John Merton
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John Merton was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Merton kickstarted his acting career in various films such as "Bar 20 Rides Again" (1935), the western "The Eagle's Brood" (1935) with James Ellison and "Wildcat Trooper" (1936) with Kermit Maynard. He also appeared in "Lightnin' Bill Carson" (1936) with Tim McCoy, "The Vigilantes Are Coming" (1936) and the McCoy Tim we...
Biography
John Merton was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Merton kickstarted his acting career in various films such as "Bar 20 Rides Again" (1935), the western "The Eagle's Brood" (1935) with James Ellison and "Wildcat Trooper" (1936) with Kermit Maynard. He also appeared in "Lightnin' Bill Carson" (1936) with Tim McCoy, "The Vigilantes Are Coming" (1936) and the McCoy Tim western "The Lion's Den" (1936). He kept working in film throughout the thirties, starring in the thriller "Fury Below" (1938) with Russell Gleason, "Gunsmoke Trail" (1938) with Jack Randall and "Land of Fighting Men" (1938). He also appeared in the Gene Austin western "Songs and Saddles" (1938). Film continued to be his passion as he played roles in the Ray Corrigan western "Bullets and Saddles" (1943), "Land of Hunted Men" (1943) and "Brick Bradford" (1948). He also appeared in "Along the Sundown Trail" (2011). Merton was most recently credited in "Brenda Starr, Reporter" (2011). Merton passed away in September 1959 at the age of 58.
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
Omar Khayyam
(1957)
Nobleman
The Ten Commandments
(1956)
Architect's assistant
Frontier Gambler
(1956)
Shorty
Son of Sinbad
(1955)
Guard
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
(1954)
Attendant
The Big Heat
(1953)
Saginaw Trail
(1953)
Al
Androcles and the Lion
(1953)
Officer
The Old West
(1952)
The Lion and the Horse
(1952)
Man at rodeo
Trail Guide
(1952)
Dale
Blue Canadian Rockies
(1952)
Frenchy
The Greatest Show on Earth
(1952)
Chuck
The Texas Rangers
(1951)
Ranger
Silver Canyon
(1951)
Griggs
Mask of the Avenger
(1951)
Blacksmith
Man from Sonora
(1951)
Pete
Gold Raiders
(1951)
Clete
A Ticket to Tomahawk
(1950)
Clayton
West of Wyoming
(1950)
Sheriff
Border Rangers
(1950)
Gans
Fence Riders
(1950)
Slater
I Shot Billy the Kid
(1950)
Ollinger
Bandit Queen
(1950)
Hank
Arizona Territory
(1950)
Otis Kilborn
Walk Softly, Stranger
(1950)
Shadow
Samson and Delilah
(1950)
Assistant tax collector
Radar Patrol vs. Spy Ring
(1950)
Western Renegades
(1949)
Blacksmith
Haunted Trails
(1949)
Sheriff
Riders of the Dusk
(1949)
Art
The Blazing Trail
(1949)
Citizen
Outlaw Country
(1949)
Marshal Clark
Trail to Laredo
(1948)
Sheriff Kenney
A Southern Yankee
(1948)
Horseman
The Golden Eye
(1948)
Miner
Brick Bradford
(1948)
Raiders of the South
(1947)
Preston Durant
Cheyenne Takes Over
(1947)
Buck McCord
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now?
(1947)
President Theodore Roosevelt
Unconquered
(1947)
Corporal
Jack Armstrong
(1947)
Her Kind of Man
(1946)
Gilda
(1946)
Policeman
Heading West
(1946)
Kelso
The People's Choice
(1946)
Grant Evans
The Gay Cavalier
(1946)
Lewis
Galloping Thunder
(1946)
Regan
The Desert Horseman
(1946)
Rex Young
Shadows on the Range
(1946)
Paul Emery
Border Bandits
(1946)
Spike
The Haunted Mine
(1946)
Steve Twining
The Harvey Girls
(1946)
Player
Girl on the Spot
(1946)
Mug
Son of the Guardsman
(1946)
Hop Harrigan
(1946)
The Crimson Canary
(1945)
Flame of the West
(1945)
Carl Compton
Stranger from Santa Fe
(1945)
Cy Manning
Oregon Trail
(1945)
Dalt Higgins
Bandits of the Badland
(1945)
Kort McKinnon
The Cherokee Flash
(1945)
Mark "Blackie" Butler
Along Came Jones
(1945)
Card player
Brenda Starr, Reporter
(1945)
Kismet
(1944)
Mansur aide
None Shall Escape
(1944)
U-Boat Prisoner
(1944)
Officer Elsner
Texas Masquerade
(1944)
Jeff
Girl Rush
(1944)
Scully
Ghost Guns
(1944)
Matson
Mystery Man
(1944)
Bill
Land of the Outlaws
(1944)
Dan Broderick
Valley of Vengeance
(1944)
Kurt
Rustlers' Hideout
(1944)
Harry Stanton
Fuzzy Settles Down
(1944)
Pete
West of the Rio Grande
(1944)
Wade Gunnerson
Two-Man Submarine
(1944)
Nazi officer
Gentle Annie
(1944)
Engineer
Address Unknown
(1944)
German
The Black Parachute
