Tim McCoy

Tim McCoy

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)

  • Title : Tim McCoy
  • Popularity : 2.556
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1891-04-10
  • Place of Birth : Saginaw, Michigan, USA
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  • Also Known As : Timothy John Fitzgerald McCoy
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Tim McCoy Movies

  • 1956
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    Around the World in Eighty Days

    Around the World in Eighty Days

    6.6 1956 HD

    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...

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  • 1934
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    Voice in the Night

    Voice in the Night

    1 1934 HD

    Tim Dale is the son of the president of a big-city telephone company and quits his job following a dispute with his father over company policy. He...

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  • 1925
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    The Thundering Herd

    The Thundering Herd

    1 1925 HD

    Story of a trader who uncovers a scheme to blame the Indians for a Buffalo massacre.

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  • 1929
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    The Overland Telegraph

    The Overland Telegraph

    1 1929 HD

    At the beginning of the Civil War, as federal troops start to build the first overland telegraph, Indians, who fear the wires, kill some of the...

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  • 1929
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    Sioux Blood

    Sioux Blood

    1 1929 HD

    One of John Waters' two Tim McCoy westerns made with MGM in the last years of the silent era. A print is preserved at the George Eastman House in New...

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  • 1932
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    Two-Fisted Law

    Two-Fisted Law

    4.7 1932 HD

    Rancher Tim Clark borrows money from Bob Russell, who then rustles Clark's cattle so he will be unable to repay the money. Thus Russell is able to...

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  • 1932
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    Texas Cyclone

    Texas Cyclone

    4.3 1932 HD

    When Texas Grant rides into town people think the supposedly dead Jim Rawlins has returned. After a confrontation with Utah Becker, Grant learns...

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  • 1936
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    Aces and Eights

    Aces and Eights

    6 1936 HD

    A card sharp steps in when a Mexican family's ranch is threatened by swindlers and cheats.

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  • 1972
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    Hollywood: The Dream Factory

    Hollywood: The Dream Factory

    6 1972 HD

    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...

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  • 1942
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    Below the Border

    Below the Border

    4.9 1942 HD

    Scully has forced Joe Collins who works on the Garcia ranch to give him information so his men can steal the family jewels. But the Rough Riders are...

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  • 1941
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    Forbidden Trails

    Forbidden Trails

    5.4 1941 HD

    Two ex-cons plan to kill the range rider marshal who sent them to prison and, when their plan fails, join forces with their former boss, a crooked...

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  • 1936
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    Roarin' Guns

    Roarin' Guns

    6.5 1936 HD

    Tim Corwin- an agent for the Cattlemen's Association- is assigned to look into a range war between settlers and powerful cattle baron Walton.

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  • 1941
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    Arizona Bound

    Arizona Bound

    4.3 1941 HD

    The Rough Riders are called in to help save Master's stage line. Taggart has his gang robbing the stages and shooting the drivers. When Buck drives...

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  • 1942
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    Riders of the West

    Riders of the West

    4 1942 HD

    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,...

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  • 1935
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    Bulldog Courage

    Bulldog Courage

    4.7 1935 HD

    A miner who was swindled out of his mine by a banker turns to robbing stagecoaches. Several years after he is tracked down and killed, his son comes...

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  • 1942
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    Ghost Town Law

    Ghost Town Law

    5.7 1942 HD

    When two of their Marshal friends are killed, the Rough Riders are sent to investigate. They have to find the killers in a ghost town where the...

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  • 1942
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    Down Texas Way

    Down Texas Way

    1 1942 HD

    "The Rough Riders", has U. S. Marshals Buck Roberts (Buck Jones) and Tim McCall (Tim McCoy) coming to a Texas town to visit their friend, U. S....

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  • 1934
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    Hell Bent for Love

    Hell Bent for Love

    1 1934 HD

    As a result of arresting a nightclub singer, Millie Garland, for speeding, Tim Daley, of the California Highway Patrol, incurs the enmity of the...

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  • 1936
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    Ghost Patrol

    Ghost Patrol

    4.6 1936 HD

    A Professor has an invention that will bring down planes causing them to crash and Dawson is forcing him to use it on those carrying money. When Tim...

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  • 1936
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    Border Caballero

    Border Caballero

    5.8 1936 HD

    Tex Weaver is working under cover to bring in a gang of bank robbers. When he is killed, Tim Ross, a marksman with Doc Shaw's traveling show, takes...

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  • 1936
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    Lightnin' Bill Carson

    Lightnin' Bill Carson

    5 1936 HD

    A lawman captures the notorious "Pecos Kid", who is tried and hanged for his crimes--then starts to have doubts as to whether the Kid actually...

