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1 | According to fan magazines of the day, Withers committed suicide because he thought he was going blind. |
2 | His earliest film work was in a Douglas MacLean feature and in the film version of an Elinor Glyn novel, but neither title has yet been identified. |
3 | Buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. His grave marker reads 1905 (not 1904) as his year of birth. |
4 | Was a stock player for director John Ford in later years. |
5 | He eloped with Loretta Young in 1930 when he was 25 and she was just 17, shortly after appearing together in the film The Second Floor Mystery (1930). He was not Catholic, and they were not married by a priest. The scandal caused a sensation. Loretta was able to obtain an annulment since the marriage was invalid in the eyes of the Catholic Church. |
6 | Was a salesman for the Standard Oil Company and worked for the Los Angeles Record newspaper before acting. His first assignment was covering the funeral of actor Wallace Reid. He quit after finding work as an extra in films. |
7 | Attended Kemper Military Academy and first drew interest in acting after appearing in school plays. |
8 | Married and divorced five times, including an annulment from Loretta Young, his first. |
9 | Worked with Buster Keaton and W.C. Fields in his early silent films. |
10 | A noticeable weight gain and failing health (back problems) triggered his suicide in 1959, at the age of 54, dying from an overdose of barbiturates. He left behind a note in which he apologized to all the people he'd purportedly let down during his Hollywood days. |
11 | He died from an overdose of barbiturates. |
12 | John Wayne was best man at his marriage to Estelita Rodriguez. |
13 | Brother-in-law of Polly Ann Young and Sally Blane, half-brother-in-law of Georgiana Young. |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Minesweeper | 1943 | | CPO Gregg - in Charge of Diving Crew |
A Lady Takes a Chance | 1943 | | Bob Hastings |
Petticoat Larceny | 1943 | | Detective Hogan |
Captive Wild Woman | 1943 | | Veterinarian (uncredited) |
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case | 1943 | | Waddy (uncredited) |
Gildersleeve's Bad Day | 1943 | | Henry Potter |
No Time for Love | 1943 | | Pete Hanagan (uncredited) |
Tennessee Johnson | 1942 | | Mordecai Milligan |
Northwest Rangers | 1942 | | Fowler |
Apache Trail | 1942 | | 'Les' Lestrade |
Panama Hattie | 1942 | | Shore Patrolman (uncredited) |
Ship Ahoy | 1942 | | Waiter (uncredited) |
Butch Minds the Baby | 1942 | | Cactus Pete |
H.M. Pulham, Esq. | 1941 | | Sammy Lee, Harvard Football Coach (uncredited) |
No Hands on the Clock | 1941 | | Harry Belding |
The Masked Rider | 1941 | | Douglas |
Father Takes a Wife | 1941 | | Judge Waters (uncredited) |
Parachute Battalion | 1941 | | Captain |
Your Last Act | 1941 | Short | Train Detective (uncredited) |
The Getaway | 1941 | | Parker |
Billy the Kid | 1941 | | Ed Shanahan |
The People vs. Dr. Kildare | 1941 | | Policeman at Accident (uncredited) |
Let's Make Music | 1941 | | Headwaiter |
Phantom of Chinatown | 1940 | | Capt. Street |
Mexican Spitfire Out West | 1940 | | Withers |
The Quarterback | 1940 | | Muggs (uncredited) |
Men Against the Sky | 1940 | | Mr. Grant |
Doomed to Die | 1940 | | Capt. William Street |
Tomboy | 1940 | | Mr. Kelly |
The Fatal Hour | 1940 | | Capt. Bill Street |
Daughter of the Tong | 1939 | | Ralph Dickson |
Mr. Wong in Chinatown | 1939 | | Inpsector Bill Street |
Boys' Reformatory | 1939 | | Dr. Owens |
Lure of the Wasteland | 1939 | | Smitty |
The Mystery of Mr. Wong | 1939 | | Police Capt. Sam Street |
Navy Secrets | 1939 | | C.P.O. Steve Fletcher - Posing as Steve Roberts |
Touchdown, Army | 1938 | | Coach Andrews (uncredited) |
Mr. Wong, Detective | 1938 | | Captain Sam Street |
