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The Westerner is a 1940 American Western film directed by William Wyler and starring Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan and Doris Davenport.Written by Niven Busch and Jo Swerling (from a story by Stuart N. Lake), the film concerns a self-appointed hanging judge in Vinegaroon, Texas, who befriends a saddle tramp who opposes the judge's policy against homesteaders.
Cast Country Subgenre/Notes 1940: 20 Mule Team: Richard Thorpe: Wallace Beery, Anne Baxter, Leo Carrillo: United States: mining Western Adventures of Red Ryder: William Witney: Don "Red" Barry, Noah Beery Sr. Red Ryder serial Western Arizona: Wesley Ruggles: Jean Arthur, William Holden: traditional Western Bad Man from Red Butte: Ray Taylor
Walter Andrew Brennan (July 25, 1894 – September 21, 1974) was an American actor and singer. [1] He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Come and Get It (1936), Kentucky (1938) and The Westerner (1940), making him one of only six actors to win three Academy Awards, and the only male or female actor to win three awards in the supporting actor category.
A Westerner is a person from the Western world. The Westerner may also refer to: In arts and entertainment: The Westerners (1919 film), a 1919 American film directed by Edward Sloman; The Westerner, a 1934 American western starring Tim McCoy; The Westerner, a 1940 American western starring Gary Cooper and Walter Brennan
Worden was born in Rolfe, Iowa, [1] and raised on a cattle ranch near Glendive.He was educated as an engineer at Stanford University and the University of Nevada He enlisted in the U.S. Army hoping to become an Army Air Force aviator but failed to pass flight school.
During the 1940s, Wills was a contract player for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, appearing in Westerns. Wills was also cast in a number of dramatic roles, including as "the City of Chicago" as personified by a phantom police sergeant in the film noir City That Never Sleeps (1953), and that of Uncle Bawley in Giant (1956), which also features Rock Hudson ...
The Light of Western Stars is a 1940 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander, starring Victor Jory as Gene Stewart, and based upon a 1914 novel by Zane Grey.The film is also known as Border Renegade (American alternative title).
The Three Mesquiteers is the umbrella title for a Republic Pictures series of 51 American Western B-movies released between 1936 and 1943. The films, featuring a trio of Old West adventurers, was based on a series of Western novels by William Colt MacDonald. The eponymous trio, with occasional variations, were called Stony Brooke, Tucson Smith ...