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  • 1936
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    The Traitor

    The Traitor

    1 1936 HD

    To prevent a lynching, Ranger Tim lets two outlaws go saying he will get them later. This gets him kicked out of the Rangers and he goes across the...

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  • 1935
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    The Man from Guntown

    The Man from Guntown

    1 1935 HD

    When Tim Hanlon arrives to tell Ruth McArthur her long lost brother has been killed, she mistakes him for her brother. He stays on to help her retain...

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  • 1976
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    Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

    Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

    9 1976 HD

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

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  • 1941
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    The Gunman From Bodie

    The Gunman From Bodie

    7 1941 HD

    The Rough Riders are after a gang of rustlers. Marshal Roberts is posing as a wanted outlaw, McCall is the Marshal supposedly after him, and Sandy is...

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  • 1939
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    Straight Shooter

    Straight Shooter

    5.2 1939 HD

    Before he was killed, Martin hid a half million dollars worth of bonds on his ranch. Brainard, who killed him, Inspector Carson posing as Sam Brown,...

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  • 1935
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    The Outlaw Deputy

    The Outlaw Deputy

    1 1935 HD

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

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  • 1938
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    West of Rainbow's End

    West of Rainbow's End

    6 1938 HD

    Tim Hart (Tim McCoy), a former Texas Ranger, comes out of retirement to avenge the death of Lightnin' Ed (Frank LaRue), his foster father, who had...

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  • 1935
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    Justice of the Range

    Justice of the Range

    1 1935 HD

    The McLean and Brennan ranches are both losing cattle to rustlers and each blames the other when cattle buyer Graves is the real culprit. To throw...

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  • 1938
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    Phantom Ranger

    Phantom Ranger

    4.2 1938 HD

    A Treasury Department engraver is being held captive by a counterfeiting gang that wants him to make counterfeit plates for them. A lawman is sent to...

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  • 1933
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    Straightaway

    Straightaway

    1 1933 HD

    Auto race champ Tim Dawson and his brother Billy are fired by boss Turnberg when they won't throw an important race to his son Carl. Pop Reeves, a...

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  • 1938
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    Six-Gun Trail

    Six-Gun Trail

    5 1938 HD

    Chasing jewel thieves, Captain Carson and Magpie head for the border where Carson, posing as a Chinaman, opens a store that buys jewelry. To flush...

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  • 1938
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    Lightning Carson Rides Again

    Lightning Carson Rides Again

    5.8 1938 HD

    Lightning Carson's nephew has been falsely accused of murder. To get in with the gang, Lightning poses as a Mexican. He also appears as himself...

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  • 1934
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    Speed Wings

    Speed Wings

    1 1934 HD

    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...

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  • 1934
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    A Man's Game

    A Man's Game

    1 1934 HD

    During one blaze, Firefighters Tim and his partner Dave (Ward Bond) rescue pretty stenographer Judy (Evelyn Knapp). Falling in love with the girl,...

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  • 1935
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    Fighting Shadows

    Fighting Shadows

    6 1935 HD

    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...

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  • 1939
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    Outlaws' Paradise

    Outlaws' Paradise

    1 1939 HD

    Bill Carson assumes the identity of gang leader Trigger Mallory in order to fool his gang and his girlfriend.

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  • 1939
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    Code of the Cactus

    Code of the Cactus

    5.5 1939 HD

    A story of cattle rustling and double identities.

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  • 1933
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    Hold the Press

    Hold the Press

    1 1933 HD

    When newspaper reporter Tim Collins, of the "Post", is slugged while investigating the shooting of a big-time gambler, he sets out to get his man...

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  • 1928
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    The Law of the Range

    The Law of the Range

    2.5 1928 HD

    Jim Lockhart is out to capture the robbing and murdering "Solitaire Kid".

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  • 1932
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    Hollywood on Parade

    Hollywood on Parade

    3 1932 HD

    A short featuring many stars

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  • 1932
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    The Western Code

    The Western Code

    1 1932 HD

    When Tim Barrett rides into Carabinas, his reputation as a lawman precedes him. Rescuing Polly Loomis from the unwanted attentions of a saloon...

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  • 1939
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    Trigger Fingers

    Trigger Fingers

    1 1939 HD

    Marshal and his men disguise themselves as gypsies to catch a gang of cattle thieves.

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  • 1942
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    West of the Law

    West of the Law

    5 1942 HD

    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...

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  • 1938
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    Code of the Rangers

    Code of the Rangers

    1 1938 HD

    A Texas Ranger is faced with the task of bringing his outlaw brother to justice.