Three Loves Has Nancy | 1938 | | Jack |
The Marines Come Thru | 1938 | | Pvt. Jack 'Junior' Murray |
Held for Ransom | 1938 | | Larry Scott |
The Secret of Treasure Island | 1938 | | Roderick Gridley |
Telephone Operator | 1937 | | Red |
Hollywood Round-Up | 1937 | | Grant Drexel |
Radio Patrol | 1937 | | Officer Pat O'Hara |
Bill Cracks Down | 1937 | | 'Tons' Walker |
Paradise Express | 1937 | | Lawrence 'Larry' Doyle |
Jungle Jim | 1937 | | Jim 'Jungle Jim' Bradley |
Lady Be Careful | 1936 | | Lt. Loomis |
The Arizona Raiders | 1936 | | Monroe Adams, Harriett's lawyer |
Border Flight | 1936 | | Lt. Pat Tornell |
Let's Sing Again | 1936 | | Jim 'Diablo' Wilkins |
Sky Parade | 1936 | | Casey Cameron |
Three on a Limb | 1936 | Short | Oscar |
The Fighting Marines | 1935 | | Cpl. Larry Lawrernce |
Ship Cafe | 1935 | | Rocky Stone |
Rip Roaring Riley | 1935 | | Major Gray |
Valley of Wanted Men | 1935 | | Fred |
Waterfront Lady | 1935 | | Tod |
Skybound | 1935 | | Chet Morley |
Society Fever | 1935 | | Ronald Dawson |
The Test | 1935 | | Brule Conway |
Hold 'Em Yale | 1935 | | Cleary (uncredited) |
Goin' to Town | 1935 | | Young Stud |
Storm Over the Andes | 1935 | | Mitchell |
Tailspin Tommy | 1934 | | Milt Howe |
The Red Rider | 1934 | | 'Silent' Slade |
The Secrets of Wu Sin | 1932 | | James Manning |
Gambling Sex | 1932 | | Bill Foster |
Red-Haired Alibi | 1932 | | Bob Shelton |
First Aid | 1931 | | Ralph Ingram |
Too Young to Marry | 1931 | | Bill Clark |
Swanee River | 1931 | | Garry |
Other Men's Women | 1931 | | Bill |
Sinners' Holiday | 1930 | | Angel |
Scarlet Pages | 1930 | | Bob Lawrence |
Dancing Sweeties | 1930 | | Bill Cleaver |
Back Pay | 1930 | | Gerald |
Soldiers and Women | 1930 | | Capt. Clive Branch |
The Second Floor Mystery | 1930 | | Geoffrey West |
Mammy | 1930 | | Reporter in Trailer (uncredited) |
The Other Tomorrow | 1930 | | Jon Carter |
Tiger Rose | 1929 | | Bruce |
The Show of Shows | 1929 | | Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two Number |
So Long Letty | 1929 | | Harry Miller |
Hearts in Exile | 1929 | | Paul Pavloff |
In the Headlines | 1929 | | Nosey Norton |
The Time, the Place and the Girl | 1929 | | Jim Crane |
Madonna of Avenue A | 1929 | | Slim Shayne |
The Divine Lady | 1929 | | One of Nelson's Ship's Officers (uncredited) |
Saturday's Children | 1929 | | Rims Rosson |
The Greyhound Limited | 1929 | | Bill |
The Road to Ruin | 1928 | | Don Hughes |
Bringing Up Father | 1928 | | Dennis |
Golden Shackles | 1928 | | Frank Fordyce |
Tillie's Punctured Romance | 1928 | | Hero |
In a Moment of Temptation | 1927 | | Ed |
College | 1927 | | Jeff's Friend (uncredited) |
The Final Extra | 1927 | | Pat Riley |
Upstream | 1927 | | Juan Rodriguez - aka Jack La Velle |
The Lady of Lyons, N.Y. | 1926 | Short | |
When Sally's Irish Rose | 1926 | Short | |
The Gentle Cyclone | 1926 | | Wilkes Junior |
All's Swell That Ends Swell | 1926 | Short | Tod Raleigh |
Smouldering Tires | 1926 | Short | Tod Raleigh |
Fighting Hearts | 1926 | | Tod Raleigh |
So Long Bill | 1925 | Short | Secondary Role |
The Texan | 1959 | TV Series | Ed Martin |
26 Men | 1959 | TV Series | Farradine / George Latham |
U.S. Marshal | 1959 | TV Series | Sheriff Charlie Clayton |
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color | 1959 | TV Series | Sheriff Wharton |
Zane Grey Theater | 1957-1959 | TV Series | Sheriff Roy Lamont / Sheriff Carl Metz |
Northwest Passage | 1959 | TV Series | Fred Paget |
Fury | 1959 | TV Series | Hanson |
I Mobster | 1959 | | Paul Moran |
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1957-1958 | TV Series | Miles Breck / Gus Andrews |
Flight | 1958 | TV Series | |
Tales of the Texas Rangers | 1958 | TV Series | Ramrod Johnson |
Schlitz Playhouse | 1958 | TV Series | |
Perry Mason | 1958 | TV Series | Stewart Brent |
