Max Terhune
Max Terhune (12 February 1891 Franklin, Indiana, – 5 June 1973 Cottonwood, Arizona), was an American film actor. He appeared in nearly 70 films, mostly B-westerns, between 1936 and 1956.
Terhune performed in 21 episodes of The Three Mesquiteers (co-starring with Robert Livingston and Ray "Crash" Corrigan in the Republic series); The Range Busters (24 entries with Ray Corrigan and John King at Monogram Pictures); several supporting roles with Gene Autry (at Republic), and the Johnny Mack Brown westerns at Monogram. Terhune played the comic sidekick (usually named either Lullaby Joslin or just Alibi)--with a major distinction. He always traveled the range with his dummy Elmer sharing his saddle.
Terhune was not only a splendid ventriloquist, but a fine magician. Card tricks were his forte, and he often performed such in his movies. His former vaudeville act included juggling and doing impressions, talents also incorporated into his sidekick roles.
He joined the National Barn Dance radio program, along with Gene Autry, in 1933. It was Autry who introduced him to Republic Pictures. His last film role was in the major Hollywood film Giant, in which he played the dramatic role of the physician Dr. Walker.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.2393 |
| Birthday | 1891-02-12 |
| Place of Birth | Franklin, Indiana, USA |
| Also Known As |
1937
The Riders of the Whistling Skull
6/5
When Professor Marsh disappears while searching for the lost city of Lukachukai, his daughter enlists the help of the Three Mesquiteers.
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The Riders of the Whistling Skull
1941
Saddle Mountain Roundup
6.333/3
Someone wants to kill Magpie Harper. Crash and Dusty arrive too late, Magpie Harper is allready dead.
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Saddle Mountain Roundup
1951
Rawhide
6.717/60
At a desolate relay station in the west, a stagecoach attendant and a stranded woman traveller are held captive by a band of escaped convicts.
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Rawhide
1942
Arizona Stage Coach
5/5
In the midst of some friendly horseplay on their "Flying R" ranch, the Range Busters, Crash Corrigan, Dusty King and Alibi Terhune, are sobered by the...
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Arizona Stage Coach
1937
Gunsmoke Ranch
4.333/6
A crooked real estate manipulator sells worthless land on mortgage to flood refugees, then tries to profit by reselling the land to the state, committ...
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Gunsmoke Ranch
1936
The Big Show
4.714/7
At the Texas Centennial in Dallas Autry confuses two girls by being himself and his own stunt double. When cowboy star Tom Ford disappears, Wilson get...
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The Big Show
1937
Mama Runs Wild
7/1
Suburban Paradise Park becomes a heaven for social-minded Mrs. Alice Summers (Mary Boland), when she accidentally causes the apprehension of two bank...
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Mama Runs Wild
1938
Santa Fe Stampede
5.679/14
The Mesquiteers capture a horse thief who escapes justice through a crooked judge. They gather signatures urging the governor to investigate but a fri...
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Santa Fe Stampede
1938
Call The Mesquiteers
6.5/2
The Three Mesquiteers are forced to track down a train robbery ring after some of the gang hijack their truck for a getaway and the police conclude th...
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Call The Mesquiteers
1939
Three Texas Steers
5.038/13
Nancy Evans, lovely circus owner, has a ranch that she's never visited, but for sentimental reasons won't sell to Mike Abbott. Her partners, secretly...
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Three Texas Steers
1941
The Kid's Last Ride
4.75/4
The fifth film in the 24-film Range Busters series finds "Crash", "Dusty" and Alibi, on their way to Gopher City to become the town's peace officers....
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The Kid's Last Ride
1940
The Range Busters
5.8/5
A phantom-like gunman is murdering the hands at the Circle T Ranch and the Range Busters are recruited by its owner to stop the "phantom". Only, the r...
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The Range Busters
1942
Thunder River Feud
6/3
Attracted by a picture of Maybelle Pembroke, the Range Busters, bantering between themselves, head for the Pembroke ranch separetely. Crash arrives po...
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Thunder River Feud
1940
Trailing Double Trouble
7.5/2
When Moreland's henchman attack Bob Horner the Range Busters break it up. Horner dies but they get the baby Moreland was after. He must have it to bec...
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Trailing Double Trouble
1937
Hit the Saddle
6.2/5
Unable to legally capture and sell a herd of protected wild horses, corrupt rancher Rance Macgowan uses his trained killer horse, Volcano, to substitu...
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Hit the Saddle
1944
Harmony Trail
5.333/6
Sent to investigate a payroll robbery, Marshall Rocky meets his old friends Ken, Eddie, and Max. He has the serial numbers and when Pop puts on his me...
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Harmony Trail
1942
Rock River Renegades
7/3
In Old Wyoming, a gang is plundering stagecoaches of shipped currency and a crusading newspaper editor is trying to get the local marshal replaced, b...
