Biography
Raised on a cattle ranch in Montana. Educated at Stanford and the University of Nevada as an engineer. Washed out as an Army pilot. Toured the country in rodeos as a saddle bronc rider. Broke his neck in a horsefall in his 20s, but didn't know it until his 40s. Chosen along with Tex Ritter from a rodeo at Madison Square Garden in New York to appear in the Broadway play "Green Grow the Lilacs", the play from which the musical "Oklahoma" was later derived. Drove a cab in New York, then worked on dude ranches as a wrangler and as a guide on the Bright Angel trail of the Grand Canyon. Recommended by Billie Burke to several movie producers. Became friends with John Wayne, Howard Hawks, and later John Ford, all of whom provided him with much work. Survived by adopted daughter Dawn Henry.
Date of Death: 6 December 1992, Los Angeles, California, USA (natural causes)
Filmography
all 137
Movies 124
TV Shows 13
self 1
Twin Peaks (1990)
Big Bad John (1990)
Once Upon a Texas Train (1988)
Runaway Train (1985)
Space Rage (1985)
UFOria (1984)
The Ice Pirates (1984)
Please Don't Eat the Babies (1983)
Hammett (1982)
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A. (1981)
Bronco Billy (1980)
Every Which Way but Loose (1978)
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way (1978)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)
Big Wednesday (1978)
Which Way Is Up? (1977)
Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
The Hanged Man (1974)
Cahill: United States Marshal (1973)
Black Noon (1971)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
Chisum (1970)
Rio Lobo (1970)
True Grit (1969)
The President's Analyst (1967)
Daniel Boone (1964)
McLintock! (1963)
Petticoat Junction (1963)
The Music Man (1962)
The Alamo (1960)
Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
The Horse Soldiers (1959)
Rawhide (1959)
Forty Guns (1957)
Dragoon Wells Massacre (1957)
The Quiet Gun (1957)
Spoilers of the Forest (1957)
Accused of Murder (1956)
Thunder Over Arizona (1956)
The Searchers (1956)
The Indian Fighter (1955)
Gunsmoke (1955)
Crime Wave (1953)
The Big Sky (1952)
Woman of the North Country (1952)
Boots Malone (1952)
Joe Palooka in Triple Cross (1951)
Comin' Round the Mountain (1951)
Sugarfoot (1951)
Frenchie (1950)
Wagon Master (1950)
Father Is a Bachelor (1950)
When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950)
Roseanna McCoy (1949)
The Lone Ranger (1949)
The Fighting Kentuckian (1949)
Cover Up (1949)
3 Godfathers (1948)
Yellow Sky (1948)
Red River (1948)
Tap Roots (1948)
Fort Apache (1948)
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin' (1948)
Hazard (1948)
The Sainted Sisters (1948)
The Man from Texas (1948)
Prairie Express (1947)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
The Sea of Grass (1947)
Angel and the Badman (1947)
Duel in the Sun (1946)
Undercurrent (1946)
Lawless Breed (1946)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood (1945)
The Great Moment (1944)
The Woman of the Town (1943)
Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
So Proudly We Hail (1943)
Border Vigilantes (1941)
Robbers of the Range (1941)
Brigham Young (1940)
Triple Justice (1940)
Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride (1940)
Cross-Country Romance (1940)
Beyond Tomorrow (1940)
Gaucho Serenade (1940)
Riders of Pasco Basin (1940)
Northwest Passage (1940)
Reno (1939)
Oklahoma Frontier (1939)
The Night Riders (1939)
Stagecoach (1939)
Rollin' Westward (1939)
Sundown on the Prairie (1939)
Ghost Town Riders (1938)
The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
Frontier Town (1938)
Hollywood Round-Up (1937)
The Californian (1937)
Sing Cowboy Sing (1937)
Hittin' the Trail (1937)
Come and Get It (1936)
For the Service (1936)
Barbary Coast (1935)
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GenderMale
Birthday1901-07-23
Deathday1992-12-06 (91 years old)
Birth PlaceRolfe, Iowa, USA
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsNorton Earl Worden, Worden Norten
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