Tim McCoy

1891 - 1978

One of the great stars of early American Westerns. McCoy was the son of an Irish soldier who later became police chief of Saginaw, Michigan, where McCoy was born. He attended St. Ignatius College in Chicago and after seeing a Wild West show there, left school and found work on a Wyoming ranch. He became an expert horseman and roper and developed a keen knowledge of the ways and languages of the Indian tribes in the area. He competed in numerous rodeos, then enlisted in the U.S. Army when America entered the First World War. He was commissioned and rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel. At the end of World War I, he returned to his ranch in Wyoming, only to be called by Governor Bob Carry to the post of Adjutant General of Wyoming, a position he held until 1921. The position carried with it the rank of Brigadier General (a brevet promotion) and it has been reported that this made him the youngest general officer in the U.S. Army. His reputation as a friend to the Wind River Reservation Indians, both Arapahoe and Shoshone, preceded him and in 1922, he was asked by the head of Famous Players-Lasky, Jesse L. Lasky, to provide Indian extras for the Western extravaganza, The Covered Wagon (1923). He resigned from the state position and recruited several hundred Indians to the Utah movie location. When the film wrapped, he was asked to choose several Indians to accompany him to Hollywood. There the production company developed a live 'prologue' to be presented just prior to the movie showing. The idea was a success and McCoy and his Indian group toured the U.S. and eventually, Europe as well. After touring this country and Europe with the Indians as publicity, McCoy returned to Hollywood and used his connections to obtain further work in the movies, both as a technical advisor and eventually as an actor. MGM speedily signed him to a contract to star in a series of Westerns and McCoy rapidly rose to stardom, making scores of Westerns and occasional non-Westerns. He retired from the army and from films after the war, but emerged in the late 1940s for a few more films and some television work. In 1942 he ran for the Republican Nomination for the U.S. Senate in Wyoming. He was defeated and returned to Hollywood and an uncertain future. In 1946 he sold his Wyoming ranch and moved to Bucks County, Pennsylvania and the life of the gentleman farmer. While living there, he met and married Danish writer Inga Arvad. He later built a home in Nogales, Arizona where Inga subsequently died in 1973. He spent his later years as a retired rancher. He died at the U.A. Army hospital at Ft. Hauchuca, Arizona on January 29 1978 at the age of 86.

Inducted into the Cowboy Hall of Fame in 1974.

During World War I, he served as an artillery officer in the US Army in France.

Spouse Inga Arvad (1945 - 1973) (her death)

Alice Miller (? - 1931) (divorced) (3 children)

Фильмы

The Frontiersman

Reginald Barker

Tim McCoy, Claire Windsor

John Dale and Abner Hawkins are members of Andrew Jackson's Tennessee Militia, assigned to make peace with the Creek Indian tribe in general and the treacherous White Snake in particular.

The Frontiersman

1927

США, вестерн

The Desert Rider

Nick Grinde

Tim McCoy, Raquel Torres

Jack Hoxie pledges to take care of a prospector's son before the man dies from shooting wounds. Jack Hoxie must find the killer before he disappears with the prospector's gold. A young woman also searches the killer for motives of her own.

The Desert Rider

9.4 ⚠️ 1929

США, вестерн

Rusty Rides Alone

D. Ross Lederman

Tim McCoy, Barbara Weeks

Bart Quillan and his sons are after Martin's ranch. Burke arrives to help Martin but being outnumbered he hopes to get help from Powers. But no one is sure which side Powers and his gang are on.

Rusty Rides Alone

8.0 ⚠️ 1933

вестерн

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

Richard Patterson

Pat Buttram, Ralph James

A Western-genre narrative, loosely woven from old clips from B-Western features.

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

7.2 ⚠️ 1976

США, комедия

The Outlaw Deputy

Otto Brower

Tim McCoy, Nora Lane

While searching for his friend's killer, a former outlaw (Tim McCoy) thwarts a robbery and becomes a lawman.

The Outlaw Deputy

7.1 ⚠️ 1935

вестерн

Speed Wings

Otto Brower

Tim McCoy, Evalyn Knapp

A kidnapping, three airplane crashes and several fist-fights adds speed to the plot in which the plans of a new, faster airplane motor invented by brothers Tim and Jerry are stolen and suspicion falls on their office secretary Mary Stuart. But she can pilot an airplane with the best of them and she risks her life to save Tim. And when she gets kidnapped, Jerry regains his lost nerve in rescuing her.

