Frank Rice
Frank Rice was born in Muskegon, Michigan in 1892 and passed away January 9, 1936 in Los Angeles of nephritis and hepatitis (both of which affect the kidneys). Rice began film work in silents, doing bit and supporting roles in various films, including oaters starring Jack Hoxie, Bill Cody, Hoot Gibson, Ken Maynard, Pete Morrison and Buck Jones. In the late 1920s, he settled in as the mature helper/sidekick to youngster Buzz Barton in Buzz's series at Film Booking Office (FBO). During the 1930s, Rice continued his saddle pal duties, appearing most frequently with Buck Jones and Ken Maynard. But he also assisted or had support roles in westerns with Tom Keene at RKO, Reliable's Jack Perrin and Tom Tyler, Tim McCoy at Columbia, at Fox with George O'Brien, and with John Wayne in his Warners series.
The Gold Rush
as Man in Dance Hall (uncredited)A gold prospector in Alaska struggles to survive the elements and win the heart of a dance hall...
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Horse Feathers
as Doorman at Speakeasy (uncredited)Quincy Adams Wagstaff, the new president of Huxley U, hires bumblers Baravelli and Pinky to help...
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Penthouse
as Unknown Man on Phone (uncredited)Gertie Waxted knows how notorious gangster Jim Crelliman runs his rackets, because she's long...
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Public Hero Number 1
as Cab Driver (uncredited)G-Man Jeff Crane poses as a crook to infiltrate the notorious Purple Gang, a band of hoodlums...
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Chickens Come Home
as Hardy's Dinner ServantOllie is running for mayor when an old flame tries to blackmail him with a old photo.
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Phantom Thunderbolt
as NevadyA cowboy called The Thunderbolt Kid comes to the aid of a town that is being threatened by...
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The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
as Zeke DenkerA well-established tale of a long-running feud between two mountain clans.
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Corsair
as Fish FaceA stock market broker plans to liven up his boring life by taking up piracy on the high seas.
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The Menace
as JimA man framed for murder escapes from prison in order to prove his innocence.
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The Squaw Man
as GrouchyJim Wyngate, an English aristocrat, comes to the American West under a cloud of suspicion for...
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Love Affair
as Eddie - Aviator (uncredited)Heiress learns to fly from aeronautical engineer. Things get complicated as their affair progresses.
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Trails of the Wild
as MissouriAn agent tracking down a man who disappeared in the mysterious "Ghost Mountain" area discovers...
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The Wet Parade
as Expectant Father / Bootleg Thug (uncredited)The evils of alcohol before and during prohibition become evident as we see its effects on the...
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Forbidden Trail
as Sheriff HibbsKarger is behind all the cattle rustling. After Tom Devlin catches his man Burke in the act,...
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Too Tough to Kill
as Swede MulhausenA no-nonsense engineer is hired to oversee construction of the Whitney Tunnel, a project that...
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Shadow Ranch
as Ranny WilliamsSummoned to Shadow Ranch by his friend Ranny Williams, Sim Baldwin arrives to find Ranny has...
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Somewhere in Sonora
as RileyJohn Bishop discovers a plot to rob a silver mine belonging to his girlfriend Mary's father and,...
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King of the Arena
as Tin StarMysterious deaths have been occurring in the same towns as Miller's Circus and the Governor has...
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Terror of the Plains
as Banty (Tom's Sidekick)A ranch hand sets out to prove his father is innocent of murder in this B-movie Western starring...
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Flying High
as Haines - the MechanicWhile taking a joyride with his sweetie Patricia, daredevil pilot Roy Cummins witnesses the...
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She Couldn't Take It
as MilkmanThe wealthy Van Dyke family are constantly in the media for outrageous behavior, much to the...
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Desert Rider
as Toby JonesKincade shoots Baird and takes the map to his gold mine. Sutherland finds the dying Baird who...
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Stone of Silver Creek
as Tom LucasIn perhaps the most tranquil B-Western of the 1930s, Buck Jones, who also produced, plays the...
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Dangerous Females
as The ManRoommates panic and plan when they hear a radio report of a murderer loose in their neighborhood.
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Ridin' Pretty
as Barb WireA red-blooded romance of a millionaire cowboy and a city girl with stirring chase after a racing...
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Red Signals
as The ProfessorSabotage on the railroad with trains being derailed and looted. Good coverage of the Santa Fe La...
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Dynamite Dan
as BossDan (Kenneth MacDonald) knocks out the foreman (Boris Karloff) at his workplace so the foreman...
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The Conquering Horde
as Spud GroganNot long after the Civil War, Texas cattle ranchers realize they have a problem--the Union...
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Wheels of Destiny
as PinwheelBill, who is about to lead a wagon train to California, has a map to a valuable gold field and...
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Border Law
as Thunder RogersWhen Shag Smith kills Jim's brother Bob, Jim and Thunder quit the rangers so they can cross the...
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Border Brigands
as Rocky O'Leary, RCMPCanadian Mountie goes undercover to catch his brother's killers.
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Loser's End
as AmosJack rides into trouble when he meets up with Bill Meeker and his outlaw gang. Rescued from the...
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Freighters of Destiny
as 'Rough'A young man seeks vengeance on the outlaws who killed his father.
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The Forbidden Trail
as Toby JonesWhen Red Hawk Dugan and his men attack a small wagon train, Colonel Merriwell is killed and the...
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Valley of Wanted Men
as NedThree men escape from prison, go back to their hometown to try to find out who framed them.
