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John Merton
Born
February 18, 1901
Died: September 19, 1959
Lived 58 years
Place of Birth
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Career Highlights
166
Movies
2
TV Shows
Also Known As
Myrtland LaVarre
Myrtland F. LaVarre
IMDb Profile
John Merton
Acting
Movies
166
TV Shows
2
7.8
The Ten Commandments
as
Architect's Assistant
1956
6.0
Frontier Gambler
as
Shorty
1956
0
Timber Country Trouble
as
Ed Hartman
1955
7.7
The Big Heat
as
Man (uncredited)
1953
5.8
Up in Daisy's Penthouse
as
Daisy's Boyfriend
1953
5.0
Trail Guide
as
Dale
1952
5.7
Gold Raiders
as
Clete
1951
5.7
The Texas Rangers
Cast
1951
0
Man from Sonora
as
Henchman Pete
1951
5.4
A Snitch in Time
as
Jerry Benton (uncredited)
1950
5.0
Walk Softly, Stranger
as
Bowen's Henchman (uncredited)
1950
4.0
I Shot Billy the Kid
as
Bob Ollinger
1950
5.0
Arizona Territory
as
Otis Kilburn
1950
5.8
A Ticket to Tomahawk
Cast
1950
6.0
West of Wyoming
as
Sheriff
1950
2.0
Fence Riders
as
Slater
1950
5.0
Radar Patrol vs. Spy King
as
John Baroda
1949
0
Riders of the Dusk
as
Art - Henchman
1949
5.0
Western Renegades
as
Blacksmith Smitty
1949
7.2
Thieves' Highway
as
State Highway Policeman (uncredited)
1949
0
Haunted Trails
as
Sheriff Charlie Coombs
1949
5.0
The Lost Tribe
as
Kesler
1949
3.7
Outlaw Country
as
Marshal Clark
1949
7.3
Red River
as
Settler (uncredited) (uncredited)
1948
5.4
The Golden Eye
as
Miner (uncredited)
1948
5.0
Cheyenne Takes Over
as
Bart McCord
1947
5.0
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
as
President Theodore Roosevelt (uncredited)
1947
0
Raiders of the South
as
Preston Durant
1947
5.0
Son of the Guardsman
as
Lord Hampton (uncredited)
1946
0
Shadows on the Range
as
Paul Emery
1946
7.5
Gilda
as
Policeman (uncredited)
1946
0
The Gay Cavalier
as
Lewis
1946
3.5
Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the Airways
as
Dr. Tobor
1946
0
The Haunted Mine
as
Steve Twining
1946
6.5
The Harvey Girls
as
Player (uncredited)
1946
6.0
Border Bandits
as
Henchman Spike
1946
8.0
The Cherokee Flash
as
Mark Butler aka Blackie
1945
3.5
Bandits of the Badlands
as
Cort McKinnon
1945
6.0
Rustlers' Hideout
as
Harry Stanton
1945
5.6
Along Came Jones
as
Card Player (uncredited)
1945
0
Oregon Trail
as
Dalt Higgins
1945
6.0
Flame of the West
as
Carl Compton
1945
10.0
Stranger from Santa Fe
as
Cy Manning
1945
0
Brenda Starr, Reporter
as
Joe Schultz (uncredited)
1945
5.8
Ghost Guns
as
Matson
1944
5.2
Zorro's Black Whip
as
Ed Harris
1944
5.0
Girl Rush
as
Scully
1944
0
Land of the Outlaws
as
Dan Broderick
1944
0
West of the Rio Grande
as
Wade Gunnerson
1944
5.5
Fuzzy Settles Down
as
Henchman Pete
1944
6.4
Address Unknown
as
Angry German at Play (uncredited)
1944
3.5
Mystery Man
as
Bill
1944
5.0
Valley Of Vengeance
as
Burt
1944
3.0
Texas Masquerade
as
Henchman Jeff
1944
6.3
None Shall Escape
as
Townsman (uncredited)
1944
3.8
Drums of Fu Manchu
as
Loki
1943
4.3
Devil Riders
as
Jim Higgins
1943
5.0
Bullets and Saddles
as
Henchman Mike Phelps
1943
0
Black Market Rustlers
as
Henchman Parry
1943
6.6
Destroyer
as
Chief Quartermaster
1943
0
Fighting Valley
as
Dan Wakely
1943
6.0
The Law Rides Again
as
Henchman Spike
1943
5.3
Hitler's Madman
Cast
1943
0
Cowboy Commandos
as
Henchman Larry Fraser
1943
0
For God and Country
as
Brig Turnkey
1943
6.0
Sagebrush Law
as
Burl Mason
1943
4.8
Fugitive of the Plains
as
Deputy Arresting Fuzzy
1943
0
Land of Hunted Men
as
Pelham
1943
5.0
The Mysterious Rider
as
Dalton Sykes
1942
0
The Lone Prairie
Cast
1942
0
Along the Sundown Trail
as
Jake - Henchman
1942
0
Prairie Pals
as
Ed Blair
1942
5.6
Sheriff of Sage Valley
as
Nick
1942
6.0
Law and Order
as
Henchman Turtle
1942
5.8
Invisible Agent
as
German Soldier (uncredited)
1942
0
Down Texas Way
as
Henchman Steve
1942
4.5
Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns
as
Morgan
1942
4.5
The Wife Takes a Flyer
as
German Soldier
1942
5.6
Boot Hill Bandits
as
Brand Bolton
1942
0
Arizona Terrors
as
