Stan Paregien, Editor
Ace Reid
(Deceased)
A world-famous cowboy cartoonist and illustrator, Ace Reid's work is detailed in a book called Ace Reid: Cowpoke, by John Erickson.
Ace Reid's books included Cowpokes Comin' Yore Way (5th ed., 1985), Cowpokes Cookbook and Cartoons (12th ed.), Cowpokes Home Remedies (7th ed.), Cowpokes Rarin to Go (2nd ed.), Cowpokes Ride Again (4th ed.), Cowpokes Tales and Cartoons (2nd ed.), Cowpokes Wanted (12the ed.), Draggin' S Ranch Cowpokes (14th ed.), More Cowpokes (14th ed.).
I got to visit with Ace Reid two or three times in the early days of the National Cowboy Symposium in Lubbock. He was quite a character and never at a loss for words and never a stranger.
CLICK HERE to read my poem about Ace Reid.
CLICK HERE to go to the official Ace Reid Home Page.
Duncan Renaldo
(Deceased)
Duncan Renaldo was born Renault Renaldo Duncan on April 23, 1904 in Romania.
He was educated in Europe, but worked at odd jobs around the world. He earned his way to America in the early 1920's by working by shoveling coal into the furnace/engine of a Brazilian ship.
The dark, handsome young man had his heart set on being a great artist such as Rembrandt or Van Gough. But when that did not work out, he became a movie actor in 1928. He was on his way up the ladder when, in 1932, he was actually put in prison as an illegal allien.
Studio executives soon got that matter resolved. And by the early 1940's he found steady work in B-Western movies, specifically as one of the Three Mesquiteers.
However, Duncan Renaldo is best known for starring as "The Cisco Kid" in Western movies and on TV. His Cisco films included "South of the Border" (1939), "The Cisco Kid Returns" (1945), "The Cisco Kid In Old Mexico" (1945), "The Valiant Hombre" (1948), "Satan's Cradle" (1949), "The Gay Amigo" (1949), "The Daring Caballero" (1949), and "The Girl from San Lorenzo" (1950). He played the Cisco Kid in the TV series in the 1950's, with sidekick Leo Carrillo.
Duncan Renaldo appeared in some 70 movies during his career. His other Westerns included "Pals of the Prairie" (1929), "The Painted Stalion" (1937), "Zorro Rides Again" (1937), and "Rose of the Rio Grande" (1938).
Duncan Renaldo died of lung cancer on September 3, 1980 in Goreta, CA. His remains are in Calvary Cemetery ( Section J, Tier 6, Grave 82) at Santa Barbara, CA.
CLICK HERE to see the complete filmography of Duncan Renaldo.
Burt Reynolds
Burt Reynolds was born on Feb. 11, 1936.
He appeared as the blacksmith, "Quint Asper," on the "Gunsmoke" TV series for three years, from 1962 to 1965.
His Western movie credits include Navajo Joe (1966), Sam Whiskey (1969), 100 Rifles (1969), The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1973), and The Cherokee Kid (TV, 1966).
CLICK HERE to see the complete filmography of Burt Reynolds.
CLICK HERE to go to Burt Reynolds' official web site.
Marjorie Reynolds
(Deceased)
Marjorie Reynolds was born Marjorie Goodspeed on Aug. 12, 1916 in Buhl, Idaho.Marjorie Reynolds was a child actress in silent films, beginning in 1923, and her last role was in the TV mini-series, "Pearl" in 1979. She began acting in her childhood under the stage name Marjorie Moore, but she changed her screen name after marrying production manager and screenwriter Jack Reynolds. She made over 60 movies during her career. She had an uncredited extra part in "Gone With the Wind" (1939). And she played the part of Peg Riley on the TV comedy series, "The Life of Riley" (1953).
Bing Crosby & Marjorie Reynolds in
"Holiday Inn''(1942). This was the film
featuring Crosby singing "White Christmas.''Marjorie Reynolds' Western films include "Overland Express" (1938), "Guilty Trails" (1938), "Tex Rides With the Boy Scouts" (1938), "Six Shootin' Sheriff" (1938), "Western Trails" (1938), "Racketeers of the Range" (1939), Dude Cowboy" (1941), "Cyclone on Horseback" (1941), and "Bad Men of Tombstone" (1949).
Marjorie Reynolds died of congestive heart failure on Feb. 1, 1997 in Manhattan Beach, CA.
CLICK HERE to see the complete filmography of Marjorie Reynolds.
Richard Clay Reynolds
Richard Clay Reynolds received his B.A. in history from the University of Texas at Austin, his M.A. in English from Trinity University in San Antonio, and his Ph.D. in Modern Letters from the University of Tulsa.
He worked as a graduate teaching fellow at the University of Tulsa from 1974-78. From 1977-78 he taught English at Tulsa Junior College and at Claremore College in Claremore, Okla. In 1978 he accepted a job teaching English at Lamar University in Beaumont, Tex. He then worked as an Associate Professor of English and Novelist-in-Residence at the University of North Texas, in Denton.
Some of the honors which have come his way include in 1982 a Beaumont Art Museum Scholarship for U.S. Landscape Seminar, being included in the Directory of American Scholars (since 1982), receiving in 1988 the College of Arts and Science "Excellence in Research Award" from Lamar, and being named to the Texas Institute of Letters in 1988.
Clay Reynolds is a member of Western Writers of America, the Texas Institute of Letters, Modern Language Association, The Author's Guild, Western American Literature Association, Texas Association of Creative Writing Teachers, Center for Texas Studies, National Council of Teachers of English and the Popular Culture Association.He is in demand as a speaker at different college campuses and at writers' workshops. He has taught graduate level courses in such fields as the American Novel, Texas Folklore and Creative Writing.
Clay Reynolds is the author of Stage Left: The Development of the American Social Drama in the Thirties (The Whitston Press, 1986), The Vigil (St. Martin's Press/Richard Marek, 1986; London: Robert Hale, 1986; Tokyo: Shochin-sha, Inc., 1989; reprinted by SMU Press, 1988), Taking Stock: A Larry McMurtry Casebook (SMU Press, 1989), and Franklin's Crossing (E.P. Dutton, 1990).
His articles have appeared in Southwest Review, Lamar Journal of the Humanities, Linguistics in Literature, Journal of the American Studies Association of Texas, Lamar Journal of the Humanities, The Southern Quarterly, The Texas Review, and Western American Literature. His book reviews are often published in the Dallas Morning
This listing is far from complete and may contain errors.
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--- Bible: Psalm 96:1
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