Gene Autry

Born: 1907-09-29

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Orvon Grover "Gene" Autry (September 29, 1907 – October 2, 1998), nicknamed The Singing Cowboy, was an American singer, songwriter, actor, musician and rodeo performer who gained fame largely by singing in a crooning style on radio, in films, and on television for more than three decades beginning in the early 1930s. From 1934 to 1953, Autry appeared in 93 films, and between 1950 and 1956 hosted The Gene Autry Show television series. During the 1930s and 1940s, he personified the straight-shooting hero - honest, brave, and true. Autry was also one of the most important pioneering figures in the history of country music, considered the second major influential artist of the genre's development after Jimmie Rodgers. His singing cowboy films were the first vehicle to carry country music to a national audience. In addition to his signature song, "Back in the Saddle Again", and his hit "At Mail Call Today", Autry is still remembered for his Christmas holiday songs, most especially his biggest hit "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" as well as "Frosty the Snowman", "Here Comes Santa Claus", and "Up on the House Top". Autry is a member of both the Country Music Hall of Fame and Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, and is the only person to be awarded stars in all five categories on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, for film, television, music, radio, and live performance.


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On Top of Old Smoky

as Gene Autry
Released: 1953-03-25

Poachers are harassing toll road owner Jen Larrabee. They want her land because it holds...

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Git Along Little Dogies

as Gene Autry
Released: 1937-03-27

When war breaks out between oilmen and cattle ranchers, Gene sides with the ranchers until he...

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Twilight on the Rio Grande

as Gene Autry
Released: 1947-03-31

Gene and Pokie are on vacation in Mexico when they learn that their buddy Dusty has been bumped off.

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Rim of the Canyon

as Gene Autry / Steve Autry
Released: 1949-07-01

20 years ago, 3 men robbed a stage and hid $30,000. They were caught and sent to prison by...

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Winning of the West

as Gene Autry
Released: 1953-01-01

A singing territorial ranger (Gene Autry) spots his younger brother in an outlaw gang.

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Round-Up Time in Texas

as Gene Autry
Released: 1937-02-28

Gene and Frog arrive with a herd of horses for Gene'e brother, a diamond prospector whose work...

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Red River Valley

as Gene Autry
Released: 1936-03-02

Gene and Frog set out to find out who has been causing the accidents at a dam construction site.

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South of the Border

as Gene Autry
Released: 1939-12-15

A federal agent and his partner hang out in Mexico to check a revolution.

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Men with Steel Faces

as Gene Autry
Released: 1940-05-02

Re-edited feature version of serial The Phantom Empire (1935). Singer Gene Autry discovers a...

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Melody Ranch

as Cornelius J. Courtney
Released: 1940-09-15

His Arizona hometown of Torpedo invites Gene back to be the honorary sheriff of the Frontier...

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Man from Music Mountain

as Gene Autry
Released: 1938-08-15

Scanlon is pulling off a land swindle by selling lots in a ghost town claiming the power company...

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Riders in the Sky

as Gene Autry
Released: 1949-11-29

When asked about the Ghost Riders song he sings, Gene Autry tells this legend: Gene is about to...

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Shooting High

as Will Carson
Released: 1940-04-25

A movie company making a film about a famous sheriff hires his grandson as a stand-in for the lead.

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Silver Canyon

as Gene Autry
Released: 1951-06-19

At the close of the Civil War, a band of Southern guerillas disguised themselves as Union...

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Stardust on the Sage

as Gene Autry
Released: 1942-05-25

A singing cowboy (Gene Autry) and his partner (Bill Henry) thwart a foreman who wants their mine.

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Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

as (archive footage)
Released: 1976-05-01

A Western-genre narrative, loosely woven from old clips from B-Western features.

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The Republic Pictures Story

as Self
Released: 1991-03-15

A history of Republic Pictures studios, featuring hundreds of clips plus on-camera interviews...

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Christmas in Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2003-11-13

Dozens of stars--including Arnold Schwarzeneggar, Bob Hope, and more--demonstrate how the...

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Tumbling Tumbleweeds

as Gene Autry
Released: 1935-09-05

Traveling with Doc Parker's medicine show, Gene finds his old friend Harry Brooks wounded and...

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Heart of the Rio Grande

as Gene Autry
Released: 1942-03-11

As foreman of a dude ranch, Gene has two problems. One is a guest, the spoiled daughter of a...

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The Singing Hill

as Gene Autry
Released: 1941-04-25

If a young lady gives up her inheritance the local ranchers will lose their free grazing land.

