Grant Withers
Known for Acting · 174 credits
- Born
- 1905-01-17
- Died
- 1959-03-27
- Place of birth
- Pueblo, Colorado, USA
- Also known as
- Granville Gustavus Withers
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Grant Withers (January 17, 1905, Pueblo, Colorado – March 27, 1959, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California), born Granville G. Withers, was a prolific American film actor with a sizeable body of work.
With early beginnings in the silent era, Withers moved into talkies establishing himself with an impressive list of headlined features as a young and handsome male lead.
As his career progressed, his importance diminished, but he did manage a 10-year contract at Republic Pictures. His friendships with both John Ford and John Wayne secured him a spot in nine of Wayne's films, but later roles dwindled to supporting parts, mainly as villains in B-movies, serials, and finally television. He appeared in the late 1950s in two episodes of the syndicated western series 26 Men, set in Arizona, where he had earlier eloped with Loretta Young.
His life in film, five unsuccessful marriages, and a tragic end had all the makings of its own Hollywood drama.
Known For
TV Shows (14)
Perry Mason
1957
as Stewart Brent
Lassie
1954
as George Forsythe (uncredited)
Wagon Train
1957
as Mark Hammond
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Sheriff Ludlow / Sam Barton / Jeremiah Mulrooney
Cheyenne
1955
as Matt Ellis
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
as Gus Andrews / Miles Breck
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Sheriff Carl Metz / Sheriff Roy Lamont
Gunsmoke
1955
as Jed Larner
The Texan
1958
as Ed Martin
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
as William Brackett Sr.
26 Men
1957
The Restless Gun
1957
as Dutcher
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Sheriff Wharton
The Gale Storm Show
1956
as Oliver
Movies (160)
Fort Apache
1948
as Silas Meacham
Rio Grande
1950
as U.S. Deputy Marshal
My Darling Clementine
1946
as Ike Clanton
Dakota
1945
as Slagin
Lady Godiva of Coventry
1955
as Pendar
The Plunderers
1948
as Deputy Tap Lawrence
Ship Cafe
1935
as Rocky Stone
In Old Oklahoma
1943
as "Rich"Richardson
Tycoon
1947
as Fog
Wake of the Red Witch
1948
as Capt. Wilde Youngeur
Mr. Wong, Detective
1938
as Police Capt. Sam Street
Billy the Kid
1941
as Ed Shanahan
College
1927
as Jeff's Friend (uncredited)
Hellfire
1949
as Sheriff Martin
Gunfighters
1947
as Deputy Bill Yount
The Fighting Kentuckian
1949
as George Hayden
Run for Cover
1955
as Gentry
Captive Wild Woman
1943
as Veterinarian (uncredited)
Hoodlum Empire
1952
as Rev. Simon Andrews
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
1930
as Self
The Sun Shines Bright
1953
as Buck Ramsey
The Fighting Seabees
1944
as Whanger Spreckles
Belle Le Grand
1951
as Shannon
Jungle Jim
1937
as Jim 'Jungle Jim' Bradley
Blackmail
1947
as Inspector Donaldson
The Marines Come Thru
1938
as Pvt. Jack 'Junior' Murray
Three Loves Has Nancy
1938
as Jack
No Time for Love
1943
as Pete Hanagan (uncredited)
Tennessee Johnson
1942
as Mordecai Milligan
Roger Touhy, Gangster
1944
as FBI Man Detaining 'Ice Box' (uncredited)
The Sea Hornet
1951
as Rocky Lowe
Mexican Spitfire Out West
1940
as Withers
Wyoming
1947
as Joe Sublette
The Yellow Rose of Texas
1944
as Express Agent Lucas
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
1994
as Self (archive footage)
Old Los Angeles
1948
as Ed Luckner
Butch Minds the Baby
1942
as Cactus Pete
I, Mobster
1959
as Paul Moran
The Fatal Hour
1940
as Capt. Bill Street
The Show of Shows
1929
as Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two Number (uncredited)
Doomed to Die
1940
as Capt. William Street
Last Stagecoach West
1957
as Jack Fergus
Utah
1945
as Ben Bowman
Scarlet Pages
1930
as Bob Lawrence
Panama Hattie
1942
as Shore Patrolman (uncredited)
Other Men's Women
1931
as Bill White
Lady Be Careful
1936
as Lt. Loomis
Mr. Wong in Chinatown
1939
as Police Capt. Bill Street
Fair Wind to Java
1953
as Jason Blue
Rock Island Trail
1950
as David Strong
Waterfront Lady
1935
as Tod
The Gallant Legion
1948
as Wesley Hardin
A Lady Takes a Chance
1943
as Bob Hastings
Phantom of Chinatown
1940
as Police Captain Street
The Mystery of Mr. Wong
1939
as Police Capt. Sam Street
The Savage Horde
1950
as Wade Proctor
Iron Mountain Trail
1953
as Roger McCall
Navy Secrets
1939
as Steve Fletcher, alias CPO Steve Roberts
Trigger, Jr.