(1944)
German Senior non-commissioned officer
The Cross of Lorraine
(1944)
Nazi guard in village
An American Romance
(1944)
Steel worker
Zorro's Black Whip
(1944)
Assignment in Brittany
(1943)
Gestapo
Drums of Fu Manchu
(1943)
Loki
Black Market Rustlers
(1943)
Perry
Bullets and Saddles
(1943)
Mike
Fugitive of the Plains
(1943)
Deputy
Sagebrush Law
(1943)
Burl
Cowboy Commandos
(1943)
Fraser
Land of Hunted Men
(1943)
Pelham
Fighting Valley
(1943)
Dan Wakely
Devil Riders
(1943)
Jim Higgins
The Law Rides Again
(1943)
Teen Age
(1943)
Nick Costello
Destroyer
(1943)
Chief quartermaster
Hitler's Children
(1943)
Gestapo officer
Hitler's Madman
(1943)
Guard
Reap the Wild Wind
(1942)
Member of 'Pelican' crew
The Invisible Agent
(1942)
German soldier
The Wife Takes a Flyer
(1942)
Soldier
Arizona Terrors
(1942)
Murdock
Down Texas Way
(1942)
Law and Order
(1942)
Turtle
Along the Sundown Trail
(1942)
Jake Phillips
Sheriff of Sage Valley
(1942)
Nick
Prairie Pals
(1942)
Blair
The Lone Prairie
(1942)
Editor Slade
Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns
(1942)
Morgan
Boot Hill Bandits
(1942)
Brand Bolton
The Mysterious Rider
(1942)
[Dalton] Sykes
Flight Lieutenant
(1942)
Orderly
Under Fiesta Stars
(1941)
Tommick
The Gunman from Bodie
(1941)
Bill Cook
South of Tahiti
(1941)
Sailor
A Missouri Outlaw
(1941)
Bancroft
Our Wife
(1941)
Officer
The Great Commandment
(1941)
Under-officer
Gauchos of Eldorado
(1941)
The Curly Kid
The Bandit Trail
(1941)
Miner
Mystery Ship
(1941)
Guard
I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island
(1941)
Guard
Pals of the Silver Sage
(1940)
Hi-Yo Silver
(1940)
Kester
Queen of the Yukon
(1940)
Charlie
The Trail Blazers
(1940)
Mason
Lone Star Raiders
(1940)
Dixon
Covered Wagon Days
(1940)
Gregg
Frontier Crusader
(1940)
Hippo Potts
Billy the Kid Outlawed
(1940)
Lije Ellis
Arizona Frontier
(1940)
Lieutenant James
The Return of Wild Bill
(1940)
Dusty Donahue
Melody Ranch
(1940)
One of Wildhack's cohorts
Northwest Passage (Book I--Rogers' Rangers)
(1940)
Lieutenant Dunbar
The Lady's from Kentucky
(1939)
Gambler
The Renegade Trail
(1939)
[Tex] Traynor
Code of the Fearless
(1939)
"Red" Kane
Two Gun Troubadour
(1939)
Bill Barton
In Old Montana
(1939)
Editor Brandt
Three Texas Steers
(1939)
Mike Abbott
Union Pacific
(1939)
Laborer
Zorro's Fighting Legion
(1939)
The Great Waltz
(1938)
Revolutionary
Gang Bullets
(1938)
[Red] Hampton
The Land of Fighting Men
(1938)
Flint
Fury Below
(1938)
Emil
Wolves of the Sea
(1938)
Female Fugitive
(1938)
Mort
Gunsmoke Trail
(1938)
Bill Larsen [also known as Moose Walters]
Where the Buffalo Roam
(1938)
Foster
Knight of the Plains
(1938)
Dan Carson, also known Pedro de Cordova
Phantom Ranger
(1938)
Bud
Two Gun Justice
(1938)
Bart Kane
The Shopworn Angel
(1938)
Speaker in montage
Riders of the Black Hills
(1938)
Man in theater
The Buccaneer
(1938)
Major Latour
Dick Tracy Returns
(1938)
The Lone Ranger
(1938)
The Firefly
(1937)
French officer
The Colorado Kid
(1937)
Court clerk
Federal Bullets
(1937)
Manny Goe
Range Defenders
(1937)
Crag
Drums of Destiny
(1937)
Fiske's henchman
The Arizona Gunfighter
(1937)
Farley
The Law Commands
(1937)
Clark
Crusade Against Rackets
(1937)
Nick [Costello]
Valley of Terror
(1937)
Mark Flemming
The Ranger Steps In
(1937)
Martin
Law of the Ranger
(1937)
Nash
Roaring Six Guns
(1937)
Mileaway
Blazing Sixes
(1937)
Jim Hess
Call of the Prairie
(1936)
Arizona
Aces and Eights
(1936)
Gambler
A Tenderfoot Goes West
(1936)
Butch
The Three Mesquiteers
(1936)
Bull
Wildcat Trooper
(1936)
Henry McClain
Border Caballero
(1936)
Runnyian
Lightnin' Bill Carson
(1936)
"Breed" Hawkins
Headline Crasher
(1936)
Tony Scarlotti
The Lion's Den
(1936)
[Single Shot] Smith
Galloping Dynamite
(1936)
Reed
The Gun Ranger
(1936)
Kemper Mills
The Crooked Trail
(1936)
Harve Tarlton
Robin Hood, Jr.
(1936)
Wild Horse Round-Up
(1936)
Charlie Doan
The Vigilantes Are Coming
(1936)
The Eagle's Brood
(1935)
Editor
Bar 20 Rides Again
(1935)
Carp
Broadway Bill
(1934)
Whom the Gods Destroy
(1934)
Sailor with binoculars
Beyond the Law
(1934)
New York radio policeman
Sound (Feature Film)
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
(2001)
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