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The Big Show

as Gene Autry/Tom Ford
Released: 1936-11-16

At the Texas Centennial in Dallas Autry confuses two girls by being himself and his own stunt...

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Home in Wyomin'

as Gene Autry
Released: 1942-04-29

Radio star Gene Autry returns to his home town of Gold Ridge at the request of his old friend...

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Trail to San Antone

as Gene Autry
Released: 1947-01-25

Gene Autry is back near the saddle, trying to help out a crippled jockey. Gene is certain that...

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The Cowboy and the Indians

as Gene Autry
Released: 1949-09-15

Finding Indians stealing from his ranch, Gene learns they are suffering from malnutrition. Store...

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Down Mexico Way

as Gene Autry
Released: 1941-10-15

Like 1940's Melody Ranch, the 1941 Gene Autry vehicle Down Mexico Way was designed as a...

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Beyond the Purple Hills

as Gene Autry
Released: 1950-07-25

Gene Autry becomes the new Sheriff after bank robbers kill the former sheriff. When Judge...

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The Phantom Empire

as Gene Autry
Released: 1935-02-22

When the ancient continent of Mu sank beneath the ocean, some of its inhabitant survived in...

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Whirlwind

as Gene Autry aka The Whirlwind
Released: 1951-04-16

A singing postal inspector (Gene Autry) and his partner (Smiley Burnette) save a woman's (Gail...

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Cowboy Serenade

as Gene Autry
Released: 1942-01-30

Gene Autry heads a cattlemen's association and calls on the inexperienced Jim Agnew to negotiate...

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In Old Santa Fe

as Gene Autry
Released: 1934-11-15

Gangster Chandler and his accomplice Tracy arrive at a dude ranch. Cowboy Kentucky arrives at...

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Loaded Pistols

as Gene Autry
Released: 1948-12-15

A singing cowboy clears a boy accused of murder by finding the real killer.

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Public Cowboy No. 1

as Helen Morgan
Released: 1937-06-11

Deputies Gene Autry and Frog go up against modern cattle rustlers. These rustlers use technology...

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The Old West

as Gene Autry
Released: 1952-09-29

Doc Lockwood and his gang are trying to take away Autry's contract for supplying horses to the...

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Riders of the Whistling Pines

as Gene Autry
Released: 1949-03-16

While trailing Forest Ranger Charles Carter, who is suspected of permitting lumber man Henry...

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Rancho Grande

as Gene Autry
Released: 1940-03-22

A ranch foreman (Gene Autry) helps three youngsters protect their inheritance from foreclosure.

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Comin' 'Round the Mountain

as Gene Autry
Released: 1936-04-13

His horse Champion steals the show from Gene when what's at stake is a horse race and a bull fight.

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Mule Train

as U.S. Marshal Gene Autry
Released: 1950-02-22

A prospector discovers natural cement and suggests it should be used for a new dam. But this is...

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Texans Never Cry

as Gene Autry
Released: 1951-03-15

A Texas Ranger tries to bring down counterfeiters selling fake lottery tickets.

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Call of the Canyon

as Gene Autry
Released: 1942-08-17

A radio saleswoman helps a singing cattleman trap a shady meat buyer with a bogus broadcast.

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Sierra Sue

as Gene Autry
Released: 1941-11-12

To fight a poisonous weed, ranchers are burning their land. Gene is the Inspector brought in and...

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Boots and Saddles

as Gene Autry
Released: 1937-10-04

Young Englishman inherits ranch which he wants to sell, but Gene's gonna turn him into a real...

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Manhattan Merry-Go-Round

as Self
Released: 1937-11-26

In this musical comedy, a crooked record producer uses his mob connections to force performers...

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Gene Autry and the Mounties

as Gene Autry
Released: 1951-01-30

Montana Marshals Gene and Scat are tracking some bank robbers. When the baddies cross into...

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Night Stage to Galveston

as Gene Autry
Released: 1952-03-18

A former Texas Ranger teams up with some of his old colleagues to rid the state of corruption in...

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Goldtown Ghost Riders

as Gene Autry
Released: 1953-05-20

A singing frontier judge (Gene Autry) dismisses a case of double jeopardy.

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Valley of Fire

as Gene Autry
Released: 1951-11-20

An outcast gambler hijacks a wagon train of eligible women taken west by a mayor.

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Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride

as Gene Autry
Released: 1940-09-05

Gene inherits a meat-packing plant, then faces stiff competition from snooty Ann Randolph, rival...

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Pack Train

as Gene Autry
Released: 1953-07-04

Gene Autry is assigned to safely transport supplies to a band of settlers. The villains, headed...

