When Jason Chisum private eye and deadly assassin travels back to South Africa from an assignment in New York little does he realize that he is sitting next to one of the most powerful Chinese Mafia bosses. The South African National Intelligence agency is powerless ag When Jason Chisum private eye and deadly assassin travels back to South Africa from an assignment in New York little does he realize that he is sitting next to one of the most powerful Chinese Mafia bosses.
The South African National Intelligence agency is powerless against these men and request Jason to eliminate the problem. Jason is a man who enjoys fast cars and even faster women but then he is partnered with a female undercover agent with whom he becomes involved romantically and together they take on the Chinese Mafia in the South African bush veld.
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As Morton was believed to have been one of those who killed John Tunstall, his fate looked grim, especially when the Regulators and their prisoners detoured He joined his father's film production company, Batjac Productions, for Alamo and became line producer for McLintock! He also was founder and chairman of the board of the John Wayne Formation The gang was initially formed during the mids by disgruntled small ranchers, feeling themselves victimized by the large cattle holdings of ranchers such as John Chisum.
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The gang had certain influential connections with local law enforcement, which assisted in their being able to carry out cattle rustling without interference Bob Beckwith[1] and Wallace Olinger were Deputy Sheriffs for Sheriff William J. Roswell is a city and the seat of Chaves County in the U.
It is a center for irrigated farming, dairying, ranching, manufacturing, distribution, and petroleum production. The investigation and debris recovery was handled by the local Roswell Army Air Field. Roswell is a popular town for tourists from around the country because of its many alien-themed stores. History The White family home, built in , is now Corbett came to national attention in the early s when he replaced George Maharis in the cast of the popular CBS adventure drama Route He followed this with roles in high-profile films and television shows like the original Star Trek series, the daytime soap opera The Doctors, the prime time soap Dallas, and movies like Chisum with John Wayne and the World War II epic Midway.
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Film and television caree Texas John Slaughter formally titled: Tales of Texas John Slaughter is a western television series which aired seventeen episodes between and as part of The Wonderful World of Disney, starring Tom Tryon in the title role. Tryon memorably wore an enormous white cowboy hat with the brim pinned up in the front as part of his wardrobe for the series. Narration is provided by Paul Frees.
The beginning theme song for the series includes the line: Slaughter earlier served in the Confederate Army John Chisholm may refer to: Chisholm born , American prosecutor and current district attorney of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin John Chisholm soldier , 16th-century Scottish soldier and firework maker John Alexander Chisholm — , Canadian inventor and businessman See also Jack Chisholm — , English footballer John Chisum — , cattle baron in the American West The following list of cowboys and cowgirls from the frontier era of the American Old West circa to was compiled to show examples of the cowboy and cowgirl genre.
Cattlemen, ranchers, and cowboys Earl W. Littlefield — Oliver Loving — George W. A complete filmography of John Wayne from to , which also includes those films that Wayne only produced, and results pertaining to his long-running box office popularity between and , during the height of his career after a decade of starring in a succession of low-budget B-movies. He frequently worked in minor roles with director John Ford and when Raoul Walsh suggested him for the lead in The Big Trail , an epic Western shot in an early widescreen process called Fox Grandeur, Ford vouched for him.
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He moved over to Columbia Pictures, where he ran afoul of studio boss Harry Cohn. As a result, Wayne was dropped from leading man to supporting player to bit player and finally down to being an extra again. After the Columbia debacle, Wayne solidified Cattle baron is a historic term for a local businessman and landowner who possessed great power or influence[1] through the operation of a large ranch with many beef cattle.
Cattle barons in the late 19th century United States were also sometimes referred to as cowmen,[2] stockmen, or just ranchers. In Australia, similar individuals owned large cattle stations. A similar phenomenon occurred in part of Canada in the early twentieth century. Notable examples In the American Old West: Otto Franc Charles Goodnight. Essayist and historian J. Frank Dobie said that Goodnight "approached greatness more nearly than any other cowman of history. The Big Four Calgary four businessmen: The film is about an aging Pat Garrett Coburn , hired as a lawman by a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid Kristofferson.
Soon after completion, the film was taken away from the director and substantial Jesse Evans and a woman Jesse Evans ; date of death unknown, disappeared was an outlaw and gunman of the Old West, and leader of the Jesse Evans Gang. He has received some attention due to his disappearance in , after which he was never seen or heard from again. Evans was believed to have been born in Missouri, although some historians believe he was born in Texas.
It is unknown as to what caused Evans to go from a promising life to that of an outlaw. It is possibly due to a poor influence within his family structure, as he was arrested with both his mother and his father on June 26, , in Elk City, Kansas, for passing counterfeit money. He was released shortly thereafter, and by he was in the New Mexico Territory.