Speed Wings

7.0 ⚠️ 1934

США, боевик

Riding Wild

David Selman

Tim McCoy, Billie Seward

It's roundup time and Stevens is out to start a range war between the big ranchers and the nesters. Tim Malloy is elected to head the roundup but is unable to stop the war and joins the nesters. With the nesters now well organized, Stevens finds a Malloy look-alike and makes a plan to use him to trap the nesters and wipe them out.

Riding Wild

6.9 ⚠️ 1935

США, вестерн

Frontier Crusader

Sam Newfield

Tim McCoy, Dorothy Short

A marshal is sent to clean up a mining town being terrorized by an organized gang that is killing miners and stealing their claims.

Frontier Crusader

6.9 ⚠️ 1940

США, вестерн

End of the Trail

D. Ross Lederman

Tim McCoy, Luana Walters

Framed by Major Jenkins, Capt. Travers is kicked out of the Army. When Travers, now living with the Indians, is captured by Jenkins, the Indians attack the fort. With his men greatly outnumbered Colonel Burke realizes that Travers is their only chance.

End of the Trail

6.9 ⚠️ 1932

США, вестерн

The Western Code

John P. McCarthy

Tim McCoy, Nora Lane

When Tim Barrett rides into Carabinas, his reputation as a lawman precedes him. Rescuing Polly Loomis from the unwanted attentions of a saloon ruffian, he learns her mother married ranch foreman Nick Grindel shortly before her death, and left everything to him in her will. Nick has proposed marriage to his stepdaughter, and she fears violence if her hot-blooded brother Dick finds out. When a body is found at the Bow Knot, Tim barely rescues Dick from a necktie party and is deputized to investigate when Dick confesses to a crime he didn't commit.

The Western Code

6.8 ⚠️ 1932

США, вестерн

Law Beyond the Range

Ford Beebe

Tim McCoy, Robert 'Tex' Allen

Tim is dismissed from the Rangers for letting his friend Kane who is accused of murder escape. When newspaper editor Alexander dies, Tim takes over to continue that fight against Heston and his stooge Sheriff. He also hopes to find the notorious leader of an outlaw gang and to also help Kane prove his innocence.

Law Beyond the Range

6.8 ⚠️ 1935

США, вестерн

West of the Law

Howard Bretherton

Buck Jones, Tim McCoy

The Rough Riders arrive to fight Rand, Ludlow and their gang. Buck poses as a preacher, Tim as a preacher, and Sandy as an undertaker. Buck not only wants the outlaws, but also their unknown boss.

West of the Law

6.8 ⚠️ 1942

США, вестерн

Riders of the West

Howard Bretherton

Buck Jones, Tim McCoy

Ma Turner of Red Bluff sends for U.S.Marshal Buck Roberts to investigate a series of wide-spread rustling in the area. Town banker Miller, saloon-owner Duke Mason and the crooked sheriff are in cahoots with rancher John Holt, but they double-cross and kill him. His son Steve witnesses the murder and kills the sheriff. Buck arrives and arrests Steve. Marshal Tim McCall, posing as an outlaw, gains the confidence of the gang and engineers the escape, with Buck's knowledge, of Steve from the jail. Sandy Hopkins, the third Marshal of the trio, poses as a peddler and learns that the gang intends to do away with Buck and rides to the Turner ranch to warn him. Red, a Turner ranch hand but also a member of the gang, overhears Buck telling Ma that Tim is really a U.S. Marshal, and he has Miller and Mason informed. Written by Les Adams

Riders of the West

6.8 ⚠️ 1942

США, вестерн

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Dick Cavett, Bud Abbott

A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading to the sale of its back lot and props. By extension this provides a general history of Hollywood's Golden Age and the legendary studio system.

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

6.7 ⚠️ 1972

США, документальный

Around the World in Eighty Days

Michael Anderson

David Niven, Cantinflas

Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.

Around the World in Eighty Days

6.7 1956

США, приключения

Fighting Shadows

David Selman

Tim McCoy, Robert 'Tex' Allen

Mountie Tim O'Hara is sent to Indian River to investigate a fur trading racket. But he quickly finds himself in trouble when he is accused of shooting a prisoner in the back and is then put in jail by a fellow Mountie.

Fighting Shadows

6.6 ⚠️ 1935

США, вестерн