Toll Collector Henchmen's 'Supervisor'
1942
5.7
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
as
Brent
1941
0
A Missouri Outlaw
as
Henchman Bancroft
1941
6.0
South of Tahiti
as
Sailor
1941
6.0
Sea Raiders
as
First Island Guard
1941
4.0
The Gunman From Bodie
as
Bill Cook
1941
0
Under Fiesta Stars
as
Henchman Tommick
1941
5.7
Our Wife
as
Officer (uncredited)
1941
6.0
White Eagle
as
Henchman Ronimo
1941
6.2
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
as
Thug at Rear of Truck
1940
0
The Trail Blazers
as
Henchman Mason
1940
6.4
North West Mounted Police
as
Half-breed Archer
1940
5.8
Billy the Kid in Texas
as
Flash
1940
5.8
Melody Ranch
as
Warns the Wildhacks
1940
5.0
Queen of the Yukon
as
Charlie
1940
0
Billy the Kid Outlawed
as
Lije Ellis
1940
0
The Return of Wild Bill
as
Dusty Donahue
1940
3.0
Frontier Crusader
as
Henchman Hippo Potts
1940
0
Covered Wagon Days
as
Henchman
1940
6.3
Dark Command
as
Cantrell Man
1940
6.0
Hi-Yo Silver
as
Kester
1940
6.1
Drums of Fu Manchu
as
Loki
1940
6.5
Northwest Passage
as
Lt. Dunbar
1940
5.2
Zorro's Fighting Legion
as
Commandante Manuel
1939
4.2
The Great Commandment
as
Under-Officer
1939
4.0
Renegade Trail
as
Tex Traynor
1939
7.1
The Man in the Iron Mask
as
Soldier
1939
4.0
Daredevils of the Red Circle
as
Davis--Gas Plant Heavy
1939
4.9
Three Texas Steers
as
Mike Abbott
1939
6.6
Union Pacific
as
Laborer (uncredited)
1939
4.0
Rough Riders' Round-up
as
Border Patrolman Messenger
1939
0
Two Gun Troubador
as
Bill Barton
1939
4.0
In Old Montana
as
Ed Brandt
1939
6.3
Four Girls in White
as
John - Man at Accident
1939
3.0
Code of the Fearless
as
Red Kane
1939
5.7
Gang Bullets
as
Red Hampton
1938
0
Land of Fighting Men
as
Flint
1938
5.0
Where the Buffalo Roam
as
Foster
1938
6.5
Marie Antoinette
as
Soldier Announcing Birth (uncredited)
1938
5.8
Dick Tracy Returns
as
Champ Stark
1938
0
Riders of the Black Hills
as
Irate Theatre Patron (uncredited)
1938
0
Songs and Saddles
as
Rocky Renaut
1938
6.0
The Fighting Devil Dogs
as
Thompson (uncredited)
1938
4.2
Phantom Ranger
as
Henchman Bud
1938
5.0
Gunsmoke Trail
as
Bill Larson, posing as Moose Walters
1938
4.7
Knight of the Plains
as
Carson / Pedro de Cordoba
1938
6.0
Two Gun Justice
as
Bart
1938
0
Female Fugitive
as
Henchman Mort
1938
6.0
The Lone Ranger
as
Henchman Kester
1938
3.8
Arizona Gunfighter
as
Farley
1937
6.0
Roaring Six Guns
as
'Mileaway' Roberts
1937
0
The Rangers Step In
as
Martin
1937
0
Headline Crasher
as
Tony Scarlotti
1937
2.4
Slaves in Bondage
as
Nick Costello
1937
0
Galloping Dynamite
Cast
1937
2.5
Range Defenders
as
Henchman Craig
1937
6.0
Blazing Sixes
as
Jim Hess
1937
0
Drums of Destiny
as
Toby Simmons
1937
0
Law of the Ranger
as
Bill Nash
1937
1.0
The Law Commands
as
Frank Clark
1937
3.6
Gunsmoke Ranch
as
Brawler in Suit
1937
5.0
Valley of Terror
as
Mark Flemming
1937
1.0
Fury Below
as
Emil
1936
0
Wild Horse Round-Up
as
Charlie Doan
1936
0
The Gun Ranger
as
Kemper Mills
1936
3.0
A Tenderfoot Goes West
as
Henchman Jake
1936
5.0
The Three Mesquiteers
as
Bull
1936
5.5
The Vigilantes Are Coming
as
Rance Talbot, Burr Henchman
1936
4.8
The Crooked Trail
as
Harve Tarlton
1936
0
The Lion's Den
as
Single-Shot Smith
1936
4.5
Wildcat Trooper
as
Henry McClain
1936
4.8
Aces and Eights
as
Card Sharp (uncredited)
1936
4.0
Wolves of the Sea
as
Mitchell
1936
4.2
Sharad of Atlantis
as
Moloch
1936
5.0
Lightnin' Bill Carson
as
'Breed' Hawkins
1936
4.7
Call of the Prairie
as
Arizona
1936
6.0
Border Caballero
as
Runnyian
1936
5.0
Bar 20 Rides Again
as
Carp
1935
4.7
The Eagle's Brood
as
Ed
1935
5.3
Hop-a-long Cassidy
as
Party Guest
1935
6.0
Broadway Bill
as
Morgan's Henchman (uncredited)
1934
6.0
Cleopatra
as
Roman Guard (uncredited)
1934
4.0
The Red Rider
as
Banty
1934
5.8
Running Wild
as
Police Officer (uncredited)
1927
0
Knockout Reilly
as
Buck Lennard
1927
6.0
The Quarterback
as
Football Player
1926
4.8
It's the Old Army Game
as
Fireman (uncredited)
1926
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