Tim McCoy
Biografia
One of the great stars of early American Westerns. McCoy was the son of an Irish soldier who later became police chief of Saginaw, Michigan, where McCoy was born. He attended St. Ignatius College in Chicago and after seeing a Wild West show there, left school and found work on a Wyoming ranch. He became an expert horseman and roper and developed a keen knowledge of the ways and languages of the Indian tribes in the area. He competed in numerous rodeos, then enlisted in the U.S. Army when America entered the First World War. He was commissioned and rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel. At the end of World War I, he returned to his ranch in Wyoming, only to be called by Governor Bob Carry to the post of Adjutant General of Wyoming, a position he held until 1921. The position carried with it the rank of Brigadier General (a brevet promotion) and it has been reported that this made him the youngest general officer in the U.S. Army. His reputation as a friend to the Wind River Reservation Indians, both Arapahoe and Shoshone, preceded him and in 1922, he was asked by the head of Famous Players-Lasky, Jesse L. Lasky, to provide Indian extras for the Western extravaganza, The Covered Wagon (1923). He resigned from the state position and recruited several hundred Indians to the Utah movie location. When the film wrapped, he was asked to choose several Indians to accompany him to Hollywood. There the production company developed a live 'prologue' to be presented just prior to the movie showing. The idea was a success and McCoy and his Indian group toured the U.S. and eventually, Europe as well. After touring this country and Europe with the Indians as publicity, McCoy returned to Hollywood and used his connections to obtain further work in the movies, both as a technical advisor and eventually as an actor. MGM speedily signed him to a contract to star in a series of Westerns and McCoy rapidly rose to stardom, making scores of Westerns and occasional non-Westerns. He retired from the army and from films after the war, but emerged in the late 1940s for a few more films and some television work. In 1942 he ran for the Republican Nomination for the U.S. Senate in Wyoming. He was defeated and returned to Hollywood and an uncertain future. In 1946 he sold his Wyoming ranch and moved to Bucks County, Pennsylvania and the life of the gentleman farmer. While living there, he met and married Danish writer Inga Arvad. He later built a home in Nogales, Arizona where Inga subsequently died in 1973. He spent his later years as a retired rancher. He died at the U.A. Army hospital at Ft. Hauchuca, Arizona on January 29 1978 at the age of 86. Inducted into the Cowboy Hall of Fame in 1974. During World War I, he served as an artillery officer in the US Army in France. Spouse Inga Arvad (1945 - 1973) (her death) Alice Miller (? - 1931) (divorced) (3 children)
Filmografia
Filmy i seriale od najnowszych
Hollywood
Serial • 1980
jako Self
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Film • 1976
jako (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Film • 1972
jako Self (archive footage)
Requiem for a Gunfighter
Film • 1965
jako Judge Irving Short
Run of the Arrow
Film • 1957
jako Gen. Allen (as Colonel Tim McCoy)
W 80 dni dookoła świata
Film • 1956
jako Colonel
Injun Talk
Film • 1946
jako Himself
West of the Law
Film • 1942
jako Marshal Tim McCall
Riders of the West
Film • 1942
jako Marshal Tim McCall
Down Texas Way
Film • 1942
jako U. S. Marshal Tim McCall
Ghost Town Law
Film • 1942
jako Marshal Tim McCall
Below the Border
Film • 1942
jako Marshal Tim McCall
Forbidden Trails
Film • 1941
jako Marshal Tim McCall
The Gunman From Bodie
Film • 1941
jako Marshal Tim McCall
Arizona Bound
Film • 1941
jako Tim McCall
The Texas Marshal
Film • 1941
jako Marshal Trigger Tim Rand
Outlaws of the Rio Grande
Film • 1941
jako Tim Barton
Riders of Black Mountain
