Jack Kirk

Known for Acting

2/19/1895

Missoula, Montana, USA

Biography

Jack Kirk was born on February 19, 1885 in Missoula, Montana, USA as John Asbury Kirkhuff. He was an actor, known for Zorro's Black Whip (1944), Corpus Christi Bandits (1945) and Jesse James at Bay (1941). He was married to Ethel Mason. He died on September 13, 1948 in Ketchikan, Alaska, USA.

Known For (143 credits)

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Gun Cargo

1949

A Maritime Board of Inquiry investigates the loss of the merchant ship, the Black Rover . Its captain, Jim Parker, offers the following testimony on his own behalf: Jim is recommended by Fred Winthrop to his father, owner of the Winthrop Shipping Line, to command the Black Rover after its captain and crew refuse to make the voyage. Jim, who has just received his captain's papers, agrees, unaware that Winthrop is illegally running a cargo of contraband weapons. The film has never had a theatrical release. Production began in 1930 under the title "Contraband," stopped when the producers ran out of money, then began again under the title "Contraband Cargo." Production soon stopped again and was not resumed until 1939, when new footage was shot and footage from HELL HARBOR (1930) was edited in. The film was still deemed not suitable for theatrical distribution, and it was not until 1949 that it was finally released... for late night airing on television.

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Adventures of Frank and Jesse James

1948

Jesse James returns to Missouri, and he and brother Frank come to the aid of a young woman who owns a gold mine. Her father was murdered and she took over the mine, and now the villains who killed her father are trying to drive her out of the mine so they can take it over.

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The Gallant Legion

1948

When power-hungry Faulkner and Leroux want to divide Texas into smaller sections, instead of allowing it to enter the Union as a single state, Gary Conway and the Texas Rangers must step in to thwart their chicanery.

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The Bold Frontiersman

1948

Rocky Lane and his horse Black Jack must protect the gold which drought bedeviled ranchers have raised to build a dam from bad guy Smiling Jim.

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Oklahoma Badlands

1948

Oklahoma Badlands is a western film directed by Yakima Canutt in 1948. Oliver Budge is after the Rawlins ranch. His henchman Sanders kills Ken Rawlins but when he tries to kill Leslie Rawlins, Rocky Lane breaks it up. But Leslie is a woman and knowing the bad guys are looking for a man, Rocky now poses as Leslie, an Eastern dude, and goes after the man that killed his friend.

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Oregon Trail Scouts

1947

Red Ryder battles an unscrupulous fur thief named Hunter for the right to trap beaver and otter on the land of Chief Running Fox.

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Law of the Canyon

1947

Freight wagons are being stolen and ransomed back to their owners. Government agent Steve Langtry (and his alter ego the Durango Kid) is sent break up the Hood Gang that's behind the robberies.

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Son of Zorro

1947

A man returning home after having fought in the Civil War discovers that corrupt politicians have taken over the county and are terrorizing and shaking down the citizens. He dons the costume of his ancestor, the famous Zorro, and sets out to bring them to justice.

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Conquest of Cheyenne

1946

Red Ryder and his comical sidekick take on a new batch of bad-guys in this western, the 16th in the Red Ryder series. This time the heroic duo try to save a female rancher from a greedy financier who wants her land so he can exploit the enormous oil fields lying under it.

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Night Train to Memphis

1946

A mountain community is thrown into turmoil as the townspeople debate the advantages and disadvantages of having a railroad.

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Her Adventurous Night

1946

A boy's tall tale about a gun puts his parents and school principal in jail.

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Sun Valley Cyclone

1946

In this western, Red Ryder rounds up a gang of horse thieves who have been stealing cavalry horses.