Have Gun - Will Travel | 1957-1958 | TV Series | Sam Barton / Jeremiah Mulrooney / Sheriff Jake Ludlow |
The Lineup | 1958 | TV Series | |
Lassie | 1958 | TV Series | George Forsythe |
The Restless Gun | 1957 | TV Series | Dutcher |
Circus Boy | 1956-1957 | TV Series | Keogh / Mr. Middleton |
Wagon Train | 1957 | TV Series | Mark Hammond |
The Sheriff of Cochise | 1957 | TV Series | Charlie |
The Last Stagecoach West | 1957 | | Jack Fergus |
The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna | 1957 | TV Series | Oliver |
Code 3 | 1957 | TV Series | Leon McGivern |
Hell's Crossroads | 1957 | | Sheriff Steve Oliver |
Gunsmoke | 1957 | TV Series | Jed Larner |
Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal | 1957 | TV Series | |
Cheyenne | 1956 | TV Series | Matt Ellis |
The White Squaw | 1956 | | Sheriff |
Crossroads | 1956 | TV Series | Coach Whitey Martin |
Screen Directors Playhouse | 1956 | TV Series | William Brackett Sr. |
Lady Godiva of Coventry | 1955 | | Pendar |
Run for Cover | 1955 | | Gentry |
Jubilee Trail | 1954 | | Maj. Lynden (uncredited) |
Champ for a Day | 1953 | | Scotty Cameron |
Iron Mountain Trail | 1953 | | Roger McCall |
Fair Wind to Java | 1953 | | Jason Blue |
The Sun Shines Bright | 1953 | | Buck Ramsey |
Tropic Zone | 1953 | | Bert Nelson |
Tropical Heat Wave | 1952 | | Norman 'Normie the Knife' James |
Woman of the North Country | 1952 | | Henry S. Chapman |
Hoodlum Empire | 1952 | | Rev. Simon Andrews |
Oklahoma Annie | 1952 | | Bull McCready |
Leadville Gunslinger | 1952 | | Jonathan Graves |
Captive of Billy the Kid | 1952 | | Van Stanley |
The Sea Hornet | 1951 | | Rocky Lowe |
Utah Wagon Train | 1951 | | Red Bancroft |
Million Dollar Pursuit | 1951 | | Carlo Petrov |
Spoilers of the Plains | 1951 | | Camwell |
Belle Le Grand | 1951 | | Shannon |
Tripoli | 1950 | | Sgt. Derek |
Rio Grande | 1950 | | U.S. Deputy Marshal |
Hit Parade of 1951 | 1950 | | Smokey |
Trigger, Jr. | 1950 | | Manson |
The Savage Horde | 1950 | | Wade Proctor |
Rock Island Trail | 1950 | | David Strong |
Bells of Coronado | 1950 | | Craig Bennett |
The Fighting Kentuckian | 1949 | | George Hayden |
Hellfire | 1949 | | Sheriff Martin |
Duke of Chicago | 1949 | | Tony Russo |
The Last Bandit | 1949 | | Ed Bagley |
Wake of the Red Witch | 1948 | | Capt. Wilde Youngeur |
Homicide for Three | 1948 | | Joe Hatch - aka Bruno Rose |
The Plunderers | 1948 | | Deputy Tap Lawrence |
Night Time in Nevada | 1948 | | Ran Farrell |
Angel in Exile | 1948 | | Sheriff |
Sons of Adventure | 1948 | | J.L. Sterling |
Daredevils of the Clouds | 1948 | | Matt Conroy |
The Gallant Legion | 1948 | | Wesley Hardin |
Old Los Angeles | 1948 | | Marshal Ed Luckner |
Fort Apache | 1948 | | Silas Meacham |
Tycoon | 1947 | | Fog |
Wyoming | 1947 | | Joe Sublette |
Blackmail | 1947 | | Police Inspector Donaldson |
The Trespasser | 1947 | | Detective Lt. Kirk |
Gunfighters | 1947 | | Deputy Bill Yount |
The Ghost Goes Wild | 1947 | | Bill Winters |
Affairs of Geraldine | 1946 | | Henry Cooper |
My Darling Clementine | 1946 | | Ike Clanton |
In Old Sacramento | 1946 | | Captain Mark Slayter |
Dakota | 1945 | | Slagin |
Road to Alcatraz | 1945 | | Inspector Craven |
Bells of Rosarita | 1945 | | William Ripley |
Dangerous Partners | 1945 | | Jonathan Drumman |
The Vampire's Ghost | 1945 | | Father Gilchrist |
Utah | 1945 | | Ben Bowman |
Bring on the Girls | 1945 | | Pierre (uncredited) |
The Girl Who Dared | 1944 | | Homer Norton |
The Yellow Rose of Texas | 1944 | | Express Agent Lucas |
Goodnight, Sweetheart | 1944 | | Matt Colby |
Silent Partner | 1944 | | Bob Ross |
Roger Touhy, Gangster | 1944 | | FBI Man Detaining 'Ice Box' (uncredited) |
The Fighting Seabees | 1944 | | Whanger Spreckles |
In Old Oklahoma | 1943 | | Richardson |
Whistling in Brooklyn | 1943 | | Reporter (uncredited) |
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