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Rock River Renegades
1938
Overland Stage Raiders
5.167/15
After gold shipments from a mining town have been hijacked, the three Mesquiteers buy a plane to fly the gold out. The owner of the shipping line brin...
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Overland Stage Raiders
1938
Red River Range
5.208/12
The Cattlemen's Association has called in the Mesquiteers to find cattle rustlers. They get Tex Riley to pose as Stony so Stony can arrive posing as a...
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Red River Range
1938
Pals of the Saddle
5.682/11
The first of eight "Three Mesquiteers" Westerns to star John Wayne.
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Pals of the Saddle
1939
The Night Riders
5.773/11
Talbot uses a phony land grant to rule thirteen million acres, taxing everyone heavily and evicting those who won't pay. The Three Mesquiteers becomes...
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The Night Riders
1936
Ghost Town Gold
5.667/3
The three Mesquiteers try to recover the gold stolen by a gang in its effort to ruin the banker/mayor who ordered them to leave town.
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Ghost Town Gold
1937
Heart of the Rockies
8/2
Cattle are being routinely stolen from a local ranch, and suspicion centers on a local mountain family. But the Three Mesquiteers are wise to the cri...
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Heart of the Rockies
1938
Outlaws of Sonora
6.5/2
Outlaws of Sonora is a 1938 American Western "Three Mesquiteers" B-movie directed by George Sherman.
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Outlaws of Sonora
1937
The Trigger Trio
6.667/3
In this western, the Three Mesquiteers must find a killer and his band after they murder an official from the State Agricultural Service who had come...
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The Trigger Trio
1942
Trail Riders
8/2
In the 18th entry of Monogram's 24 "Range Buster" films, the bank of Gila Springs is robbed by Ace Alton and his gang, and Sheriff Frank Hammond, son...
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Trail Riders
1936
Roarin' Lead
5.667/3
The Three Mesquiteers fight cattle rustlers.
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Roarin' Lead
1938
The Purple Vigilantes
4.667/3
David Ross organizes the ranchers into a vigilante group to rid the town of outlaws. The plan succeeds but the trouble starts when some of the men for...
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The Purple Vigilantes
1940
West of Pinto Basin
5.5/2
The Range Busters head for Pinto Basin where a series of stage robberies have occurred. To try and find the gang's boss, Crash sends out a empty money...
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West of Pinto Basin
1937
The Hit Parade
6.333/3
Agent Pete Garland is fired by society singer Monica Barrett after he got her a new radio contract, because she thinks her lawyer friend Teddy Leeds f...
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The Hit Parade
1937
Come on, Cowboys
6/3
Harris and Rigby own a circus. Rigby is a counterfeiter and frames his partner. The Mesquiteers learn Rigby is the culprit and get a confession from o...
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Come on, Cowboys
1937
Wild Horse Rodeo
8/1
A champion rodeo rider returns home to track down a legendary wild horse called "Cyclone."
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Wild Horse Rodeo
1941
Wrangler's Roost
7/3
The notorious outlaw Black Bart has reappeared and the Range Busters are sent to investigate. When they find that Black Bart is now a respectable citi...
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Wrangler's Roost
1942
Texas to Bataan
5.667/3
As war looms in the Pacific, even cowboys are called on to fight the enemy. Horses are desperately needed by U.S forces stationed in the Philippines,...
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Texas to Bataan
1937
Range Defenders
4.75/2
Stony's brother George has been accused of murder and the Mesquiteers have returned to prove his innocence. But they find that Harvey rules the town a...
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Range Defenders
1938
Riders of the Black Hills
7/1
Riders of the Black Hills is a 1938 American Western directed by George Sherman. The intrepid cowboys known as the Three Mesquiteers; Stony (Robert Li...
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Riders of the Black Hills
1942
Texas Trouble Shooters
7.667/3
The Range Busters are together again to try and stop a swindle.
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Texas Trouble Shooters
1941
Underground Rustlers
6.5/2
Gold stages are being held up in the far west at a time when the U.S. government needs bullion, just before the famed "Black Friday" attempt to corner...
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Underground Rustlers
1943
Two Fisted Justice
7/1
Wells Fargo hires three cowboys to clean up a lawless town.
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Two Fisted Justice
1949
West of El Dorado
10/1
Johnny and Alibi try to straighten out a hostile young boy whose older brother was a notorious stagecoach bandit. When a gang of thieves try to strong...
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West of El Dorado
1941
Tonto Basin Outlaws
10/1
Number 10 in Monogram's series of 24 "Range Busters" westerns, Crash Corrigan, Dusty King and Alibi Terhune, the Range Busters,enlist in Teddy Rooseve...
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Tonto Basin Outlaws
1941
The Trail of the Silver Spurs
6/3
The Range Busters are investigating a gold robbery from the Denver Mint in a supposedly deserted ghost town, but they soon find they're not the only t...
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The Trail of the Silver Spurs
1938
Ladies in Distress
8/1
Alison Skipworth plays female mayor Josephine Bonney, at present having trouble dealing with her town's criminal element. Josephine enlists the aid of...
