Jack Rockwell
Acting
Biography
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Born: October 6, 1890
Place of Birth: Veracruz, Mexico
Known For
Stranger from Santa Fe
Burly Johnny Mack Brown once again plays undercover U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie in this overly complicated series oater from low-budget Monogram. This time, McKenzie, who goes under the alias of Roy Ferris, is waylaid by would-be stage robber Cy Manning (John Merton) en route to the Bar X Ranch.
Red River Valley
To bring water to their valley, ranchers have raised money to build a dam. When that money is stolen, Allison suggests the ranchers sell their stock to a friend of his thereby getting the money needed to complete the dam. Roy has a clue that Allison was involved in the robbery and is out to get control of the valley. So Roy and the boys try to delay the sale of the stock while they look for proof against Allison.
Man from Cheyenne
Roy is a government man assigned to a case of cattle rustling in the part of the country where he grew up, unaware that the leader of the gang is a woman, in fact an old flame.
Born to Be Wild
Truck drivers Steve Hackett and Bill Purvis are fired from their jobs with the West Coast Trucking company for not using second-gear going down steep grades. Davis, the company vice-president, surprisingly asks them to carry a load of merchandise to Arrowhead and offers a $1000 bonus. He tells them it is a load of lettuce. Several miles out of Los Angelese, they are stopped by a mob of lettuce-farm workers on strike. When the first crate is tossed off the truck, it explodes and the two pals learn their merchandise is a cargo of dynamite. The workers let them proceed and they crash into a car driven by Mary Stevens, whom they had met at a restaurant. She and her dog, "Butch" (played by a Credited dog named Stooge), join them and they deliver their cargo, and learn unscrupulous real-estate operators have jammed the locks on the dam in order to ruin the ranchers and farmers and take over their property.
The Longest Yard
A football player-turned-convict organizes a team of inmates to play against a team of prison guards. His dilemma is that the warden asks him to throw the game in return for an early release, but he is also concerned about the inmates' lack of self-esteem.
Sheriff of Tombstone
The mayor has sent for a gunslinger who, though appearing to clean up the town, is really to be the mayor's means of taking the town over. When Roy and Gabby arrive in Tombstone, Roy is mistaken for the gunslinger. Just as Roy is ready to expose the mayor, the real gunslinger shows up.
The Adventures of Rex and Rinty
A 12 episode serial starring Rex, the King of the Wild Horses and Rin-Tin-Tin, Jr. Rex is brought from the island of Sujan, where he is worshiped as a God-Horse, to the U.S. to be trained as a polo pony. He escapes, meets Rinty and with the help of Frank Bradley is returned to Sujan. The natives have been persuaded to turn against their God-Horse, however he is rescued just in time before he is burned as a sacrifice.
Roarin' Guns
Tim Corwin- an agent for the Cattlemen's Association- is assigned to look into a range war between settlers and powerful cattle baron Walton.
Riders of Death Valley
The Saturday matinee crowd got two cowboy stars for the price of one in this lavishly budgeted western serial starring former singing cowboy Dick Foran and Buck Jones. The latter contributed deadpan humor to the proceedings, making Jones perhaps the highest paid B-western comedy relief in history. The two heroes defend the Death Valley borax miners from an outlaw gang headed by Wolf Reade. An extraordinarily strong cast -- for a serial, at least -- supported the stars, headed by Charles Bickford as Reade, Leo Carillo, Lon Chaney, Jr., and silent screen star Monte Blue. Leading lady Jeanne Kelly later changed her name to Jean Brooks and starred in the atmospheric RKO thriller The Seventh Victim (1943). Universal claimed to have spent $1 million on this serial and made sure to get their money's worth by endlessly recycling the action footage in serials and B-westerns for years to come.
Calling Dr. Death
Losing his memories of the last few days, neurologist Dr. Steele is told that his wife has been brutally murdered. Steele, aware of his conniving wife's infidelity, believes he may have been the killer and enlists the aid of his pretty nurse Stella to hypnotize him into recovering his lost memories.
Filmography
as Trainer
as Sheriff John Rigby
as Deputy Marshal (uncredited)
as Hank Watson
as Sheriff Devers
as Sheriff Clancy
as Stage Driver
as Rancher Bill Knott
as Stagecoach Driver
as Prison Guard (uncredited)
as Sheriff Horner
as Sheriff Tom Boyd
as Bart - Raider
as Joe Kincaid
as Deputy (uncredited)
as Ted Blane
as Sheriff Miles
as Sheriff
as Henchman Tex
as Deputy Jack (uncredited)
as Fireman (uncredited)
as Sheriff
as Sheriff Summers
as Town Sheriff
as Sheriff
as Gabe Jones
as Sheriff Watson
as Bat Matson
as Ranchhand
as Captain John Hawkins
as Joe - Stage Driver
as Slade - Hired Gunman [Chs. 8-9]
as Jim
as Mort Slade, Saloon Owner
as John Sullivan
as Sheriff J.B. Lawler
as Cattlemen's Association Man, standing
as Henchman Butch [Ch. 8]
as Sheriff Mulhall
as Townsman (uncredited)
as Jim Brent
as Henchman Carp
as Townsman
as Martin
as Rancher Feigning Drunkenness
as Clayton
as Rancher
as Henchman Trigger
as Sheriff Henderson
as Liveryman
as Stage Driver with Silver Shipment
as Hank Weaver
as Claim Jumper
as Marshal
as Mack Richards (as Jack Rocknell)
as Stage Driver Announcing War's End
as Man Reporting Indian Raid
as Jud Evans (uncredited)
as Matt Gunther
as Townsman in Saloon
as Sheriff
as Stage Driver
as Assassin of Angus McCloud
as Sheriff Webb
as John Gardner
as Thompson McDaniels
as Sheriff Fletcher
as Slim Baker
as Red
as Ranger Hank
as Rancher
as City Marshal
as Texas Ranger Williams (uncredited)
as Captain Grover Harrison
as Stage Driver Bill (uncredited)
as Stage Driver Bill
as Foreman Jim Mason
as Sheriff
as Lem
as Boyd Allen
as Sheriff
as Livery Stable Owner
as Town Marshal
as Sheriff
as Henchman
as Townsman (uncredited)
as Shorty
as Sheriff
as Marshall
as Dotkins
as Arizona Rangers Captain Reyes
as Mort
as Ed Parks
as Tom Haggard
as Ranger Captain Winkler
as Deputy Ben Holt
as Texas Ranger
as Sheriff Anderson
as Sheriff Miller
as Sheriff
as Henchman Stone
as Sheriff
as Bat Moulton
as Smith
as Dave Barry
as Sheriff Grey
as Sheriff Pendleton
as Sheriff Dodson
as Marshal Lamar Blyth
as U. S. Marshal
as McWade
as Sheriff
as McDonald
as Henchman Bill Slater
as Preston, Bess' Father
as Harvey Daniels
as Butch Greer
as Henchman Rusty
as Rawhide
as Texas Ranger Rogers
as Whistler
as Vic Byrd
as Sheriff Luke Williams
as Sheriff Russell
as Sheriff Bailey
as Sheriff Reed
as Sheriff [Chs. 1, 7-8, 11-12]
as Marshal Lon Kelly
as Deputy Sheriff Hack Baker
as Deputy
as Ranger Captain Adams
as Henchman Rocky
as Ed
as Townsman
as Hank Rivers
as Deputy Slim Stratton
as Henchman Beef
as The Marshal
as Sheriff
as Ranger Jack Saunders
as Sheriff
as Sheriff
as Sheriff
as Deputy Matt