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  • 1939
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    The Fighting Renegade

    The Fighting Renegade

    5.7 1939 HD

    El Puma, a Mexican desert guide, escorts an archaeological expedition headed by Professor Lucius Lloyd through the Indian badlands of Mexico. Marian,...

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  • 1935
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    Square Shooter

    Square Shooter

    6 1935 HD

    Tim returns from prison after being framed for murder to clear his name and retrieve the ranch taken from his uncle with a forged will.

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  • 1933
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    The Whirlwind

    The Whirlwind

    1 1933 HD

    After years of wandering due to a charge of murder, Tim Reynolds returns to Sagebrush to find the Sheriff Tate Hurley who was his chief accuser. The...

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  • 1940
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    Frontier Crusader

    Frontier Crusader

    3 1940 HD

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

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  • 1933
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    Silent Men

    Silent Men

    1 1933 HD

    In prison for a crime he didn't commit, Tim Richards has escaped and is now a cattle inspector. He is after the Wilder brothers who he thinks are...

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  • 1933
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    Rusty Rides Alone

    Rusty Rides Alone

    1 1933 HD

    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...

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  • 1934
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    Prescott Kid

    Prescott Kid

    1 1934 HD

    Cowboy Tim Hamlin arrives in a town plagued by a gang of cattle rustlers.

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  • 1927
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    Winners Of The Wilderness

    Winners Of The Wilderness

    7.5 1927 HD

    During the French and Indian War the Indians under Pontiac kidnap Rene. Colonel O'Hara hopes to rescue and wed her.

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  • 1933
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    Man Of Action

    Man Of Action

    1 1933 HD

    The Sheriff shoots the robber of the Bank and recovers the money bag only to find it empty. Ranger Tim Barlow arrives and takes over the...

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  • 1939
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    Texas Wildcats

    Texas Wildcats

    1 1939 HD

    Lightning Bill Carson and sidekick Magpie are after Burrows, the man that killed a friend of theirs. Burrows is after the Arden ranch and his gang...

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  • 1941
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    The Texas Marshal

    The Texas Marshal

    1 1941 HD

    Local "patriot's league" leader secretly kills off ranchers, buys up their estates, which are undermined with tin ore; Marshal and singing cowpoke...

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  • 1935
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    The Revenge Rider

    The Revenge Rider

    1 1935 HD

    Cowboy Tim McCoy becomes an instrument of revenge when he discovers his parents have been killed.

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  • 1938
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    Two Gun Justice

    Two Gun Justice

    6 1938 HD

    A western town is being overrun and ruled by a gang of outlaws led by Bart (John Merton). Former Ranger Tim (Tim McCoy) is called out of retirement...

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  • 1936
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    The Lion's Den

    The Lion's Den

    1 1936 HD

    Merwin hires Barton to fight Welsh, but when Barton arrives in town, Welsh mistakes him for the hired killer Single-Shot Smith. Figuring he can help...

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  • 1934
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    Beyond the Law

    Beyond the Law

    1 1934 HD

    Beyond the Law is a 1934 American film of crime, directed by D. Ross Lederman, starring Tim McCoy.

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  • 1928
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    The Adventurer

    The Adventurer

    1 1928 HD

    American mining engineer Jim McClellan is in love with Dolores de Silva, daughter of the deposed president of a Latin American country. He becomes...

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  • 1926
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    War Paint

    War Paint

    1 1926 HD

    An Indian chief of the Arapahoe escapes the reservation where he has been living and takes along some of his warriors. The cavalry is sent out for...

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  • 1927
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    Foreign Devils

    Foreign Devils

    1 1927 HD

    Capt. Robert Kelly holds off the foreign mob single-handed and makes good his escape during the Boxer rebellion.

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  • 1927
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    The Frontiersman

    The Frontiersman

    1 1927 HD

    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...

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  • 1935
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    Law Beyond the Range

    Law Beyond the Range

    1 1935 HD

    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...

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  • 1931
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    The Fighting Marshal

    The Fighting Marshal

    6 1931 HD

    Not knowing he has just been pardoned, Tim Benton (Tim McCoy, Texas Cyclone) escapes from prison with his cellmate, Red Larkin (Matthew Betz, The...

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  • 1940
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    Riders of Black Mountain

    Riders of Black Mountain

    1 1940 HD

    Marshal Tim Donovan has been sent to investigate a series of holdups. Posing as a card sharp he soon believes he knows who is tipping off the...

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  • 1940
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    Gun Code

    Gun Code

    1 1940 HD

    This low-budget western stars Tim McCoy as federal agent Tim Hammond, who follows a gang of big-city gangsters to the Wide Open Spaces. Don't be...