1950
as Manson
The Girl Who Dared
1944
as Homer Norton
Boys' Reformatory
1939
as Dr. Owens
Utah Wagon Train
1951
as Red Bancroft
In Old Sacramento
1946
as Captain Mark Slayter
Tropic Zone
1953
as Bert Nelson
The Test
1935
as Brule Conway
Oklahoma Annie
1952
as Bull McCready
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
1943
as Waddy (uncredited)
No Hands on the Clock
1941
as Harry Belding
The Vampire's Ghost
1945
as Father Gilchrist
Dancing Sweeties
1930
as Bill Cleaver
Tripoli
1950
as Sgt. Derek
Silent Partner
1944
as Bob Ross
Bells of Coronado
1950
as Craig Bennett
The Fighting Marines
1935
as Cpl. Larry Lawrernce
Woman of the North Country
1952
as Henry S. Chapman
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
1941
as Sammy Lee, Harvard Football Coach (uncredited)
Saturday's Children
1929
as Rims Rosson
Men Against the Sky
1940
as Mr. Grant
Hell's Crossroads
1957
as Sheriff Oliver
Upstream
1927
as John Rogers
Street of Forgotten Women
1927
Champ for a Day
1953
as Scott Cameron
Hollywood Round-Up
1937
as Grant Drexel
Parachute Battalion
1941
as Captain
The Second Floor Mystery
1930
as Geoffrey West
Angel in Exile
1948
as Sheriff
The Time, the Place and the Girl
1929
as Jim Crane
Back Pay
1930
as Gerald
Telephone Operator
1937
as Red
The Ghost Goes Wild
1947
as Bill Winters
Goin' to Town
1935
as Young Stud
Border Flight
1936
as Lt. Pat Tornell
Northwest Rangers
1942
as Fowler
Gildersleeve's Bad Day
1943
as Henry Potter
Homicide for Three
1948
as Joe Hatch
Night Time in Nevada
1948
as Ran Farrell
Spoilers of the Plains
1951
as Gregory Camwell
Red Haired Alibi
1932
as Robert 'Bob' Shelton
The Road to Ruin
1928
as Don Hughes
Apache Trail
1942
as 'Les' Lestrade
Daughter of the Tong
1939
as Ralph Dickson
The Masked Rider
1941
as Douglas
Society Fever
1935
as Ronald Dawson
Bells of Rosarita
1945
as William Ripley
The Secrets of Wu Sin
1932
as James Manning
The Trespasser
1947
as Detective Lt. Kirk
The Gambling Sex
1932
as Bill Foster
The Red Rider
1934
as 'Silent' Slade
Paradise Express
1937
as Lawrence 'Larry' Doyle
Captive of Billy the Kid
1952
as Van Stanley
The Get-Away
1941
as Rufe Parker, a Gangster
Leadville Gunslinger
1952
as Jonathan Graves
Bringing Up Father
1928
as Dennis
The Sky Parade
1936
as Casey Cameron
Held For Ransom
1938
as Larry Scott
Sons of Adventure
1948
as J.L. Sterling
Soldiers and Women
1930
as Capt. Clive Branch
In a Moment of Temptation
1927
as Ed
Hearts in Exile
1929
as Paul Pavloff
Valley of Wanted Men
1935
as Fred
About Grant Withers
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Grant Withers (January 17, 1905, Pueblo, Colorado – March 27, 1959, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California), born Granville G. Withers, was a prolific American film actor with a sizeable body of work. With early beginnings in the silent era, Withers moved into talkies establishing himself with an impressive list of headlined features as a young and handsome male lead. As his career progressed, his importance diminished, but he did manage a 10-year contract at Republic Pictures. His friendships with both… With 174 credits spanning from 1926 to 1994, Grant Withers has appeared in 160 films and 14 TV shows.
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- Fort Apache (1948) — as Silas Meacham
- Rio Grande (1950) — as U.S. Deputy Marshal
- My Darling Clementine (1946) — as Ike Clanton
- Dakota (1945) — as Slagin
- Lady Godiva of Coventry (1955) — as Pendar
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