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Ridin' on a Rainbow

as Gene Autry
Released: 1941-01-24

When the showboat hits town, two men use the parade as a distraction to rob the bank. Their...

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Ride, Ranger, Ride

as Gene Autry
Released: 1936-11-30

It is the story of Gene's, a Cavalry scout, who manages to quell an Indian uprising.

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In Old Monterey

as Gene
Released: 1939-08-14

The U.S. Army takes over a large area of land, over the objection of citizens and corporations...

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Western Jamboree

as Gene Autry
Released: 1938-12-02

Knowing that is contains valuable helium gas, a gang of bad guys first tries to purchase the...

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Apache Country

as Gene Autry
Released: 1952-05-30

A criminal gang provokes the local Apaches in order to divert the authorities' attention from...

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Mystery Mountain

as Teamster Thomas (ch's 6-8) (uncredited)
Released: 1934-12-02

Ken Williams is determined to discover the identity of the mysterious Rattler, who preys upon...

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It's Showtime

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1976-03-31

A collection of film clips profiling animal actors.

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The Old Corral

as Sheriff Gene Autry
Released: 1936-12-21

As the sheriff of a small western town, Autry sings his way into a relationship with Eleanor, a...

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Home on the Prairie

as Gene Autry
Released: 1939-02-03

When shifty cattlemen Belknap (Walter Miller) and H.R. Shelby (Gordon Hart) are caught shipping...

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Guns and Guitars

as Gene Autry
Released: 1936-06-22

A wrongfully-imprisoned man becomes determined to find who was responsible for the death of a...

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The Old Barn Dance

as Gene Autry
Released: 1938-01-29

Autry and his buddies have a horse selling business which is threatened by a tractor company...

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Rodeo Dough

as Gene Autry
Released: 1940-11-09

After a trip to Hollywood, two young ladies attempt to hitchhike home but end up at a...

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Back in the Saddle

as Gene Autry
Released: 1941-03-14

Gene returns from the East with new ranch owner Tom Bennett to find everyone's cattle dying....

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Saddle Pals

as Gene Autry
Released: 1947-06-05

Autry is drawn into the plot when he's given power of attorney in a property settlement...

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The Singing Cowboy

as Gene Autry
Released: 1936-05-11

A rodeo singer funds a little girl's operation with a show, on television.

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Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge

as Gene Autry
Released: 1937-06-14

The old west range war story transported to Georgia, with Autry as the hero.

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The Singing Vagabond

as Captain Tex Autry
Released: 1935-12-16

Tex rides to the rescue when badguys led by LaCrosse and Utah Joe kidnap Lettie.

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Indian Territory

as Gene Autry
Released: 1950-09-29

Columbia's final release for 1950 was the Gene Autry western Indian Territory. Set during the...

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Barbed Wire

as Gene Autry
Released: 1952-07-25

A cattle buyer, a federal agent and a newswoman snip a railroad plot.

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Hills of Utah

as Dr. Gene Autry
Released: 1951-09-30

A singing doctor on horseback heals a feud between cattlemen and copper miners.

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Sioux City Sue

as Gene Autry
Released: 1946-11-21

A Hollywood scout averts disaster for a singing cowboy she has misled.

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Prairie Moon

as Gene Autry
Released: 1938-10-07

Gene takes care of three tough kids sent west from Chicago after their father died and left them...

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Springtime in the Rockies

as Gene Autry
Released: 1937-11-13

Ranch owner Sandra, fresh from animal husbandry school, brings a flock of sheep into cattle...

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Gaucho Serenade

as Gene Autry
Released: 1940-05-09

Gene Autry and sidekick Frog Millhouse depart Madison Square Garden and NYC heading west for...

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Oh, Susanna

as Gene Autry aka Tex Smith
Released: 1936-08-19

Oh, Susanna! is a 1936 American Western musical film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Gene...

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Blue Montana Skies

as Gene Autry
Released: 1939-05-03

Gene Autry follows a clue written on a rock by his murdered partner and discovers a fur...

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The Strawberry Roan

as Gene Autry
Released: 1948-08-01

Young Joe is paralyzed as he is bucked by a wild horse, a strawberry roan. Angered, his father,...

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Sunset in Wyoming

as Gene Autry
Released: 1941-07-15

By stripping all the timber from the land, a lumber baron threatens everyone with flooding. Gene...

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Sons of New Mexico

as Gene Autry
Released: 1949-12-20

Not quite as memorable as his previous Riders in the Sky, Gene Autry's Sons of New Mexico is...

