Tim McCoy

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)

Known For: Acting

Born: Saginaw, Michigan, USA, 1891-04-10

Died: 1978-01-29

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1925	The Thundering Herd	Burn Hudnall	0
2	1926	War Paint	Lt. Tim Marshall	0
3	1927	Winners Of The Wilderness	Col. Sir Dennis O'Hara	75
4	1927	California	Capt. Archibald Gillespie	50
5	1927	The Frontiersman	John Dale	0
6	1927	Foreign Devils	Capt. Robert Kelly	0
7	1927	Spoilers of the West	Lieutenant Lang	0
8	1928	The Law of the Range	Jim Lockhart	25
9	1928	The Adventurer	Jim McClellan	0
10	1928	Beyond the Sierras	The Masked Stranger	0
11	1929	Morgan's Last Raid	Capt. Daniel Clairbourne	0
12	1929	The Overland Telegraph	Captain Allen	0
13	1929	Sioux Blood	Flood	0
14	1929	The Desert Rider	Jed Tyler	0
15	1930	The Indians Are Coming	Jack Manning	45
16	1931	The One Way Trail	Tim Allen	0
17	1931	Shotgun Pass	Tim Walker	0
18	1931	The Fighting Marshal	Tim Benton	60
19	1932	The Fighting Fool	Sheriff Tim Collins	0
20	1932	Texas Cyclone	Texas Grant	42
21	1932	The Riding Tornado	Tim Torrant	0
22	1932	Hollywood on Parade	Self	30
23	1932	Two-Fisted Law	Tim Clark	46
24	1932	Daring Danger	Tim Madigan	0
25	1932	Cornered	Sheriff Tim Laramie	60
26	1932	Fighting for Justice	Tim Keene	0
27	1932	The Western Code	Tim Barrett	0
28	1932	End of the Trail	Captain Tim Travers	60
29	1933	Man Of Action	Ranger Tim Barlow	0
30	1933	Silent Men	Tim Richards	0
31	1933	The Whirlwind	Tim Reynolds	0
32	1933	Rusty Rides Alone	Tim Burke	0
33	1933	Police Car 17	Tim Conlon	20
34	1933	Hold the Press	Tim Collins	0
35	1933	Straightaway	Tim Dawson	0
36	1934	Speed Wings	Tim	0
37	1934	Voice in the Night	Tim Dale	0
38	1934	Hell Bent for Love	Police Captain Tim Daley	0
39	1934	A Man's Game	Tim Bradley	0
40	1934	Beyond the Law	Tim Weston	0
41	1934	Prescott Kid	Tim Hamlin	0
42	1934	The Westerner	Tim Addison	0
43	1935	Square Shooter	Tim Baxter	60
44	1935	Law Beyond the Range	Tim McDonald	0
45	1935	The Revenge Rider	Tim O'Neil	0
46	1935	Fighting Shadows	Constable Tim O'Hara	60
47	1935	Justice of the Range	Tim Condon	0
48	1935	The Outlaw Deputy	Tim Mallory	0
49	1935	Riding Wild	Tim Malloy / Tex Ravelle	0
50	1935	The Man from Guntown	Tim Hanlon	0
51	1935	Bulldog Courage	Slim Braddock / Tim Braddock	47
52	1936	Roarin' Guns	Tim Corwin	65
53	1936	Border Caballero	Tim Ross	60
54	1936	Lightnin' Bill Carson	Marshal Lightnin' Bill Carson	50
55	1936	Aces and Eights	'Gentleman' Tim Madigan	48
56	1936	The Lion's Den	Tim Barton	0
57	1936	Ghost Patrol	Tim Caverly	42
58	1936	The Traitor	Tim McCoy: Sergeant Tim Vallance - Texas Ranger	0
59	1938	West of Rainbow's End	Tim Hart	60
60	1938	Code of the Rangers	Tim Strong	0
61	1938	Two Gun Justice	Tim	60
62	1938	Phantom Ranger	Tim Hayes	42
63	1938	Lightning Carson Rides Again	Lightning Bill Carson / Jose	48
64	1938	Six-Gun Trail	Captain William Carson	30
65	1939	Code of the Cactus	Bill Carson	55
66	1939	Texas Wildcats	'Lightning' Bill Carson	0
67	1939	Outlaws' Paradise	William Carson / Trigger Mallory	0
68	1939	Straight Shooter	"Lightning" Bill Carson	52
69	1939	The Fighting Renegade	Bill Carson posing as El Puma	57
70	1939	Trigger Fingers	'Lightning' Bill Carson	0
71	1940	Texas Renegades	'Silent' Tim Smith	0
72	1940	Frontier Crusader	Trigger Tim Rand	30
73	1940	Gun Code	Marshal Tim Hammond posing as Tim Hays	0
74	1940	Arizona Gang Busters	Trigger Tim Rand	50
75	1940	Riders of Black Mountain	Marshal Tim Donovan	0
76	1941	Outlaws of the Rio Grande	Marshal Tim Barton	0
77	1941	The Texas Marshal	Marshal Trigger Tim Rand	0
78	1941	Arizona Bound	Marshal Tim McCall / 'Parson' McCall	35
79	1941	The Gunman From Bodie	Marshal Tim McCall	40
80	1941	Forbidden Trails	Marshal Tim McCall	54
81	1942	Below the Border	Marshal Tim McCall	49
82	1942	Ghost Town Law	Marshal Tim McCall	57
83	1942	Down Texas Way	U. S. Marshal Tim McCall	0
84	1942	Riders of the West	Marshal Tim McCall	40
85	1942	West of the Law	Marshal Tim McCall	50
86	1946	Injun Talk	Himself	0
87	1956	Around the World in Eighty Days	Colonel	66
88	1957	Run of the Arrow	Gen. Allen (as Colonel Tim McCoy)	62
89	1965	Requiem for a Gunfighter	Judge Irving Short	60
90	1972	Hollywood: The Dream Factory	Self (archive footage)	60
91	1976	Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch	(archive footage)	90

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1925