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Ladies in Distress
1937
Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
6.5/8
In this musical comedy, a crooked record producer uses his mob connections to force performers to do their stuff. The trouble really begins when the g...
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Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
1939
Man of Conquest
5.571/7
The story of Sam Houston, hero of the Texas revolution, statesman, and first president of the Republic of Texas.
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Man of Conquest
1938
Heroes of the Hills
8/2
In this entry in the long-running series of westerns, the Three Mesquiteers transform their ranch into a prison farm to provide a model for prison ref...
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Heroes of the Hills
1944
Cowboy Canteen
8/1
Song and comedy revue, featuring Western talents, along with a theatrical troupe taking their vacation on the Lazy B Ranch run by Steve Bradley. Steve...
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Cowboy Canteen
1943
Bullets and Saddles
6.25/4
Hammond is after the Craig ranch and has framed Charlie Craig for murder. Mother Craig brings in the Range Busters. They capture one of Hammond's men...
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Bullets and Saddles
1943
Cowboy Commandos
9/1
The Range Busters investigate sabotage at a mining community and uncover a gang of Nazi spies.
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Cowboy Commandos
1942
Boot Hill Bandits
5.833/6
Bolton's men blow up the wagon carrying the mine payroll and Marshal Crash Corrigan is supposedly killed in the explosion. A man finds his badge and g...
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Boot Hill Bandits
1943
Land of Hunted Men
9/1
When a gang of outlaws led by Faro Wilson starts swiping payrolls and terrorizing the residents of a small Western town, courageous Range Busters Cras...
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Land of Hunted Men
1943
Black Market Rustlers
10/1
In this WW II film meant to discourage the purchase of black market beef, the Range Busters are called on to fight cattle rustlers. This time they're...
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Black Market Rustlers
1941
Tumbledown Ranch In Arizona
10/1
Rodeo contestants Johnny King and Corrigan meet, their fathers having been members of the Range Busters. When Johnny is knocked unconscious, time reve...
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Tumbledown Ranch In Arizona
1941
Fugitive Valley
6/4
The Range Busters have a plan to get into the outlaw's hideout in Fugitive Valley.
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Fugitive Valley
1943
Haunted Ranch
8/2
Both the Range Buster and Rance and his outlaw gang are looking for stolen gold bullion. To scare people away from the ranch where the gold is hidden,...
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Haunted Ranch
1944
Sheriff of Sundown
9/1
Bringing his large cattle herd to Sundown, rancher Tex Jordan must sell his cattle to corrupt baron Jack Hatfield. He does OK but learns Hatfield is c...
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Sheriff of Sundown
1946
Swing, Cowboy, Swing
9/1
An obscure entry in the musical Western cycle, Swing, Cowboy, Swing was produced by and starred country & western bandleader Cal Shrum. Shrum and...
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Swing, Cowboy, Swing
1947
Along the Oregon Trail
9/1
The period is the 1840's and Greg Thurston is out to establish his own empire out of a large area of the west. He needs rifles to give to the Indians...
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Along the Oregon Trail
1949
Law of the West
7/1
With the railroad coming, Nixon is after the ranchers land. Using a stooge land agent, his method is to claim the person they bought their ranches fro...
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Law of the West
1949
Range Justice
7/1
Johnny Mack goes to work on "Ma" Curtis' ranch, to the disapproval of his friends, rancher Glenn Hadley and his sister Beth, who are at odds with her....
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Range Justice
1948
Gunning for Justice
10/1
Three fellows band together to help a woman find her uncle's cache of gold in this western. All they have to help them is a tattered map that her uncl...
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Gunning for Justice
1948
Hidden Danger
7/1
Johnny and Banty come in contact with a cattlemen's protective organization. Ostensibly an honest venture, the association is the front for an extort...
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Hidden Danger
1948
The Sheriff of Medicine Bow
7/1
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The Sheriff of Medicine Bow
1949
Trails End
10/1
Cowhand Drake discovers gold on the ranch of his boss, Joe Stuart and makes a deal with crooked lawyer Mel Porter to induce Stuart to sell. The latter...
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Trails End
1949
Western Renegades
6.5/2
Brown's principal antagonist this time is the town boss, an outlaw who has killed the community's leading citizen. The dead man's grown children want...
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Western Renegades
1949
Square Dance Jubilee
5/3
Two talent scouts for a New York-based country music TV show called "Square Dance Jubilee" are sent out West to get authentic western singing acts. Th...
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Square Dance Jubilee
1937
Boots and Saddles
6.5/2
Young Englishman inherits ranch which he wants to sell, but Gene's gonna turn him into a real westerner instead. When new owner Spud arrives from Engl...
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Boots and Saddles
1936
Ride, Ranger, Ride
5.5/4
It is the story of Gene's, a Cavalry scout, who manages to quell an Indian uprising.
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