Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
2/18/1901
Place of Birth
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Also Known As
John Merton
Biography
Known For
The Ten Commandments
as Architect's Assistant
Union Pacific
as Laborer (uncredited)
Red River
as Settler (uncredited) (uncredited)
Destroyer
as Chief Quartermaster
Broadway Bill
as Morgan's Henchman (uncredited)
Cleopatra
as Roman Guard (uncredited)
Sea Raiders
as First Island Guard
Address Unknown
as Angry German at Play (uncredited)
Melody Ranch
as Warns the Wildhacks
Northwest Passage
as Lt. Dunbar
The Man in the Iron Mask
as Soldier
The Big Heat
as Man (uncredited)
Gilda
as Policeman (uncredited)
Fence Riders
as Slater
Marie Antoinette
as Soldier Announcing Birth (uncredited)
Devil Riders
as Jim Higgins
Walk Softly, Stranger
as Bowen's Henchman (uncredited)
Hop-a-long Cassidy
as Party Guest
Daredevils of the Red Circle
as Davis--Gas Plant Heavy
None Shall Escape
as Townsman (uncredited)
Career Timeline
1950
1949
Radar Patrol vs. Spy King
as John Baroda
Riders of the Dusk
as Art - Henchman
Western Renegades
as Blacksmith Smitty
Thieves' Highway
as State Highway Policeman (uncredited)
The Lone Ranger
as Lieutenant Bannister
Haunted Trails
as Sheriff Charlie Coombs
The Lost Tribe
as Kesler
Outlaw Country
as Marshal Clark
1947
1946
Son of the Guardsman
as Lord Hampton (uncredited)
Shadows on the Range
as Paul Emery
Gilda
as Policeman (uncredited)
The Gay Cavalier
as Lewis
Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the Airways
as Dr. Tobor
The Haunted Mine
as Steve Twining
The Harvey Girls
as Player (uncredited)
Border Bandits
as Henchman Spike
1945
The Cherokee Flash
as Mark Butler aka Blackie
Bandits of the Badlands
as Cort McKinnon
Rustlers' Hideout
as Harry Stanton
Along Came Jones
as Card Player (uncredited)
Oregon Trail
as Dalt Higgins
Flame of the West
as Carl Compton
Stranger from Santa Fe
as Cy Manning
Brenda Starr, Reporter
as Joe Schultz (uncredited)
1944
Ghost Guns
as Matson
Zorro's Black Whip
as Ed Harris
Girl Rush
as Scully
Land of the Outlaws
as Dan Broderick
West of the Rio Grande
as Wade Gunnerson
Fuzzy Settles Down
as Henchman Pete
Address Unknown
as Angry German at Play (uncredited)
Mystery Man
as Bill
Valley Of Vengeance
as Burt
Texas Masquerade
as Henchman Jeff
None Shall Escape
as Townsman (uncredited)
1943
Drums of Fu Manchu
as Loki
Devil Riders
as Jim Higgins
Bullets and Saddles
as Henchman Mike Phelps
Black Market Rustlers
as Henchman Parry
Destroyer
as Chief Quartermaster
Fighting Valley
as Dan Wakely
The Law Rides Again
as Henchman Spike
Hitler's Madman
Role unknown
Cowboy Commandos
as Henchman Larry Fraser
For God and Country
as Brig Turnkey
Sagebrush Law
as Burl Mason
Fugitive of the Plains
as Deputy Arresting Fuzzy
Land of Hunted Men
as Pelham
1942
The Mysterious Rider
as Dalton Sykes
The Lone Prairie
Role unknown
Along the Sundown Trail
as Jake - Henchman
Prairie Pals
as Ed Blair
Sheriff of Sage Valley
as Nick
Law and Order
as Henchman Turtle
Invisible Agent
as German Soldier (uncredited)
Down Texas Way
as Henchman Steve
Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns
as Morgan
The Wife Takes a Flyer
as German Soldier
Boot Hill Bandits
as Brand Bolton
Arizona Terrors
as Toll Collector Henchmen's 'Supervisor'
1941
1940
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
as Thug at Rear of Truck
The Trail Blazers
as Henchman Mason
North West Mounted Police
as Half-breed Archer
Billy the Kid in Texas
as Flash
Melody Ranch
as Warns the Wildhacks
Queen of the Yukon
as Charlie
Billy the Kid Outlawed
as Lije Ellis
The Return of Wild Bill
as Dusty Donahue
Frontier Crusader
as Henchman Hippo Potts
Covered Wagon Days
as Henchman
Dark Command
as Cantrell Man
Hi-Yo Silver
as Kester
Drums of Fu Manchu
as Loki
Northwest Passage
as Lt. Dunbar
1939
Zorro's Fighting Legion
as Commandante Manuel
The Great Commandment
as Under-Officer
Renegade Trail
as Tex Traynor
The Man in the Iron Mask
as Soldier
Daredevils of the Red Circle
as Davis--Gas Plant Heavy
Three Texas Steers
as Mike Abbott
Union Pacific
as Laborer (uncredited)
Rough Riders' Round-up
as Border Patrolman Messenger
Two Gun Troubador
as Bill Barton
In Old Montana
as Ed Brandt
Four Girls in White
as John - Man at Accident
Code of the Fearless
as Red Kane
1938
Gang Bullets
as Red Hampton
Land of Fighting Men
as Flint
Where the Buffalo Roam
as Foster
Marie Antoinette
as Soldier Announcing Birth (uncredited)
Dick Tracy Returns
as Champ Stark
Riders of the Black Hills
as Irate Theatre Patron (uncredited)
Songs and Saddles
as Rocky Renaut
The Fighting Devil Dogs
as Thompson (uncredited)
Phantom Ranger
as Henchman Bud
Gunsmoke Trail
as Bill Larson, posing as Moose Walters
Knight of the Plains
as Carson / Pedro de Cordoba
Two Gun Justice
as Bart
Female Fugitive
as Henchman Mort
The Lone Ranger
as Henchman Kester
1937
Arizona Gunfighter
as Farley
Roaring Six Guns
as 'Mileaway' Roberts
The Rangers Step In
as Martin
Headline Crasher
as Tony Scarlotti
Slaves in Bondage
as Nick Costello
Galloping Dynamite
Role unknown
Range Defenders
as Henchman Craig
Blazing Sixes
as Jim Hess
Drums of Destiny
as Toby Simmons
Law of the Ranger
as Bill Nash
The Law Commands
as Frank Clark
Gunsmoke Ranch
as Brawler in Suit
Valley of Terror
as Mark Flemming
1936
Fury Below
as Emil
Wild Horse Round-Up
as Charlie Doan
The Gun Ranger
as Kemper Mills
A Tenderfoot Goes West
as Henchman Jake
The Three Mesquiteers
as Bull
The Vigilantes Are Coming
as Rance Talbot, Burr Henchman
The Crooked Trail
as Harve Tarlton
The Lion's Den
as Single-Shot Smith
Wildcat Trooper
as Henry McClain
Aces and Eights
as Card Sharp (uncredited)
Wolves of the Sea
as Mitchell
Sharad of Atlantis
as Moloch
Lightnin' Bill Carson
as 'Breed' Hawkins
Call of the Prairie
as Arizona
Border Caballero
as Runnyian