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The Red Rider
as Deputy Harp Harris"Red" Davison(Buck Jones), the sheriff of Sun Dog, sacrifices his job and his good name to save...
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Charlie Chan's Courage
as ProspectorCharlie is hired to deliver a pearl necklace to a millionaire at his ranch. When murder...
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Stairs of Sand
as Stage DriverAn outlaw with a Heart of Gold sacrificing his own life for the happiness of two young people in...
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The Lawless Legion
as FlapjackCal Stanley goes undercover as a beef buyer in order to catch the gang responsible for stealing...
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Faro Nell
as uncreditedSweet Nell is the jewel of Dry Gulch and all of the eligible bachelors seek her hand. The...
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The False Madonna
as Bus DriverA woman who is a member of a gang of con artists impersonates the mother of a wealthy blind man.
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Richelieu
as HugetBased on a play by Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Originally released in six reels, but later cut to four...
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Robbers' Roost
as DanielsRunning from the law, Jim Hall joins Hays’ gang. Hays is foreman on the Herrick ranch and plans...
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Young Whirlwind
as HankRed foils a plan to steal the airmail and in one especially exciting scene takes to the air...
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The Oregon Trail
as RedArmy Captain takes a leave of absence to find out what happened to his missing father.....
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Hello Trouble
as Hardpan - the CookAfter killing a friend in a gunfight, Jeff Douglas quits the Texas Rangers. He arrives at the...
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With Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo
as Lige BeardsleySilent film of the events of The Alamo
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The Red Warning
as Toby JonesPhillip Haver, who, along with his friend Toby Jones, finds David Ainslee dying in the desert....
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The Trail Drive
as 'Thirsty'Honest John is pulling off a swindle by buying cattle in Texas with worthless scrip and selling...
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The Sunset Trail
as TaterbugJim and Buddy decide to follow their pal Tater-bug who left them for another job. No sooner do...
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Tom's Gang
as Andy BarkerDave Collins is a young man who is bequeathed a ranch on the condition that he marry the late...
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The Wagon Master
as Grasshoper JimBill Hollister (Jack Hanlon) organizes a wagon train to break the unfair monopoly held by Jake...
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The Ridin' Kid from Powder River
as Cal HuxleyAfter 15 years of searching, Bud Watkins finally has his revenge on the cattlemen's gunman who...
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Three Miles Up
as ProfessorDick Morgan, formerly a professional crook, returns from the war as the "Ace" of his squadron.
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The Fiddlin' Buckaroo
as BantyGovernment man Fiddlin' has joined Wolf's gang and Banty has become his friend. When Fiddlin'...
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Song of the Caballero
as AndreaAfter El Lobo robs Don Jose he gives one of the stolen items to Conchita. Later when he saves...
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Sky High Saunders
as 'Whispering' HicksSky High Saunders is a 1927 American silent action film directed by Bruce M. Mitchell. The film...
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The Ivory-Handled Gun
as PikeBuck Ward and the Wolverine Kid, who each own one of the ivory handled guns, continue the feud...
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Parade of the West
as SnuffyBud Rand, a cowboy who is charged with the care of Little Billy Rand, accepts an offer to appear...
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Headin' for Danger
as Andy JohnsonHeadin' for Danger is a 1928 Western
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Cheers of the Crowd
as uncreditedTo draw attention to a popular show, a publicity expert hires a former carnival character, not...
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Wolves of the North
as Dan MartinThe adventures of fur trappers in the Pacific Northwest, as they fight Indians, the elements and...
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The Cloud Rider
as Hank HigginsBruce Torrence is an aviator and member of the secret service. His rival for the hand of Zella...
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Riders of the Law
as Toby JonesJack Meadows and sidekick Toby are looking for whiskey smugglers along the Canadian border. They...
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Orphan of the Sage
as Hank RobbinsA boy hero saves a wagon train from an impending Indian attack.
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Riders of the North
as The ParsonIn a trapper's cabin, Sergeant Stone finds a fellow Mountie murdered and is given the assignment...
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The Royal Rider
as Wild West Show MemberDick Scott takes his Wild West show to the Balkan kingdom of Alvania where the boy king of the...
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The Call of Courage
as SlimA man falsely accused of murder is helped by a dog and horse.
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With Daniel Boone Thru the Wilderness
as Hank VaughanIn pre-revolutionary war days, Daniel Boone captures the white renegade Simon Gerty but lets him...
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The Fighting Legion
as 'Cloudy' JonesAfter being shot, a dying Marshal Dawson gives Dave Hayes his badge and asks him to finish his...
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The Fighting Buckaroo
as Any ParkerThere's gold in them thar hills and Larry Crawford must fight the unscrupulous Bradley and his...
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Rough Ridin' Red
as Hank RobbinsRough Ridin' Red is a 1928 silent Western.
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The Border Sheriff
as Marsh HewittCarter Brace is out to murder Belden. Collins who was sent to bring in the border gang led by...
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Spook Ranch
as SheriffBill Bangs and his Negro valet, George Washington Black, stray into a mining town and are...
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The Overland Telegraph
as EasyAt the beginning of the Civil War, as federal troops start to build the first overland...
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The Hound of Silver Creek
as Slim TerwilligerMolly White, the new schoolmistress at Silver Creek, makes the acquaintance of Jack Brooks, a...
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The Fighting Ranger
as Thunder, Texas RangerThe Buck Jones western The Fighting Ranger utilizes its familiar plotline with excellent...
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Won in the Clouds
as Percy HoganNearly 7,000 Curtiss Jennies were built and they had a long and distinguished career in the...
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