# Just from memory (no Googling) name the old B Western Cowboys **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 11, 2011, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-from-memory-no-googling-name-the-old-b-western-cowboys/605831 "2011-12-11T17:25:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2011, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-from-memory-no-googling-name-the-old-b-western-cowboys/605831/1 "2011-12-11T17:25:02Z")
This morning over coffee, my wife and I started naming those old guys and came up with maybe 20 before it became obvious that I was going to need IMDb or some other fansite to add much to my memory. Aside from the obvious Gene Autry, Roy Rogers and Hopalong Cassidy, who all can you name from the pre-TV era B Western movies? Sidekicks a bonus. Horses, too. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2011, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-from-memory-no-googling-name-the-old-b-western-cowboys/605831/2 "2011-12-11T17:25:59Z")
Randolph Scott Tom Mix ETA: Tex Ritter ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2011, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-from-memory-no-googling-name-the-old-b-western-cowboys/605831/3 "2011-12-11T17:28:48Z")
Tom Mix(horse=Tony), The Three Mesquiteers(Ken Maynard(Tarzan), Hoot Gibson, Bob Steele), Lightning Tim McCoy, Buck Jones, Jimmy Wakely, Tex Ritter, Buster Crabbe, Lash Larue. For starters. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2011, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-from-memory-no-googling-name-the-old-b-western-cowboys/605831/4 "2011-12-11T17:30:12Z")
Johnny Mack Brown(Fuzzy Knight). ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2011, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-from-memory-no-googling-name-the-old-b-western-cowboys/605831/5 "2011-12-11T17:32:31Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > Johnny Mack Brown(Fuzzy Knight). Did you know that JMB played football for the University of Alabama? ---
**Author:** ![Ian\_D.Bergkamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Ian\_D.Bergkamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ian_D.Bergkamp)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-from-memory-no-googling-name-the-old-b-western-cowboys/605831/6 "2011-12-11T17:33:39Z")
Sunset Carson. Gabby Hayes. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2011, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-from-memory-no-googling-name-the-old-b-western-cowboys/605831/7 "2011-12-11T17:47:31Z")
- Charles Starrett (The Durango Kid) sidekick: Smiley Burnette - Rex Allen - Allan “Rocky” Lane - Jimmy Wakely - Bill Elliott (sp?) as Red Ryder and Little Beaver (played by Robert Blake!) - Cisco Kid and Pancho (Duncan Renaldo and ?) - Dave “Tex” O’Brien was with Buster Crabbe and Al “Fuzzy” St. John in some trio like the The Three Mesquiteers, but I have been unable to locate their name as that trio - Whip Wilson ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2011, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-from-memory-no-googling-name-the-old-b-western-cowboys/605831/8 "2011-12-11T18:27:19Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > - Cisco Kid and Pancho (Duncan Renaldo and ?) Cisco’s horse(at least in the tv series=Diablo. Pancho was Leo Carillo. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-from-memory-no-googling-name-the-old-b-western-cowboys/605831/9 "2011-12-12T20:46:05Z")
Horses Hopalong Cassidy --Topper Dale Evans --Buttermilk Gene Autry --Champion Tom Mix --Tony the Wonder Horse Tonto and Little Beaver (I think) --Scout Lone Ranger --Silver Zorro’s --Tornado Sidekick Rogers - Pat Brady Autry - Pat Butrum Brady’s Jeep —Nelliebelle ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-from-memory-no-googling-name-the-old-b-western-cowboys/605831/10 "2011-12-12T20:51:54Z")
I have a ring that belonged to my dad. It has a cowboy and the letters H and G on either side. It took me a long time to figure out that it was a Hoot Gibson ring. My dad probably was 10 or 12 when he got it, maybe around 1930. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-from-memory-no-googling-name-the-old-b-western-cowboys/605831/11 "2011-12-12T20:58:36Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > I have a ring that belonged to my dad. It has a cowboy and the letters H and G on either side. It took me a long time to figure out that it was a Hoot Gibson ring. My dad probably was 10 or 12 when he got it, maybe around 1930. Wow! That has to be valuable. Get it to _Antiques Roadshow_ and have them appraise it. ---
**Author:** ![Spavined\_Gelding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Spavined\_Gelding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spavined_Gelding)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-from-memory-no-googling-name-the-old-b-western-cowboys/605831/12 "2011-12-12T23:08:46Z")
All those guys were regulars in the movies on the original Howdy Doody Show – when Uncle Bob Smith (pre-Buffalo Bob) did the introductions and Mr. Bluster was comic relief instead of a villan. Colonel Tim McCoy was, I think, a real colonel - in the Army - in World War One. ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-from-memory-no-googling-name-the-old-b-western-cowboys/605831/13 "2011-12-12T23:20:58Z")
Here’s one from my neck of the woods: Tex Terry ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-from-memory-no-googling-name-the-old-b-western-cowboys/605831/14 "2011-12-12T23:30:03Z")
John Wayne was in a large number of B-movies before hitting it big. Often with George (later Gabby) Hayes. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-from-memory-no-googling-name-the-old-b-western-cowboys/605831/15 "2011-12-13T00:23:15Z")
Lash LaRue William S. Hart Fuzzy St. John Andy Devine (sidekick to both John Wayne and Roy Rogers) ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-from-memory-no-googling-name-the-old-b-western-cowboys/605831/16 "2011-12-13T01:51:04Z")
Let’s sing along with the [Statler Brothers](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7ymC7ipQWk)! ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-from-memory-no-googling-name-the-old-b-western-cowboys/605831/17 "2011-12-13T23:50:23Z")
Ken Curtis. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-from-memory-no-googling-name-the-old-b-western-cowboys/605831/18 "2011-12-14T00:03:45Z")
STARS Jack Palance Gregory Peck Gary Cooper Barbara Stanwyck Character actors who frequently appeared in westerns: Dub Taylor Fran Ryan Marjorie Main Jay Silverheels Floyd Red Crow Westerman Chief Dan George Jeff Corey Woody Strode ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-from-memory-no-googling-name-the-old-b-western-cowboys/605831/19 "2011-12-14T02:43:05Z")
[Here](http://www.b-westerns.com/) is a rather extensive list of the stars. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-from-memory-no-googling-name-the-old-b-western-cowboys/605831/20 "2011-12-14T04:59:58Z")
> [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](#): > > [Here](http://www.b-westerns.com/) is a rather extensive list of the stars. Thanks. I think we got as many on our own as we were gonna. Sammy Baugh. Anecdote–I saw Sammy Baugh quarterback for the Washington Redskins his last season. I think it was with our Cub Scout pack. Meant little to me at the time. Sammy Baugh had a western series of shorts on Sat. morning on local Wash. D.C. tv. I used to watch those. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-from-memory-no-googling-name-the-old-b-western-cowboys/605831.md?page=2)