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Under Fiesta Stars

as Gene Autry
Released: 1941-08-25

Rodeo champ Gene Autry inherits half interest in both a ranch and a mine that provides steady...

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The Last Round-up

as Gene Autry
Released: 1947-11-05

A rancher tries to convince an Indian tribe to relocate so their land can be used to provide...

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Gold Mine in the Sky

as Gene Autry
Released: 1938-07-04

As executor of the owner's will, singing ranch foreman Gene must see that the daughter/heiress...

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The Sagebrush Troubadour

as Gene Autry
Released: 1935-12-02

Before he was murdered Grandpa Martin found a gold mine. He failed to record it and now everyone...

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Blue Canadian Rockies

as Gene Autry
Released: 1952-11-30

Montana ranch owner Cyrus Bigbee sends his foreman, Gene Autry, and Rawhide Buttram to his...

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The Blazing Sun

as Gene Autry
Released: 1950-11-20

Gene Autry hunts bank robbers Al Bartlett and Trot Lucas with his old friend Mike. Bartlett, to...

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Rhythm of the Saddle

as Gene Autry
Released: 1938-11-06

Gene is the foreman at the ranch owned by wealthy rodeo owner Maureen. She will lose her rodeo...

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My Music: A Classic Christmas

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2019-11-16

Gavin MacLeod and Marion Ross host a Christmas celebration that features classic performances of...

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Rovin' Tumbleweeds

as Gene Autry
Released: 1939-11-16

Rancher Autry takes a job singing on the radio to aid farmers and ranchers whose lands were...

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Mexicali Rose

as Gene Autry
Released: 1939-03-26

Gene Autry and his sidekick Frog look into a phony oil scam being perpetrated on a mission...

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Carolina Moon

as Gene Autry
Released: 1940-07-14

A singing cowboy and his sidekick encounter misunderstandings and rodeo havoc as they try and...

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Last of the Pony Riders

as Gene Autry
Released: 1953-11-03

Ex-Pony Express rider Autry ties to protect his US mail franchise as the Pony Express gives way...

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Robin Hood Of Texas

as Gene Autry
Released: 1947-07-15

When the bank is robbed, Gene and the boys are singing nearby and the Chief arrests them as gang...

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Saginaw Trail

as Gene Autry
Released: 1953-09-20

Hamilton's Rangers, led by our hero Gene, must keep the Indians in the northern Michigan...

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Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs

as (archive footage)
Released: 2000-01-01

This documentary traces the history of the B-Western from it's silent movie origins to its...

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The Big Sombrero

as Gene Autry
Released: 1949-04-19

Gene is hired to be foreman of the Big Sombrero ranch by Jim Garland, who is handling all the...

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Cow Town

as Gene Autry
Released: 1950-05-19

Gene responds to cattle rustling by stringing barbed wire all around his range.

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Colorado Sunset

as Gene Autry
Released: 1939-07-30

When his well-meaning sidekick (Smiley Burnette) buys a cow farm instead of a cattle ranch,...

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Bells of Capistrano

as Gene Autry
Released: 1942-09-15

America's favorite singing cowboy Gene Autry stars in this vintage tale as an up-and-coming...

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Hoedown

as Gene Autry (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1950-06-01

A movie cowboy scrambles to salvage his career after his latest movie turns out to be a flop.

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Wagon Team

as Gene Autry
Released: 1952-09-29

Gene Autry is back in the saddle again as an undercover detective in this action-packed Western...

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Melody Trail

as Gene Autry
Released: 1935-10-21

Gene goes after the badguys after they kidnap the baby he should have been babysitting.

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Mountain Rhythm

as Gene Autry
Released: 1939-06-08

Cavanaugh and McCauley are after the ranchers land. When the Government announces the land will...

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Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm

as Gene Autry
Released: 1937-05-12

Gene and Frog, out to stop a bunch of cattle rustlers, assume the identities of what they...

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Gay, Gay Hollywood

as uncredited
Released: 1980-01-01

The short shows various clips from Hollywood feature films that, like the title of the film, are...

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The Steve Allen Show

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1956-06-24

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The Steve Allen Show

as Self - Singer
First aired: 1956-06-24

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The Red Skelton Show

as Self
First aired: 1951-09-30

The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades,...

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What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest
First aired: 1950-02-02

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...

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The Gene Autry Show

as Gene Autry
First aired: 1950-07-23

The Gene Autry Show is an American western/cowboy television series which aired for 91 episodes...

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The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self
First aired: 1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...

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Person to Person

as uncredited
First aired: 1953-10-02

Person to Person is a popular television program in the United States that originally ran from...

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