Hal Taliaferro

Highest Rated: 100% Red River (1948)

Lowest Rated: 85% Fallen Angel (1945)

Birthday: Nov 13, 1895

Birthplace: Not Available

The late Western film historian Don Miller once noted, "For sheer versatility in the horse opera field, [Hal Taliaferro] would be hard to top." Raised on a Wyoming ranch, Taliaferro was a truer Westerner than many of the more popular cowboy stars. After working as a wrangler, he began his movie career in 1916 as an extra and a featured player in the films of Tom Mix. By 1925, Taliaferro graduated to sagebrush hero, using the name Wally Wales. Most of his talking-starring career was spent in Poverty Row oaters for such outfits as Imperial and Big 4. For a 1934 series of three-reelers co-starring Ben Corbett, Taliaferro dropped his stage moniker in favor of a new nom de screen, Walt Williams. One year later, he began billing himself as Hal Taliaferro, and under this cognomen played a wide range of characterizations, from serial lead (The Lone Ranger [1939]) to kindly rancher to villain to comedy relief. Western fans invariably recognized Taliaferro in all these guises, thanks to his distinctive costume and manner of speaking. In the late '50s, Hal Taliaferro retired to his ranch in Sheridan, WY, to devote time to his hobby of painting.

Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
No Score Yet	Colt .45	Stagecoach Guard	—	1950
100%	Red River	Old Leather	—	1948
85%	Fallen Angel	Johnson	—	1945
No Score Yet	Zorro's Black Whip	Baxter	—	1944
No Score Yet	The Yellow Rose of Texas	Ferguson	—	1944
No Score Yet	Cowboy and the Senorita	Ferguson	—	1944
100%	The Fighting Seabees	Seabee	—	1944
No Score Yet	Lumberjack	Taggart	—	1944
No Score Yet	The Woman of the Town	Wagner	—	1944
No Score Yet	Silver Spurs	Steve Corlan	—	1943
No Score Yet	The Leather Burners	Lafe	—	1943
No Score Yet	Idaho	Bud	—	1943
No Score Yet	Hoppy Serves a Writ	Greg Jordan	—	1943
No Score Yet	Song of Texas	Pete	—	1943
No Score Yet	Ridin' Down the Canyon	Pete	—	1942
No Score Yet	American Empire	Malone	—	1942
No Score Yet	Sons of the Pioneers	Briggs	—	1942
No Score Yet	Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die	Mason	—	1942
No Score Yet	Heart of the Golden West	Henchman Drake (uncredited)	—	1942
No Score Yet	Romance on the Range	Sheriff Wilson	—	1942
No Score Yet	Jesse James at Bay	Sloane	—	1941
No Score Yet	Bad Man of Deadwood	Ripper	—	1941
No Score Yet	Sheriff of Tombstone	Slade	—	1941
No Score Yet	Border Vigilantes	Ed Stone	—	1941
No Score Yet	Law of the Range	Tim O'Brien	—	1941
No Score Yet	In Old Cheyenne	Pete	—	1941
No Score Yet	Riders of the Timberline	Petrie	—	1941
No Score Yet	Red River Valley	Murdock	—	1941
No Score Yet	Young Bill Hickok	Morrell	—	1940
No Score Yet	Colorado	Weaver	—	1940
No Score Yet	The Carson City Kid	Harmon	—	1940
No Score Yet	Adventures of Red Ryder	Cherokee	—	1940
No Score Yet	The Man with Nine Lives	Sheriff Stanton	—	1940
100%	The Dark Command	Vigilante	—	1940
No Score Yet	Daughter of the Tong	Lawson	—	1939
No Score Yet	Saga of Death Valley	Rex	—	1939
No Score Yet	Phantom Gold	Dan	—	1938
No Score Yet	Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm	Buffalo Brady	—	1937
No Score Yet	The Trigger Trio	Luke	—	1937
No Score Yet	The Rangers Step In	Brock	—	1937
No Score Yet	Cherokee Strip	Ben Blivens	—	1937
No Score Yet	The Gun Ranger	Hanby - Outspoken Juror (uncredited)	—	1937
No Score Yet	Ambush Valley	Joel Potter	—	1936
No Score Yet	Lucky Terror	Spike	—	1936
No Score Yet	Swifty	Price McNeil	—	1936
No Score Yet	Between Men	Blacksmith Pete	—	1935
No Score Yet	Stranded	Peterson	—	1935
No Score Yet	The Cowboy and the Bandit	Actor	—	1935
No Score Yet	The Phantom Empire	Thunder guard	—	1935
No Score Yet	Trail Drive	Actor	—	1935
No Score Yet	Powdersmoke Range	Aloysius `Bud' Taggert	—	1935
No Score Yet	Vanishing Riders	Actor	—	1935
No Score Yet	Way of the West	Wally Gordon	—	1934
No Score Yet	Honor of the Range	Third Man Nominating Boots (uncredited)	—	1934
No Score Yet	Smoking Guns	Actor	—	1934
No Score Yet	Sagebrush Trail	Deputy Sheriff	—	1933
No Score Yet	Fighting Texans	Pete	—	1933
No Score Yet	Law and Lawless	Buck Daggett	—	1932
No Score Yet	Ramrod	Jess Moore	—	1930

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Hal Taliaferro

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Filmography

MOVIES

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