin' Trouble (1948)
- Outlaw Brand (1948)
- Gun Runner (1949)
- Across the Rio Grande (1949)
- Haunted Trails (1949)
- Law of the West (1949)
- Son of Geronimo (1952)
- Jail Bait (1954)
- The Adventures of Captain Africa (1955)
- Bride of the Monster (1956)
- Night of the Ghouls (1959)
References
- ^ a b Katchmer, George A. (2009). A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses. McFarland. p. 291. ISBN 978-0-7864-4693-3. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
- ^ Ramsaye, Terry (1940). 1939-40 International Motion Picture Almanac. Quigley Publications.
- ^ Copeland, Bobby (1999). B-Western Boot Hill: A Final Tribute to the Cowboys and Cowgirls who Rode the Saturday Matinee Movie Range. Empire Pub. p. 178. ISBN 9780944019283.
External links
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- Bud Osborne at IMDb