Film • 1940
jako Marshal Tim Donovan
Arizona Gang Busters
Film • 1940
jako Trigger Tim Rand
Gun Code
Film • 1940
jako Marshal Tim Hammond posing as Tim Hays
Frontier Crusader
Film • 1940
jako Trigger Tim Rand
Texas Renegades
Film • 1940
jako 'Silent' Tim Smith
Trigger Fingers
Film • 1939
jako 'Lightning' Bill Carson
The Fighting Renegade
Film • 1939
jako Bill Carson posing as El Puma
Straight Shooter
Film • 1939
jako "Lightning" Bill Carson
Outlaws' Paradise
Film • 1939
jako William Carson / Trigger Mallory
Texas Wildcats
Film • 1939
jako 'Lightning' Bill Carson
Code of the Cactus
Film • 1939
jako Bill Carson
Six-Gun Trail
Film • 1938
jako Captain William Carson
Lightning Carson Rides Again
Film • 1938
jako Lightning Bill Carson / Jose
Phantom Ranger
Film • 1938
jako Tim Hayes
Two Gun Justice
Film • 1938
jako Tim
Code of the Rangers
Film • 1938
jako Tim Strong
West of Rainbow's End
Film • 1938
jako Tim Hart
The Traitor
Film • 1936
jako Tim McCoy: Sergeant Tim Vallance - Texas Ranger
Ghost Patrol
Film • 1936
jako Tim Caverly
The Lion's Den
Film • 1936
jako Tim Barton
Aces and Eights
Film • 1936
jako Tim Madigan
Lightnin' Bill Carson
Film • 1936
jako Marshal Lightnin' Bill Carson
Border Caballero
Film • 1936
jako Tim Ross
Roarin' Guns
Film • 1936
jako Tim Corwin
Bulldog Courage
Film • 1935
jako Slim Braddock / Tim Braddock
The Man from Guntown
Film • 1935
jako Tim Hanlon
Riding Wild
Film • 1935
jako Tim Malloy / Tex Ravelle
The Outlaw Deputy
Film • 1935
jako Tim Mallory
Justice of the Range
Film • 1935
jako Tim Condon
Fighting Shadows
Film • 1935
jako Constable Tim O'Hara
The Revenge Rider
Film • 1935
jako Tim O'Neil
Law Beyond the Range
Film • 1935
jako Tim McDonald
Square Shooter
Film • 1935
jako Tim Baxter
The Westerner
Film • 1934
jako Tim Addison
The Prescott Kid
Film • 1934
jako Tim Hamlin
Beyond the Law
Film • 1934
jako Tim Weston
A Man's Game
Film • 1934
jako Tim Bradley
Hell Bent for Love
Film • 1934
jako Police Captain Tim Daley
Voice in the Night
Film • 1934
jako Tim Dale
Speed Wings
Film • 1934
jako Tim
Straightaway
Film • 1933
jako Tim Dawson
Hold the Press
Film • 1933
jako Tim Collins
Police Car 17
Film • 1933
jako Tim Conlon
Rusty Rides Alone
Film • 1933
jako Tim Burke
The Whirlwind
Film • 1933
jako Tim Reynolds
Silent Men
Film • 1933
jako Tim Richards
Man Of Action
Film • 1933
jako Ranger Tim Barlow
End of the Trail
Film • 1932
jako Captain Tim Travers
The Western Code
Film • 1932
jako Tim Barrett
Fighting for Justice
Film • 1932
jako Tim Keene
Cornered
Film • 1932
jako Sheriff Tim Laramie
Daring Danger
Film • 1932
jako Tim Madigan
Two-Fisted Law
Film • 1932
jako Tim Clark
Hollywood on Parade
Film • 1932
jako Self
The Riding Tornado
Film • 1932
jako Tim Torrant
Texas Cyclone
Film • 1932
jako Texas Grant
The Fighting Fool
Film • 1932
jako Sheriff Tim Collins
The Fighting Marshal
Film • 1931
jako Tim Benton
Shotgun Pass
Film • 1931
jako Tim Walker
The One Way Trail
Film • 1931
jako Tim Allen
Heroes of the Flames
Film • 1931
jako Bob Darrow
The Indians Are Coming
Film • 1930
jako Jack Manning
The Desert Rider
Film • 1929
jako Jed Tyler
Sioux Blood
Film • 1929
jako Flood
The Overland Telegraph
Film • 1929
jako Captain Allen
Morgan's Last Raid
Film • 1929
jako Capt. Daniel Clairbourne
The Bushranger
Film • 1928
jako Edward
Beyond the Sierras
Film • 1928
jako The Masked Stranger
The Adventurer
Film • 1928
jako Jim McClellan
Riders of the Dark
Film • 1928
jako Lt. Crane
Wyoming
Film • 1928
jako Lt. Jack Colton
The Law of the Range
Film • 1928
jako Jim Lockhart
Spoilers of the West
Film • 1927
jako Lieutenant Lang
Foreign Devils
Film • 1927
jako Capt. Robert Kelly
The Frontiersman
Film • 1927
jako John Dale
California
Film • 1927
jako Capt. Archibald Gillespie
Winners of the Wilderness
Film • 1927
jako Col. Sir Dennis O'Hara
War Paint
Film • 1926
jako Lt. Tim Marshall
The Thundering Herd
Film • 1925
jako Burn Hudnall
The Man Who Would Not Die
Film • 1924