Evans began working as a cowboy, employed by several ranches, including that of John Chisum. After he ended his employment with Chisum, Evans ventured to both Las She tries to persuade Chino to keep working for her, first by seducing him, which fails, then by false accusations that he attacked her. Culver is angry enough when civilian Carl Miller turns up with a troop movement that he, Miller, will lead.
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Carl is a friend of Chino's and in love with Chino's sister, Mistania. As usual, Julia intervenes and attempts to use her wiles on Carl, then becomes furious when he slaps her face. Riding through a canyon where he expects Culver's soldiers to be attacked, Carl and the soldiers are deserted by Culver and end up captured. By the time Carl is released and returns to San Antonio, Chino has taken some of Culver's men hostage while others have taken jobs with wealthy rancher Oliver Loving December 4, — September 25, was a rancher and cattle driver.
He was mortally wounded by Native Americans while on a cattle drive. Loving County, Texas, the second least-populous county in the United States in population, is named in his honor. His paintings include works in various mediums including; egg and acrylic tempera, oil, dry-brush watercolor, pastel, and pencil. His sculptures have included wax and clay, and currently divides his time between painting and sculpting. He describes his flat work as "painterly[5] Summers resides in his boyhood home of Glen Rose, Texas with his wife Boo, two of their three sons work with him. Among his associations, Robert serves as Ass The portion of the trail marked by Jesse Chisholm went from his southern trading post near the Red River to his northern trading post near Kansas City, Kansas.
Overview Texas ranchers using the Chisholm Trail started on the route from either the Rio Grande or San Antonio, joined the Chisholm Trail at the Red River of the South at the border between Texas and Oklahoma, and continued to the railhead of the Kansas Pacific Railway in Abilene, Kansas, where the cattle would be sold and shipped eastward. The trail is named for Jesse Chisholm, a half-Cherokee trader from Tennessee, who originally created the trail as a means to transport his goods from one trading post to another.
Early life and Murphy association Dolan was born in Loughrea, County Galway, Ireland and moved to the United States at the age of five with his family. He worked as a clerk for Lawrence Murphy, and by the two men were business partners in a mercantile and banking operation. The venture was highly successful and profitable, particularly since there was no competition. On May 9, , Dolan killed Hilario Jaramillo, claiming that the latter had char Over his more than year career, he appeared in more than nine hundred productions on stage and screen.
Life and career Born in Dade City in Pasco County, near Tampa, Florida, Roberts began his acting career on the stage, first appearing on Broadway in May before making his motion picture debut in Gold Bricks, a two-reel comedy short released by 20th Century-Fox. He appeared in numerous films in secondary parts and returned to perform on Broadway in such productions as Twentieth Century, My Sister Eileen, and Carnival in Flanders until he began making guest appearances on television series. After appearing on Gale Storm's My Little Margie in , he became part of several television series for which he is best remembered.
In a show that was the precursor to The Love Boat, Roberts played the ship's captain for four years in Storm's next hit, Oh! They all intended to settle and build a ranch together. At the time, the corrupt Santa Fe Ring was in full swing, and in Lincoln, New Mexico, businessman and former soldier Lawrence Murphy and his partner had a monopoly on business, charging extremely high prices to ranchers and farmers for their goods. Saunders began working with his cousins on their ranch, and took p He is sometimes known as the "father of the Texas Panhandle. Louis, the fourth child of Charles Goodnight and the former Charlotte Collier.
Goodnight's father's grave is located in a pasture south of Bunker Hill, Illinois. Goodnight moved to Texas in with his mother and stepfather, Hiram Daugherty. In , he became a cowboy and served with the local militia, fighting against Comanche raiders. A year later, in , Goodnight joined the Texas Rangers. Goodnight is also known for raising and leading a posse against the Comanche in that located the Indian camp where Cynthia Ann Parker was liv The McLaury brothers repeatedly threatened the Earps because they interfered with the Cowboys' illegal activities.
John Mitchum September 6, — November 29, was an American actor from the s to the s in film and television. Early in his career, he was credited as Jack Mitchum. He was the younger brother of Julie Mitchum and Robert Mitchum. Career Mitchum initially appeared in only unbilled e. He supported his more famous brother on several occasions, and became known as the friendly, food-loving Inspector Frank DiGiorgio in the first three Dirty Harry films. Mitchum was one of only four actors to appear in more than one film in this series the others being Clint Eastwood, Harry Guardino and Albert Popwell , and with E Since then, Birdo has been a recurring character in various franchise spin-offs.
