John Merton
American actor

John Merton

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American actor
Gender:
Male
Places:
United States of America
Is:
ActorFilm actor
Work field:
Film, TV, Stage & Radio
Birth:
18 February 1901(Washington, D.C., USA)
Death:
19 September 1959(Los Angeles, USA)
Star sign:
Aquarius
Genres:
Western
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John Merton (born Myrtland F. LaVarre; February 18, 1901 – September 19, 1959) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 250 films between 1927 and 1959, mostly as a villain. Merton's wife, Esther, sued him for divorce in 1940. They had six children.

Selected filmography

  • Knockout Reilly (1927)
  • Beyond the Law (1934)
  • Undersea Kingdom (1936)
  • The Vigilantes Are Coming (1936)
  • Law of the Range (1936)
  • Border Caballero (1936)
  • Lightnin' Bill Carson (1936)
  • The Crooked Trail (1936)
  • The Three Mesquiteers (1936)
  • The Gun Ranger (1936)
  • The Lion's Den (1936)
  • Wildcat Trooper (1936)
  • Slaves in Bondage (1937)
  • Gunsmoke Ranch (1937)
  • The Law Commands (1937)
  • Range Defenders (1937)
  • Arizona Gunfighter (1937)
  • Valley of Terror (1937)
  • Roaring Six Guns (1937)
  • Galloping Thunder (1937)
  • The Lone Ranger (1938)
  • Dick Tracy Returns (1938)
  • Gang Bullets (1938)
  • Songs and Saddles (1938)
  • Phantom Ranger (1938)
  • Where the Buffalo Roam (1938)
  • Female Fugitive(1938)
  • Zorro's Fighting Legion (1939, serial)
  • The Great Commandment (1939)
  • Two Gun Troubador (1939)
  • Drums of Fu Manchu (1940)
  • Billy the Kid Outlawed (1940)
  • Billy the Kid in Texas (1940)
  • Covered Wagon Days (1940)
  • Frontier Crusader (1940)
  • The Trail Blazers (1940)
  • Lone Star Raiders (1940)
  • White Eagle (1941)
  • Radar Patrol vs. Spy King (1942)
  • Prairie Pals (1942)
  • Boot Hill Bandits (1942)
  • Sheriff of Sage Valley (1942)
  • The Mysterious Rider (1942)
  • Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns (1942)
  • Devil Riders (1943)
  • The Law Rides Again (1943)
  • Fugitive of the Plains (1943)
  • Black Market Rustlers (1943)
  • Land of Hunted Men (1943)
  • Cowboy Commandos (1943)
  • Zorro's Black Whip (1944)
  • Ghost Guns (1944)
  • Fuzzy Settles Down (1944)
  • Valley of Vengeance (1944)
  • Rustlers' Hideout (1944)
  • Brenda Starr, Reporter (1945)
  • The Cherokee Flash (1945)
  • Hop Harrigan (1946)
  • Son of the Guardsman (1946)
  • Galloping Thunder (1946)
  • The Gay Cavalier (1946)
  • Brick Bradford (1947, Serial)
  • Raiders of the South (1947)
  • Adventures of Sir Galahad (1949)
  • The Blazing Trail (1949)
  • A Snitch in Time (1950)
  • The Bandit Queen (1950)
  • Gold Raiders (1951)
  • Up in Daisy's Penthouse (1953)