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  • 1965
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    Requiem for a Gunfighter

    Requiem for a Gunfighter

    6 1965 HD

    A gunfighter takes the identity of a murdered judge in order to avenge his death.

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  • 1930
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    The Indians Are Coming

    The Indians Are Coming

    4.5 1930 HD

    Jack Manning (Tim McCoy) arrives in a midwestern town from Gold Creek in Califonia. He brings a message from Goerge Woods (Francis Ford) to his...

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  • 1928
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    Beyond the Sierras

    Beyond the Sierras

    1 1928 HD

    A masked avenger takes on claim jumpers.

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  • 1932
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    Cornered

    Cornered

    6 1932 HD

    Shortly after Moody Pierson saves Sheriff Tim's life, Moody is arrested for murder. Tim doesn't believe he did it and lets him get away. Kicked out...

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  • 1941
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    Outlaws of the Rio Grande

    Outlaws of the Rio Grande

    1 1941 HD

    Bob Day has been captured by Marlow's gang. When Tim Barton and sidekick Monte come looking for him, Tim is also captured. Escaping, Tim has a plan...

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  • 1940
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    Arizona Gang Busters

    Arizona Gang Busters

    5 1940 HD

    Arizona Gang Busters is another pre-WWII saber-rattler that finds a band of renegade gunmen, under the pretense of developing an irrigation project...

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  • 1957
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    Run of the Arrow

    Run of the Arrow

    6.2 1957 HD

    When the South loses the war, Confederate veteran O'Meara goes West, joins the Sioux, takes a wife and refuses to be an American but he must choose a...

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  • 1927
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    Spoilers of the West

    Spoilers of the West

    1 1927 HD

    A soldier falls in love with a beautiful settler who has refused his order to leave American Indian land.

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  • 1929
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    The Desert Rider

    The Desert Rider

    1 1929 HD

    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...

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  • 1929
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    Morgan's Last Raid

    Morgan's Last Raid

    1 1929 HD

    Dan Claibourne refuses to fight against his state when Tennessee secedes during the Civil War preliminaries. His sweetheart brands him a traitor. Dan...

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  • 1933
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    Police Car 17

    Police Car 17

    2 1933 HD

    Motor patrolman Tim Conlon and his partner Bumps O'Neill vie for the attentions of Helen Regan, daughter of a fellow cop.

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  • 1932
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    The Riding Tornado

    The Riding Tornado

    1 1932 HD

    Newcomer Torrent wins $500 from Olcott and $500 and a wild horse, by riding the horse, from Engle. Then loses the $1000 to Engle in a poker game....

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  • 1932
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    The Fighting Fool

    The Fighting Fool

    1 1932 HD

    A sheriff (Tim McCoy) flirts with a local girl (Marceline Day) and chases an outlaw called the Shadow.

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  • 1932
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    Fighting for Justice

    Fighting for Justice

    1 1932 HD

    Property taxes, murder charges, and outlaws trouble the son of a dead rancher.

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  • 1932
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    Daring Danger

    Daring Danger

    1 1932 HD

    A wounded cowboy catches rustlers who use a trick branding iron.

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  • 1931
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    The One Way Trail

    The One Way Trail

    1 1931 HD

    Tim thinks saloon owner Coldeye killed his brother. Seeking the ultimate payback, Tim gets a job in the saloon but has no idea he is targeting the...

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  • 1932
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    End of the Trail

    End of the Trail

    1 1932 HD

    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...

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  • 1927
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    California

    California

    5 1927 HD

    "The war with Mexico serves to bring together American officer and Mexican senorita, the former all ardent and the latter defiant because of the fact...

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  • 1946
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    Injun Talk

    Injun Talk

    1 1946 HD

    Interpreted by Col. Tim McCoy. Talks about Indian Sign Language. A chief signs a story and a white soldier interprets.

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  • 1935
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    Riding Wild

    Riding Wild

    1 1935 HD

    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...

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  • 1940
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    Texas Renegades

    Texas Renegades

    1 1940 HD

    Marshal Tim Smith is sent to Rawhide to battle rustlers. When the outlaw gang attempts to kill the new Marshal, they get the wrong man. Tim puts his...

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  • 1931
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    Shotgun Pass

    Shotgun Pass

    1 1931 HD

    A rancher's plan to herd his horses is complicated by an uncooperative landowner.

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  • 1934
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    The Westerner

    The Westerner

    1 1934 HD

    A rancher (Tim McCoy) and his buddy (Joseph Sauers) scare rustlers out of business.

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