Initially, she was depicted as an antagonist, but has since been depicted as an ally. Birdo has also made several cameos, particularly in the Mario Kart series and the Japan-only Wii video game Captain Rainbow. The manual for Super Mario Bros. Later releases of Super Mario Bros. Starting with Mario Tennis, Nintendo eventually simply refers to Birdo as female, depicting Birdo and Yoshi as girlfriend and boyfriend.
However, several games still make mention of her male body, such as Captain Rainbow, or refer to the gender confusion without as His father was a farmer and operated a trading store and stage stop southeast of Pauls Valley in the Chickasaw Nation. While working for John Tunstall as a ranch hand, he met Bill Bonney and several other men who worked for Tunstall. After Tunstall was killed in the Lincoln County War, Bonney, Waite and the others called themselves the Regulators while they pursued Tunstall's killers.
After that, they became known as the "Billy the Kid gang. Waite married, became a rancher and started a family. He lived a law-abiding life thereafter and became involved in Choctaw and Chickasaw politics.
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Film career Mitchum appeared in more than 60 films in 14 countries. He was cited by Box Office magazine as one of the top five stars of the future and the recipient of Photoplay's Gold Medal Award for He was the Screen Actors Guild national first vice president, in —89 and a member of the SAG board of directors, in — John George Agar Jr. January 31, — April 7, was an American film and television actor. He was the first husband of Shirley Temple. Agar's career suffered in the wake of his divorce, but he developed a niche playing leading men in low-budget science fiction, Western, and horror movies in the s and s.
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John Wayne gave him several supporting roles in the late s and early s. In later years he worked extensively in television. This is a list of biographical films. Walthall Judith of Bethulia Patrick Barry Sullivan August 29, — June 6, [1] was an American movie actor who appeared in over movies from the s to the s, notably The Bad and the Beautiful opposite Kirk Douglas. David Shipman wrote of Sullivan: Barry Sullivan redefined the term "leading man", being neither a genuine star, although billed above the title, nor a character actor, since he was seldom called upon to play anyone but himself - nice and reliable, the old standby.
There were many others of his generation competing for the same roles - Wendell Corey, with his somewhat charming gloom, the cynical but easygoing Van Heflin, the acquiescent but dangerous Robert Ryan. Many cinemagoers found the Sullivans and Ryans more rewarding than the bona fide box-office champs but, like them, they could be counted upon when it came to facing up to the great ladies of the screen.
Henry Newton Brown — April 30, was an American Old West gunman who played the roles of both lawman and outlaw during his life. An orphan, he lived there with his uncle Jasper and aunt Aldamira Richardson until the age of seventeen, when he left home and headed west. He drifted through various cowboy jobs in Colorado and Texas, supposedly killing a man in a gunfight in the Texas Panhandle. Lincoln County War In , Brown landed in the New Mexico Territory, and became embroiled in the Lincoln County War, a battle of wills for economic domination of the region between two opposing factions.
In its heyday, Empire Ranch was one of the largest in Arizona, with a range spanning over square miles, and its owner, Walter L. Vail, was an important figure in the establishment of southern Arizona's cattle industry. The property overlooks a shallow depression called Empire Gulch, through which a spring-fed rivlet bordered by cottonwoods courses eastward to Cienega Creek. The surrounding meadows are "thickly covered" with sacaton and salt grass.
Tucson businessman Edward Nye Fish first occupied the site of the ranch in , but it is uncertain whether or not he built the original four-room adobe house and corral, which may have already been there when he arrived. December 23 is the th day of the year th in leap years in the Gregorian calendar. There are eight days remaining until the end of the year. Events — Huneric dies and is succeeded by his nephew Gunthamund, who becomes king of the Vandals. During his reign Christians are protected from persecution.
From TV's Love on a Rooftop. Pete Duel, Judy Carne. Created in by Ruth Woodman, the program was broadcast on radio until and continued from to as a syndicated television series, with reruns updated with new narrations continuing through August 1, The radio and television versions combined to make the show "one of the longest-running western programs in broadcast history.
Hosting the series was Reagan's final work as an actor; he was cast Chisum Ranch near Roswell, NM [3]. The Outing Publication Company. History of New Mexico: Retrieved 14 October Retrieved September 17, Member feedback about John Chisum: American ranchers Revolvy Brain revolvybrain. Member feedback about Chisum: Films set in New Mexico Revolvy Brain revolvybrain. Member feedback about Lincoln County War: History of New Mexico Revolvy Brain revolvybrain willis willis Member feedback about Doc Scurlock: Member feedback about Young Guns II: John Tunstall topic John Henry Tunstall 6 March — 18 February , born in London, England, became a rancher and merchant in Lincoln County, New Mexico, where he competed with ethnic Irish merchants and politicians who ran the town of Lincoln and the county.
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