Frank Cordell
Acting
Biography
Frank Cordell was born on February 3, 1898 in Oklahoma. He is known for his work on The Texas Rangers (1936), The Sundowners (1950) and High Lonesome (1950). He died on October 25, 1977 in Riverside County, California.
Born: February 3, 1898
Place of Birth: Kenton, Oklahoma, USA
Known For
The Man from Laramie
Will Lockhart arrives in Coronado, an isolated town in New Mexico, in search of someone who sells rifles to the Apache tribe, finding himself unwillingly drawn into the convoluted life of a local ranching family whose members seem to have a lot to hide.
The Westerner
Drifter Cole Harden is accused of stealing a horse and faces hanging by self-appointed Judge Roy Bean, but Harden manages to talk his way out of it by claiming to be a friend of stage star Lillie Langtry, with whom the judge is obsessed, even though he has never met her. Tensions rise when Harden comes to the defense of a group of struggling homesteaders who Judge Bean is trying to drive away.
Robbers of the Range
Railroad agents frame a landowner who wont sell out to them.
The Tin Star
An experienced bounty hunter helps a young sheriff learn the meaning of his badge.
Devil's Doorway
A Native American Civil War hero returns home to fight for his people.
Run for Cover
An ex-convict drifter and his flawed young partner are made sheriff and deputy of a Western town.
Pardners
Rich momma's boy Wade Kingsley Jr. an Eastern dude, tries to follow in his murdered father's footsteps by returning to the West to partner up with Slim Moseley Jr.,the son of his father's former partner. Wade overcomes Slim's initial reluctance to accept him by using his fortune to buy a prize cow and new car to help Slim in his job as foreman on the Kingsley family ranch, currently under siege by a gang of outlaws called "masked raiders." Wade generously tries to pay off the ranch's mortgage with $15,000 of his own money, but unfortunately neither "pardner" realizes that respected banker Dan Hollis, the son of their fathers' murderer, is the leader of the gang.
Duel in the Sun
Beautiful half-breed Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between her sons, one good and the other bad.
The Texas Rangers
Two down-on-their-luck former outlaws volunteer to be Texas Rangers and find themselves assigned to bring in an old friend, now a notorious outlaw.
Heller in Pink Tights
Nineteenth century Wyoming: the wild West. Mild-mannered Tom Healy has a two-wagon theater troupe hounded by creditors because Angela, his leading lady and the object of his affection, constantly buys clothes. In Cheyenne, they meet with applause, so they hope to stay awhile: the theater owner likes Angela, and she keeps him on a string. She's also the object of the attentions of Mabry, a gunslinger who's owed money by the richest man in Bonanza.
Filmography
as Theodore
as Posse Member (uncredited)
as Townsman (uncredited)
as Mule Driver (uncredited)
as Minor Role (uncredited)
as Frank
as Townsman (uncredited)
as Jim Strake
as Sid (uncredited)
as Stagecoach Guard (uncredited)
as Henchman (uncredited)
as Man (uncredited)
as Sgt. Cord
as Ranger Ditson
as Horseman